Here's my plan to get back on my feet again

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I had a decent mini pc website, but google had ignored it. So I decided to try adding a new subniche (raspberry pis, little tiny computers). And my site took off. I went from $30/mo to almost $300.

Then I caught a company's attention. Got a short term contract to do sponsored post.

So I added another subniche and even made a few sales...

Either I screwed up, or Bing just decided to do an "HCU" on me. My traffic on Bing literally disappeared, which drove me back to around $30/mo and I put my contract update on pause.

I am creating three new websites now:
- use a tool to rewrite each of the existing posts
- use the hub and other tools to generate up to 1000 ideas for new posts.
- Come up with a social media plan
- let 'er rip!

I am trying that with the first site. If that works, I go on to the second, I will decide whether or not I have the bandwidth right now to do anything with the third...

So far I have the first site built but in maintenance mode. I am just starting to figure out how to write the posts. Will experiment for the next week or so, while I create new social media sites...

Onward!

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Adapting and building sub niches is a great way to move forward.
Congratulations

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Stevoi

All about learning, benefiting from what we’ve done and improving on it as we go

The multiple sub niches, possibly confused the search engine and I may have made a small mistake at some point that caused it to crash

I am rebuilding the sites from the bottom up and profiting from everything I’ve done for the last few years

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Certainly sounds like a solid plan Michael, and knowing you.... it will all work out well my friend! :-)

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You sound like you have it all worked out - and it'll most likely soon take off again.

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I can afford to be patient. One needs to remember that this is a business not a website.

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It's a rollercoaster ride for sure. One day you're up and the next two you're down, then up again. Operating an o line business is like investing in the stock market. You gotta ride the way for the long term. And sometimes changing the investments is a good idea.

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I look at this as an opportunity to step back and try something different. I made more on my contract than I expected to make the whole year. So if it takes mẹ 2-3 months to figure it out that’s fine. Meantime my site is almost ready after 3 days and I am starting to test pushing posts to the site

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That's great that your contract brought in so much. It's a wonderful success story.

Wow, Michael—what a journey! Thank you for sharing it so transparently.

It’s encouraging to see how your decision to pivot (adding the Raspberry Pi subniche) brought such strong momentum. $30 to $300 and a sponsored post opportunity? That’s no small win!

I feel you on the sudden Bing drop. Those algorithm shifts can be so discouraging, especially when it feels like we’re doing everything right. But I love your resilience and the way you're bouncing back with a clear, actionable plan.

Looking forward to seeing your progress. Keep going, Michael—onward, indeed.

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