When I have Ran Out Of Ideas for my Nicche Area-4R Formula
To Begin, Begin-William Wordsworth
Start before you're ready,
don't prepare,
begin.
- Mel Robinson-
When you have ran out of ideas, you begin to feel awful, not good enough, incapable, discouraged. You begging to question yourself as to whether is affiliate marketing or the niche you have chosen relevant or good for money making money online.
I have been feeling that way lately about my chosen niche. Most of the time I could not find anything to write on the blog. I began to question whether engineers are successful in affiliate marketing on doing some online businesses.
Am I the right fit?
If not me, then who will do it for me?
No motivation was sufficient to get me going or get me back into the business. Is the problem motivation-Motive+Action=Motive+In+Action?
While I was on a prodigal son journey of my life and had no time to read, blog or even develop my website, I began to get some ideas.
Why was I procrastinating in my online work? This is a great idea to really write on my blog. The following 4R Formula Got me Going again:
5-Ways to generate Ideas for Online writing - 4R Formula.
#Rant
Write down any thought that is running in your head about anything. I do a lot of ranting in the morning while I am in the bathroom. New ideas and thoughts flow easily in the shower. Every morning, singing and internal sermon or speeches flow down like the water and showering my heart with the feeling of invincibility.
Ranting is simply saying it as it comes to you. There is no structure but its thoughts that are pure, genuine, and infinitely divine. These are your thoughts and are more original.
You will generate new thoughts, ideas, debates and bring some wonderful craziest ideas. You are the originator, the accused, the plaintiff and the judge in your won head. You find your heaven and hell in the same place.
I rant in my phone recorder and at time in the video. It is quite hilarious because my wife laughs a lot at these rants. I actually get more excited with such original ideas.
#Re-Train
Every time I am out of ideas, I have found out that when I feel out of control then it is easier to avoid my online business. What do you ask, when you don't what to ask?
"Every obstruction is an instruction" - Unknown to me
Back to Basics training is a way to go for me. During training, i begin to discover my struggles and get new skills or re-skilled. This is sharpening the axe or the blade of your trade.
Wealthy Affiliate may have advertised that you don't need a tech-know-how but as long as you can write and read, then you are good to go. These are some hidden false marketing promises of desperate markerters.
The success formula I learned when i was reading "Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill" in chapter 5, where he discusses specialized knowledge, that knowledge will not attract money, unless it is organized.
You don't need a general knowledge or basic knowledge on website development, but more organized knowledge to make money in any business.
So, to get new ideas for your online business, repeat or revisit the training such as boot-camp or attend online webinars.
#Read and Research
When i have no ideas to blog or write on my website, i do site feedback exercises. I read some of my favorite blogs and also read my previous blogs.
Providing site feedback has helped me to learn from other wealthy affiliate members in website arrangements, keyword research tools, discover websites which helped me get word-searches and many more ways.
Read other articles relating with the rant ideas and research them. I just researched on how to generate ideas to write and was amazed on different approaches ideas that exist on the internet.
Remember research is not all the answer, but it helps shape your ideas about what has already excited you when you were ranting.
Research is just finding out the requirements of the market place. Wealthy affiliate provides Jaaxy research tool to help you with searches and word rankings etc. When I started I did not know anything about website development, affiliate marketing other than direct and network marketing.
Ranting helps with content idea while research helps you to organize and develop great content which provides great value to your readers. Remember that research is not all the answer but helps you to know what is already available and the tastes of the market place.
#Re-Write and Re-purpose
All Masters were once beginners.
Repetition is way to mastery. Whatever, your rant and research produces, then will require your to re-write your ideas and re-purpose or re-package for your consumers.
Online content is meant to help the customer or readers with their problems. The focus is not so much about us, but for the customer.
"Do Good, Be Good"
When you do good, you actually feel good. When you helping people, you begin to learn and feel great. Our content must provide great value so that people are willing to buy it.
#Repeat
Creating great and valuable content is a way to build a great and solit business. I have learned here at wealthy affiliate university that "Content is King". You may see some flashy advertisements such as
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Repetition is a way to be a master, however, being a master is not a guarantee of making money,
When you help many people get what they want, you will be amazed how much money you will make in return.
Every business succeed on repetition and great service to the customer.
There is someone searching the internet at the moment looking for "How to generate ideas."
Some are about to give up on their affiliate marketing because they are not making money but paying their subscription.
This article is not the alpha and omega, but just to pick some points and inspire someone to keep on walking and never give up.
Share some comments and suggestions on how to generate more ideas when one has ran out of ideas.
Regards
Welcome Moeng
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This is a post definitely I am going to add to my library. Your 4R formula is spot on. I particularly like the idea of repurposing which can really extend the life of a piece of content. Sort of squeezing the value out of it
Hugh.
An excellent post. I really like the 4R formula and these things are so key to bring us back on track. Great encouragement and wise words, thank you for sharing.
To your success.
Tracy
You had me at Think And Grow Rich. My dad has been gone now for almost 5 years! He was an Entrepreneur, a restaurant owner, and he owned race horses. He went to prison as a young man for 4.5 years because of a poor decision. When In prison he took college courses and read books. Think And Grow Rich Was his favorite book. It propelled him from a broke, troubled kid, to a man who raised a family and was successful at being his own boss. My dad was a fighter, no quit In him! My dad was a success story. A rags to riches man!! He believed in hard work pays off. You must sacrifice to reap the rewards. Thank you for sharing this article. I miss my dad! He was 84 when he died in 2016. But he was a successful man. I am so proud of the dad he was!!
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Nicely laid-out, Welcome! You'll get it sorted, I am sure!
Jeff