Thanks for the comment and intro. Looking forward to seeing you achieve your dreams here.
Richard

Thanks. All the best, Richard

Thanks Jeff - appreciate the follow - have followed back. All the best.
Richard

All good thanks. All the best to you too.
Richard

You are welcome.

Thanks for connecting. All tbe best.
Richard

Thanks. I've been here a while now and done some website stuff but been distracted with other stuff. Currently building a website for my parents bed & breakfast which is good. I enjoy it when I get the chance and they certainly teach well here. Should see more of me here again over the next few months.

Richard

You're welcome and all the best to

Great to be connected. All the best too.
Richard

Hope its going well for you as you seek to grow your business. Thanks for the follow back.

You too - thanks

You're welcome and all the best
Richard

All the best.
Richard

You're welcome. Thanks for the follow back. All the best.
Richard

Thanks for the follow back. Keep up the good work..
Richard

Wow - that is amazing. We lived in Arusha for 6 years and have been back in Auckland for 3 years now. It was a very interesting experience.

Where did you live in TZ / Kenya?

I also travelled a bit - spent a bit of time in Kenya, particularly Nairobi Also visited Uganda, DRC, Zambia and Malawi - very different part of the world!

Will be interesting to swap some stories.

Thanks for connecting and all the best.

Richard

I was born in Dar, then spent a few years in Nigeria before settling on Kenya's north coast - near Kilifi. My dad still lives there :)

Where in Auckland are you based? I'm out at Eastern Beach. :)

Wow. I spent some time in Dar. Interesting place.
We are in Golflands- close to Botany Town Centre, so not far away are all.
How is your online journey?
Richard

You're welcome and all the best.
Richard

You are most welcome and all the best!

Richard

Thanks and all the best.
Richard

You're welcome and all the best with your ventures.
Richard

Thank you and all the best.
Richard

You are welcome and great to connect.
All the best.
Richard

Thanks for the comment and follow back.
My daughters one is to encourage her to write - it was an area she was struggling a bit with at school. It has worked as she is now where she needs to be.
My plan is to get her to start her own niche site at some point where she can start to earn her money online but I need to be sure of what I am doing before teaching her. She's only 10, so there is plenty of time yet.

All the best.
Richard

Thanks and yes we are here to help each other succeed! All the best.
Richard

Nice to meet you. I trust it is going well for you - sounds like 2016 is a good year. All the best.
Richard

So much to get done! One step at a time. All the best with your endeavour and hope I can be of help :).
Richard

Appreciated and look forward to watching your progress.
Thanks
Richard

Thanks for the follow back and trust all goes well.
Richard

You are welcome. Appreciate the follow back. All the best.
Richard

Thanks and all the best too.Richard

Thanks and all the best too.Richard

You're welcome and all the best! Richard

Thanks and all the best with your online business.
Richard

The great thing is - its a mutually beneficial thing - learning from each other. Looking forward to sharing in your journey. All the best.
Richard

Thanks and wish you all the best to.
Richard

You're welcome! All the best and c u around WA.
Richard

Thanks and all the best. Richard

Thanks for the follow back. Richard

You're welcome - great to connect.

Great to meet you - thanks for the follow-back.
All the best.
Richard

Thanks for the follow-back. All the best. Richard

Thanks and all the best too. I see you are quite new here but must be very busy here as your ranking is great :).
Lots to learn but a great journey. All the best.
Richard

Hi Richard I love the posts they are so positive and helpful.I'm slow with my website. I ask a lot of questions and I think that helps with ratings

You are welcome. All the best.
Richard

Thanks - you are welcome and all the best.
Richard

You are welcome. All the best.
Richard

Thanks Chris for the Follow-back and great to be connected.
Yes - it can be easy to get chatting etc and use valuable time. However, the community is also where we learn - so it is a balancing act.
I wish you every success here - go for it.
Richard

Chris
I have read through your profile also. A really heartfelt profile and project after the tragedy of the cancer with your granddaughter Grace - same name as my oldest girl. My heart certainly goes out to you and your family. I really trust that you and your daughter can achieve some of your great goals and dreams here.

My wife is a doctor also - a surgeon and specialises in breast surgery, so deals a lot with breast cancer. It can all just be very cruel but that is life and death. You, your daughter and people like my wife are blessed to be able to try and bring some healing and hope to those who are affected.

I'll be interested to follow your journey - all the best.

Richard

You are welcome and yes it is a great place to be.
I see you are quite new - so a big learning curve - but a lot of fun!
Enjoy and see you around.
Richard

Thanks for the follow back. Seems you have been busy - well done. Trust they start to pay you well!
Richard

Hi Richard,
Nice to meet you! Yes, I have been busy and hopefully I will start to make some money from my sites!
Regards,
Shawn

Hi Shawn
I had a look at your retirement income website - and you've done a great job. It looks great, is engaging and leads people through the steps.

I think the site could be improved by adding more specific content via the way of more posts and internal linking to these posts. For example - the Affiliate Marketing page could branch off into looking at various affiliate programmes, how to add these into your site, cookies and referral tracking etc etc. I feel this would lead it to being really authoritative.

Anyway - just some thoughts and suggestions that hopefully are helpful.

However - the site is so well put together - you must be proud of your work!

Cheers

Richard

Thanks Gary - trust your online business enjoys great success.
Richard

Thanks Bob and all the best with your venture.
Richard

Hi
No I have not tried it but am aware of it. There are others such as Map my Walk and Map by Bike that also offer similar functionality.

I have spent a lot of time over the past month playing with Google MyMaps. I have learned how to download information from my GPS Watch and into my Tom Tom software and then import into Google to create GPS Maps of tracks. People can then walk the tracks with their mobile device in their hand and know exactly where they are in the bush. I have found it very challenging but so exciting and feel I have hit on something that is innovative in my niche.

Anyway - enough on me - I really trust it goes well for you and you see the results you desire.

Richard

Hi
Its a lot of fun right now. I've had too many other family responsibilities since joining and so have not been able to develop my sites consistently. This has changed now with my youngest getting a bit older and more time at pre-school! So - now I'm doing more and hopefully will get the rewards starting to flow in.
All the best also.
Richard

You're welcome and all the best.
Richard

Hi Margaret
Great to meet you and thanks for the comment - I was curious where this one came from!
Wow - you lived in Auckland - its probably grown and changed a lot since then.
Trust things are going well for you online. I wish you all the best.
Richard

You are welcome and trust you have a successful journey here.
Richard

Yes thanks Richard, i m start to enjoy it....
Paulo

Thanks for the follow back and I likewise wish you all the best.

Richard

Thank you so much for those extra encouraging words. I'm quite excited how it is taking shape and believe it can become a great resource for the community and also honour my father-in-law.

A appreciate your interest and comment.

All the best

Richard

Thanks. Loving it right now. Making some great progress everyday and hoping that breakthrough is coming soon :)!
Thanks for the follow back and all the best.
Richard

Thanks so much and all the best also.
Richard

Thanks so much and trust you go well and reach your dreams.
Richard

Thanks - yes - its all good . Very exciting.
All the best
Richard

Thanks heaps.
I wish you every success too.
Richard

Thanks - you are so right. Keep at it and you will do well.
Richard

Thanks for the follow back - and yes very busy but thoroughly enjoy it. I am also enjoying getting a bit more time with my website.
All the best
Richard

You are lucky you have the time. I'm struggling to find time in between my massage and kids! Shally.

I hear you. I spent two years here trying hard to get things done and have enough content to rank in Google - and in the end failed. I just had to prioritise family - 4 kids and my wife's work. We don't really need the money although some extra would be great - so it was not enough priority to compromise on the other stuff.

I think to really make it work online - you need to invest a lot of time to get yourself underway - until you get good traffic and then can probably maintain a bit more. I would think at least 5 hours per week is minimum but maybe around 10 hours would be enough if you are really focused. The learning takes a lot too early on.

Anyway - I wish you all the best and appreciate the post. Hopefully you can find enough time to at least get some momentum.

Cheers

Richard

Thank you Richard. Good to know I'm not the only one who have obstacles in life. Shally.

Thanks and all the best also.
Richard

Thanks. None of them are actually monetised yet, except for the WA Affiliate site I guess which has been on the back-burner while having to do other things. I'm now at the stage of being able to devote more time and focus and will start to get them up to speed and profitable!

Trust all is well in your camp.
All the best.
Richard

You will get them there, if you have a problem as you go forward, ask.

You're welcome and all the best.
Richard

Ha... I would still start with a smaller one...))
Vera

You're welcome and all the best.
Richard

Nice to be connected. Trust it is going well.
Richard

You are welcome and great to be connected. Wish you all the best.
Richard

Thank you!

Thanks Lisa - you are so right. I feel extremely blessed. It makes my journey here slower - but much more worthwhile :).
Regards
Richard

Thanks and all the best.

Richard

Thanks Jeff and tryst all goes well as you work on your online business.
Cheers
Richard

Thanks and nice to connect. All the best with your online business.
Richard

Thanks and see you there. Ric

Thanks. Yes I have not done them yet. Comments was an oversight and will fix shortly. I'll construct the About Me page and contact page. I also need a privacy page. I've been concentrating on figuring out how to integrate with Google Maps etc - been a big learning curve :).
Really appreciate the feedback as it will help me to get my foundation right
Thanks and all the best.
Richard

Great you were able to visit us here - we live in a very blessed and amazing place. Thanks for the comment.

I see there is a lot of information about G-Maps in the question bar. Including at least 2 of yours. Thanks for sharing. It sounds like what you want can be better served with GIS software. Check out https://grass.osgeo.org/ I have not used it much but it is free and competes with ArcInfo.

Hi
I have addedicated comments to the page. If you have a second - are you able to confirm it iseems working?
Thanks so much.
Richard

Hey - thanks for the follow.
I am making good progress with Google Maps and quite happy.
I'll check out the software you have suggested also.
Thanks
Richard

I left a comment. It seemed to work fine.

GIS software has a pretty steep learning curve, but I have used it to map a proposed train before it was built. It is designed for the land use manager to be able to log everything on the ground in layers. You would have recreational features in one layer, forest types in another and water resources in another.

Hey - thanks - its greatly appreciated.
Richard

I googled it and had a good look. It is certainly sophisticated and will do amazing stuff. I think it is over-kill for me currently but at some point will offer a further point of difference for my site. I will review it further once I have more content and have the design etc bedded in.

Thanks again - you've been really helpful.

Richard

Your welcome. Sharing information is what WA is all about.

OK. That is awesome feedback thanks. I'll take a look at my picture sizes. Maybe Google Maps and my video may also benjoy an issue.
Did you manage to actually see anything in the end?
Thanks
Richard

Yes I did, and I was impressed. Nice and simple, easy to navigate and interesting walks...keep it up. Now all you need to work on is optimisation. The other thing is maybe comment boxes at the end of each post to allow others to put in their feedback or recommendations because they walked those trails.....

I'll work on those points the next couple of days.
Appreciate your help.
Richard

Hi
I have added the comments at the end of the pages - a small issue but very important. I found a post on WA that helped me as it was an option on the pages.

Re: loading time - I have redone all the photos on my main blog post and hopefully this will make the website load a lot quicker. If you have a chance to check if it has improved - that would be great - but understand it may now be in your cache and you may also not have the time.

Thanks for your help.

Richard

Your link is not working now. It isn't my cache..I do clear that. I have included an image. This is from my new macbook...I will try again from the desktop work computer tomorrow.

Ok. I know why.
I changed the name of the post as I realised it could lead to downstream issues - long story.
The link to this post is now:

www.greataucklandwalks.com/albany-trig-track

Let me know if this resolves the issue.

Thanks

Richard

Much nicer, the load was reasonable, I wasn't twitching...lol! One comment I got which I think is valid you need to make your 'story' fit in one page so that the user doesn't have to scroll very much. I'm not sure how you do this with your one, mine was easier. Maybe there should be a button that takes them to the next part of the story something to think about. The other pages loaded quickly. I think the first page loading slower is probably more to do with WA than something you are doing. Keep up the good work!

Ok. I'll look into this and give it some serious consideration.

Re the speed. It may have been internet / WA but also - the main background picture I have used was quite heavy so I managed to cut its size by about 60% to just over 200kb. Given the other pictures also - i think it probably was my site and you've really made me hone in on some key areas.

Genuinely grateful and appreciated.

All the best.

Richard

Thanks Desmond and hope to see you around here.
All the best
Richard

You are welcome and thanks for the follow back. I'm enjoying the journey but still yet to break through - haven't put in enough time but that is changing now with my youngest girl now 3 full days at pre-school!.
All the best.
Richard

Thanks Johan and all the best.
Richard

Thanks for the comment.
Yep - not too many of us but my wife is a surgeon and we decided that to give our best to the family and kids, one of us had to be flexible. In her role - its vital she can be totally committed to her job - no-one wants a distracted surgeon :).
Anyway - all the best for your journey here.
Richard

You got that right, patients want a wide awake surgeon!

You're welcome and happy to connect. All the best with your online business.
Richard

Hi Keith
Yes been here for a while. Started off strong and then had a lot of other work that stopped my progress for 6 months. Have been developing things slowly since then as I have just not had enough time with other priorities. However, my youngest has just stepped up to 3 full days per week at pre-school and this is a game changer for me. I can now allocate consistently a good day per week to my site development plus a bit of other time.

Overall pretty happy although a bit more traffic would be nice!

I think I can give a very different answer in another 6 months.

How is it going for you?

Cheers

Richard

Hi Richard,
Stay at home dading for four kids is a full time job + and the free time must be limited.

I just had a look at your website, nice work. I have been looking over the more successful WA members sites and most are following a general recipe. Yo have taken a different route, which is refreshing.

I started off following Kyle's advice and selected a niche I have always interested me. About half way through it became obvious this was not going to be a money maker and switched to the boot camp.

I am now developing an approach which is not scam or legit orientated.

Things are moving along slowly which is OK for now.

All the best.
Keith

Thanks Keith.
I have taken the same path but too be honest have gone back to the niche approach a bit more as found the WA area too competitive. However - the amazing thing is that as time goes by I'm starting to get increased traffic and have had a few referrals - although none have actually converted to WA sales. I'm going to re-engage with this site again as I think I can get some income over time.

I have 3 others sites that I am working with however.
One is tips on flying with kids - I really wanted to write about this - traffic is steady but slow.I have not tried monetising yet.

I have just started working on a walking track site to put online the tracks my father-in-laws has developed over the past 30 years. I will then expand this to include many other options in my city. I am including GPS maps using Google Maps, GoPro footage etc. I'm hoping that after about a year I'll have 50+ tracks and it might get significant traffic.

My 3rd is a niche product site that I know lots about and feel I can offer great opinion / reviews and then hopefully sell items via Amazon.

I've only just started getting a bit more time as my youngest is now 4 and just started doing a few more hours at pre-school.

How is it in your world.

All the best

Richard

Hi Richard,
Yes the WA area is very competitive, however, the websites tends to use a very similar recipe, so I am trying to develop a different approach to entice the punters in my direction. Once I have this site underway I will return to my Niche subjects.

My wife wants me to develop a site for men's grooming, a number of her younger friends have complained about how juvenile young men are these days. And I agree it is a problem.

Back in the olden days boys and girls had very clear views of what was expected of them and their place in society (write or wrong). Currently this is very blurred, and consequently confusing.

So, the website will be aimed at helping young men find their footing in the modern world.

Blimey, that sounds a bit ambitious.

The website I originally started was travelling by trains, I have always been a bit of a train spotter, so this will be for fun.

Now I have written it down I had better do it.

So there you have it.

All the best
Keith

Thanks for the response.
I guess we are in learning mode and as we go along will eventually find a couple of niche areas where we are successful. Its about learning, creativity, consistency and persistence.

Keep in touch and all the best.

Richard