Lack of Interaction at WA - Reason Why Your Referrals Don’t Stay and Your Business Sucks

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If you’re like me, you’ve had referrals but most or all of them have left WA. And you’re wondering why.

The Importance of Your Interaction at WA

This sub-title, from SAC 2019-2020 Month 2, Focus 4: Content Intent, Tasks, says it all.

“You invite a website visitor to a “club” (in this case, Wealthy Affiliate) that you say you love and are part of. You even offer your coaching once they get inside the membership area at Wealthy Affiliate.”

“They believe you, they trust you, and they are excited to join. The hard work has been done on your end to generate a referral. When they get in however, you fall short. You are not active in chat, you don’t blog regularly, and you are not actively ‘visible’ within the community.”

We all know this.

We usually write a WA review, praising the platform for transforming us from a newbie to a succeeding online marketer. Somewhere we tell people, ‘If you join me in Wealthy Affiliate I will personally help you to succeed too.’

The person is convinced, joins at the Starter Member level but apart from your automated welcome messages, they don’t see you at all.

Imagine this. You talk excitedly about a church, a club or an organization. A family member, co-worker, friend, neighbor or perfect stranger joins. The first day they come in, you wave excitedly to them and sit down with them. They feel good about the place.

The next time they come in they look anxiously for you everywhere but sees not even a ghost of you. They’re alone and lost. Well, everybody has bad days, they think, maybe something held you somewhere.

They come in the next time and the next, etc. but don’t find you anywhere. Although other people are keeping them company, but they don’t feel the warmth so much and wished you had been there.

What do you think they’ll think of your recommendation? And do you think they’ll stay or leave?

I personally have never met my referrer despite my efforts to find them. But I’m still here going into my fourth year.

Know that people’s motivation for joining WA are varied. Some of us were really in dire need of an affiliate training platform like WA. And once we found it, we knew this was where we were going to succeed, no matter the vicissitudes.

Others had similar reasons for joining WA but their motivation wasn’t so strong. Therefore they need your encouragement to stay.

Like me you may be wondering why somebody needs you so much to secure their own future. You may be right (with you snowed under by all your own problems) but that’s how people are. Otherwise why do you think we are advised to write compelling CTAs (Call-To-Actions) to get people to take action in our posts?

“We have plenty of data to indicate that the highest converting affiliates are the most interactive and helpful within Wealthy Affiliate,” the SAC material continues. “This doesn’t mean wasting your day, but setting aside a portion of it to stay visible.”

That made me go and check the number of people I had invited to WA. I was surprised to see 15, because I see only 8 as my number of referrals. This means 7 did not even start their membership. And out of the 8, only 4 upgraded to premium and stayed just a couple of months. Now, I know why: I was neither even marginally ‘interactive nor helpful within Wealthy Affiliate’.

“Not only will these activities have an impact on your conversions (as you are going to be perceived as “present” within WA), you are also going to learn a great deal naturally through this interaction and your skill set will advance with much more efficiency,” Kyle adds.

Really, if you want to know the road ahead, ask those coming back. Now, I know not only why I have no more referrals, but also why my website isn’t yet a very performing one.

“… your consistent interaction within Wealthy Affiliate ... isn't an arduous or time consuming element, but it is very important to your affiliate business and your overall relationship with your referrals moving forward.”

True. True. True. Simply.

“Make interaction a habit and it will absolutely pay dividends in the long run...for your own personal education and of course your income.”

Again True. True. True. Really.

Now, what are the tasks?

  • Be active in chat 20 minutes per day
  • Publish one blog post per week, sharing something of value
  • Help at least 5 people per day within WA

For a month now since SAC 2019-2020 began, I’ve been publishing at least one blog post a week, “sharing something of value”. (Judging by the comments from other members).

But I haven’t been active in chat at all.

Have I helped people? Not yet. Oh gosh, when am I going to be an exemplary WA member?

And you? What has your interaction at WA been like? Let us know in the comments box below. Thank you for joining the talk.

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You've obviously given this a lot of thought, Akolipenouko. I actually did connect with my sponsor a few times, but I enjoy discovering new things on my own, too. So, I don't reach out to him very often. I derive the most enjoyment and learning at WA from the video lessons presented by Jay.

I was very active the first year, but gradually tapered off my interactivity at WA. Nowadays, I go at my own pace, happy with the knowledge that all of the resources WA has to offer are at my fingertips whenever I need them along with a great website hosting platform, 1 million royalty free images, and answers to almost any question I have about internet marketing.

Thanks for your compliment halinphilly.

Well, I'm connected with my sponsor now and he made it clear that he had interacted with me before, only I didn't notice. But I wouldn't be troubling him at all, especially now that I have some knowlmedge of my own.

I wish you all the best at WA where you're doing very well already.

Hi Akoli
Well written!
I noticed you said that you don't know who your sponsor is? See attached. If there is only Carson & Kyle, your sponsor may either have left, or you joined up under Carson or Kyle.
Maybe you know this already -- but then for the sake of others who may not know... ;-)
Wishing you an awesome day!
Sharlee (Chocolate IceCream)

Hey TeamIceCream,

Thanks for appreciating my article.

Wow, you're an angel. You just helped me trace my sponsor. I've just sent him a message.

Thanks a lot.

I would suggest you blog about this in case there are other people like me looking for their sponsors. A title like "Do you know who your sponsor at WA is?" will do wonders.Since that was the question I had been asking.

Hi Akoli
;-) Thanks, I will do so!
I'm glad that I could help! ;-)
Wishing you a lovely day!
Sharlee (Chocolate IceCream)

This is true

Thanks.

Awesome post!

Thanks a lot for sharing!

All the best!

Bob

Thanks. It's always my pleasure.

Have a nice day!

Great sharing!
Cheers.

Thanks for supporting my posts once again with your comments. I appreciate all the time.

I like helping people. I help as much as I can. I will say I have been on the chat line maybe twice. I never see a question begin asked that I can answer. Meaning someone has already answered it. I guess I am too slow.

Good post. Be Blessed.

You're not alone. Anytime I hop on Chat I also see questions already answered. And it'll be boring to add things like "X already answered your question."

Stay blessed too, Cherry21

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