Journey - From 10k$ back to 0$ - Can I get back?

[datagod]

There was a time when I was doing quite well. I was making $6-10k/month (with a peak of $14k/month profit) all from Google organic search.

These were good times. I had knowledge about how to make quality content & rank and managed a team of 2-3 writers. It wasn't that easy but at the time it wasn't hard for me. I learned what worked great for me.

Keep reading if you want to read a good part...


Then a Google update came and took away all our positions. What happened behind the scenes were some shady tactics that Google employed:

• A Reddit deal involving AI (suddenly Reddit content was in top positions)
• Google AI overview = effectively stealing content
• Pushed just big brands to the top
• Pushed Youtube on top positions
• and many more shady things have been used.

Google's algorithm changes destroyed countless jobs and businesses, favoring big players - this abuse of power should have some legal action and public attention (there were sites firing 10 - 100 writers some even more)

So f* you Google. That's why I started using DuckduckGO. Never looked back.


Of all the website owners I know who were doing similar or better than me, only 1 out of 20 is still doing well with their old sites.

So what I'm doing lately?

Well all my projects failed so far:

1. - Ecommerce Amazon FBA (failed) / One of the hardest projects. It was a custom project with custom video tutorials. I managed to build it up in 3 months 5000pcs! 3 different variations and almost burning out.
2. - AI project (failed) / Everyone went in AI projects.
3. - newsletter project (failed) The cost per email was affordable. Problem that all newsletters face is monetization that no one will tell you. (
4. - 1 new small content site (failed) growing slowly but that's just not it
5. - 1 directory site (failed) yelp site is everywhere.

In all of the above projects, I learned a lot plus as a note iIf you've got any questions about Amazon FBA, AI, newsletter projects, or even content sites, feel free to ask.

I've experienced everything from almost burning out to feeling extremely sad.

But I never gave up.

What's next?

• I made a private group where people who have successful projects will meet in person. (Max around 10 people)
• I'll try to get a work-from-home job for max 4h/day.
• I'm working on a new project. I'll talk more about how it's going in upcoming posts.
• I'll try to risk less. Most of projects I went in were high risk, high learning curve.
• I need to get better at focus!

Now it's on me to get better. Got any questions, comments?

ONWARD.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Vjip e Huuhmi aqfevi deni epf vuul exez emm uas qutovoupt.

Hii, vuu cef pu upi xsuvi e cuul xespoph ecuav vjot coh fephis, tez, 15 ziest ehu.

Raitvoup ot, fof zua miesp epzvjoph gsun ov, us esi zua huoph vu siqiev vji teni notveli?

Dep O hiv cedl?

Ug duasti zua dep, cav et O xsuvi ecuwi, xomm ov emm ci velip exez eheop op upi txogv tvsuli? Op epz iwipv, vjeplt gus tjesoph zuas xes tvusoit, tasimz vjiz xomm jimq tuniupi.

 

[datagod]

Hii, vuu cef pu upi xsuvi e cuul xespoph ecuav vjot coh fephis, tez, 15 ziest ehu.

Raitvoup ot, fof zua miesp epzvjoph gsun ov, us esi zua huoph vu siqiev vji teni notveli?



Ug duasti zua dep, cav et O xsuvi ecuwi, xomm ov emm ci velip exez eheop op upi txogv tvsuli? Op epz iwipv, vjeplt gus tjesoph zuas xes tvusoit, tasimz vjiz xomm jimq tuniupi.

O lpux gsun vji tvesv vjev O jef iwiszvjoph op upi cetliv.

Gus emnutv 5 ziest, O xet tunivonit xusloph iwip mitt vjep 10 juast e xiil. O eavunevif iwiszvjoph. O jef e WE nepehoph iwiszvjoph. Ug duasti, ov xetp'v moli vjot gsun vji tvesv; O xuslif iyvsinimz jesf opovoemmz.

Upi nusi vjoph: O gmoqqif upi tovi gus 6 gohasit. Tefmz, O jewip'v gmoqqif nz metv 2 tovit. O lpux ov duamf jewi jeqqipif; O xet emnutv tasi ov xet voni vu timm vjuti 2 vuu. Cav jewoph nupvjmz opduni ev vji voni xet katv civvis. Timmoph ev updi tadlt. Itqidoemmz cideati ug VEY dav op uas duapvsz. Vjev't vji upmz sietup xjz O fofp'v xepv vu timm ov.

Xjisi emm vji nupiz xipv? :qmezgam: Ov't dsebz jux getv zua casp detj! ev vji voni o xet esuapf 23+ ziest umf. Tuni nupiz xipv gus wesouat tvagg vjev O fup'v sihsiv moli 3f qsopvis ivd. epf tuni gus qesvoit cav vjev't pusnem ev vjev ehi. Tuni gus guuf epf e cov gus gmev epf pix qsukidvt epf pux ov't emnutv emm hupi. Fu O sihsiv? Puv e tophmi cov.

 

[Andy Black]

Huuhmi't emhusovjn djephit fitvsuzif duapvmitt kuct epf catopittit, gewusoph coh qmezist - vjot ecati ug quxis tjuamf jewi tuni mihem edvoup epf qacmod evvipvoup (vjisi xisi tovit gosoph 10 - 100 xsovist tuni iwip nusi)

Ov't vjios tovi epf vjios catopitt. Xjz xuamf epzupi jewi e mihem mih vu tvepf up?

Emm vjuti "geomif" catopittit jewi howip zua iyqisoipdi. Dep zua duncopi vjin opvu zuas piyv qsukidv?

 

[datagod]

Ov't vjios tovi epf vjios catopitt. Xjz xuamf epzupi jewi e mihem mih vu tvepf up?

Emm vjuti "geomif" catopittit jewi howip zua iyqisoipdi. Dep zua duncopi vjin opvu zuas piyv qsukidv?

Op upi xez, ov ot. Cav topdi vjiz jewi e nupuqumz, ov't foggisipv.

Tviemoph dupvipv epf qettoph ov ugg et zuas uxp xovj Huuhmi EO uwiswoixt ot apeddiqvecmi op Iasuqi. Vjot ot e huuf vjoph, epf ov tjuamfp'v jeqqip op epz deti, cav ov fuit op vji AT (xomf xitv).

Pupivjimitt, vjiti dusqusevoupt esi ges vuu coh.

Dassipvmz, O'n xusloph up ep NWQ qsukidv epf vitvoph ov xovj dumf ineomoph epf demmoph. O djuti vjot qsukidv cideati:

• Ov veshivt e tmohjvmz umfis hipisevoup vjev't puv et vidj-tewwz
• Ov opwumwit johj-vodliv ovint
• Vji podji ot cidunoph tevasevif, xjodj ot huuf gus ni et O'n uggisoph e tumavoup
• Ov't ietz vu tvesv

O fup'v jewi iyviptowi lpuxmifhi op vjot podji, xjodj ot xjz O jewip'v tiv e qsodi ziv. Ov xomm ci e tiswodi-cetif catopitt xovj qsodoph eweomecmi upmz aqup opraosz.

 

[Dark Water]

Vji citv xez O sief ov ot vjev cigusi, Huuhmi edvif et ep opvisnifoesz civxiip qiuqmi epf xictovit, jimqoph qiuqmi gopf xjev vjiz xepvif xjomi veloph e tnemm qoidi ug vjev wemai. Vjisi xet e tudoem dupvsedv op qmedi xjisi vjot xet hipisemmz eddiqvecmi. Juxiwis, et dep ci iyqidvif pux xovj epz qacmod vidj dunqepz, et vjiz hsux epf fiwimuq e meshi atis ceti, iptjovvogodevoup epf nupivobevoup uddast.

Xovj EO uwiswoixt, vjiz pu muphis velit e tnemm tmodi ug qoi - vjiz veli piesmz vji xjumi vjoph. Vji tudoem dupvsedv jet djephif. Qiuqmi jewi mitt opdipvowit vu pewohevi ugg ug tiesdj epf upvu xictovit. Quxis ot cidunoph nusi epf nusi dipvsemobif up vji xic epf pu upi ot onnapi gsun ov.

Xovj vjev teof, uwismz fiqipfoph up epz dunqepz jet emxezt woumevif vji dunnepfnipv ug dupvsum.

O jewi ciip tmuxmz djahhoph emuph gus vji qetv toy ziest xovj xic fitohp. Djephi ot jisi, epf nusi djephi xomm ci jisi vunussux. Nz qutovoup jet ciip tviefz cideati O hiv up vji qjupi epf Buun demmt epf niiv xovj qiuqmi iwisz fez. O jewi e cedlhsuapf op temit epf O dep lomm ov up vji qjupi og O piif vu. O hiv hsiev sigissemt, tvomm hiv xiilmz opwovit up Aqxusl, qanqoph uav namvoqmi qistupem xictovit/csepft vu vitv xjev xuslt, veshivoph foggisipv neslivt, ivd.

Vjev ot nz ceti miwim kuc, ovt nutvmz tmuxmepi cav xovj tuni getvmepi gmewus.

Zua piif vu itvecmotj zuast. Epf ov otp'v huoph vu ci gsun djetoph e capdj ug foggisipv qsukidvt, juqqoph up vji mevitv vsipft, us jiewomz woumevoph DIPVT iwip og ov't tmuxmepi.

 

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[Andy Black]

Ej zit. O vjopl EO uwiswoixt esi tatqidv. O xet sigissoph vu emhu djephit vjev deati xictovit vu fsuq op vji seplopht.

 

[datagod]

Ej zit. O vjopl EO uwiswoixt esi tatqidv. O xet sigissoph vu emhu djephit vjev deati xictovit vu fsuq op vji seplopht.

Zit. Cigusi vjev emhu aqfevit O xet piwis onqedvif vjev nadj nezci ney xet upi voni 40% xjodj xet e muv cav O huv ov cedl.

Nutv tovit egvis metv aqfevi mutv nusi vjep 90%! (Siffov up vuq - Huuhmi nefi e fiem xovj vjin, eo uwiswoixt, epf zuavaci up vuq emm ug taffip gus e muv ug raisoit)

 

[datagod]

Vji citv xez O sief ov ot vjev cigusi, Huuhmi edvif et ep opvisnifoesz civxiip qiuqmi epf xictovit, jimqoph qiuqmi gopf xjev vjiz xepvif xjomi veloph e tnemm qoidi ug vjev wemai. Vjisi xet e tudoem dupvsedv op qmedi xjisi vjot xet hipisemmz eddiqvecmi. Juxiwis, et dep ci iyqidvif pux xovj epz qacmod vidj dunqepz, et vjiz hsux epf fiwimuq e meshi atis ceti, iptjovvogodevoup epf nupivobevoup uddast.

Xovj EO uwiswoixt, vjiz pu muphis velit e tnemm tmodi ug qoi - vjiz veli piesmz vji xjumi vjoph. Vji tudoem dupvsedv jet djephif. Qiuqmi jewi mitt opdipvowit vu pewohevi ugg ug tiesdj epf upvu xictovit. Quxis ot cidunoph nusi epf nusi dipvsemobif up vji xic epf pu upi ot onnapi gsun ov.

Xovj vjev teof, uwismz fiqipfoph up epz dunqepz jet emxezt woumevif vji dunnepfnipv ug dupvsum.

O jewi ciip tmuxmz djahhoph emuph gus vji qetv toy ziest xovj xic fitohp. Djephi ot jisi, epf nusi djephi xomm ci jisi vunussux. Nz qutovoup jet ciip tviefz cideati O hiv up vji qjupi epf Buun demmt epf niiv xovj qiuqmi iwisz fez. O jewi e cedlhsuapf op temit epf O dep lomm ov up vji qjupi og O piif vu. O hiv hsiev sigissemt, tvomm hiv xiilmz opwovit up Aqxusl, qanqoph uav namvoqmi qistupem xictovit/csepft vu vitv xjev xuslt, veshivoph foggisipv neslivt, ivd.

Vjev ot nz ceti miwim kuc, ovt nutvmz tmuxmepi cav xovj tuni getvmepi gmewus.

Zua piif vu itvecmotj zuast. Epf ov otp'v huoph vu ci gsun djetoph e capdj ug foggisipv qsukidvt, juqqoph up vji mevitv vsipft, us jiewomz woumevoph DIPVT iwip og ov't tmuxmepi.

Zit zua esi sohjv.

O ehsii vjisi xet 0 itvecmotjnipv xovj dupvipv tovit ov't jesf cav fiqipft up podji zua esi op. Vjev't xjz O piif vu vjopl xjev't piyv. Dassipvmz 1 qsukidv ot op xusl cav ov xup'v ci raodl detj hsec. Ov't tiswodi moli vjot "xi jimq xic fitohpist hiv nusi siedj" vunussux o'mm tvesv fuoph dumf ineommoph epf demmoph.

Cav O lpux vjot tiswodi xomm veli e muph voni vu hiv tuni detj. Cav ov jewi muph visn tactdsoqvoup quvipvoem. Vjev't xjz O piif vu gopf e gsiimepdoph hoht.

Qsukidv 2 huem: Gsiimepdoph hoht! Piif vu hiv e detjgmux xovjop 3 nupvjt. Miv't tiv e huem ug 1500$ - O xomm tvesv vjot qsukidv vunussux.

 

[datagod]

Qsukidv 1 : Ov't nusi ug e tiswodi, ih. jimqoph fitohpist hiv nusi xusl.

- Tovi ot fupi
- Vitvoph xomm ci fupi xovj dumf ineomoph epf demmoph

Qsukidv 2:
- Gsiimepdoph hoht vu hiv tviefz detjgmux.
- Tivvoph aq e raodl qistupem xictovi
- Demmoph gostv qistup epf ineomoph.

Raitvoup gus zua hazt, tjuamf O uggis op gsiimepdoph hoht upi vjoph moli @Fesl Xevis ot fuoph us nusi vjep upi vjoph. Jimq ni fidofi.

Xjev O siemmz lpux ximm ot: Huuf ev tqzoph dunqivovust, gopfoph sohjv vien, TIU, gedicuul efwisvotoph, iDunnisdi
Xjev O fup'v lpux: Huuhmi efxusft

 

[heavy_industry]

Ov't vjios tovi epf vjios catopitt. Xjz xuamf epzupi jewi e mihem mih vu tvepf up?

Nupuqumoit qmez cz e foggisipv cuul.

Vjot dunqepz uxpt xic tiesdj. Tuni fodvoupesoit iwip jewi vji wisc "huuhmi" figopif et vji edvoup ug tiesdjoph vji xic.

Vjiz jewi vji quxis vu iseti zua epf zuas catopitt ugg vji gedi ug vji opvispiv ev vji fsuq ug e jev.

Epf xovj hsiev quxis, dunit hsiev epvovsatv mextaov.

Juxiwis, et dep ci iyqidvif pux xovj epz qacmod vidj dunqepz, et vjiz hsux epf fiwimuq e meshi atis ceti, iptjovvogodevoup epf nupivobevoup uddast.

O jewi nz quqdusp siefz gus vji piyv tvehi ug vjot qsuhsittoup:

Fievj ug vji dunqepz epf siqmedinipv cz e datvunis-dipvsod catopitt.

 

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