A frustrating week and a moan..

So here I am currently in week 5 of the course and I will be truthful in saying that it has been frustrating. What wasn't clear when I was looking at the course and details on it was the time commitment that was required. For someone such as myself who is very internet savvy it is not the technical aspects on following the instructions in the lessons, more so the marketing side. I am finding I am spending more time researching into the various methods and finding which platforms / software to use rather than adding value to generate sales.

It is not the course content which is causing my frustration but the learning curve.

So I have almost finished lesson 3 (yes 2 weeks behind) and Lesson 5 rolled into my inbox this afternoon. Now I have not even looked at that email yet as my priority is to get the site I created as part of Lesson 3 up and running. I like to do things properly and not rush them as I want to ensure what I have online is unique and original - unlike some sites which clearly have been put together very quickly.

So I mentioned a moan and here it is. I am finding myself being put under time pressures to get the lessons completed within a week before the next one pops up. I would have liked the option to get all the lessons at one time and then followed them. I would also like to have seen how long to spend on each section to ensure I am not spending more time than necessary on perhaps a section which is not really going to increase my sales.

So by the time of my next post I will share with you my endeavours...

Week 3 - a busy week

So as I have just completed week 3 of the course I am starting to realise that the time commitment each week is greater than 1 hour per day. There is a lot of content to absorb and research to do online within the lessons.

I got a reply from the email I sent rob. It was regarding the relevance of the course and how the google panda and penguin methods would impact any results. He replied in a very friendly and professionally way and stated that his course does not endorse or promote black hat methods so therefore would not be punished by the updates.

So to update on progress I am in the process of building the website for my niche. The domain has been purchased, plr purchased and edited and now to get the graphics sorted before I go live!

Week 2 - Progress Made and a Lesson Learnt

So Lesson 2 was a lot more work that I imagined and definitely a step up in terms of workload from Lesson 1. The slight thing that is concerning me at the moment is that all the Lessons are Copyright in 2009 and worries me that the content may not be relevant or work today. To back up my concerns has been the recent Google Panda and Penguin updates which have really stirred up the search engine algorithms and has been punishing low quality sites with no unique content. That is what concerns me with PLR is that it is low quality as it is widely available in the public domain. I will send an email to Robert voicing my concerns as noted above and update you on any reply.

So the last week I have been busy buying a domain name, selecting autoresponder software, and selected my niche. But I have learnt a lesson. The ebook which I purchased was fully edited and I added a new cover and rebranded it. I decided to put it for sale on the Amazon Kindle website and it got blocked. It turns out that Amazon scan the whole book for copyright breaches and copy in the public domain and block these books from being published. This is rightly so in their business to do this to protect the customer experience. This hasn't put me off on my journey to financial freedom - I was expecting some lessons along the way!

Lesson 3 has landed in my inbox so will get onto reading that shortly and keep you informed!

Week 2 - Work In Progress

Quite a busy week this week. A lot to take on board from lesson 2 which included creating a sales letter, squeeze page and finding a product to sell. I have managed to find a product which I believe is a very popular niche from my research so I purchased the Master Resale rights for these and have edited the book (within the license terms) and included a new front cover. So the book is currently publishing for direct sale on the Amazon Kindle and the sales website will be live within the next few days.

At the moment I will keep the niche and website a secret until it is up and running and I get my first customer!

So far I have spent £97 for the course and approx £30 on the ebook plus editing and cover designing. At the moment I have no revenue so I will need to up my game by increasing my product range and getting my email list on the increase!

Watch this space....