ProWebWriter is a Person Not Just a Website
I know you’re jealous of my red snowflake table cloth.
Oh, how I wish there were three of me sometimes. One thing I’ve learned from running this site is that you find a website kind of like you find yourself. It goes through phases and sometimes you change directions altogether. I’ve realized a profound truth in all of this: ProWebWriter is a person, NOT a website. I am a hardcore student of the web. I’ve been at this website ownership thing for 6+ years now. In my travels I’ve learned how to market websites, obviously how to build them, how to write for them, etc. I’ve read the rhetoric of many an Internet guru, and decided to never read that crap ever again!
You ARE a Guru!
Did you decide to never spend another penny on the experts’ knowledge? Have you ever studied the methods of Shoemoney? What about John Chow? How many web forums have you perused? What’s your highest post count…mine is 6 hundred and some…I’m more of a reader when it comes to that stuff. I’ve bought e-books, and paid other people to tell me a bunch of crap that I already know. No more! How do you think those people became the experts? They did something that hadn’t been done before using their own methods, and it worked!
Let’s digest that for a minute…”using their own methods”. Don’t you realize, every expert sells you their methods. It was something they tried that happened to work and that’s when the value was created. Some of these people have made thousands upon thousands by doing that over and over again. Do you thing Mark Zuckerberg read a bunch of crap? No, he innovated using his own methods. Most Internet gurus would kill to have a website with just a small fraction of Facebook’s popularity. I am over it! I have a good job, a good side gig for extra cash, and I’m done trying to “make it big”. You must stop seeing these: $$$.
So here I am…I’ve declared at least 3 times in recent posts, that I’m doing this website thing MY way. I’m done studying and buying books that tell me the “right” way to do it, so I can see these: $$$. I AM a guru and so are you!
Their Way Vs. MY Way
I’ve had “experts” review this website and I get the same thing over and over: “Choose a niche; you’re all over the place.” Well, that’s because *I*, as in me, am all over the place. I have a very wide range of interests and I enjoy writing about them…ALL of them. What am I going to do, create a new website every time I think of something different to write about? Been there, done that, it drains your bank account. Plus ONE site is more than enough work.
“You need to identify the purpose of your site, and who your target audience is.” This also doesn’t help me. I’ve found that I don’t choose my target audience, they choose me. Who are they? Well, I don’t have regular readers. I have organic search engine traffic…and a moderate amount of it. My readers are seekers of information who land here because I wrote about something they are looking for. I’m fine with that. The purpose of ProWebWriter has changed about 3 or 4 times in the last 2.5 years. Its new purpose is to provide those seekers with the information they are trying to find.
This is a new concept that breaks all the rules of having a popular website. Again, I’m fine with that. I don’t mind reaching new people all the time rather than the same 30000 subscribers over and over. If you like what I say, you’ll be back. I know this is a lot of rambling. I want to cover the basic rules of “theirs” that I will be sticking to:
SEO or search engine optimization — I will continue to optimize my content.
Provide quality content — It’s a must.
It’s not a long list.
This is Where We Are – Skip To Here if You’re Not into Reading a Bunch of Blathering
ProWebWriter is no longer a giant writing portfolio. It is also no longer *trying* to build a community for writers. Remember the forums…what a disaster! ProWebWriter is a person. My name is Ava and I like to write about ALL sorts of things. I’m glad you happened by here, Stranger. I hope you find something that you are seeking. ALL of the content stays. TONS of new content is on the way, and you can contribute if you like. There will be a page for that.
If you made it through all that or even just the bold portions, thanks for reading!
