Like the video Kyle. It includes what starters need to know and it is very easy to follow. I'm really impressed. Nice job.

One question. I noticed your visible website to the public showed the sidebars on the right.
Did you have the Classic Editor and associated plugins activated? The reason I ask is because when answering questions for starters, one of the frequent concerns is that their website view is not the same as yours because they cannot see the Sidebars.

Am I correct in understanding that WordPress 5.8 and beyond displays widgets (sidebars) under (after) the written post (page) content? From what I understand Starters are not allowed to Add plugins which would allow them to view their site as you display yours.

In addition if the new design layout going forward is putting widgets under the content should we even be using the classic editor to make widgets display on the sidebar?

Thanks for all of your efforts and your response to my question.

George

I have started to work on my website in 2019.

As of today, I have more than 300 posts, more than 2,000 comments.

In the screenshot, it is obvious how the traffic goes up and down...


What keeps my blood pressure up is the fact that in September 2020 I had 30% more traffic than in September 2021.
And yet, at least 100 posts more in 09/2021 than in 09/2020.

In Google Search Console there are no major issues. All Manual and Security Actions are green.
Page speed all green (since June/July 2021).

I know there are many factors affecting the traffic...
...but I just can't understand how it could be that one day there are more than 1,000 visitors a day, and 2 months later 200 visitors per day.

Is there a way how to find out what really happened?

Probably not, but I just felt like sharing this with you guys...

What am I gonna do?

1) Posting more informative content (using the low hanging fruit KWs and leveraging Google Suggestions)

2) Posting at least 4 times a week (at least 1,200 words per post)

3) what else can I do...


Anyways, thank you for your time, and more power to you guys!
Mike

What are the steps I need to take to put my content on Google?

Hi, have you tried to change a bit the 2nd title? Have you looked into Alphabet soup https://my.jaaxy.com/search/alphabet-soup or keyword research tool for eg https://keywordsheeter.com/project

Thanks Kyle. My concern is combining the two would be a very long article. What is your response to that thought? Should I just give the second one a different title?

I agree with what has been said here. I had ZERO confidence in video when I started, and I certainly have never been good with public speaking. I just jumped in head first.

You know WHO is going to be the most critical of you? Yourself.

Others won't notice your mistakes more often than not, unless you point them out. When we are uncomfortable, we tend to point out our mistakes or apologize for things that we don't need to apologize for.

I still have to do several takes for particular components of videos that I take, and that is normal. I think if you talk to anyone that is doing video and viewed as an expert, they still have anxiety and nerves, that is fine and normal.

So just do it, you first few videos won't be perfect and that is alright. You get better at something ONE way, and that is by doing.

Hi Kyle, thank you for this amazing training! I would like to ask a question about confidence: how to gain confidence to appear on YouTube and build your brand around yourself? I follow a lot of YouTubers whose brand is their person, but I lack confidence to start a YouTube channel around my myself as a brand