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The Relationship Became Toxic and Unbearable
with an ending that smelled of failure
In 2009, I started my first blog. I had no clue what I was getting into, but it seemed like a brilliant idea. As the owner of a tiny trading company, I thought I was ahead of the curve. And for a while, I was.
The blog targeted people in Romania. It offered tips on building and renovating homes.
The problem? I didn’t speak proper Romanian. Yet, there I was, trying to run a blog in a language I wasn’t fluent in.
Our first blog posts were written by my team, with the help of freelancers. But honestly? It was chaos. The blog posts, if I look at them today, read more like horror stories.
A kaleidoscope of “how NOT to do it” moments.
From Chaos to Success — Kind Of
Despite the disorganization, things were going surprisingly well. There was little competition back then, so the blog quickly gained traction. We wrote tons of content. Packed it full of keywords, and soon found ourselves on the first page of Google. Yay!!
In a short time, we had 5,000 visitors a month. Back in 2009, that was a big deal! It felt like a dream come true. The Prince of Romanian Blogs…
