I haven’t written a post for quite a while, and that’s because I’ve been occupied with how to send traffic (people) to my blog. Traffic was a section where I wanted to spend additional time researching outside the actual coaching program. I always knew this, but going online and trying to find what I need has always been frustrating for me.
- There were times when I was getting outdated information. This happened to me through old YouTube videos.
- Things are usually scattered. Finding everything I needed sequentially by skill level in one source was hard.
- I spent too much time trying to find the relevant information I needed at that moment.
- It overwhelmed me. I gathered so much information that I didn’t know where to start.
- Many times, topics are overexplained unnecessarily, which overcomplicates things.
- On the opposite side. Step-by-step instructions are vaguely explained.
Besides “My Mission,” frustration was another reason for joining a coaching program. Part of that frustration came from all the free information I was consuming online.
Maybe I’m picky about this, but I’m sure some people can relate to that list I just mentioned. When I go online, I prefer to read a simple, easy-to-understand explanation of whatever topic or technicality I’m searching for.
Learning From Someone Else’s Experience
Regarding taking action steps, I wouldn’t know where to go without a coach who could specifically tell me what to do as my first step. I’m not claiming every course or coaching program is great. I have experienced two different ones, and even though the first one didn’t work for me as well as I had hoped, they still had a website with a structured step-by-step course, which made it clear what to do to start taking action.
Going through a course or personal coaching program It’s like saying, “Stop! Take a break from all the random online overload. Let’s take this one step at a time. If you have questions in your first step, stop again and ask me for help. Only when you finish step 1 will I explain step 2.”
To be completely transparent, my intention as a blogger is to document my personal affiliate marketing progress instead of creating a step-by-step plan for you to implement. I’m not claiming to be a coach. I also want to minimize technicalities as much as possible, but if I write about them, I will try to simplify them for you. Hopefully, after reading my content, you’ll have at least some basic knowledge to make an educated decision to go further in affiliate marketing if you ever decide to do so.
Of course, I still use free online information, but nowadays, I use it to supplement what I have already learned in my current coaching program. There’s no way around it—I still need to do my own research sometimes.
For example, I recently had to add a subdomain to my blog, so I wondered, “What is a subdomain?” I went through an entire ordeal to find out what it was and how to add it to my blog. I could give many more examples, but my point is that nobody knows everything about everything; I still need help from different sources, even free info from the internet, which can sometimes frustrate me.
I Run Into Many Obstacles In My Research Process
During my online research, I also contacted many people who were ready to help; more specifically, these were customer service live chat agents. For the most part, they are well-trained, but sometimes, they have also stumbled and had to escalate my question to a technical team. As I write this post, I’m still waiting for answers from two places. These were questions I asked two weeks ago regarding pay-per-click ad tracking.
Things never go perfectly. When it comes to free online information, sometimes I get clear and straightforward answers (which is my favorite). Still, most of the time, I get long-winded answers (which irritate me), answers unrelated to my question, and sometimes, I don’t get answers at all. But this is the path I decided to take, and honestly, I would rather go through this a thousand times than stay in my current situation.
Warm Regards,
—Alberto
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