Almost gave up on making an affiliate website.
I first started the desire to make an affiliate website 2 years ago. I was having a difficult time at work motivating myself to get up at different hours of the day. It never got easier and the thought of just resigning crossed my mind almost every day even though I didn't have a job lined up.
I did plenty of research on what I need to make an affiliate website and the cost to maintain it. I was so ready to just go for it but never took the first step due to my own laziness and plenty of negative events that happened along the way.
The thought crossed my mind about a month ago while working night shift with no work to do but watch movies. I realized how 2 years have passed and I'm still at the same job with the same salary getting nowhere. So I decided to look for ways again to make an affiliate website. I cant remember how I found a blog about wealthy affiliate but I ended up reading it and checked the website out. I thought to myself "Hey, it's free so why not check it out". Within a couple days I finished the first free course and was hooked. I realized that I have achieved so much in 2 days then in 2 years thanks to wealthy affiliate making it easier for me.
I decided to go premium and told myself that if I keep up this pace then I can make money in a month. I was happy that I already built a website and had 2 posts on it even though I didn't have traffic. I even told my wife and brother about it and told them that in 3 or 4 months I could resign if I made enough money.
Sadly, I couldn't keep up the pace. Few days after showing off I had to work tirelessly for my job doing 12 hour shifts and slept for 5 or 6 hours everyday for 2 weeks because I couldn't sleep very well during the day time. I ended up not touching my website for a long time and started to feel that maybe this isn't the right time due to my busy schedule. Plus I really hate writing posts or blogs because I can't think of what to write about.
Now my schedule has gone back to normal but the feeling of giving up didn't go away. I was just watching a movie just a couple hours ago and told myself "What the hell am I doing? I keep complaining about my job and procrastinate all the time. The only way I can prove to everyone especially myself that I deserve better is to keep doing it. Nothing worth having comes easy." So I continued my search for keywords to write about and made another post. Almost done with the second course which I'm sure you figured out is why I'm blogging this. :)
I just have one more post to make until I completely finish the second level but I don't want to put two posts in one day so I'll give it a couple days.
Unfortunately, although my site is indexed, my 3 posts are still showing not indexed in google. Maybe I have done something wrong in the process of wrote my keywords incorrectly but it's been at least 3 weeks since my first post and it's still not indexed. I'm trying to stay positive and just focus on the training instead of letting myself close to the brink of surrender.
Hopefully, within the next month I get some good news and traffic then it's all going to start coming together for me. :)
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The work always pays,even you work fast or slowly. The most important is that you don't stop writing content. Do what you have to do and Google works at its own pace.
I don't ask myself questions about Google because it can work a littlte strange way.
Don't give up and courage!
Ingrid
Thanks Aaron and Vicki! I appreciate the motivation you guys are giving me. It does get harder to push yourself without seeing any result but I have to say the community here is one factor that really helps me push through! Thanks!
Bro, don't stress
I just made a post yesterday about feeling like I'm lazy and how I need to work harder. Things will come together in time. Your sites and blogs will get indexed. It takes time and somehow we feel we never have time. Keep it up and don't let life get in your way. Continue to fight for what you want. Use the fact that you don't like your job as your motivation. Be creative, it helps. I am starting to post YouTube videos and I think that will help me.
What I'm saying is KEEP PUSHING and you will see yourself succeed. NEVER GIVE UP. There will be times where you don't want to write or even look at your computer, but keep pushing.
Do not let this feel like a choir otherwise it will become one. And nobody likes to do choirs. You want to be able to write a blog or review and think to yourself "this is good, this was fun" feel good about it. Know that your not just helping yourself, but helping others gain information.
I wish you all the best in what you do and hope to see you achieve your goals.
Aaron G.
Hi Mohammed
Just keep adding great content with great keywords and all will go well
Don't sweat that your posts haven't been indexed- Sometimes it happens and then one day Google notices them and you are away.
Just for now focus on the training and all you learn in there and then down the track, you can always revisit those posts and make adjustments if needed
Let your WHY take you all the way -You can do This!!!
Vicki
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I can relate to this and I think many in WA can. I do need to step back once I a while, take a deep breath and, then, move forward. Hang in there.