Let me begin by saying I know it has been over a week since my last post. Last week, I had a discussion with @jongolson regarding where my interests lie. I explained in addition to making money online without any out-of-pocket investment, I was interested in family history. His response was to combine the two into one collaborative focus. My first thought was that the two are not related, but after some consideration, I have decided to have a go at building a following of family historians while continuing my online affiliate marketing endeavors. I am not fully convinced this will fly, but I am willing to give it a shot.
With that said, as I have been monitoring all of the challenges in the CTP Community, there were several that I thought it would be beneficial to take part in. Rather than put all of those names in the title of my post, I decided to just create a single hashtag that encompassed them all. Thus, #IAmChallenged was born. It is a combination of #IAmAlive, #LukeIsAlive, #MyHiveGoals, and #IAmEngaged. I know that is a lot to cover in one post, but I didn't want to make several posts that had the same general premise of reporting my progress for the day. Call me a copycat or a rebel or whatever you will. I am not trying to get other people to use my new hashtag. It just fit what I am trying to accomplish.
The way I report these various challenges will probably change in the near future. I would like to incorporate video in at least some of these presentations. However, in an attempt to get the ball rolling, I wanted to get everything in writing in order to help organize my thoughts. So...on with the challenges.
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#IAmAlive #HiveIsAlive
Since this is my first attempt at these challenges, I could use some feedback if there is something more I should include in each of these sections...especially this one.
In my own life, for whatever reason, I am having a difficult time maintaining a consistent sleep schedule. However, this is not getting me down. Whenever I am awake in the middle of the night, I have a quiet house to work in.
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#LukeIsAlive
This is my first attempt at this challenge, as well. I may have to join a few sites to make this happen. I don't know who's affiliate link I will be clicking on...maybe yours. :)
I was afraid this little guy was going to elude me for today, but, in the end, I was able to track him down.
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#MyHiveGoals
While I have been aware of this challenge for a few weeks now, to this point I have not actually created the goals I want to work toward. Frankly, I have another idea about what goals are, but I think this is something to aspire to, so I thought it would be a good thing to include it in #IAmChallenged. My goal is to reach all of these milestones by the end of this year:
| Description | Goal | Current | % complete |
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| Hive Power | 1000 | 30.610 | 3% |
| CTP Power | 10000 | 1,395.753 | 13% |
| Followers | 200 | 25 | 12% |
As you can see, the last two are higher in percentage than the first. However, I believe these numbers were kick-started by the CTP community when I joined and will climb slower from here on out.
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#IAmEngaged
This section will be a little more diverse in its reach due to the fact that I am blending two different niches. So, take these entries with a grain of salt when compared to the rest of this post.
@edb - "What's the oldest object you own?" asks about your oldest family heirloom and the story behind it.
@edb/what-s-the-oldest-object-you-own@riverflows - "Family Histories: Looking Into the Past in Somerset" is a beautiful illustration of the types of family stories I want to encourage others to share.
@riverflows/family-histories-looking-into-the-past-in-somerset@slackerman - "I Am Engaged Challenge - Day 16" was an article I referred back to in order to get a better understanding of what to post here.
https://www.ctptalk.com/ctp/@slackerman/i-am-engaged-challenge-day-16@robwillmann - "Stop Copying Others and Be Original!" was spot on about being unique and making your posts/marketing material stand out from everyone else.
@robwillmann/stopcopyingothersandbeoriginal-x2je4o7pue@sirknight - "SirKnight's Family Values Part 1: The rite of manhood" is a wonderful example of the other type of family stories I want people to post...life lessons.
@sirknight/sirknight-s-family-values-part-1-the-rite-of-manhood
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So that is Day 1 of #IAmChallenged. It took longer that I anticipated to complete and hopefully I can streamline the process a bit as the days continue. See you tomorrow.