Hi Kathy,
Thanks for that! To be honest, I don't get 1000 visitors EVERY day - wishful thinking. I only hit over 1000 a couple of times before Christmas. I guess there were a lot of people looking for chocolate candy recipes and chocolate gifts.

Christmas Day and the 2 weeks following really saw a drop in my traffic, but it has started picking back up again. Whew!
I think you would be wise in trying SiteBuildIt. It really simplifies everything. I think you will find that once you build an SBI site the SEO and all that will just "click" for you. You can then "adjust" your pipeline site accordingly.
Let me know if you decide to go that route, and I'll be glad to help out in any way I can.
Don't worry. I doubt you are "slower than most." It takes the vast majority of us a good while to get the ball rolling. Just keep at it and you will too.
All the best!