I'm finally sold on the value of Wealthy Affiliate.

So this might seem like a bizarre post sitting amidst all of the WA rah rah posts we see here.

But the truth of the matter is it's taken me a little over half of my annual subscription to feel the value is worth the price.

And I say this as someone who very much wanted to see it this way right out of the gate. I had big plans for making it an integral part of my website.

But as I poked around, there were some things that felt off (and honestly some still do).

Enough so that I questioned whether I could honestly recommend this to others given my own impressions. I view my blog as an extension of myself, of my own credibility.

I'm sure some of you may be wondering what impressions led me to not being sold. I won't go into to much detail on that, but will say this.

I do think there are a lot of egos that overplay their hands. I also am often left baffled when I answer someone's question and then get notified others went to the same question and answered the same exact thing I said.

Often made even more bizarre when they have been upvoted already on their comment that is only a moment or two old.

I notice that as well, when folks comment on my post and I see it almost immediately and by the time I get there it already has an upvote (it really baffles me when it has two upvotes almost immediately).

There are many more things, but they are what they are and no structure is perfect and the larger the crowd the more diversity involved.

So what sold me?

It isn't because I'm raking in all of those fat affiliate commissions yet, hah hah. My site is still a major work in progress, but that is MY FAULT.

So in the last segment I mentioned some really bizarre narcissistic (borderline cult like) behavior. But in contrast to that I see much more selfless sharing here.

And not just from the official trainers, although I'll get to them in a moment.

I mean from seasoned veterans who have been there done that and have the commissions to show for it.

I find that many times per week I'm learning things I didn't even know was a thing.

Other ideas I'm encountering often enough I'm beginning to think in those terms, if that makes sense. Kind of like immersing yourself in a foreign language and one day you realize you understand something someone said.

I've tried making an effort these last few months on attending some of the live classes. Not all of them being equal, but I've been shown some quality structures and how to step by step instructions.

I'm going to be blunt when I say after my first month I questioned my investment here. A question I've held until about 4-6 weeks ago.

However, I feel now that my investment here has been worth it, even if it didn't still have a little over 5 months left and were to end today.

I now feel I can recommend WA to others as I can see its benefit personally.

I appreciate those of you here who have taken the time to answer my questions, who have shared with the community from the depths of your experience.

Much of the value here comes from my fellow members and I appreciate the value you give to me.

I also want to give a shout out to my two favorite trainers here, Eric Cantu and Roope Kiuttu.

And of course the dynamic duo Partha and Diane.

I don't wish to get carpal tunnel so don't fret if you weren't named personally. Or be thankful you weren't if you were one of those I was alluding to in the first segment of my post, hah hah.

So thought I would share I'm sold now on the system.

Regards,

Jason