Newbie blogger goes top in Google search without knowing how or even trying (very lengthy)

I'm always happy to help. Shoot me an email guitarrobizarro@hotmail.com since you can't send pm's yet.

Thanks for your reply Jason. It seems not many ppl bother to read the whole thing, I'd probably give up halfway if I didn't know I wrote this!

I'm so noob I didn't even know that noobs can't send PMs!

Will email you soon, hopefully I can improve my writing and make it short and concise!

Right now, I'm searching the forum and asking noobish questions like what's backlinks, spinning an article,...

Hi...

I took the time to read your whole thread. I feel for you. I really do. Trust me when I say that I know exactly how you feel. I have been there before. Most Warriors are struggling or have struggled in the past. So although you aren't getting many responses to your thread, take some solice in the fact that many people can empathize with your situation.

That being said, Warriors tend to help out those who are trying to help themselves.

What kind of help do you need? My expertise is in keyword research, and I could gladly compile a profitable keyword list in the niche of your choice at no cost to you.

But you need to get your mindset right first. You said that you watched, "The Secret", right? It's motivational. One thing that they express is that you will draw to you that which you put your focus on. Correct?

So if you are putting most of your focus on how poorly you have performed in IM, chances are that you will get more of that. Just read over your thread again. What are you putting focus on?

One thing that I see right away is that you are jumping around too much from one method to the next. Those that succeed at any of the many ways of making money online rarely got that success easily or quickly. They had to put in long hours, but also had to develop the patience to stick with a method, even when when no progress seems to be taking place.

Now, your thread wasn't all negative, and I really think that you should focus on them successes that you have had. (And yes, you have been successful).

The hard reality is that most people will NEVER make a single penny online, ever. And you have made over $50 in Adsense (nudge, nudge - that means that you have done something that most people on this forum haven't done yet). That's a win in my book.

You also made over $10 in a day in Adsense. Again, something most people here will never do. And again, that's another win for you.

Now, I am NOT saying to go out and start a bunch of Adsense sites. Your mindset isn't right and any successes that you do have now may be just be temporary. You really need to get your head on straight first, before attempting any new online ventures.

My Suggestions For You:

1. Focus on the positives in your life. Look, we all have struggles. Both of my grandfathers have died within the past couple of months. My mom just called last night saying that my grandmother was near death and probably not make it through this week. My point is, we all have our pain to live with.

So pointing out how "bad" your life is isn't going to get you very far here in terms of getting help to where you want to be.

2. Every day spend a little time reading something motivational and uplifting. Its easy to fall into a negative outlook. Reading positive and uplifting information will reset your mindset.

3. Write out your "income goal". Make it very specific like "I make $2000 per month with my online businesses." Place it somewhere you will see it a lot (like on your computer monitor).

4. Choose one method that you will master. You have an understanding of using Blogger blogs and have some experience with Adsense, so you could go that route (creating an Adsense blogger blog). But keep in mind that this method generally pays out the lowest profits (unless you are targeting higher CPC keywords).

You don't have a credit card, so I'm assuming that you aren't set up with Paypal or other payment processors (and this is important if you want people to send you money directly).

Promoting affiliate products may be another option for you. Clickbank makes it very easy for you, and you don't have to worry about payment processors and Paypal (although you will probably want to work on getting a Paypal account set up if you are going to continue IM long term).

Do a little brainstorming (and soul searching) and decide on one method that you will master.

5. Create a plan on how your are going to reach your income goal with the method you are choosing to master.

So let's say that you wanted to start an adsense blog and your income goal is $2000 per month. That means that you are shooting to make $67 per day.

Now, write out a list of ways that you are going to make that happen. SOmething like:

- I will write 10 articles a week and submit them to Ezinearticles.com.
- I will re-write those 10 articles and submit them to the next top ten article directories each week.
- I will post 5 informative comments on blogs in niches related to my niche.
- I will write and publish 3 new blog posts each week.

etc...

You get the picture. Write out the daily and weekly tasks that you must do to reach your income goal.

6. Take action every day. Take action even when you don't seem to be making any progress. Being "resilient" in the IM world separates the men from the boys, so to speak.

Whenever you start to feel down about yourself, take action. Instead of focusing on the negatives, do something (write an article, add to your blog, etc) that will move you closer to your income goal. Use that negative energy in a positive way.

I suggest that you don't look at your blog or Adsense stats for a month. I know it will be hard, but it will save you a lot of disappointment. You may not see any major differences for a while, and constantly checking your stats will just bring you down.


Be sure to ask lots of questions along the way. Don't post "I need help" thread. But do post threads that show that you just need a little direction in the action you are already taking (ie. "I have a Blogger blog. Is there a way to schedule future posts to be publish?" - And there is by the way). Those types of threads will get your 100X the assistance you need then the "I'm desperate and asking for help" threads.

The main thing is to "fix" your mindset. Focus on those successes that you have already achieved.

Well, I hope that my words have helped a bit. Like I said, I've been there so I know firsthand the fear you must be feeling right now.

I wish you the best in your online ventures.

KateD

Kate, you hit the nail right on the head and if the OP or anyone else takes what you have outlined so well, they have a great business plan. Thing is then they have to take action and apply it.

I preach FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS! on one step at a time, get it right then move to the next step. Once you have all the steps in action, rinse and repeat.

One other thing I recommend is you keep a journal of the step and actions, so you know what works and doesn't work. That way when you rinse and repeat you won't waste time on the things that don't work. Common sense, yes but so often we can't see the trees because of the forest.

Ken Leatherman

The Old Geezer

Zapp99,

My congratulations to you for responding to the posts here in your thread. So many new folks to the WF fail to even acknowledge or thank those who have taken the time to give valuable advice to the OP.

It's also good that you seem to have the beginning of an action plan. Along with the initial steps you will take to make the necessary changes.

Now go ahead and make it happen today. Right now. Get to working on your blog. Work for at least 50 minutes without any kind of interruption. Don't answer the phone, don't read e-Mails, don't surf the net and get off the WF right now.

Oh yeah! One other thing stop saying "Maybe" start saying "I Will" and then do it.

Oops here's one more. People here like to know who they are talking to, so if you would consider signing at least your first name at the bottom of your post.

Now get to work.

Ken Leatherman

The Old Geezer

Very nice blog.

The only problem I see is your sidebar. I don't think it's set up very well to make money.

You need to find products that are going to be appealing to your visitors and I'm not sure if cafe press and skype are it.

Think about who is visiting your site and what they might be interested in buying. Finding a sponsor the sells stop animal abuse or animal lovers t-shirts and having thumbnails of those t-shirts will have a greater appeal to your visitors then a generic cafe press ad for twilight t-shirts.

Also, your page is very long and your sidebar doesn't extend to the bottom of the page. Change the number of posts shown to 5 instead of the default 10.

Aside from that, I wouldn't mess with your site very much. It's established and ranking well. Perhaps 'stop animal abuse' isn't a IM goldmine but I wouldn't screw up what you already have... do this after you are more comfortable with IM, SEO n' junk.

In your situation I think you'd be better off starting a new site. If the site is related to your stop animal abuse site, add a link to your new site to give it a boost.

A few quick questions...

1. I've registered with clickbank. Any tricks or things to note when identifying a niche or the 'right' eProduct to sell?

2. Keywords only come into play when I write articles to be submit, yes?

3. I understand that most warriors advise that a unique domain name be used, so let's say I point my new blog to this domain name, what is the landing page content? Just a normal 'blog' content with articles containing CB hoplinks, or a typical 'squeeze' page? I'm ok with blogging, but have no idea about 'squeezing'.

Kevin

Wow..That's too much inspiring! Thanks

Just be careful - forums are double-edged swords. You can find a lot of useful and interesting information here, but don't waste too much time on it. Pick only those things that you can use to improve your current business model and put them into action.

Keep in mind that only hard (and smart) work will bring you money.