Welcome to WPisLife! My name is Marvin and I started this blog with the purpose of sharing all the things I know about WordPress, and do other interesting things such as case studies, journeys, and honest product reviews as well.
Brief History
I first bumped into WordPress in 2009, and since then, I have used it to build most of my websites and blogs – some are still existing while most are already defunct.
In that time frame, I really learned a lot about WordPress, and to tell you the truth, all of my knowledge actually came from searching the web. Although I didn’t come to the point where I can do full WordPress website development from scratch up to now, I guess it’s still fine because the knowledge I acquired for the past several years has been very useful especially when it comes to building and troubleshooting my web properties.
My Past Online Experience
It was in 2009 when I built my very first website, but that time, I still don’t know what I really want to do with my website, plus my writing skill is really horrible that I even struggle to write a 100-word article. What made the matter worse is I was also just starting that time with my career as an engineer, going to remote areas with no internet connection.
It was really challenging for me that time considering that internet connection is important to manage my website. Then it came to a point where I became really busy with my work, plus the fact that I was really bad at writing content for my website so I just decided to shut my website down.
After that, I took a break from my online ventures for a few months, then tried again to build several more websites hoping that it becomes popular, but after months and months of no result, it really got very disappointing so I just shut them all down
This got repeated over and over for the past several years with no result. There also came several occasions when I just decide to take a long break from online ventures due to constant failures.
And what’s more, I actually tried almost every possible niche there is, bought lots of trainings, as well as several expensive software that I thought would be able to help me but it didn’t. It really got very depressing that I even started thinking that maybe {online marketing|blogging|SEO} is really not for me
That time, my goal was to make money, which I really failed miserably
The Birth of WPisLife
Before the year 2016 ends, I decided to start all over again, but this time I told myself if ever I should start again, it must be something I am really passionate about. I also didn’t think of making money, instead, I changed my goal to providing value.
It actually took me a while to think about it, trying to find the very thing I am really passionate about, then while thinking about it, WordPress popped into my mind, then I said to myself “Why didn’t I think of this before??? I have been using it for more than 9 years now and could probably make something interesting out of it”
It was actually more like a sudden realization.
After that, I started to brainstorm with myself for a nice domain name, it was actually one of the hardest part because at that time, I can’t really think of a good one.
Several days passed, still have no idea for a domain name, then one lazy afternoon, I saw a sponsored video while browsing my Facebook Newsfeed, the video was something about basketball with a hashtag #ballislife in the description, I really though it’s quite catchy and can be used for a lot of memes. Then I realized I can replace “ball” with “wp” and I thought “yeah, it’s nice, and catchy, and a bit funny..” then I tried to find if the domain is still available.
And the rest is history.
The Struggle is Real
Mind you, maintaining the blog is not all peaches and cream, there always come a time where procrastination and laziness set in, and it’s really hard to get out of that spell, but whenever I experience this, I just try to remember and ask myself why I started all of this, and it gets me somewhat back in the groove.
I just do this every time whenever I’m in that situation, and so far, it’s working for me!
There are also times when I really don’t know what to write, and to tell you the truth, I’m not really a talented writer and getting some ideas on what to write really take a while, that’s why I introduced product reviews and case studies on my blog so that there will always be something that I can write about.
The introduction of product reviews on my blog actually helped me hone my writing skills. Before, writing a 100 word article is a real struggle, but thru frequent writing, I was able to develop a way on how to construct sentences and paragraphs, and the next thing I know is I have already written a 1000 word article!
Making Money
I have always fancied of making money online, like the online gurus making $xx,xxx a month, and its actually the main reason why I started building websites since 2009 – to make money, but that online money is really too elusive.
But it’s really ironic, because when you stopped thinking about money, it’s actually the time when money will flow in, and with WPisLife, money has been consistently flowing in up to this day, though still not a replacement income at the moment, it’s still more than enough to maintain my blog, and what’s really interesting is that it has already surpassed all the money I earned online in the past!
It was actually the first time where I got real online money flowing consistently, month by month, and I really can’t believe that what I’m doing right now is actually working!
Up to this day, I just continue to stay positive, continue to provide value, continue to believe that time will come where my website earnings will surpass my income from my 9-5 job, and continue to grind and hustle!
Providing Value with WPisLife
If there’s one thing I realized that I didn’t care to do in my previous failed online ventures compared to what I do now with WPisLife, it was providing value.
And you know that you really provide value if you get proofs, and in my case, the proofs come from people who have reached out to me, thanking me for my honest product reviews and tutorials. It’s really heartwarming whenever you receive words of appreciation from someone you don’t even know but you are able to help and you realize that you are actually doing something right!
Though it’s still a bit early to tell, I really believe the future is bright with WPisLife, and all I can do is to make sure that I provide value to everyone who visits my blog
Final Words: Take Action and Provide Value
So enough of the drama! If there is something I would like to impart to you, it is to make sure that you take action and provide value.
If you already have something in mind now, don’t procrastinate, work on it now, and be consistent about it. Just be careful along the way, you will encounter people whose main goal is to take money from you. Learn to know the good apples from the bad ones and you’ll be fine
If you still don’t know what to do, you can follow what I did and start building a blog. You can read my full tutorial on how to start a blog by clicking the button below
More importantly, if there’s something you want to tell me, just hit me up thru the contacts page.
I guess that’s all for now, I hope you enjoy my story, and from the bottom of my heart, welcome to WPisLife.