I AM LOST
I've gone to look for myself.
If I should return before I get back,
please ask me to wait!
Of all the things I have done, I can't seem to get anything rolling. I know Kyle says that success is not all income and that providing quality content is the key. After writing and writing (30 + articles on Street Articles) and just posting my pillar per Jay. The secret has to be engagement as Kyle points out in his latest training.
Attempting engagement sounds easy, but it keeps looking like much of it can become one sided, or those you are engaging don't like what you like? I'm not sure what the reasons are, I guess I will have to research more of what social engagement is about.
Jay's webinars are helpful, but I can see a lot of his content is way over some heads ( not sure why my G+ will not allow authorship on my Wordpress sites, it keeps giving an error accessing my G+ account even when I am logged in to it?) When I think back to the days when I just cut and paste html on geocities to make my pages and spent hours trying to make them look at least half way ok, this was before google was even heard of. The only way I knew to get ranked then, was to publish the page and hope someone saw it.
I was selling model trains at this time and obviously did not sell much, until I listed them on eBay when it was getting started. The only big sale I had, was for an item I did not stock (I had left it on the website thinking no one would find it anyway). The person bought the item, paid for it and expected it to be shipped. I had a hard time, because he had used Paypal, I had to refund the money to his Paypal account not his credit card. He thought he was getting a refund on his credit card, so after several emails explaining to him how the credit worked he finally figured it out.
I don't want to appear negative, I just am seeing a trend where I create pages (much easier than those old days) and hope someone sees it and maybe piques there interest.
I will still plug away at it, but it still feels like I am spinning my wheels. Anyway just had to get this off my chest. I do not intend this to be a rant just an observation.
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Keep focused my friend and move forward. Most of us have been where you are now, and if you keep taking action, re-learning to make sure you haven't missed something then you will make progress,
Regards
Hudson
Hi, I don't think we've met on WA. Nice to meet you.
WA is a great resource, but what most people experience when they first land here is being overwhelmed by everything.
Not to worry.
If you stick with it, you will slowly be able to put the pieces together, and start to see the bigger picture.
I remember making lots of mistakes, and I'm still making them.
What helps me when I get frustrated an confused is to go way, way back to the beginning, and do some training that I feel like I already know. It may seem redundant, but it does two things for me.
1. Makes me feel like I know something, and am not completely dumb.
2. Help me find steps I may have skipped that are causing my current problem.
Specifically, if you're having trouble with G+, what I do when I get an error is copy/paste the exact error message into Google search, and most of the time someone else has experienced this error before. It can get a bit tedious browsing through the forums, but the answer is often there.
Good luck in your campaign, and if you need any help, send me a PM and I'll try my best.
Thanks for the support! It's nice to know that you, Kyle, Carson and everyone here at WA are here to help!
Just curious if you have built your 30 + articles around "keyword research"...You might take a closer look at "monthly global searches" and "competition" using your particular niche.
David
I have been using WA keyword tools and a little on Jaaxy. Thanks for the help. I might have to try different keywords in new niches!
It sounds like you are trying to do too much (as weird as that may sound). Take the science out of this, there is no science involved.
You have a customer. You have a product. Your goal is to align these two items through your content. Sit back and think about this.
Who is your customer? What are their problems, what are they needing help with, and what are they buying and what is popular? Create content around this.
What can you promote to this audience to align them with the most targeted product? What products are selling? Why are they selling? What is the benefit of buying them online? Promote these products to them.
Simplify things in this way and you will be well on your way. I went 3 months of constant effort before things really clicked, trust me though the time you invest now will pay off. Success is cumulative, not an event!
Thanks Kyle for the encouragement! You are right, I may not be choosing very good niches right now, I have been looking at what I like, if I look at what is more trending and others like, I may have more engagement.
Doesn't even have to be "trending" it has to be common trends of things that people are needing help with in that industry. If you can find the people that need help and then deliver them a solution, you will be very successful online. Just remember this simplicity as it will take you a long ways.
Hi Kyle, I am lost cause I don't know what do next, after I became a premium member, I felt I had loose my time and my money, since how long this is going to be happening,
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After I became premium it is like after I get to the water to swim and the lifesavers disappeared. I am lost and if I cannot get on track someone to help me, I don't want to continue.