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A New Direction – Week One: Remix!

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I’ve done some soul searching over the weekend and have tried to figure out the best way to pivot this website. I’ve decided that it is going to remain a personal blog, it just has to be more intentional in its’ purpose.

Like I said, the main goal of the blog is to not make money, it is to hold myself accountable in my progress. However, I would like for the blog to have at least have some interactions from readers. To do this, I would like for this blog to eventually blossom into a resource for other potential bloggers to use when curious about other people’s experiences when first starting out. I have found that the one thing that would be very helpful in doing this is hearing from someone who has gone through this process and hearing what they have to say from beginner to expert.

Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of experts to hear about from the internet. This blog is going to be an approach coming more so from a personal lens, showcasing my process, what I am doing, and how that works out for me. Rather than posting daily, my posts will come once at the beginning of the week, and once at the end of the week. The beginning of the week post will outline what I plan to do, my goals, and what I want to accomplish. The end of the week post will include what I did, if I reached my goals or not, and the resources that I used to get there.

These changes will force me to reformat my homepage, but I am not too worried about that at the moment. Once I start producing more quality posts, I suspect that the organizational aspect of my website will begin to fall into place (I’m hoping at least). I believe that the stress I am taking away from forcing myself to post daily will allow me to focus on more important things that will be more productive in reaching my long term goals.

All that being said, here is what I plan to do and accomplish this week:

  • Start social media for this blog (Linkedin, Twitter, Pinterest? (i’ve heard it is very helpful))
  • Start my official blog: Online Caddie – A website for people just learning the game of golf to get information that they need when first starting out
  • Come up with a list of possible content to write on that blog. Start writing a post
  • Figure out a way to share resources on a blog while giving proper credit (I plan to utilize this a lot on Daily Content Writer)

Online Caddie is my blog that I will be going “all in” on. This is the blog that I will be actively using SEO tactics on, attempting to gain followers and traffic, and ultimately be the website that I would like to and expect to make money on first. Much of what I write about on Daily Content Writer will be directly related to whatever is happening on Online Caddie. The ultimate goal is to do well enough with one or either of these sites so that I can eventually start another one in a different niche and have even quicker success.

As expected, the start of my blogging journey is a bit bumpy with some audibles to my original plan. I feel good about the plan I have, and feel motivated enough to attack it with overwhelming positivity, because that is the best way to do anything. Thank you for following along, I will check back in at the end of the week.

What is this Website? – Day Eight

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I didn’t post yesterday, it was halloween sue me. I thought I was going to be more productive today, but based on how much i’ve accomplished so far, i’m afraid this day will essentially be a wash. I realized I need to identify what I want this page to be and execute that better. I want it to be a personal blog, that has my thoughts, feelings, and reactions to everything I learn and go through as I become a content writer. The unfortunate reality is, I don’t think that will make this website conducive to earning money.

I know, monetizing this blog was never the original goal of it. But if i’m paying for the domain and am learning about SEO anyways, it seems like a bit of a waste not to. I tried to look around for information on how personal blogs are able to gain a following through SEO, but there is not much there. Much of what I found out was social media posting. I do plan on starting a linkedin account for this website, and possibly a twitter page. However, I don’t feel as if an Instagram account or facebook account would be a good fit for the vibe I am trying to go for here. Also I hate those apps with a passion.

While I am going through this predicament about this website, I have plans to start another one. As stated in about the author, my current job is a pro shop manager at a golf course. I plan to start a website tailored to beginners in the game of golf, as the game has only been growing ever since the pandemic. I am excited to start a website that is actually more in my area of expertise. I believe that this website will be easier to use SEO tactics on, as well as gain traffic and monetize because I have a clear vision as to how this will fill a need for people.

While not much did get done or learned today, I am still trying to be optimistic about my progress. There are still many places to go from here, I just have to keep my motivation up for it.

3 Things I Learned About SEO Optimization (Easy to Apply) – Day Seven

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As you can tell by the different title in this daily post, I have done a bit more research on SEO Friendly websites today. Again, the goal of this blog is not to gain followers, but instead to give me a medium to practice how to do that.

  • First of which, the obvious one, is using numbers and brackets in your titles. Numbers are attention grabbing and will make more people more inclined to click on your link. It is very simple to rework your title into having numbers and parentheses to make it more appealing.
  • A great way to find key words is to search your content topic, and scroll to the bottom of Google to see what other words or phrases are related to that search.
  • Meta descriptions (the blurbs under each google result when your search something) can influence a reader to click on your site. There is nothing to gain from including key words in those descriptions, however, those that are written well and satisfy what the user is searching for make them more likely to get clicked on.

I’ve also learned that using an SEO plugin may be an advantage as well, given that there are a few effective free options. I am going to hold off on installing one for this website however. I have almost a fully conceptualized idea of the website that I want to make that I would like to go “all-in” on. Once that website is built and launched, then I will use a plug in to see the true difference that something like that can make.

Just using these few simple tactics that I was reading up on today, my posts are already looking more internet friendly. Still a long way to go, but already seeing improvements from my day one post is a positive sign. (using internal links such as that one is another thing I learned today)