Oh Boy, Here I Go!
Well, here we go. I've never actually blogged about myself before, but I figured if I was going to do it, now is the time!
It's been 11 days since I've joined WA and I think so far it's been a very positive experience. I'm learning a lot everyday. It was sort of a wake up call for me though in that I wasn't going to get rich in just a couple of months. I never really thought that it would be this hard! I think that I almost had to dump everything that I though I knew about IM and start over - boy this is hard!
It's really hard. Have you ever had so much anxiety and ideas that you can't even work? I think this is probably a big problem with first starting with WA. It's information overload! I like to think of myself as a smart person, but wow this is a lot to absorb!
So I figured the best way to get started is to do exactly that - get started. I've done some research and have created 10 Squidoo lenses on products that I would like to promote through ClickBank. Awesome, right?? No. I did what is recommended NOT to do. I didn't find my niche. I just started grabbing products and found a keyword phrase with some search volume and low competition and put up lenses. Now how am I going to driver traffic to ten different lenses on ten different subjects??? Ok, lesson learned there!
I did find a product yesterday that has the potential to be really good. I have already found some pretty decent phrases with virtually no competition and at least 1000 searches a month. I've gotten 3 articles written on three different keywords. I even started a small PPC campaign direct linking to the site. I have a Quality Score of 10/10 for the four keywords I'm focusing on. That's awesome! Ten clicks and no sales - not a problem. I'm only paying $.10 per click!
I also got my membership upgraded with Ezines to Plus. This was a pleasant surprise. Now I'm shooting for platinum. I've also submitted my articles to 4 different directories. Wow, that does take a lot of time. I tried an article submitter and it just sucked. I think I'm going to keep looking though.
Anyway, that's just about it for now. I know, it's a whole lot of nothing, but it's all I got right now. I figured that maybe by putting some of this stuff down on paper (well not exactly paper, but...) that it will continue to drive me. This is hard, a lot harder than I thought. I just need that one natural sale to show me that I'm doing something right!
Take care all who chooses to read this and I should be back!
Mike