Week 2: Making an Impression

bydavecummings

485 followers

10 years ago

For those just starting along the long path towards their goals they’ve stated in the WA community, every little step you take gets you a little closer to that first goal. I’ve continued walking towards my first goal for a second week now with the WA community. I’m still devoting a lot of time each day to go through the training and take the actions to translate what I’ve learned into my website.

Overall, everything is going well and I continue to make progress. The biggest challenge for me this week was obtaining affiliate membership. I am still waiting for acceptance (or denial) from a couple of affiliate programs which would be great for my niche. I think the limited size of my site may be temporarily impeding my access into some affiliate programs. I have, however, obtained a good product through ClickBank which I now have placed onto my website… It’s a start. And, it does have a high commission percentage so let’s see how well this first one works!

Although it’s probably not critical at this point, this week I spent time to set-up Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools (as well as Bing Webmaster Tools). I’ve always been a data-oriented, analytical person throughout my career so, without being able to view any data I felt uneasy and on-edge… like an addict that hadn’t gotten their daily hit. Now, I’ve set myself up to get my hit each morning when I take a few minutes to look at the data!

Through Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools, I’m encouraged to see my website is starting to get impressions (how many times a user saw a link from my website in Google search results). Although many of my first impressions are still quite a long way into the Google search (fifth page of results, or higher) and I can use a single hand to count the number of clicks they received, I do have a few appearing on the third page. I can’t say I’m making a Great Impression but I am making an impression!

Day 8 (dedicated about 8 hours)

• Completed Building Your Own Traffic Producing Website, Lesson 10
• Completed Making Money, Lesson 1
• Wrote new post and distributed it with Google+ engagement
• Connected with people on Google+
• Searched for affiliate program for niche

Day 9 (dedicated about 7 hours)

• Wrote a new long-tail keyword page for website
• Added Google+ connections
• +1’ed Google friends’ articles
• Provided comments on several websites
• Responded to comments left on website
• Submitted Affiliate Program applications

Day 10 (dedicated about 6 hours)

• Completed Making Money, Lesson 2
• Provided comments on several websites
• Added new page to website
• Added Google+ connections
• +1’ed Google friends’ articles

Day 11 (dedicated about 5 hours)

• Provided comments on several websites
• Added Google+ connections
• +1’ed Google friends’ articles
• Installed Google Analytics

Day 12 (dedicated about 6 hours)

• Wrote a new post for website
• Provided comments on several websites
• Google+ connections
• +1’ed Google friends’ articles
• Responded to comments left on website

Day 13 (dedicated about 7 hours)

• Signed up for new niche-specific affiliate program (offered via ClickBank)
• Provided comments on several websites
• Added Google+ connections
• +1’ed Google friends’ articles
• Completed Making Money, Lesson 3
• Installed Google Web Master Tools
• Installed Bing Web Master Tools
• Added more images to existing pages
• Responded to comments left on website

Day 14 (dedicated about 6 hours)

• Added first affiliate banner to website
• Provided comments on several websites
• Added Google+ connections
• +1’ed Google friends’ articles
• Responded to comments left on website
• Wrote new post for website

Hopefully, you too are keeping yourself focused on your goal and taking the action necessary to get there!