Why The First Months Are More About Learning Than Earning!

byChrisTowers

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5 days ago

I think a lot of people, when they decide to try something online, hope for something to start working kind of fast. I did not say it out loud when I first started here, but in my mind I thought that if I followed the training and worked hard, the income would start showing up in my bank account fairly soon.

As time passed though, I realised that the first months are not really about earning money at all. They are mostly about learning how everything works and getting things in place.

In the beginning you are building things from the ground up. You are getting used to the platform, understanding the training, setting up your website, and trying to make sense of keywords, content creation and traffic.

On top of all that, many of us here are probably doing this around a full time job, family, or other responsibilities. It is a lot to take in.

What helped me was accepting that this early time is not wasted just because the money is not there yet.

These months are where you pick up the skills that will keep things going later. Things that feel confusing at the start slowly start to become normal. Writing and editing posts gets a little bit easier. Using WordPress is no longer as scary as it was before.

You slowly start to see how everything fits together.

Another thing I noticed is that results in this line of work often show up long after the work is done. You can publish a post today and see almost nothing for weeks, maybe months. Then one day, BOOM!, that same post suddenly gets traffic or a click.

So if you judge your progress only by what you earn in the beginning, it can feel like nothing is happening, even when you are actually building something really good.

I think a lot of people quit and leave too early because they miss this point. They measure their success in the first months only by their income, instead of looking at what they are learning and building.

For me, things felt a lot better when I started asking different questions. Instead of “Why am I not earning yet” I started asking “What did I learn this week” or “What did I improve on my site.” Those questions are a lot easier to answer and they give you a sense that you are progressing, even if your bank account is not showing it yet.

For those of you that are in your first weeks or months here at WA and feel a bit discouraged, it does not mean you are failing. It usually just means you are still in the learning part of the journey. That is normal.

Everyone you see doing well now had to go through the same quiet period where it felt like nothing much was happening.

Keep trying, keep learning, and keep building. The earning part tends to come later than we hope, but it comes from the same work you are doing right now.

How about you guys. Are you still in the learning phase at the moment, or have you started to see some results coming in.

Thanks for reading and wishing you all a productive day!

Chris