Starting a new article site, getting over procrastination.

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TheAShole

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Hi everyone.

Last year I built a website (which is dying as we speak since I will not renew) I knew 0 about starting one and wrote out some content and created images, it was about Temple Run 2 and made me a whopping 20 pound.

At the same time I bought a name because I thought many people are telling others what to do and doing well out of it and I want to do the same. Currently I am dealing with med changes and I deal with a lot of pain daily which means now I am unfit for work so I decided to get over the hump of reading what other people are doing and start myself.

Here is what I have done so far-

Got some hosting with a wordpress install on it.
Brainstormed ideas for articles with quick google searches and keyword tools
Put together a quick set of ideas about layout and branding and colour.

Here is what I want to accomplish this week-

Get somebody to make a logo and favicon. (any suggestions?)
Scope out the competition and see how I can be better.
Write out a content plan (doing that today)
Write out a basic site structure (ditto pretty much know what I want category wise)
Start out writing content.
Find a good theme for articles


I do not have no set budget but I am not loaded either so I have to try t0 work smart and hard, I think for now I will focus on writing content.

Moneytisation- Adsense to start but there is also scope for some affiliation.

This site will have scope for some fb/pintrest content in the future, stuff you see lots of people post, usually the same people posting ots of the same kind of stuff with LOVE IT or SO TrUe, shiz like that.

I also will try to find some content writers a little down the line, I am trying to be as frugal as can be, I am being told by my work advisors to get disability welfare, I guess I have to for now but I want to work hard at getting of it as soon as possible and making my own way again.

I will also be paying for links and other services down the line but that's not a focus yet because I am not 100% on how to go about it.

Thanks for reading, I am really focusing and doing my best right now, I do have fatigue issues and sleep issues but I cannot use that as a reason to fail, I need to use it as a reason to achieve all my goals.

Will try and add more later or tomorrow, keep myself honest!
 


Ah shit... gig paused.

Anyhow.. take 20$, get 4 logos from fiverr.

Take one you like.. done.

::emp::
 
Well I would have been open to spending that on one logo but I really like the way you think, going to go for a walk then do some perusing.
 
So today has been a lot of procrastination but also funny in that I spent most of the day looking for a decent theme before deciding to use the one I found months ago because its very versatile and suits my needs.

After emps great tip of trying out a few different logo designers I realised that my intended logo was a rip off from one of the biggest sites out there :1zhelp:

Went for a walk and met up with my cousin, me and him sat and talked about what my site is going to be and what it could be and he really helped me come to solid (I think) idea for not just a logo but branding, it just fits the site. Now I know what my logo is going to be I am actually going to wait, some of the content will shape the look of the logo, once my site is going I hope to expand on what I mean by this.

It is 5.20 pm here and I am probally going to bed in half an hour since I am worn out, I have just come to terms that I will not have set sleeping patterns. When I wake up I hope to do some more work.

Today-

Logo/branding ideas pretty much locked down
Theme decided on, always open to change down the line though
A fair bit of scouting of other sites in the niche
Helpful meeting with someone else- I feel this is very important for anybody, coming together with people who have goals and ideas will up your game.


So since I will try and not make this a dear diary and wait a few days to update again here are my goals

Content, content, content. Write it out, edit it a day or so later when fresh and make it read light but interesting.

Look into what (light seo) that is good now for articles, I feel that for this site H1 may be enough but I that's one part of recent changes I have not kept up with

Start making changes to the theme (been a while so this may take me a while to get the code down). Should not need much.

Have a think about plug ins/page speed.

Any comments or suggestions are welcomed.
 
miggylocs said:
you can sign up to clickbank.com or cj.com?
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I am sure I can but at the moment for what I am doing now it is not something I will focus on.

For now I will start with adsense, this will be later on though and maybe some amazon affiliate links where appropriate. This is for two reasons.

1) I have a site in mind that will mainly be Amazon affiliate to start and I can learn now all about amazon on this site via reviews of certain products.

2) I can learn more about the adsense product and split testing etc.

In future clickbank is something I wish to try but I feel adsense and amazon is a great place for any newbie to start out education wise, if you get people to amazon they do all the selling themselves and your job is done if they do decide to buy anything. I have heard that some clickbank products are pretty dodgy so I would want to spend time looking for some products that will do a good job.



Adam C, the answer is yes, cannot PM until I have 15 posts so will pm back then.

Today-

Clear out some theme elements
Get some content done, I need to nail down what type of article mix I need

I am really trying to plan each part of this site so that if I get lost in my own head (prone to doubting myself sometimes when learning new things) I can open up my site guide and know I have researched and planned for it.
 
You are overthinking the logo.

"Logo will be influenced by content and vice versa... blabla...blurghs"

Are we in creative arts 101 or do you want to make money?

SEO and the Way of the Miser

I know some people disagree, and even I do myself - because I loooooooooooooooove logo designs.

But honestly, with billions of websites, your logo simply won't stick in the mind.

And IF you make it big, you can still change it later.

::emp::
 
Point taken, I will use what I came up yesterday after realising a big blue thumbs up is facebook, what can I say...........

Will be ordering some logos this week at some point from fiver.

Thanks emp, now you see where the procrastination part comes from.

Going to write a big Keep It Simple Stupid somewhere and look at it ever 10 mins or so.

Also I only got 3 of those logos right, you make your point well!
 
agree with emp,
google is not going to rank your logo. and if you want people to remember you by it, i guess in the beginning just choose a simple font,
easy to read, black on white
and if you have to get that fiverr gig to add a little imagery.

i would get the content going first, it will get your site ready and rank a bit, then you can always brush up the design once you have visitors.

pick logo upload to Favicon Generator
favicon issue done
go termexplorer if you need some content ideas if that isn't already the tool u're using.

perserverance never fails. but efficiency and good prioritizing will help you get somewhere.
get site up, put articles up etc.
why not order now 3min
 
Thanks nic! I will have a look at term explorer now.

So last week was not a bad start for me, I got working at least, sites up, most social network accounts are made ready for future use and content started. Logo has not been bought because some one I know wants to take a stab (he is a designer of sorts). Since I am working my arse of on content I can wait a week to see what he does and if it is no good then Fiverr.

This week is all about content.

Get as many articles done as possible
Look into buying sets of 5 articles from different sources, this will give me some knowledge about buying articles and what kind of writers are out there.
Get the money together to buy a few articles!
Have a day of sourcing some pictures for the site and for pintrest.
 
Still on the articles.

The problem I am having is that I am working harder and not smarter.

Go out of town tomorrow to my hyrotherapy session and the travel takes up most of my day so I am going to take a pad with me and jot down some ideas to get my working practices together, then when I come home see what I can put in place.

No content on the site yet but a fair few articles written.

Thanks for the logo suggestion, I think I am going to try emps idea first of a few fiverr logos. This is because I have one or two different things I would like to try for it. As emp says if it takes off I can spend out on branding. I know this will probally be a big if but already I feel good about the more work less fucking around on the net going on.
 
WTH?

Sorry, but did you get dropped a lot as a baby?

You have the articles written but not online? What are you? Retarded?

Copy --> Paste into Wordpress editor --> Publish

::emp::
 
emp said:
WTH?

Sorry, but did you get dropped a lot as a baby?

You have the articles written but not online? What are you? Retarded?

Copy --> Paste into Wordpress editor --> Publish

::emp::
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There is a acute possibility that I am retarded, I wouldn't dismiss the idea for sure.

When I say written I mean I have done first draft and not edited nor found pictures.

Here is my problem. I spend time reading smart people here and they say things like drop a big block of content and then drip feed the rest daily. I may have written some content but its been slow going and I do not have that much I can put up.

Do you suggest I just start putting an article up daily or what. I am basically just following what some smart people here are saying. My first site was just like a kindergarden site that I worked on here and there with idea what I was doing.

I spent time reading here and now I am being called a tard! It made sense to me because who wants to read a site with only a few artices on it?

Although I guess if I get articles going on now it means they may get seen quicker by browsers etc? I have been working in blocks, writing the content now so I can source pictures and other things at once and then I can set them to post.

You know what I am retarded because I did pick a silly thing to jump into but here I am and I am trying to learn this shit, I am just far slower than you guys. I should have just started a smaller site up and got the experience.

Anyway enough of me being a baby I will sort some daily postings for the week emp, I guess I need to stop reading some of the big guns here because I am getting some wrong ideas.
 
i dun want to be an ass
but just to be frank first time i read the thread, I though maybe it's some troll who makes a joke thread whose been here before.

then I got convinced you actually real, and just have a huge problem with procrastination.

dude you're answer to emp,
thats the one, just reading this, unbelieving, if you for real, read it too.
you over think and spend all the time finding, reading and listing the reasons why you shouldn't get started in here.

just do it, stick to it, trial and lean

put the site up
put the articles up
put anything up that you wrote, thought about putting up,
learn from the results, post them here, ask questions, but this hypothetical stuff not going to get you anywhere
sorry to be harsh
 
damn my english is incomprehensible
sorry, what i want to say
just do everythying you thought about, don't talk about it
got nothing to lose, except having to try again better
 
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