Long over due blog

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Hi guys I'm here now almost 4 months, I forgot to write a blog for month 3 showing what I have achieved and future goals, so here is one that will have to cover 3 and 4.

Well allot of things have changed over this past 2 months.

There was a while before Christmas where I was extremely stressed out about my website bestbarginsmartphones.com . I felt really bored and drained from this niche, it was review after review after review. Each review took a very similar context, just naming out the features of the phones, what is good what is bad, it became impossible to keep it original.

Plus the competitors were working for big companies and were given exclusive access to trial the products before they were even released. then they would provide awesome reviews and videos. How the heck could I keep up with that.

I chose this site as a rushed decision because I thought, hey smartphones are a highend product, they are kinda cool I guess and a high end product means a higher commission. Plus I packed it full of ads and afiliate links with money money money in mind.

So here is my lesson to you, DO NOT PICK A NICHE JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK IT WILL BE PROFITABLE, you will just crash and burn like I did (a few do succeed but not many). You need to like your niche, pick something you will be passionate about, you dont need to be an expert but you may eventualy become one from your researching. Even if your passion is bottle caps or dissecting insects (Ive seen weirder) you can make money from it and make a successful business.

Anyway I picked a new niche that I would love. I love history and I love going places. I done allot of research and found allot of cool affiliate websites. I nearly made a replica site eg swords, armour, uniforms, guns, scale models etc.

But then I thought why not do something I'm really familiar with, so I picked my own country. I have been allot of places, not everywhere of course and allot of the stuff for my site was drilled into us in school. While most in my class hated learning history of Ireland, I absolutely loved it, due to circumstances back in the day I never got a chance to pursue my passion, I thought I would never make a career from it.

My new site is whatisinireland.com for those of you who don't know it.

I am currently writing post 5 and my ultimate goal is to create the only complete Irish travel site. You will get history, reviews, travel info, hotels and accomodation, transport e.g ferries, car rental, public transport time tables and I have more ideas I may incorporate.

I plan to creat between 20-30 posts and at this stage completely structure my site out the way it is meant to be. I will not be monetising my site before this idea as google rankings and organic traffic is my main goal at the moment.

At home and with work I am having a pretty hectic time so progress with my site is pretty slow. But I am not too fussed as I am treting my site as a hobby at the moment, the best hobby ever in fact, Im loving it.

Also I feel it is important to mention you guys here at WA, you have been just awesome with your advice and converstion. I have met some really cool people here and have made some great friends, Norm, Kathy, Vicki, Angela, Iwan, Ian, Perry, Mohammed, Michaal, Catherine are just to name a few, sorry if I left anyone out there are som many.

I also want to thank you all who gave good wishes and prayers after my sons accident, he is doing great now. It was crazy stressful at the time and thanks for the support.

Anyway sorry for the long post and apologies for spelling mistakes and grammer errors I have rushed a little lol.

All the best,

Jason

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Hey Hey congrads on your writing glad to see it, good job.

Glad you are now moving in a better direction for your growth.

I am moving much slower than I had hoped to be but it seems that your post offers a lot of good advice. Thank you and good luck!

VERY good advice regarding picking a niche. Profit should not be your first thought. Glad you got redirected before you went too far.

Hi jason, love the site congrats are in order.
Well done! the pics are lovely,I personaly never met an irishman I did not like, the irish are wonderful people sticking to your passion will get you where you need to go, the money will follow.
Linda

Your site is looking great Jason and the important thing is you're enjoying it. :)

Just keep working at your Irish site when you can,I thought it was looking great the last time I looked,so it can only get better.I think you have picked a very good niche and I am sure there are lots of affiliated companies who would jump at the chance getting on your site.

Great advice and a very good looking new website. Glyn

Good lesson learned, and good advice.

I just visited your website. It's very pretty, I love the pictures on there. Hope the best luck to your site and your success!

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