I've lost motivation because I don't know what to do next

Let this site age build a few more links here and there and maybe 1 article a week.
Now research another niche and start over

Did you do your due diligence and make sure this was a "buying niche"? Do you see other competitors active in the niche? One indication that's easily recognized whether there's 'money' in a niche or not is to pay attention to PPC ads. Are there any? How many? What are advertisers paying?

If you find positive answers to the above questions, then you can be sure there's money there.

Not to sound harsh, but you're not really thinking like a "sales person" if you're already telling yourself there's nothing else to sell them.

Your articles should open up many ideas, for you. The topic(s) you've written them on should open up your mind to what other possibilities there are, (sub-niches). Google will even tell you what people also look for based on those keywords; (bottom of the SERPs page 'related searches').

You'll hear/read people tell you to only get involved with niches that you're passionate about. For the beginning, this holds truth because you're going to have to work to get anywhere in any niche. If you're not passionate enough about the subject to put in the time it will take to develop your web property as an authority in that niche, then you're not going to make much (if any) money.

Once you have gained enough confidence in what you're doing and know how to cultivate niche site authority building; then and only then should you venture off into niches you really don't know much about, (or care to know).

As far as traffic is concerned, of course there's the usual Paid and Free sources; you can find a plethora of references to either by just doing a couple searches on this forum alone.

Yet, still to this day, the biggest and most consistent form of traffic generation on the Internet is word of mouth. You need to get out there and mingle with the people you're trying to reach. Find out where they hang out; where they commune; where they shop; other sites they visit; other products they're interested in. Get to know them.

Once you know them, then you'll know how to talk to them and "persuade" them to not only come to your site but stick to your site and even tell their friends & family.

Social media makes this much easier than it used to be.

My Nana used to tell me, "If first you don't succeed; keep on suckin' 'til you do get a seed."

HTH
PLP
tecHead

First, let me give you my take on this. I do not enter a niche if all I can sell people is one product.

Print this near your computer: profit is in the SECOND sale.

If you are just starting out, do not try to build many sites in many niches. It works, but not now, and not for you as a noob.

Choose one profitable niche with truckloads of traffic, and build a list of subscribers.

As for your question about traffic, there are so called free traffic methods and paid traffic methods.

1) so called free: article marketing, forum marketing, blogging, blog comments
2) paid: adwords, banner advertising, etc.

Make sure to use only one traffic gen method at a time though. Once it turns to be a profit, go to the next.

And if you are still stuck, confused and frustrated, I advise you get a mentor.

Best,
Franck

Submit your articles to EZA and other directories, submit them to Blog Carnival, then make Squidoo lens and Hubpages, be sure and bookmark the with the Social site and then turn your articles into videos, mp3's and put them into an autoresponder along with an opt-in page on your site/blog. Do some blog commenting and forum commenting and then you will not only drive some traffic to your site you will have come up with something to do to keep you busy.

You then need to go and find several other products that are similar to yours or can enhance your products results...they are out there you just need to find them go and check out Clickbank for this. And then you need to post about the affiliate products you have located and then go thru the same process for each affiliate product as you did with your origianl product.

Then you go and find some PLR products that you can use as bonuses and continue to promote your site following the directions above.

There is ALWAYS something that you can do to get traffic.

Joel

A familiar story. Micheal Cheney will tell you about his Water Pump, (well he told me anyway). If you have a water pump from the old days, you just pumped and pumped until you got water. You didn't stop, because if you did, you would have to start again.
When the water slowly starts to come, you gotta keep pumping anyway :-)
No niche has only one product. There are lots of cures in the health niche, find one related to what you just sold.
If it was acne then maybe they want body building. If it was wightlos they might need a motivation product. Check out Clickbank and see whats related.
Don't give up!
As for traffic, artcicle marketing and Social Traffic are great for newbies.
Twitter, Facebook and Youtube are my favorite. There's a good free guide below.

You need to build a list in every niche you're in. The reason being is follow up.

Once the person visits your site and leaves, you've lost them. Place a simple aweber sign up form in your side bar and under each post.

Get them to subscribe and create an aggressive follow up series that will make the person either buy the one product you are offering or unsubscribe from the list.

Thinking "I only get into niches where i can sell multiple products" is ridiculous (in my opinion) you would be passing up on some very lucrative niches which target very specific problems (these types of niches are where I see my highest conversion rates)

Sour,

I'm new too but from what I have learned is think outside the box. What are people in your health niche need? What problems do they have? What are some products that relate to what they currently use?

Mike.

I was holding off on building a list, but I finally learned my lesson. I realized I needed to build a list! It is one of the foundations to a profitable business!

Regroup, think about what you want, and make a game plan. You know - plan your work, work your plan, and move forward. Always works for me.

Perhaps you should concentrate on a referral building strategy. If what you are offering is a cure, you will certainly have happy customers singing your praises!

My point is this: if you have only one product to sell, you will be spending most of your time looking for new customers. Might as well make that part of your overall plan.

You're totally missing the point of building a list. Most people won't buy the first time they are exposed to a product, or even the second. It can take several exposures to get the sale.

Also, they may only be willing to buy one product in that niche, but what if they aren't interested in the one you're promoting? Maybe they don't like the color of the header on the sales page. Perhaps the headline doesn't speak to them. What if they were offended by some of the wording on the page?

If you build a list, you will be able to send them to other (similar) products later. Just because they don't buy the first product they are presented doesn't mean they won't buy a different one later.

Persistence really pays off in internet marketing! I've got sites that I created back in February and spent a few months on, left them alone and now I'm seeing real good profits from them...

Just keep broadening your avenues of income (i.e more niche sites!)

First of all I LOVE your sincerity, honesty, and "naivety" -- in a good way. You are way above many many newbies who make all the mistakes, do everything and when it all doesn't work out they give up before getting help. You've sought for help, and in this forum people have hearts, and I can see a lot of comments already giving suggestions.

First mistake: Lack of consistency. If today things just seem so gloomy and you feel like the you are just gasping for breath in an endless circle of mum-knows-what, then just take a break from it all and pick it up from tomorrow. Your head will be more clear, and you will have a different scoop of drive.
Remember : Just determine how much you should do per day, and keep it constant.

When you hit the ceiling on your knowledge base, its time for an upgrade. I would google for an advanced way of doing that which I am stuck at, or go for cheaper products surrounding that problem area on click-bank. Better off, I would come to this forum and look for WSO's on that problem area.

Really? Ok lets see, so now that they are cured from that .... (fill in the blanks), can I show them how them:

Prevention techniques
Future Diagnostic techniques
What symptoms to look for in the future
Diet recommendations
Exercise recommendations

These are just shots from a quick thought. You can beautifully wrap this up as a low-priced report. You can add on it, subtract on it. I really don't what niche you ventured in, so the above is arguable.

All the best.

[QUOTE=Sour;1449963]I haven't worked on my website in about two weeks because I've been feeling a little lost.QUOTE]

As has been said a few times in this post consistancy is key
When I've had enough i move on to other things then start again tomorrow...
BUT I ALWAYS start again tomorrow.

Do you have a mentor? that may be your next move...
Jerdon & Sara

Wow, I wasn't expecting my thread to be resurrected, but thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement, guys! I registered to the War Room and that's definitely fueled me a lot more because it's such an inspiring place; it was exactly what I needed.

I'm already trying out new traffic methods, but you guys are right about building a list. I think I might write a mini-eBook full of tips to give away. Now that I have some clarity and direction, I'm feeling much more motivated.