As my rank climbed at Wealthy Affiliate, I told myself I wasn't going to write a blog about it - ever. But this is why you should never say never. I woke up this morning to find my rank had climbed into the top 200 AND I had over 1,000 people following me. As my badge was added to my profile for the top 200, the system encouraged me to share it in a post and so here I am, doing what I told myself I would never do.First, the ranking encourages you to help others, to create and to be active wi

As I get to "know" people at Wealthy Affiliate, I see on a lot of profiles the desire to be able to give up jobs outside the home and stay at home to build a successful online business. There are definite benefits to being able to work from home. You can make your own schedule; you are your own boss; there is no time wasted commuting; you are not interrupted all the time by co-workers; and you can collaborate with people no matter where their location.However, working from home can also prese

I am one of those people who naturally sets hefty goals for just about everything - from how much I want to accomplish around the house in a certain time period to goals for my business. Sometimes it results in self-imposed stress from trying to achieve arbitrary "stretch" goals, but usually it drives me to do more than I thought I could do.I have recently started using the SiteContent tool, and I love the goal-setting features. What a motivator to set weekly targets for number of articles pu

Yesterday, one of our community members received some negative feedback on what I personally thought was a cute and creative pop-up. Her experience led me to consider how I use pop-ups and what "best practices" might be out there in the online marketing industry. So I did a little research, and this is Part 1 of what I learned.Pop-ups, or convertibles, as they are also called, are those messages that come up on your screen when you are visiting a website.There are different types of pop-ups:c

I have been reading a lot lately about the importance of social reviews in boosting your business. You can have an amazing website, with great content, promoting excellent product. However, customers are looking for one more thing before they are willing to spend their money: they want to see reviews from others who purchased from you, to assure themselves that you are the real deal. They want social proof, because buyers are influenced by what others say and purchase.Here are some reasons