Progress Status At The End of August, or is it September Already?

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The month of August has ended and September has started with a loud Bang! it is time to do a review of progress made and lessons learned.

The month of August was the month of pragmatism in relation to Stoic Philosophy.

I am reading a bit of this type of Philosophy every morning. And the effect it has on my mind and mindset is frankly awesome, but that is a topic for another blog post.

The importance of practising pragmatism is a good and essential habit to develop. It will benefit whatever you set out to do.

Getting caught up in details that are not productive for your business or your other endeavours will only hinder your progress. A balanced amount of pragmatism and an eye for detail is the key in this respect.

August Achievements


August has been a very good month in total. I am approaching almost 300 subscribers to my email list, 100 new ones for the month, mostly on automation. The challenge is the follow-up sequences for the different lists that I have.

In relation to the list building activities, another small milestone is finalizing a couple of email swipe campaigns to address the challenge of follow up. The swipe files will keep members of my email lists engaged for the next couple of months.

The next milestone reached is my revenue, which is still reaching new levels. Since I started focusing much more on one specific activity for August, revenue starting to increase. Seeing several of my email list members are also progressing with their training and taking proper action, is very good news.

Invitation to beta-testing of new software is another milestone reached. I hadn´t been thinking to involve myself with beta testing software yet. But the software in question is very good and provides me with the opportunity to expand my network in other areas than only affiliate marketing.

The last achievement is getting more to the grips with content creation than I have been before. Thanks to the framework for a blog post provided by Nathaniell and ParthaB, and the discussions on SEO and Keywords that ParthaB has raised with his posts about these 2 topics.

I have been a member of a mastermind group for the last month and a half. It has been of the tremendous benefit of understanding how the business side of online marketing is working. The combination of WA and the mastermind group is a good one. They fill each other out in a good way.

The Good, Bad and the Ugly


All is not good with the month of August. The bad part of it is the following;

I have not been able to or to put it correctly, diligent enough to produce blog posts for my websites. I have the tools and methods to do it, but excuse myself that it is due to family issues of the medical emergency kind. It seems that my family are in the "flow" of illness and health-related issues. at the moment.

A part of my plan for the month was to finally get my YouTube channel off the ground, but it is still sitting on the ground. This will be one of the milestones that shall be achieved for the month of September.

My schedule needs a little bit of help. At the moment it is a mess. Getting back to my daytime job, my martial arts club opening up again after the summer holiday with a lot of eager new members as well as the mentioned medical emergencies in the family throughout the month, has killed my daily schedule, and I have been doing the art of "winging it" too much.

The good part of the month in relation to my routines is my morning routine. I have managed to keep it safe and practice it every day.

The Ugly Part of Online Marketing



Now we are coming to the ugly part of the month which is the discovery of having promoted a product created by a scammer. An ugly story of a person without a conscience that is using other peoples PayPal account, threatening people and not delivering the products or services promised in the related sales letters and opting pages.

It was a fellow Wealthy Affiliate member, Hilde, that raised the attention to this issue, and I am very grateful for it. It shows the importance of watching out for each other and being a team player.

Luckily no one has gotten the scammers products through my links.

Further, I have not lost any money from this, but will not be associated with such persons and are taking action to be removed from any connections with them.

So please, Be careful with what products and services you buy and which persons are behind the services and products. It is easy to be "blinded by the lights"., and tricked.

Some Final Thoughts


The last Month "happened" very quickly and I didn´t feel I got much done. Looking back, I have in reality been doing a lot of "groundwork" preparing the adjusted path forwards that I will diligently build for the rest of the year and into 2022. So I am in fact satisfied with the month overall.

As Hilde says so perfectly in her latest blog post, It is 120 days left of 2021. Let's make the best out of it!

Further, I see again and again the continued verification of what a gold mine Wealthy Affiliate is. Paying 50 or 99 dollars a month is a minor expense when you look at how much money people are throwing away at all the seriously overpriced "golden opportunities" and "see revenue quickly" products that are all over the place.

People are gladly paying 5 - 9K USD for training that we get here at WA for the price of a cup of coffee every day

Have a great week! I am going into Partha study modus again 😄💯

Roy

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Thank you for sharing your progress Roy.
You have achieved, even though you would have liked to do more.
Sometimes we feel like we are doing catch up, as life can throw obstacles in the mix.
Good on you, for having your plan for this month, and my word, doesn't time fly !!

Thank you, Helen :-) Time does really fly and as such, we need to take care of every day the best we can.

Wishing you a great week!
Roy

Good morning Roy,

Thank you for your update on your progress, I know you're working hard, so it's good to hear about your progress.

It sounds like you're still making good progress despite a few family issues, hopefully, everyone will be better and back to normal soon. It is great that you are building a list, it sounds like it's growing well.

I think we always have to be careful when we are promoting products to make sure that they are sound. It's great that Hilde brought up the issue, another great reason for having good people around us!

I hope that September brings good things and a productive month.

Have a great day.

Roy

God morning😊💯Every now and then life throws a challenge at us, not all good. It is up to us to tackle them ringte best of our abilities.

The list building activities is a very interesting skill to work on.

Having a good «team» around is an essential piev of the puzzle.

Roy

Good morning Roy,

Indeed, I hear you, challenges can often be thrown at us through life, but we have to push through and carry on regardless!

The great thing is you have a list and it looks like it's growing rapidly.

I really like the idea of having like-minded people around me, as in the Wealthy Affiliate community. I also like the feeling of not being alone on the online journey.

Have a great day.

Roy

Hello there, my social media guru "wink" - its been a while I came online to post so here I am.

The improvement is amazing, I hope the progress continues unabated for you, Roy. I have made changes on my end as well, hopefully I have some good results to report in the months ahead

Encouraging post this one was 😜

Great to "see you " again, Chris, and thank you for the kind feedback 😊.

Looking forward to seeing your results in the next months. I am sure they will be pointing in the right direction😃💯

Roy

Great post Roy, Thanks for sharing my friend :-)

Thank you, Lisa :-)

Roy

Hey Roy ... the Stoics will help you get through the Bad and the Ugly in style. Much of their doctrines add fantastic value. I think that Zeno is one of those people who are truly underrated in the history of the world.
:-)
Richard

Agreed, Richard. Their teachings have been invaluable the last couple of months. I like Zeno a lot too🤓

Roy

Hi Roy
It's a shame the videos haven't survived (LOL).
Zeno isn't the best known, and probably not the biggest contributor, but I believe he's the unsung hero who started it all.
:-)
Richard

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