Thinking About the Future
First things first. I was awarded my second Purple Star today. I am even happier with this one than the first I think. I received it for my Caring for Your Parents lens. It’s been frustrating because as far as traffic and lensrank, it’s been one of my poorest performing lenses and yet, it’s one of my favorites as far as my own lenses. High competition, poor SEO, bad keywords, and so forth are the likely culprits.
Despite my announcement a week or so ago that I was jumping back in the saddle and going to start writing more again after a break, I haven’t lived up to my own expectations. It’s odd perhaps, but when I’m failing, I’m motivated to work harder, but when I’m “succeeding”, I sometimes lose the drive. I think thats odd. But, it seems to happen to me. I’m really starting to get the “multiple streams of income” coming in now, not huge, but siginificant. Now my brain doesn’t want to buckle down and just write, write, write.
In reality, I think I’m processing what I really want to do, what my game plan should be for the future. Should I focus more development time on my own website, more on Squidoo which has been a tremendous help for me, or start doing more with other, similar sites? I’ve experienced what happens when a site decides to quit, and you lose all of that work. It’s not that I think that will happen to Squidoo, but it’s becoming a significant income ,and loosing it would be devastating. I could move things if that were to happen, but the reality is the URL would change, and the traffic probably lost. Stick with what’s working or put more effort into other things and spread myself around for security’s sake. I want to do both, the question is how to do it all and stay sane.
Enough of that. I created a new hubpage on discussing any marital arguments with others, not really my expertise, but just a rant really, wanting people to think about what it is they are really doing sometimes. I also created a lens on a new GPS device with a built-in camera. It’s not for automobiles, it’s for outdoor use. For those of us who hike, or fish, hunt, etc. these are really nice and handy.
I continue to be happy with RedGage. I’m posting really just to update those of you who have concerns. I have seen several postings related to their committment to thwart SPAM. They are even restrictive about comments for this reason. I had an article featured, which boosted my earnings a bit. I think I’ve made only $5.25 or something so far but it’s not intended to help me earning a living, just to give me more for what I’ve already done and provide some “do follow” backlinks. Luckily, my lenses are welcomed there and in fact, my own content is ALL they want. Certainly makes things easier and less time consuming. I’ve seen a lot of great content there, many artists, writers, and photographers on the site. I hope it stays that way. My only complaint is that the site is rather slow at times.
