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When Are We Going To Get There?
FrankLiso
Published on January 24, 2013
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Well, It's now 7:00 pm and I've been at my PC since 9:00 am, just another day. Same as the last one and no different from the next. Since October of 2012 when I got laid off from my rat race job, I've been writing away, day and night. I really want to make my internet dream happen for me and my family and I'm not afraid to work for it.
In fact, today I wrote a Squidoo post for my health and wellness site, and a post for my Dog Blog, and I have one more blog to write not counting this one. It's been months now, I've written 60 post for one site and 27 or so for the other site. I've made video's, and I've posted videos. I've done all of what I can do this point, on my own. That is why I'm here at WA to learn more.
But there's a nagging question that keeps hounding me, and it takes me back to a time when I was a little guy. I'm in the back seat of the 56 Belaire with the family. Dad, mom, my sister and myself. We are headed to my Grandfather's house, it's about a 3 hour drive on a good day. My Dad is notorious for taking short cuts. And he takes the kind of short cuts that get you there a tank of gas, and three hours later.
And like all kids when your forced to endure a trip like that, remember there were no video's, gameboys, Ipods, or cell phones, nothing to do but count cars, or try to get truckers to toot their horn for you.
Needless to say you get a little restless. This one time, my mom was mad at my dad for taking a short cut. For whatever reason, I just happened to say to my Dad, "Are we there yet" and I followed it up with, "When are we going to get there?" That just angered my dad and tickled my mom silly.
My Mom was about to piss her pants, she was laughing so hard. My dad was red in the face and I was smiling from ear to ear just because my mom was laughing. My Dad says " almost there," follow by "we'll get there when we get there".
I guess the point of this is that I'm working my tail off, I'm writing as much as I can, I'm learning as much as I can, and I'm not just learning, I'm doing as much as I can. I watch videos, I take notes, then I apply what I've learned, After hundreds of hours of work, 60 posts on one blog, 30 on the other. I just wonder, Is anybody reading my work, does it even matter?
The only way to know is Google Analytic's, but without traffic it can't tell me anything except what I already know. I need traffic. And Bing and Alexa aren't much help either in this black hole of Blog Limbo. Does Google know I'm trying to get ranked over here! And the question begs to know...when are we going to get there?
I guess it's like my Dad said, I'll know when I'm there, because I'll be there. Is it just me or do you all feel this way as well? And for the people who are through the black hole and see traffic and sales The question is, "When are we going to get there?"
In fact, today I wrote a Squidoo post for my health and wellness site, and a post for my Dog Blog, and I have one more blog to write not counting this one. It's been months now, I've written 60 post for one site and 27 or so for the other site. I've made video's, and I've posted videos. I've done all of what I can do this point, on my own. That is why I'm here at WA to learn more.
But there's a nagging question that keeps hounding me, and it takes me back to a time when I was a little guy. I'm in the back seat of the 56 Belaire with the family. Dad, mom, my sister and myself. We are headed to my Grandfather's house, it's about a 3 hour drive on a good day. My Dad is notorious for taking short cuts. And he takes the kind of short cuts that get you there a tank of gas, and three hours later.
And like all kids when your forced to endure a trip like that, remember there were no video's, gameboys, Ipods, or cell phones, nothing to do but count cars, or try to get truckers to toot their horn for you.
Needless to say you get a little restless. This one time, my mom was mad at my dad for taking a short cut. For whatever reason, I just happened to say to my Dad, "Are we there yet" and I followed it up with, "When are we going to get there?" That just angered my dad and tickled my mom silly.
My Mom was about to piss her pants, she was laughing so hard. My dad was red in the face and I was smiling from ear to ear just because my mom was laughing. My Dad says " almost there," follow by "we'll get there when we get there".
I guess the point of this is that I'm working my tail off, I'm writing as much as I can, I'm learning as much as I can, and I'm not just learning, I'm doing as much as I can. I watch videos, I take notes, then I apply what I've learned, After hundreds of hours of work, 60 posts on one blog, 30 on the other. I just wonder, Is anybody reading my work, does it even matter?
The only way to know is Google Analytic's, but without traffic it can't tell me anything except what I already know. I need traffic. And Bing and Alexa aren't much help either in this black hole of Blog Limbo. Does Google know I'm trying to get ranked over here! And the question begs to know...when are we going to get there?
I guess it's like my Dad said, I'll know when I'm there, because I'll be there. Is it just me or do you all feel this way as well? And for the people who are through the black hole and see traffic and sales The question is, "When are we going to get there?"
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