I am not one to make excuses ... it is simply a fact. I allowed distractions to get the best of me and spent most of the summer focused on everything else, and guess what? No one looked at my blogs or websites. Here is a huge surprise: no traffic = no affiliate sales or sign-ups! Not such a surprise, is it? It is funny, I think of the people who I work with me in my direct sales business, and they will come to me disappointed when they aren't making thousands of dollars in the first few months

Just like giving birth and watching your baby get through the milestones - you are anxious to see them crawl and then walk, and finally run! For me, I equate the crawl to seeing traffic, walking to referrals on WA and/or other affiliate programs and running, well conversations and sustainable revenue stream. Just shy of 30 days with WA and I will say that I went into this past weekend with a bit of a slumped shoulder demeanor. I had two websites up that I thought looked pretty good (content wis

For many people the challenge is writers block. I am lucky (or cursed), I could sit and write for hours. Words come out freely. The problem is I want to be perfect. So I go back and I edit, and edit, and then edit again. Before you know it - I am so frustrated that is doesn't sound right or look right or whatever that I either refuse to publish the page or worse, I delete the work all together. The questions is: how to let go and realize that perfect is not whats required? After all, pick up an

A few more days into the exciting world of WA and I am overflowing with energy from all I have come to learn. I love (LOVE LOVE) using WP. Wow, it is so much easier than the site I built using my web hosting company's software tool! First off, for those of you who are new who have not yet finished the first two courses - wow, they are just amazing. I really, really loved them and am so excited to have my first version of my website up. It is all I could do to stop and write this instead of con

Just a few hours into my WA journey and I am "hooked". Yes, I am ready to tell anyone and everyone who will listen that this isn't "one of those sites." And, I know. I can admit to having spent money on some (many) of the other products. I applaud the community, and the more importantly the creators, for building something that is truly based on knowledge and sharing. Yes, we are here to make money building our own personal businesses. For some of us, this will be a lucrative journey. For other