There were many years in my life when I had to do what needed doing much more than what I wanted to do.

Still, it’s obvious that you enjoy blogging and I enjoy reading what you have to say.

Act on your dream!

JD

Sires last blog post..Developing Good Blogging Habits Is Essential

Yes, we all have our priorities, and work on our blogs and sites doesn’t rank at the top of the list for most people.

I enjoy working, especially so since I love my home based affiliate marketing business. I don’t have to leave home to go to a full-time job, so that makes a lot of difference. I’m also no longer married and my daughter is grown with almost-grown kids of her own, so my expenses are lower and my time is more my own.

I enjoy working the puzzle of researching and choosing keywords that give my page the best chance of attracting just the right people. Sometimes it works better than other times; it’s a learning process.

On a blog post, I do some research, but on a page on a static site, I do a lot more.

A blog post will be popular for a few days and, probably, will slowly lose popularity over time unless we do something to bring it back to the forefront.

On a well-designed static site, however, a page can grow in popularity over time. In that case, to me, it makes sense to spend an extra hour or two thinking about exactly who I want to read that page and what I want them to do when they get there. Then, I spend a few minutes using a keywords analyzer to help me find two or three of the best keywords around which to write the article.

I try to define the most wanted response I’d like from the visitors and then offer a secondary response as a fall-back in case they don’t respond to the primary offer.

That page is going to work for me for the next few months - or even years - and it just feels right to do a little extra work up front to give it a better chance to succeed in the competition for free visitors from Google and the other search engines.

The more targeted visitors I can get to a page that converts well, the larger the commission checks I receive. I have some pages that are putting money in my pocket, consistently, month after month.

Other blog posts and web pages are purely informational and the only thing I want my visitor to do is to learn something or think about something from a different perspective.

The main goal I have for my websites is to help people find the tools, products, services, and resources they need to accomplish their goals as they act on their dream.

Sometimes I earn money in the process, most of the time I don’t.

The more my readers succeed, the more I succeed.

Of course, I wouldn’t turn it down if I were to win the lottery, but I don’t think it would make a lot of difference in my life. The numbers in my bank account balances would be higher and I’d probably make more progress on building Castle Freedom, but otherwise I think I’d be right here doing what I enjoy doing.

Thanks for your comments; they’re always appreciated, Sire.

Act on your dream!

JD

Time for me is of the essence and it is more important to get out a good post than to worry about sourcing the right keywords. Sure I may not get as many readers but I have a happier lifestyle and I think that is much more important.

If I didn’t already have a full time job I would probably spend more time on my keywords, but unless I win the lottery, I just can’t see that happening.