{"id":5268,"date":"2020-11-09T11:04:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2020-11-09T11:04:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:04:20","slug":"blogging-my-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/blogging-my-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging &#8211; My Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are like me \u2013 it is difficult to put your thoughts and ideas onto paper. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5270\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/andrew-neel-cckf4TsHAuw-unsplash1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/andrew-neel-cckf4TsHAuw-unsplash1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/andrew-neel-cckf4TsHAuw-unsplash1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/andrew-neel-cckf4TsHAuw-unsplash1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/andrew-neel-cckf4TsHAuw-unsplash1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/andrew-neel-cckf4TsHAuw-unsplash1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My mind races along at a thousand miles per hour. Permanently.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to be successful with everything I do.\u00a0 The problem is I always want to do too much.\u00a0 I cannot sit down and concentrate on just one thing at a time.\u00a0 Some call this \u201cmultitasking\u201d. Personally, I call it infuriating!<\/p>\n<p>Just when one idea starts to develop into something useful, then the brain reads something else (whether it is in the news or an email or a FaceBook \/ Twitter \/ Instagram \/ LinkedIn post) and then I am sidetracked once again!<\/p>\n<p>So far, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webinarwithjohn.com\/30-minutes-to-success-webinar?hop=chasgibb01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Partnership to Success<\/a>\u00a0training has helped me to focus on one thing \u2013 learning.\u00a0 At my age, this is an achievement!\u00a0 John\u2019s daily tasks have forced me to focus on doing one thing at a time. BUT \u2013 I am still distracted by the buzzing of \u201cthings\u201d around me and by my wandering mind!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every so often I will hit a brick wall.<\/strong> And then I am halted in my tracks and cannot continue or make any headway for hours (sometimes even days!) until I have an answer to my (internal) question.<\/p>\n<p>Right now I am stuck (once again) on the eternal question: Where do I get traffic to my blog?\u00a0 How do I get people to click on my links? How do I get \u201creal\u201d subscribers? Will they \u201cbuy-in\u201d to the program? And the list goes on\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I now find myself in a quandary.\u00a0 I have lists of email addresses from my existing business.\u00a0 Thousands of them. With names, email addresses, and everything else. BUT \u2013 is it ethical to utilize this for marketing?<\/p>\n<p>Other avenues I have explored are not \u201cpaying off\u201d \u2013 paid ads on Facebook, Links on FB and Twitter, etc.<\/p>\n<p>But then \u2013 once again! \u2013 thanks to the man John \u2013 like a knight in shining armor \u2013 comes along on Day 11 with an answer! Yes \u2013 just as I was losing all faith in myself and my prowess, John puts the answer in front of me again in the form of Messenger Bots! Or to be more precise \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/bcc5dapwucywhsayn82godb-h7.hop.clickbank.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIP Bot Affiliate Club<\/a> by Adrian Corkery.\u00a0 I am convinced his name should be Sorcerer!<\/p>\n<p>And just like that \u2013 a new avenue opens up to be explored and delved into \u2013 which I must add \u2013 opens up new windows of distress and new problems to solve\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>And here I go again&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listen to me all yea newbies! If you are anything like me \u2013 always finding problems with a new system \u2013 you need to get your hands on John\u2019s training today! <a href=\"https:\/\/webinarwithjohn.com\/30-minutes-to-success-webinar?hop=chasgibb01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Partnership to Success<\/a> <strong>WILL<\/strong> open up the doors and if you are committed \u2013 <strong>IT WILL BRING SUCCESS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Till next time<\/p>\n<p>Chas<\/p>\n<p>PS:\u00a0Sign up for\u00a0John\u2019s webinar <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mNXziP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 You will not regret it!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>This is a guest post from Charles Gibbons if you would like to be considered for a guest post please contact me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are like me \u2013 it is difficult to put your thoughts and ideas onto paper. My mind races along at a thousand miles per hour. Permanently. 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