This was not by any means a blueprint for success, but some tips people can use if they have trouble coming up with ideas. You are right. There is sooooo much more than meets the eye to website creation. There’s effective MARKETING and I think that is what separates the people who succeed and fail. It’s not just about creating sites. It’s about understanding who your audience is and find out how to reach them.

It’s learning how to master SEO and developing creative ways to market your site via social marketing, paid advertising, guest article writing, writing (giving away) e-books, or whatever works for you. These are some things that have worked for me but doesn’t mean it’s the same approach someone else should take. It’s also about getting people to like and trust you through your content.

It’s a collection of things that contribute to one’s success and it’s difficult to just sum it up in a blog comment.

To be honest, I built most of my traffic through search engine optimization back in the day. Then once I got the traffic, I kept them there by providing content they wanted to read so they bookmarked, returned and told their friends. You would be surprise how much “word of mouth” traffic I get. Today, I continue to market myself through sites like Twitter, YouTube, etc. The majority of my traffic is SEO and links from people who link to me voluntarily. Lately I’ve been really building up my blog to generate a second stream of traffic.

Someone asked me today how I got 24,000 backlinks. I honestly didn’t know I had that many and don’t spend time counting or trying to collect backlinks or doing link exchanges (waste of time). In 2009, I really spend most of my time creating YouTube videos and writing content I know people want to read and my success just sort of blossomed and snowballed over time. But in the VERY beginning the search engines were my #1 traffic source.

I know you’re frustrated but most people who struggle are missing that audience connection piece and/or the unique spin on their topic. You didn’t leave your website so I can’t see what’s going on with it. However, I don’t want you to give up.

A lot of people ask me what I did and to be honest what I just wrote above is pretty much it in a nutshell. I didn’t spend a lot of money on advertising. But you also have to remember I got started a lot earlier and had a HUGE advantage getting started early. It definitely is much more difficult now because there is so much saturation/competition. But there is still room for anyone to succeed.

You make another good point. This is NOT for everyone. You’re right. Content does NOT flow for everyone. Part of that is because writing is not their cup of tea. The other reason may be they’ve chosen a niche they aren’t as invested in.

I write all my articles out on paper before I type them into my blog. I found out I write better at nights when I am all relaxed just laying on my bed lol.

You are great and give me lots of inspiration!