12 days in.
Hi everyone,
So I've been working on my babyandtoddlergadgets.com website for 12 days now, and I'm feeling like it's going well so far. This is what I've accomplished:
- Witten my about me and privacy policy pages and created a contact form
- Written 3 content pages for main menu
- Site got Google indexed in just 5 days
- Written 7 blog posts so far
- Used the WA SIteComments to get my Comments health up to 80%
- All other site health measures are at 100%, except for Site Trust (needs maturity - a 2 week old site is never going to score well!) and Website Feedback (assume this will come later in training)
- Completed up to course 3.3
I've got my Amazon affiliate account set up and scattered some links and images through my posts. I've got my Google Analytics set up (I skipped ahead in the training because I'm a numbers geek!).
All in all I feel like things are going well. I know I need to ride out the motivation whilst this is all still fresh and new, so I'm really trying to keep myself posting 3 times a week. Next goal is to have 50 posts by Christmas, and I would love to have at least one affiliate sale.
Any tips from others on how to keep motivated once the initial buzz starts to die down?
Caroline
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Nicely done! , getting indexed that quickly is great, you seem to be coming along nicely, keep on keeping on.
You are really cookin' for being only 12 days in! Great job! How many hours a day are ya puttin' in?
Great progress so far. As for keeping going, just remind yourself of your 'why' you are doing this :)
Hey CWhitely, congratulations! You've achieved a lot!!!
I work full-time, so it is hard for me to progress at the rate you do. I would like to, but I'm in it for the long haul, and it sounds like you are too!
Keep working at it, and you'll soon find results that will keep inspiring you. I wrote a 2500 word review on Grammarly last Saturday, and it has inspired me to no end to find it on page 3 on Google already! This sort of thing will happen to you consistently if you keep plugging away, and it will keep you going.
One thing to note about site health - I do believe that it increases by 10% each month, and there is nothing one can do about it. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong!!
Working full time too... and I have a 2 year old to look after in the evenings! At the minute, I'm still motivated to sit down at my computer at 8.30pm and write for 2 hours before I go to bed.... not sure how long that motivation is going to last though as I'm currently 5 months pregnant and getting more tired by the day, 10.30pm is late for my bedtime when I'm up early with the little man again!
That's great news with your latest Google rank. I seem to have some posts which have still not yet been ranked in Google, but I'm not so far through the training to really look into that yet. I love learning about all this stuff though :)
I did read something similar about site health - 10% per month is normal, so I'm not going to sweat it that it's still on zero for now.
Yeah, my energy levels are up and down. Yesterday I worked solidly from 9:30 pm till 12:30 pm, but today I'm exhausted; however, I have written an 800-word article on the abuse of debt and how money has no value, and now I'm ready to drop! I usually go to bed around 1, get up at half 7 feeling dead, drag myself through the day, then have a cup of coffee when I get home to keep myself going. Energy reserves kick in. The way I see it - kill myself for the next 2 years, to gain financial freedom for the rest of my life *working on my own terms*, which is the main inspiration keeping me going.
Luckily I don't have any dependents, so I can commit to this fully outside of work. It must be more difficult for you!
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Keep up the good work!!