My simple lesson from nature to make your online business thrive

byGail-UK

3.1K followers

Updated 5 years ago

I've just seen a nuthatch in my garden and it made me smile, big time!

It also reminded me of an analogy betweem feeding the birds and working here at WA on your own online business, so I thought I'd share my thoughts, briefly.

You see, I used to feed the birds in my garden regularly; every day I would add seeds, fat balls and tit-bits to the table and various feeders I had hung around the garden; and I loved watching the variety of wildlife that were attracted there - we also have foxes, badgers and a family of hedgehogs!

But then life seemed to get in the way, and I put out food less frequently, 'didn't refresh the feeders, and yes, you've guessed it, I also began to see less wildlife.

Last week I resolved to change this and began to 'feed the birds' again, and was rewarded mightily this morning by seeing my favourite, the nuthatch.

This is like my membership here at WA.

I've actually been a member here for coming up 18 months and for the first 10 months, worked really hard at getting my websites up and running and keeping them stocked with new content every month. It was working too and my ratings improved, I had several articles on page one of Google, and was in the top 50 here at WA.

Then things started to wane, however, when I got 2 new jobs in 'real' life, which meant I did not have as much time to devote to my online working, so I didn't post here at WA for a while, or indeed, on my own sites either. I was no longer putting in the hours and my ranking sank, as did the visitors to my site.

Now it's not all doom and gloom here because one of the jobs I got was a writing job which pays me well, AND which I consider I got directly as a result of joining WA in the first place, so I have been keeping up with my writing, just writing for a magazine rather than for my own sites. So I've been keeping my writing ticking along, as they say. And in the first 10 months of being here I managed to make enough money to cover my annual membership for nearly 3 years so I'm not out of pocket either.

But that's not my ulitimate goal. I want my online businesses to flourish: a) because I love what I do here, and b) because I want to reap the financial rewards too.

The point is, that just like 'feeding the birds' - the more consistently you write (or feed the birds), the better the results you get. The birds are just like the visitors to your website - when you put out what they need, they'll flock to you.

So I'll be posting an article this week, and I'll let you know when I do.

So come on everyone, it doesn't matter if you haven't posted for a while - the birds are still there and they want feeding - and if you provide the food - they'll devour it!

Success is within your grasp!

Have a lovely week everyone.

Gail