Website Building Update – Week 7
So, it’s been seven weeks since I started laying the foundation of my first site. Now, seven weeks later, I’m nearing completion of the third site.
No sales yet in October. Kind of a bummer.
But I did get a butt-load of articles approved on Ezine Articles yesterday. I’m now experiencing a slight bump in traffic, but I suspect that that will die down once the “freshness” of these articles wears off.
Overall, I’m feeling pretty good about all this right now. I have a few keywords that are about to bust into the first page of Google. I think these EZA backlinks might be the little nudge that these need to get onto page one. After that, I’m hoping traffic really picks up (followed by sales).
This whole internet marketing thing is pretty challenging. It’s forcing me to confront one of my biggest weaknesses… my impatience. It’s tough to wait weeks or MONTHS (!) for a site to start getting traffic. I’ll admit that I like instant gratification. Fortunately, my impatience is kept in check by my stubbornness. I don’t believe in astrology, but I’m a Taurus, and in typical Taurus fashion, I am very hard-headed and refuse to give up. Especially on this.
The result: a massive emotional roller coaster ride of dogmatic optimism followed by despair and self-doubt. Rinse and repeat. Kind of sucks to be completely honest with you.
I just keep reading success stories of other people who have “made it” and now make a few hundred dollars a day. If I could just make $500 a month, I’d be pretty happy. Then I could cover rent.
I know that I’ve already put in the work for the first two sites though. It’s not a matter of if they’ll succeed. It’s a matter of when.
This may seem silly, but I even photoshopped a Click Bank sales report for the end of the year showing several sales in my account. I look at that regularly and imagine how good it would feel to finally have money rolling in without me having to clock in at a desk job.
My goal is to finish five sites by the end of the year. That should get me going on the right foot.
So, looks like I’m back on the roller coster for a while. Every day I don’t make a sale is just one less day I have to go through before the inevitable day when I do start making regular sales…
Sucky...
May 25th, 2010 at 6:53 am
Hi there Clayton,
I’ve started all the way back to the beginning of your income journey, but I must say, I truly admire your dedication!
…and having seen how much you’re earning today, I can only guess that you’re glad you stuck it out.
May 28th, 2010 at 8:06 am
@Yolanda, Thanks for taking the time to read through all my updates and endure all my self-pity, frustrations, and small successes!
July 22nd, 2010 at 3:23 am
This is one of my fears also. Putting all the work into it and getting no satisfaction/fulfillment.
I have read and seen videos on the internet about people like Yaro, Adam Short, Rosalind Gardner and a host of other that have made allot of money and still are. They make it sound so easy. I have heard from Adam Short that one of his students made money from a website on the first day.
This would be a good time for a mantra.
I have to stay focused, I have to stay focused, I have to stay focused
“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent or greater success.” ~ Napoleon Hill
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