Thank you for sharing. I was wondering which is the website you were mentioning in there which generates 1.5K in passive and is built on Site Build It? Im interested in getting more to know about SBI.

Thanks

Greetings from Estonia
Kaido

When didn’t know even what meta keywords were back in 2004 I was making $1500+ per month without even knowing why people pay me to add banners why people click on ads!
Was It luck? Sure it was but luck was created because I did something, even if i had no idea what I was doing.
Go out and make things happen!
Angel

You’re going to mess up. That’s part of it. But it’s then that you need to realise what went wrong and fix it the next time around.

Great article man!

When you gain enough experience, you’ll uncover what you want and can start planning and setting some goals.

Thanks for reading, Hugh. It is a pleasure to have a conscious soul like you hanging out on the Cloud

I’m glad you got some value out of my story. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Hulbert!

I also think that there are a few mental blocks we have to overcome when it comes to writing. First you think you can only write one, then you realize you can do more, and more, and more.

And of course, the more you write, the better you get

I usually have a plan but I’m ready to deviate from it if I feel like it’s a wise choice. Just planning something out and thinking about what you’ll do is helpful, because I see so many bloggers jump in, give stuff away, but they have no long-term plan on how they’ll make money (assuming that they want to).

Congrats on the $600! It’s funny how those things happen once you get clear on what you want.

I know I definitely was one of those people that didn’t have a clue, but I kept at it until I started understanding the basics.

I did not start out with a plan. Mainly because I didn’t have a clue what I really wanted to achieve or if blogging would get me there.

Later I got an idea that I wanted to self-brand and ultimately monetize my passions so that I could fund our alternate lifestyle in a flexible way.

Now I am commenting a lot , meeting people online, and actively looking for guest post opportunities.

My niche is a little different. It’s a combination of families, self-help, and lifestyle design in the vein of Tim Ferriss. It’s a bit of an unusual mix, but not really. (BTW – any recommendations of blogs that I should be following/writing for, let me know! ).

Anyway, I am on course to reaching my goals now. Love to know more about exactly what you are doing to monetize so quickly (I know it’s health related).

Anyway, I’m a fan of both you and Ingela! And your recent posts have been very helpful.

Thanks and all the best as always,

Hugh

I also started out with free themes and spent hours messing with it, and the only result was that it looked like complete cr*p! Then I finally decided to pay for a decent theme and since then I have been happy with it and regularly get compliments about it, so it was well worth the price. I think that a lot of people are scared to pay a few hundred dollars to get a professional and clean looking website when they start, but my experience (just like you say) is that it will make life SO much easier and help you grow your blog so much faster.

I also used to think that it was hard working writing just the two articles a week for my blog, but now I see that I was just lazy (or didn’t know how to write good posts easily). Currently I am writing 5-8 posts a week, which means 2 for my own blog and the rest as guest posts which will get me links, traffic and publicity

Good to see you growing so fast!!
Keep it up!
Cheers!
Diggy

Yes indeed research, plan, seo, link building are all important to be successful in any online ventures. Also there are very good tools out there which can help in the process to a great extent.

You’ve identified many really important points in this post. I’m actually planning on making the switch over to Thesis soon and working on my redesign. Right now I don’t hav the money to hire a designer but I know there are things I can do on my own to really improve the site. I’ve attempted shortcuts myself. I hired somebody to do my SEO and it was a complete waste of money. This was on another blog I started that never did that well. I think a plan is really a key part of how to do things. Sure you might not follow the plan to the letter but it gives you a structure and guide. I noticed that the minute I wrote my marketing plan, I found a way to earn about 600 dollars in income and today that is a reality.

I think No Plan is the biggest mistake of all. Without a vision, people and resources waste.

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