Real Motivation
It`s been a while since I wrote any blog here so I thought it`s time else people forget I`m still around.
When I joined WA, I knew nothing about building a website although I had spent (I`m ashamed to say but yes1000s) most of this money was lost late at night when I could not sleep, and ended up joining rubbish programs.
I knew nothing about reviews and if any of you do not know it, the high priced scam programs,some rank very well so you type "make money online" they come top on google.That`s what happened to me for almost 5 years.
During that time, I happened to find Eddy`s site that recommended WA but I thought, if a program charged me hundreds per month and I lost the money, why would a program that`s a fraction make me succeed? so I forgot about WA and kept loosing money.
I never gave up,just learned to not give my CC too fast online.
After some serious illness that left me with an insecure future and feeling trapped (I get 60% invalid security so I`m not allowed to live in a foreign country for an extended period of time) but I cant REALLY work either as I have too many complications with my health.Switzerland is expensive so my 60% is hard to survive on,that`s why I dream of migrating to a cheaper warmer country,go and come back here as I please.
Fast forward....Again WA came up during one of my searches.This time I thought I will give it a 1 week try and that`s why the name I gave here did not really matter.There have been ups and downs, lots of abandoned niches along the way.
At last I can say I`m beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.It has not been easy,there were months of zero traffic but I kept moving as best as I could.Today sitting here writing this, I can say I see regular sales, nothing much as Amazon commissions are low as you all know but I`m sure if I have 200,300 posts, there will be more sales.
To anyone struggling,please do not give up.If me,someone who was loosing money online for over 5 years can start making regular sales online, you too can.
You can`t afford to be a member? yes you can.I have way below national minimum survival income,what i did was give up coffee at work,give up take aways, give up little "luxuries" I now realize I never needed in the first place and you know what?I can now easily afford WA with that money.What more I learned loads and I see my site getting better and better,I see my sales improving monthly and..........watch this space.
I always knew it will one day be me writing those 3,4,5 income figures some day.Maybe not this year, maybe not next but you know what? I will because I`m not giving up or going anywhere and my site keeps showing me I`m on the right track.
Now I`m feeling guilty for writing so much so i stop.
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Hi, Roamy! Yes, running an online business definitely has its ups and downs. Right now to be honest things are not going the way that I would like them to go in my business here at WA promoting the company.
However, it's reading articles like yours that keep me moving forward. The old saying that Rome was not built in one day and that it applies to running an online business is quite true!
Best of luck to you regarding your online business, my friend!
Jeff
Thanks Jeff, how have you been?the saying aside, I was in Rome 2 years ago, there is something about the city.I think everyone should visit Rome at least once in life.
You have an active niche, and in this cold, I don't think people interested in your niche are buying now.Same with my sporting site, after the season, everything stops.
I tried promoting WA, luck of new, it worked very well in the beginning and this was my first site, was referring within weeks of publishing my site, managed to pay my membership with referrals, but then something changed. No matter how I tried, nothing happened, the signups stopped too.
Who said rinse and repeat might have been wrong.I`s sure when it gets warm, things will look different for your site.
Just keep working.
Roamy, I'll send you a pm. I will talk about my business here at WA, and of course tennis which we both have a great interest in!
Jeff
Your perseverance paid off in the end. How good would it be to have the benefit of knowing the right decisions to make at the time you need to decide, not with the benefit of hindsight. I wish you success. Best Alan
Making the right decisions? I think it`s a matter of taking risks which as I learned, can be really expensive and leave you untrusting.
You made the right choice. Stick to the plan now and MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.
There are millions out there who are getting scammed every second. I hope they find a real program someday like you. I was so fortunate to fall on WA without getting scammed. As soon as I got onboard, I knew this was something else.
Lucky you, I have been scammed over and over again and always felt too humiliated for being so stupid. Never even tried and get a refund of any kind.
But i kept trying, hoping to find the right place, glad I never gave up as I`m beginning to see my dream turning into a reality.
Real struggle and persistence. Great to read your lines Roamy, I hope that better days are coming. Hopefully your niche is not seasonal like mine.
Hi there, I have a seasonal Niche which does very well during sports season, when sports end,it`s like the sports is forgotten.
It`s funny the site was started because I could not bring my self to write in my niche for a while.
Thanks it has been a long way with 101 reasons to give up but never even seriously thought of that.
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Thank you so much for sharing this and it is definitely some great motivation. I'm not making very much money and this is my third year with a little over 200 posts, but this year is the first time I ever had any kind of affiliate sales from Amazon so I will take that as a milestone and keep pushing forward.
Three years so we are almost the same time here.Like you it took me time to make money.Ok my site promoting WA started making money almost immediately but then the rinse and repeat...got over rinsed? don't know but the signups stopped.But I now have an Amazon site I`m happy with.
Like you, I`m not yet making much, with the low commissions from Amazon, you need to sell alot, but I`m very happy with the way things are looking.
That's wonderful and a little bit of commissions is better than no commissions. We just have to keep working tell we start making the money we dream of.