You are Wasting Your Time........
and so am I !!!
I joined the WA community on November 28, 2014, 50 days ago yesterday, still an awesome decision I might add. I became a premium member shortly thereafter and I even upgraded to a paid Jaaxy account, so I SHOULD be well on my way to having a productive website by now and working on driving traffic to my site, or sites in my case.
What have I got to show for it, nothing but a few websites with basically nothing on them? What on earth am I thinking, the instructions are pretty clear, watch the trainings in the right order, take action, and do the daily tasks before moving on to the next training.
What's the problem, and yes it's a problem, what in the Hell am I thinking? I'm actually a fairly smart guy so why am I trying to swim up stream, why do I think I'm so smart I can find some shortcuts and reach my destination quicker than those who are doing things the right way?
I have no idea and it completely blows me away !!! Is there anybody else in the WA community that can relate to what I'm saying, or is it just me?
I'd bet my life there is because it's natural for people to want things now, we don't like to wait for anything, we look for shortcuts to get what we want NOW!!!
I'll stop my Rant now, it's becoming too painful to think about any longer.
Everyone Listen up, whatever you have to do, STOP in your tracks RIGHT NOW and go back to the beginning. If you've skipped any of the trainings. If you've not done exactly as things are laid out here, if you've not done each task in the modules, you are destined to fail, it's literally a matter of days before you jump ship, and you start saying or thinking "This stuff doesn't work".
There may be a few exceptions, but I'd bet only a few.
Don't think your website has to be perfect, or that it doesn't look good, or that maybe your niche won't be profitable, those are only copouts. Maybe you've run into some challenges, or feel you're in over your head, these are typical thoughts every new person has so reach out to the community, help is available for ANY problem you're having, not getting help is no excuse.
I spent some time this morning looking at some blogs from some of the most successful people in the Internet Marketing space and I was shocked at how simple their websites were, nothing fancy, just basic Wordpress websites, simple, simple, simple. However, they had content and that's all we have to do as well.
I had a rude awakening and I hope you have too. I've recommitted to doing the trainings and following the steps as they are laid out. Success is sure to come for those who follow the plan.
Good Luck !!!!
Rick
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Simple is the way to go. Plain white blog, black text. No fancy stuff. Content is what sells!
On another note, I would recommend you remove the italics from your post, it makes it hard to read (back to simplicity!). No offense intended!
LOL. I had this "perfectionist" issue but it's better this year. Like Nike says.........just DO it.
Deb, 60 yrs of this "Fanatical Madness" is tough to break, it's hard teaching an old dog new trix.
Yeah right, sure you are Deb, so is my Cat !!
Just Kidding, I know you told me that once before, and guess what, I'm so glad you are. It's rare I'm the younger one in a conversation.
Funny you blogged this today I just started from the beginning again yesterday. It seems like affiliate marketing is just like meditation the simplest thing to do and yet the hardest to accomplish.
I for one know that I can relate to what you are saying,keep at it no matter how hard it just do it...good luck and good life!
Oh yes Rick I agree with what you are saying. I have done exactly the same thing, however I am not going to give up. I just need to go back through some of the training and finish up the rest of my training and then I feel like I will get back on track. Thanks for the boost and good luck to you!!
Wendy:)
I believe that it is not important to have a flashy website with all the bells and whistles so I have emulated that. I try to keep it simple. I agree. And yes I have that feeling often but I am committed to my course of action. I believe with time and effort it will happen for me.
I think there's plenty of us who can relate to this! Haha! At least you've seen the error of your ways!
Good for you! I do exactly the same thing (worry about all the wrong things) - and I add too little content. Thanks for the reminder, Rick. Let me know when I can take a look at your website again! It is a really nice site and you write very well - it's sure to become a success!
Thank You Marie for the nice compliments. These kinds of reminders always help me too. I'll message you soon about my site.
Hope you're well.
I'm fine. Working hard at my new job - bit I love it! Look forwars to get next message about your site!
Oh believe me, I realize, as does everyone else, everything here takes work. I certainly wasn't implying simple didn't take work, quite the opposite.
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Thank you for sharing this! I needed to hear it! Following :)
I'm glad it struck a nerve with you. Following you back,
Thanks,
Rick