Sixth Month of WA - Rising

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When I logged onto Wealthy Affiliate today, January 14, 2019, I got a pop-up telling me that I got my 6 months dedication badge! So that was the signal for me to blog about my progress at WA.

As always, checking out my last month's post will definitely give you some context:

Fifth Month of WA

For this month, I want to make a bigger summary. Not just random goals and progress reports, but physical numbers documenting my journey from day 1 to now.

To be honest, these six months were actually relatively disappointing to me. I didn't do as much work as I should have and the results show for it.

Get Good At Badminton Progress

This site was the first site I started with WA and it's starting to see some gains.

It came with a great start in August and then slowly started to lose attention during October to December. During that time, I was averaging approximately 2 posts per month which was way off my original goal of 1 post per day.

Luckily, during my summer months, I wrote lots of posts and those posts are starting to gain attention now.

I haven't looked at every single post ranking and such but after looking at Google Analytics and doing some Google Searches, I found a few of my posts that are either ranked number one or two on the first page. And those posts get traffic!

Before, all my traffic came from Wealthy Affiliate and friends that I showed my site to. So everyday that I didn't go onto my site myself or request for comments from WA left me with 0 visitors. And because there were a few days where I didn't touch it at all, it had zero visitors.

But now, I get at least 2-4 visitors everyday because my posts are one of the first results on Google. It's just a start to a more successful website!

Actual conversions are relatively stagnant. No Amazon affiliate sales. And since I wasted 4 months doing nothing to some extent, my Amazon Associate account is about to be rejected.

As for Google Adsense, the amount I made is relatively insignificant. A grand total of $0.50 from these six months!

But I'm quite optimistic about this site. The number of visitors per day is only increasing as time goes on and I'm sure I'll make an affiliate sale soon.

Get Good At Badminton Plans

Here's the plan for this site for the next few months:

  • Logo and Social Media Covers (January)
  • YouTube Videos (February)
  • Site Redesign (April)
  • Continue Posting and Making Videos (Entire Year+)

My logos and social media covers are long overdue. And right now, they're highly important if I want to build engagement with my audience especially when the traffic is starting to grow.

Once logos and banners are done, I can start to implement a YouTube channel. I'm hoping to make videos studying specific badminton players and incorporating them into my Player Study posts.

I also feel making videos for badminton is quite a bit more effective than writing. In the future, I also plan to make videos of myself playing and doing drills and such.

Then in March, I would just continue posting and making videos. My goal for the year is to be able to get at least 2 posts out per week for this site.

In April, it's time for a site redesign. If you have been following me, you may have seen me say that I want to learn PHP and web development so I can custom design themes. Well, I've set April as a general time to learn that stuff.

But I won't be using PHP and web development to redesign Get Good At Badminton.I'll be using the Divi Theme which allows me to drag and drop things in to make a custom theme.

Using that theme, my site will look nicer and it will do wonders for my brand. Then I can start expanding elsewhere in the future; building apps, selling badminton equipment, a merch store, etc.

KAZSMoney Progress

So this is my site that's in the make money online niche. I started it up around November after I completed the Online Entrepreneur Certification so it's still in its early stages.

There are no organic visitors yet and I haven't made any sales yet. The same thing happened with this website where I lost focus and didn't post for a while.

But currently this site is the site I post most on and get the most Site Comments to. That's where most of my traffic is coming from right now.

KAZSMoney Plans

KAZSMoney has the most running for it though. Unlike Get Good At Badminton which is in a specific niche that has a low amount of western followers, KAZSMoney is in the making money online niche, one of the biggest niches out there.

This has its own advantages and disadvantages. An advantage is that there are plenty of people who are interested in this niche while a disadvantage is that there are already tons of people out there that are catering to this niche.

So I need to be truly unique and write a lot of posts to stand out. Here's a general timeline:

  • Logo and Social Media Covers (January)
  • YouTube Videos/Affiliate Marketing Course (February)
  • Site Redesign (April)
  • Continue Posting and Making Videos (Entire Year+)

The timeline for this website is relatively the same with Get Good At Badminton except for the courses part.

I'm currently going through the Affiliate Bootcamp and have reached the part where Kyle talks about YouTube videos. So following that, I'll eventually get onto making videos for a YouTube channel.

First, I want to design a logo and social media covers though because it'll just make things feel cleaner and smoother. Then I'll also be able to build a brand which like above, lets me expand.

I've also been playing around ClickFunnels and Russell Brunson's books and training for a little bit and I feel that I can probably help a lot of people and earn more money if I use a funnel that has free courses offered to people that sign up with Wealthy Affiliate. So I'm definitely looking to build courses specifically on affilaite marketing in February.

Like Get Good At Badminton, March is the exact same thing where I'll be posting heavily and making videos. I might even run paid ads to my funnel depending on how things go.

For April, it'll also be site redesign season. Again, it'll be the Divi Theme that I use.

This site is in a major need of site redesign. The theme I'm using is so old that it isn't even monitored anymore and things have become quite buggy. I also don't like how they format certain things. But for now, the main focus is content.

A new theme is also needed if I want to expand into making courses. Because then I'll need to be able to show people options and give them recommendations on my homepage.

The Other Sites

I have two more sites coming soon. Originally, I wanted both of them to be done by the end of 2018 but it seems like that goal was rather far to reach.

So with those two sites, I've decided to start them using free themes and do the website redesign in April along with KAZSMoney and Get Good At Badminton.

The two new niches that these sites will enter are technology/gaming and education. With these two sites, there will be other people that write on it as well.

They're also great because they're niches that I love and can write things about. And from my experience with Get Good At Badminton, I found that my skills got better after blogging a lot so I'm hoping these two sites can do the same.

When I actually get started with these sites and start doing work with them, there will be more information. Stay tuned!

Wealthy Affiliate Numbers

I have to admit, I don't do too much on Wealthy Affiliate except for requesting comments, networking, and writing on Site Content. So I definitely haven't done as much here as some other people. Here are my stats:

  • Rank: 5679
  • Posts: 8
  • Network: 215
  • Articles Published: 72
  • All Time Words Written: 72,657
  • Articles Indexed: 43

I just realized that I've never written a post on Wealthy Affiliate talking about my first indexed page on Google. So I guess this will be a mini hybrid.

So for all the people wondering if it's possible to get indexed, it is. Just follow the low-hanging fruit and you'll get indexed. I got my first indexed post a while back and I forgot which one it was haha...

I don't really have any plans to become top 200 or become an ambassador on Wealthy Affiliate for now. I rather spend all my time and efforts focusing on building my sites up and work is going to pile up especially when I'm adding new sites.

But I'll still be on the platform, if you ever PM me, I'll be sure to respond!

Going Up

So for the next six months, my biggest goals are to make money, post articles like crazy, and increase the amount of visitors to my site by a tenfold.

I just have to stick to my new year's resolution and results are sure to come. In fact I'm already seeing the small increases.

Good luck everybody on your online business journey!

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Great achievement Kevin!! Congratulations:)

Julie

Thanks!

Happy 6-months anniversary Kevin!

Keep up the good work!

You too!

Wow! You are well on your way my friend! You seem very organized and that should fair you well in the future especially in this business!

Chris

Thanks!

It is always a great idea to review and go over what goals you have! Thank you for sharing your successes honestly this definitely puts into view what can happen. Your plan is very achievable and I agree with Jacqueline that it takes dedication and consistency so here is to beginnings and staying on track!

Good luck!
Veronica

I definitely agree with you! I found that writing down things always makes it stick better in my memory.

You're on the right track, Kevin, with your new resolution for 2019.
Stay focus and strongly believe in them.
It does take dedicated action and consistency to achieve the desired results.
Keep working on it.
Jacqueline

Yep, still working on the consistency part.

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