Hi – It’s Me. An Update.

I’ve been writing articles since the end of April. It’s been two months of writing.

I haven’t written anything personal other than my opinions in my articles and I wanted to share some info on me and what my vision is.

I’m Jen. 🙂

I’ve got 2 girls.

I needed a hobby now that my kids are getting older. I can remember how much advice I received online when I was younger. Financial advice as we struggled with crazy daycare payments and trying to find the right home.

I don’t know what really clicked in my brain and told me to start a website. I know that I’m a fantastic coach on subjects that I’ve learned a lot about over the years.

I struggled with this in the beginning.

I changed the name of the website twice.

I couldn’t for the life of me make a logo and I’m still not happy and refuse to pay Fiverr money to do it for me. Eventually I’ll probably cave in.

I knew what I wanted to write about but knew nothing of SEO. I’m still learning. I actually just learned yesterday that I should have some sort of keyword thing and I went back to five posts to add it in and got tired at that point. It’s hard going back when you’re paying so much attention on moving forward.

I try to post 3 times a week. My goal recently became Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. However, if I can type it fast enough and as long as the ideas keep coming, I’m trying to post as much as I can except on the weekends.

I’m also crappy at creating Pinterest pins and seriously need to work on my Canva skills. It definitely has not been my focus.

My Facebook has had 0 likes and 0 comments. 🙂

I created a Tumblr account because I had someone who found my page through Tumblr but it’s since provided me with the same results as FB. (That would be none. No results.)

It took 2 months for me to actually start seeing that Google is ranking me around 70th on search results…yay…

I read in the beginning that it takes 6-12 months to get any type of actual traffic to your site. I’ve made it through two.

I am trying to pace myself and not get burned out.

Sometimes it’s hard writing so much… trying to get over 1,000+ words at least and having no one read what you wrote. I think the hardest part with starting a new website is the silence.

I sometimes think that there’s something terribly wrong with my site and that’s why people don’t visit. I know there are improvements that I should spend a few days working on. I check the site on a device that I’m not logged into often and it’s always still standing…

This wasn’t meant to be a sappy post. More of a – I’m hanging in there. I’m learning. I know I have the finance, marketing, and career background needed for my vision.

Talk soon. Thank you for being here – you’re one of the few and it’s appreciated that you read this far!