I hear these a lot. “I’m blogging every day but no one is commenting on my blog.” “I have a good blog, but I can’t get it listed in the search engines for my keywords.” “My blog isn’t making any money yet.”
The problem is not that people are making those statements. It’s that bloggers who have had their blog less than 6 months are making those statements.
We live in a burger king society and it seems to be even more so on the web. People want to build a website or start a blog and they want to check their stats a week later to see how well they are doing.
Then when it isn’t doing good after a short time, they are ready to give up and look for a faster way to make money.
This is what the hypesters who sell get rich quick schemes are waiting for. if you are making the statements above about your blog and you have only been blogging a short time, you will soon be buying those get me rich quick ebooks and videos and you will still making no money after giving those marketers your money.
Starting a business on the web, whether through websites or blogs takes a commitment. You have to be in it for the long haul. Yes, sometimes people do get lucky and start making money in a short amount of time, but that’s the exception, not the rule.
2 years is a normal amount of time to expect a good return on what you are creating as your web business. I know that will disappoint a lot of people. I know someone will likely give me examples of people who got rich in less time than that on the web. Many of those examples will be marketers who are TELLING everyone they got rich quick so you will buy their ebooks and videos.
Running a business on the web is not a get rich quick scheme. If you are trying to get rich quick on the web, you are setting yourself up for a fall.
If you are trying to build a solid income on the web and you are willing to commit to it for the long run, you are setting yourself up to succeed.
So, the first thing a person has to decide is if the goals they have for their blog or website are realistic or not. Are yours?
