Changing your direction.some advice please.
Something has been playing on mind since I went ahead and set up my first blogging website...
Please don't get me wrong here. I am pretty chuffed with my efforts and my website looks good, and I have learned so much from the training at WA.
But I'm not truly enjoying the posts and content that I am posting though. Although I am so clued-up about the market and industry in the sector I am focusing on, but its not a passion. It is not what I love, it is what I know.
Over the last few days there is a hobby that is closer to my heart that is totally eating away at me that I really should have gone with from the start.
With further research there is also the potential to include affiliate links into my content, not because I just want to earn from this niche, but feel it will come easier and more natural to integrate the affiliate links in to my efforts, and really could help people and interest readers more than trying to sell to them, if that makes sense.
After doing my homework on this newfound niche, there is the potential for huge following on social media, and definitely the heart felt interest in this niche to give me a more interaction with people who love this niche as much as me.
So, the question I am asking is....
Are the ones of you that have made a success of your journey, ever changed direction, websites and niches, after a month or so (I have been with WA for a month now), or longer, glad that you changed your direction in what you thought would take you forward to success.
Or, do I stick with what I originally thought would work?
I do believe that my latter thoughts and the niche that I now believe is right for me is the way forward. I get that this is all a learning curve in the world of online success, and doing what I really feel is what will catapult me to fulfilling my dream of running a successful online affiliate business.
Your feed back would be priceless.
Thank you
Dave :)
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I think you should continue with this site and learn from the process, then you can start your other site, setting up a second site will be much easier. In the end you will have to make the decision. Wishing you all the best,
Pretty good advice right here!
I'd only add: Completion of basic training is a good point to reconsider your niche options
thank you ruthlynB..i suppose it is the journey and the negativity that kicks in of 'are you doing the right thing'..is there a better niche out there?...thanks for the insight much appreciated :)
Hi Dave. If you're positive you can do better with a new niche then go for it
But I would still keep the old one. You never know what riches it may bring in the future. Jom
thank you Jom...yes it's my mindset playing games I suppose... it's early days... I get that...thanks for the feedback and wisdom :)
I did the opposite. I practiced on a homebrewing niche because it's a passion. It was (a little bit) profitable, but I ended up taking what I learned and moved into B2B tech software. A subject which I know very little about and is not a passion.
Much more successful, but also much more work.
I'm not saying you shouldn't go with your passion, I'm saying that yes, once you have mastered the basics, a change of direction is OK.
If (and ONLY if) you have the time and energy available, you could always run both simultaeneously.
How long did I take you Rkingsley before you realized that this niche was more profitable? and what made you make the change? is that not more of a saturated market?...ha ha sorry for all the questions...and thank you so much for the feedback :) Dave
It was an organic progress. I'll see if I can type a short version:
- I got through all the training and had my homebrew site set up, while working remotely as a B2B digital media salesman.
- I continued posting on my site, and also started employing what I'd learned as a freelancer.
- Through freelancing, I got myself an ongoing gig with an authority site in a very specific B2B tech niche, and continued with my site. Also quit my day-job.
- I got hired as a brewer in China (THAT is a long story) and set up a small beer company there.
- I had to stopp working on the homebrew site, but kept the gig in tech as a side-hustle
- The beer thing didn't work out but I ended up taking over the B2B tech media company. All revenue is from direct B2B ad sales.
- I am now the major independent media resource for this particular niche (in the regions I cover).
Check out my profile - you can see the journey in my blog posts and also a training resource I wrote
wow great journey you have had mate...massive well done :) Your business if you don't mind me asking is affiliate marketing or eCommerce/dropshipping/retail? Dave
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There are people who have changed directions including changing niches. I have two sites running as I ran out of ideas for one of them, although I am always getting new ideas for both sites so I will keep them both running.
Derek
Thank you Derek and yes I am going to keep my current one and post and review regularly on it, I am also going to go with my latest venture, seems silly not too :)