Not Reinventing the Wheel Here!
That seems to be a common problem with me here. I want to try and do things differently from what we're being taught. What the heck is my problem?! How many times do you have to bring a horse to water BEFORE THEY DRINK? Apparently a lot because I'm not drinking enough!
Actually what I really have a problem with over-complicating things. It seemed that once I had a bit of success, I tried to do too much including websites, e-mail lists, etc. Being that I am still relatively new, I probably should have slowed down a bit and stuck to what was working....again, not trying to reinvent the wheel!
So this morning, I took my highest visited articles and redirected my links from my website (haven't converted squat) directly to the affiliate offers. I'm going to let them do the selling for a while!
What I also decided to do was put Squid. on the back burner for a bit. What I'm going to do is buy cheap domain names for each campaign and just forward them to my affiliate offers. There are a couple of reasons why I'm deciding to do this -
1. Time - I won't be spending as much time creating Squid. pages that aren't going to do anything.
2. Simplify the process - All I need to do is write articles, that's it. Write, write, and write.
I think that I can get just as much content out there without having to worry about getting sites indexed, backlinks, etc. Now of course I want to build my owns sites and such, but I need to start creating a steady stream of income first. I am obviously doing something wrong because none of my sites are converting. It takes time and a certain skillset to know how to build a dynamic and compeling website. This is a skill that I haven't yet mastered.
I need to get back on track and I think that simplifying the process is the best way to go. Even in sports when you see a player struggling, coaches will try and slow things down for them. Same here!
I do want to give a big thank you though to the entire WA community that continues to support me and help me out when I need it. Without you all, I probably would have given up weeks ago!
As always, I'll keep you posted!