… what was I thinking?

That’s what I did this morning.  I was checking out some of my OLD sites - things I’d not touched in over a year.  Yikes. I couldn’t believe it had been more than a year!  I’m usually tinkering away at sites every now and again - in no set fashion.  But this site I saw this morning… omg… it looks terrible.  I remember putting it together too.

It was one of those - if I build it, they will come.  Only they haven’t come and it looks like crap.  There is no original content to speak of - just quick little paragraphs under the offer… oh what was I thinking?!?!  Or not thinking!  I was thinking of showing you the site, but damn, I’m embarrassed of my lack of “imagination” on this one.  So maybe when I’ve re-vamped the site, I’ll roll it over here for you to take a peek at.

So I think August will be the month where I’ll reconfig that site - I mean that there is potential, and I like the subject.  Problem is - it’s very oversaturated in that market.  Uphill battle, but not one I’m going to back away from either.  I think the Internet is a big enough place for me to play the game too, but I think a good word of advice for anyone starting out - is research your niche.  You don’t want to go head first into a super competitive market where there are companies out there who can “out budget” you, and win the race - because you just don’t know the ins and outs of it all.  Start with a niche you love, that can take you a long way.  Start a niche - if you can find it that isn’t super competitive - so you can learn the ins and outs and then go on to tackle the big affiliate marketing niches.

Just my thoughts.  What I’ve learned in my time online doing this.  It’s just one of those things - where you have to start out loving what you’re writing about - or it won’t matter how long or how much money you put into your site.  It just won’t last.  Been there - done that.  Gave up on a lot of sites.  But there are some that I’d like to give another try too… and this site that I mentioned is one of them.

Have you got any sites collecting dust on your shelf that you’d like to work on again?

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