I lied to myself
I think we all suffer from this.
I was so excited when I first started. The encouragement was awesome and I was determined to succeed... but then I trickled off and my enthusiasm deflated.
Part of it was the realization that the more I learned the more I learned how much I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm not a good writer so I've resisted the lessons where Kyle says "now go write a post/page bla bla.." knowing he says that is exactly how traffic is generated and traffic converts into sales. Part of it is that I'm blessed with a good job and I really don't need extra income. That said, I wouldn't mind having a part time job ;)
I've not been completely stagnant, since I've been learning outside of WA, but I didn't even meet my once a week promise to myself (that's where I lied) and here I am almost at a year since I joined, wondering if I should pay the next year.
Most of the time I come to WA is just to update plugins and themes on the two sites I started to build: The one I used to practice that was supposed to be a charity site and the one for my daughter's business.
Happy to say, my daughter's art business is picking up (www.jacklyndianedesigns.com), no thanks to me and my services to build her a web store. I can barely keep up re-posting her Instagram posts (@jacklyndiane.designs) into the Pinterest board I created (JacklynDianeDesigns). She has moved her site out of WA so I can't find a reason to justify the membership for now.
Thanks in advance if you are interested in art and home decor and go follow her.
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I'm not sure how much it will cost you to outsource. I would recommend Upwork to find a freelancer though.
Hi Mel, thanks for replying. I rather know from someone who is outsourcing already. I'm in the same boat with a freelancer not knowing if the services he/she provides are legit or required.
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To add to this blog, in case anyone reads it.
She has chosen Squarespace to host her website. It was very easy to create and I think it requires less maintenance.
I moved the DNS hosting of the site from WA to Namecheap since that is where I bought my domains. She is paying $12 a month for the hosting with 24/7 support. It's been a week and so far it is working great.