Starting an online business is hard work, no doubt. Whether it‘s selling physical products, blogging what you are passionate about or offering services, it takes patience, dedication
and perseverance.
But there comes a turning point for many people when they decide if they should continue their venture or not. Often times they give up too soon. It can be for many reasons…lack of time, lack of money, boredom, and frustration, to name a few.
I had my turning point. I even remember the day. It was after Labor Day weekend in September 2009. I had just had a great weekend with my family. It was one of the few times I actually took a break from my business. I was relaxed and ready for work.
As if I had not had enough challenges with my business up to this point, my site was hacked with a virus and all my work was in jeopardy of being lost forever.
I emailed everyone I could; begged and pleaded with my hosting company and forum volunteers to help me fix the problem. With their help and after a couple of days of complete chaos, I was able to fix the issue and get store back online.
However, I was left with a feeling of helplessness, doubt, defeat and FEAR. I had been in business for close to a year up to this point and wasn‘t nearly at the level that I wanted to be.
Although I had learned a lot about coding, html, CSS, web design, and marketing (to name a few), I felt there was still SO much more to learn.
Every day there were more things to add to my to-do list and I could never seem to catch up. To top is off my website had been on page eleven of Google search results for my top keyword for a long time and it didn‘t look like it was budging. I was tired and frustrated to say the least.
Guess what? I didn‘t. I‘ll tell you why. I came to the realization that there comes a time for many people in life that things get hard (really hard) and they are faced with a choice to keep fighting or throw in the towel. I didn‘t hear the bell yet…so I chose to keep on fighting.
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I‘m glad I stuck it out. Soon afterwards, my hard work began to pay off. Sales from my store picked up, my site moved up on Google search results and I started NewBizBlogger soon after which came to be my life‘s true passion!
Things began to get clearer for me. I started getting it‘. All the issues that came up in the past that left me with migraines, running to my pantry digging out the bottle of Jack, no longer seemed so serious.
About the Author:
Online Business Advisor & Trainer,
of NewBizBlogger. She shares
online business tips and training to those
starting their own online business
ventures on her blog, NewBizBogger.
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