500 new followers on my site using SUMO

Hey all!I wanted to let you know that I've gotten 500 subscribers to my site in just 6 months using Sumo. I have a "pop up" that appears when you're on the site (it scrolls down into the page--very neat) and also a popup subscribe option. I WAS paying for the premium service for a while, but now I am just using the free version and still getting subscribers. Highly recommend it. https://sumo.com/app/list-buil...

back in the saddle!

I have been off WA for a few months dealing with life crap but I am BACK with a vengeance and determined to get my website ranked up there again!! Hi everyone!

My latest post from 5 minutes ago is 10 in google, and video is 9!

This is so exciting. Usually it takes a few days to get up there in rankings, but I am already on page 1 and my video from youtube is also on page 1. I've never tried getting a video ranked before (i've only done 2 videos ever) so this is exciting!!!!!!!

WOW serious negative backlash from readers-had to pull a post

so within hours of posting a blog post promoting a child's gummy vite I got numerous emails asking if my site had been hacked, why am i posting stuff promoting that "crap". I think the readers are right, to be honest, and felt weird writing a post about it, but the company had sent me free products and i felt weirdly obligated to say something positive. I feel awful, like i betrayed my readers. Which I guess I did but it was unintentional. Still trying to find the balance between money-making (

Made some $ and every post on Page 1 or 2 of Google

With the exception of two posts, ALL of my posts are now on page 1 or 2 of google! I haven't been on here much the last couple of weeks, and just checked my site's ranking on Jaaxy and was surprised to see that everything has moved up despite me not posting for a week on my blog! I have felt a bit of a "lull" writing-wise but this motivates me to keep it up.I also made commission number 4 and 5 on Amazon--a whopping $3.50 but hey, I am not complaining! It's going to happen! My site has been up

Wow! Top 100!

I am really dedicating myself to my blog and, relatedly, to WA because it's through WA that I have learned exactly what to do to position myself for success. Being "top 100' or whatever is not my goal, but happened as a result of coming here, helping out, posting questions and learning. Thank you WA for such an amazing community. In the next couple of weeks, I am going to start a second blog related to WA itself, and I hope to continue to learn and grow with everyone here! Thank you all so much

First page in Google, baby!

Okay, so riding on my recent success, just found out one of my recent posts is on the first page of google! And it's a pretty broad keyword too!!!!!It's one I am particularly happy with and worked really hard on....so happy to see it doing well!! WOOHOO!

Success-it's happening folks!

Okay so here's what been happening in the last few weeks:1. Started a twitter account and have 110 followers in 3 days.2. my stats--went from an average of being listed 126th in google to 95th last month, on average (i only installed google analytics last month so that's all the data I have). I've had my site for almost 4 months, so moving on up, slowly but surely (and I do have a few posts on the 2nd page of google and the first page of bing!)3. A MAJOR kitchen appliance manufacturer reached o

Am I Important?

It's easy to feel like a tiny minnow in a giant ocean, like nobody is hearing you or seeing you. Whether it's because you have only 10 hits on your exhaustively-researched blog post, or whether you feel invisible to your husband/spouse/friend at times, we live in a time when it feels like certain people get ALL the attention, leaving the rest of us to swim in the shallows, waiting for someone to really SEE us.Most of us live quiet and somewhat ordinary lives, full of errands and tidying, occas

First Gold Member Commission!

Not sure how this happened, but I have a new Gold Membership signed up under me, and I earned my 2nd commission check from WA! I am not really even promoting WA much, even though I love it, as I am focusing on my niche. It was a wonderful surprise to see that money in my Stats!