A Little Discouraged
I'm barely getting a drop of visitors to my site. Not even a close to a trickle. It's a little discouraging.
I have a parenting site and I've realized that Pinterest is where it is at for sites like mine. But it is such a visual based site and my images just don't compare to all the others. I am trying to learn canva so I can try to create more visually pleasing posts but I don't understand how to use canva well.
I have been trying every night to recreate posts with better visuals but I am just not getting it :(
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Pass it on to Family * Friends turn it into a survey see you find something free to offer you can find them on the internet. People will do anything for free.
It's not easy. I have the same problem with pinterest, and trying to learn canva. I guess we just have to keep at it sometimes to master something.
I know nothing about Pinterest marketing, but I do know if you are willing to ask the question here then you will be on your way to the solution very soon.
I know how you feel Shaina. I am sure many others have felt that way as well. Just don't give up. Anything that is worth doing is worth doing well. Parenting is hard and we need sites that help, so your efforts to develop a parenting site is well worth the effort. Success does not come easy. Keep trying and eventually you will find a way to make it a success...
For something like parenting, you have a lot of competition. Not to say you can't rank there, but your articles must be different than straight product reviews.
Parents are looking for advice. Topics like "How to get your 3-year-old to welcome the new baby" or "6 ways to keep your child quiet at the market" are the things that will attract readers.
What makes your parenting blog different than the others that are our there? Find that difference and embrace it. That's what will bring more visitors to your site.
Some of my titles are similar to that. I have a twin parenting website so I'm trying my best to make it unique.
That's great! Yes, talking about life with multiples, things twins do the same, things twins don't do the same - there should be a wealth there. Look at some of the other blogs about twins. What are they doing? What can you do differently or better?
I use a Plugin called Blog2Social for social media. You can set up several social media networks - I have facebook, twitter, google+, pinterest, tumbler, instagram and several others. It makes posting on social media fast and easy. This may increase your traffic. Debra
Don't give up Shaina! Never EVER!
Everything is hard before is easy.
Canva is a great tool. Give yourself some time and you'll succeed!
Thanks! I'm not giving up, just a little discouraged. Though sometimes I do think about giving up.
My Pinterest images are not mind-blowing but they are getting me some traffic. Here is some training I created a while back for Pinterest: How To Create Pinnable Images I have improved a lot since I created that training too.
I'm just in the middle of something but pop me a message if you want to chat some more and I will give you some pointers on how I do my images now!
The main thing you need to do is to just keep practicing. If you look at the images I create now compared to my first ones you will see that great progress has been made!
Try not to get discouraged. Even the best image creators started somewhere :)
Wow thanks so much. I was searching WA trainings for canva. I didn't even think to look for a pinterest specific training. I'm definitely going to check it out
Like I say I have improved a lot since then. Here's an image I created recently :) Not the best but it works well for me and I get traffic!
Please link me your website and I will look over it and give you some feedback. I know mine isn't great to look at the moment but I am just starting out.
Maybe you're starting out too and I'd love to be able to help you if you require that.
Thanks
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Please don't get discouraged because that is not going to help matters. Take your time and step back for a minute and take a break and clear your mind.
Now take your time and follow the way the training say to or ask questions you may be doing something not right which I have done myself. No worries though that is what we are here for.
I hope this helps you out
Mary
Thanks Mary! It is definitely helpful
You are so very welcome I am so glad that I was able to help you out.