Sometimes you have to challenge yourself to do better.
This month, I've challenged myself to blog each and every day to my dating site at 101Date.com. The ‘challenge' is due to the fact that I'm no longer too keen on the subject and have therefore been very remiss in posting to that blog.
Ya, I know… that's how I made my first million — BUT, that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm still inspired by the topic. 🙂
Too, Valentine's Day is a HUGE profit generator so getting traffic to the site through content will ultimately be worthwhile.
So, I'm using a few ‘tricks of the trade' to succeed at this months challenge.
- Re-posting old articles.
- Working to finish posts that were drafted long ago.
- Researching trade industry news.
- Buying PLR.
- Checking out some content spinners (yes, I know that's against everything I've ever taught you, but if I can auto-spin an article and then do a little work to make it sound human – hey, why not? Besides, the 7-day trial is only $4.97. 🙂
Anyway, that's MY challenge for February… the SHORTEST month of the year.
Anybody willing to join me?
Comments, questions or suggestions? Please leave a comment below!
Cheers,
My family every time say that I am wasting my time here at net,
however I know I am getting experience everyday by reading such pleasant content.
Hey Ros, excellent idea as well as post! Here’s a suggestion–after you’ve put your auto-spin on a PLR article and humanized it, why not show us with a before and after? Luv u and what u do.
Hi Alice,
Great idea and I would do it, but if you check my update to this article, I didn’t use the spin option this time around. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
Good luck with your challenge, i would help you but i see you already have a lot of help 🙂 !
Congrats !
Your honesty proved the point that one should get into a niche that they are passionate about. Don’t pick a niche because you think there is a boat load of money in it pick a niche because you have a boat load of passion for it.
I was going to suggest you sell the site but that is out of the question. Your solution of article spinning works. But I wonder if you could use this new experience to show the rest of us how to regain a passion. You’re facing a challenge that most will face at one time or another. You’ve trail-blazed before here is a chance to do it again. Just a thought be true to yourself! May God bless you in all you do. And as you say…
Cheers,
Eric
Hi Eric,
Passions can change over time. I was a lot younger when I ‘fell’ into the dating market. Now I have some difficulty relating to some of my audience.
But you’re right… actually doing the work is helping me to reconnect and see the fun in it again. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
Did you know we had a 30 day blogging challenge over at my blog last month, Ros?
We had a little over 20 bloggers participating, and there were a FLOOD of posts listed in the directory daily.
Of course, many who blogged daily for the month said they benefited in many ways from it.
Good luck with your challenge in Feb.
All success
Dr.Mani
Hey Dr. Mani,
I wasn’t aware of your 30-day blogging challenge but excited to hear how well it worked.
Thanks for the wishes… so far, so good! 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
If you’re looking at spinners you should checkout SpinRewriter.com. It’s a new spinner as good or I think better than “The Best Spinner” and it has a 7 day free trial and then you get the choice of $13.50/mo or $98.50/yr. I’ve used it and it has options where you can exclude words you don’t wan spun like your keywords and it has a scale of spinning from very light to extreme. The extreme will need work but the low end is great. Give it a try.
I’m in. I just started a new site in December so it needs a lot of content. You just gave me some great motivation. Thanks, Ros.
Hey Susan,
You’re welcome… my pleasure. Nice to know that others are on board. We can get together and moan about the hardships of the challenge at the end of February. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
Yes I understand your challenge even though at times we aren’t in the mind frame to do it.
I have a number of those content spinning tools and find them frustrating as a lot of the time the spinning comes out so mangled, the article is not the way you would write the content.
A few weeks ago I found a WP plugin for unique content and so appreciate it. It allows you to split out any article into individual sentences so you can rewrite it. This way you can rewrite an article in minutes that makes sense and has your view point/personality. Way cool.
Hi Cathy,
What WP plugin did you find?
Cheers,
Ros
Hi Ros,
I found the plugin on the WF and it is called Unique Content Creation WordPress Plugin by Mark Hess. It’s so easy to use, helps you produce content easily. Enjoy.
Thanks for all you do….
Cathy
Hi Cathy,
Thanks for the plugin information… I’ll have to take a look. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
Hi Roz, I use a service called Article Builder to create articles for marketing but not for my own site – I still do it the “old fashioned” way, too. I write my own content. It seems that most anyone who is making it big in IM outsources. I’d love to know if you’ve ever considered that? My business partner keeps pushing me to look into it. So far I can carry the load but as we develop more sites, it gets harder. In a way I’m too arrogant to think anyone else can write as well for my sites as I do! 🙂
Hi Deane,
I have considered outsourcing but I’m like you in thinking that no one else will care enough to do as good a job as I will. Ergo, nothing was getting done. LOL
Cheers,
Ros
Great to see you take this up, Ros.
I think I haven’t published a new blog post in like 2 months, mainly because I’ve said what I’ve wanted to say up to this point.
I think going to news.google.com and looking a keyword for your niche is a good strategy also. I find that if I’m fired up enough, knocking out a 200-300 word post in 5mins isn’t a problem and it’s pretty topical for readers too.
I like the personal touch you put to your writing so that’s one major draw for me to keep coming back.
Hey Andrew,
We both know you are very busy, and that makes regular blogging difficult. Then again, if you can knock out a 300-word article in 5 minutes… would you consider writing for me? 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
Hi Ros
If you’re no longer interested in the topic you can always sell the site. You would make a good profit on that one.
Re spinning. So long as the spun versions make sense, I can’t see the harm in it. It’s no worse than posting the same article to several article sites.
All the best
Annerly
Hi Annerly,
Actually, I couldn’t sell the site. That would be like selling my dog.
It is 13 years old and I built it from scratch, nurtured it and it’s done very for me. VERY well. SO well in fact that I wrote a book about it. 🙂
But thanks for the idea.
Cheers,
Ros
This is so true. You start a site and then years later, some of the subject matter does lose its lack-luster… Since I’ve turned 50+ (oh my) I’m not as concerned about how I look anymore… I’m more into health issues. But clearly, I’ve built up an audience of people who love to do makeup and hair! And that’s where the real money is for me. I haven’t blogged as much as I used to in the past either… So thanks for inspiring me (as always) to go onwards and forwards… Peace and God bless Rosalind!
Hi Carolyn,
Isn’t it funny how that 50+ thing changes everything? LOL Although I have no doubt you’ll figure out a way to make it work, whether it’s a transition to a more interesting topic for you or embraces a wider audience.
Cheers,
Ros
Hi Ros,
I know this feeling well. I have alot of stuff set aside called “in progress” collecting dust.
Sometimes it’s just so easy to look at it and say “tomorow I’ll get to that” and the months continue to go by. Lots of reasons we just don’t get to it, and especially difficult when it’s something you have to do at a certain time, as opposed to something you really want to do.
I’m glad you’ve mentioned PLR. So many mixed opinions about that. I like it because it inspires me to write and gives me ideas to work on as a base in all different directions when I’m feeling a little stuck in neutral.
Hey Jane,
You and I must share a brain — I’m VERY skilled at watching the months go by. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
It’ll be interesting to see how you get on in the strange world of content spinning – I’ll look forward to reading the follow up article. 🙂
Thanks, Martin. Me too. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
Hey Ros
Totally support semi-automation. Makes sense. Do you plan on doing it with some PLR or where else would you get content?
BR – Kief
PS. This post reads great on my iPhone. What are you using that enables it to read so well on mobile?
Hi Kief,
I’ll be using some PLR, some old posts and spinning a few articles.
As for the post reading great on your iPhone… I dunno what I did. Guess I better look into that. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
I’m with ya to step up my blogging. I’ll use some of my own new content. Finish some drafted blogs I’ve started and use some PLR. Let’s do it!!
That’s great to hear, Judith. Have a happy blogging month. 🙂
Cheers,
Ros
I’m IN! I was bragging to my husband the other day that I had my first 4-figure month! You gotta start somewhere.
I’m in for one blog post a day (to at least one of my sites). Lets get Rockin!
Hey Evelyn,
Congratulations! and keep up the great work. I’m thrilled for ya!
Cheers,
Ros
I like how you said your stuff about article spinners. I’ve encountered someone who talked about the tools before, and he told me that if you’re going to use tools, everyone’s going to look at you as if you’re doing things the black hat way. That’s why a lot of site owners look for good companies that resell SEO services and use natural optimization techniques. But what if you’re going to override the automation, and make everything look human before actually submitting it, then that’s a different story.