Word to the wise: follow. the. training.
Okay. So that was three words, not one.
You might ask "Why would you make such a statement?" "What happened, Tricia?" ...or something like that. Well! Today I had to make a difficult decision that will hopefully cost me less but likely will cost me at least a week of work (cost dependant on available work hours after demands of bored kids and husband who wants to get stuff done are deducted from functional work hours).
"What decision? Get to the point, Tricia!"
Okay!
So! While doing the training I had a bad and fatal case of "Keener". I was making my posts and thinking about what I could do to monetize my site and enjoying the whole thing immensely. Then it occured to me that I could do reviews around Amazon products.
Awesome idea!
Well, yes and no. Since I knew how to do basic site building and had no trouble figuring out how to monetize with Amazon, I went for it. It was so much fun! I was writing and linking and having a wonderful time despite not having a lot of time for the training and promotion because of end of school year stuff with my kids. Then I ran into a big snag when I got an email this month from Amazon saying I have 30 days left to make a sale or I fail my probationary period and have to start over.
All over.
As in I lose my affiliate ID and will have to redo all plugins and links on my site.
........uh oh.
So now I'm at the point of having to either make a sale in the next couple of weeks in order to save myself and still risk losing everything...or start over. I sweated and stressed and pondered and researched ideas and decided I'm starting over. Looking at the bright side, I'm only about 25% into level 3 so it's not the end of the world and with what I've learned it will go a lot faster and better this time.
One of the biggest lessons I learned though, is to tell the keener in me to take a big breath, have a nice drink on the patio and just relax for a bit then FOLLOW. THE. TRAINING.
It's all good. It will all get done in time. Just FOLLOW. THE. TRAINING.
Here I go again......
~Tricia.
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I was in this spot too Tricia and my keener self wanted to put a whole Amazon shop on my site but I still hadn’t made the required sales to keep my account!
And I did know about needing the sales within the time line but was still considering it. It’s the Aussie in me thinking “she’ll be right mate, it’ll happen” lol.
Anyway long story short I didn’t get around to doing the training on how to do this and I have finally made the sales so it might just happen still.
Best wishes to you as you revamp your site, but you never know those sales might just happen!
Thanks! I'm so glad you managed to get through it and got the sale. You must have been relieved. I'm not completely abandoning it but I'm not going to go crazy with content until I know if I can keep it. If not, no big. I found another topic that has captured my interest. Good lesson though. :)
I had to make 3 sales in 180 days Tricia, it didn’t seem like a big ask until 6 weeks before doomsday and only one sale lol.
Glad you have a new found interest it’s always exciting
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Thanks Tricia, I've had to fight against the urge to move ahead of the training and make my site look better and write better content. So far I've been able to stay grounded and focused. After reading this, I know I'm staying on course. Thanks for your honesty....good luck with starting over....I'm sure you will do fine. I think we may learn more from our mistakes than from successes.
Thank you! It's hard to stay on course and be patient when you see all that neat stuff and know you can do it. :)
You're welcome