4 Months At Wealthy Affiliate - What Have I Done?

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Just like the old saying goes, "Time Flys When Youre Having Fun" that has definitely been the case for me in my first 4 months here at Wealthy Affiliate.

When I was back at school, if my English teacher had said to me one day boy you will have fun writing I probably would have laughed in his face.

Fast forward 40 odd years and he would have been spot on with that comment.

This short post is by no means a post bragging about what I have achieved in this time, but more to encourage other new members like me that if you give it 110% every time you login to the WA platform anything is possible!

What I Have Done So Far And So Can You.

Again I really don't want this to come across as a bragging post and I know my accomplishments pale in comparison to a lot of the longer term members.

But as I said this is really for our newer members who are maybe sitting on the fence right now thinking is it possible to succeed at Wealthy Affiliate.

Below is what I have done as far as my websites (Yes just starting my second site as of yesterday) content and creation go:

  • I have written 120,274 words (My English teacher would be gob smacked) with just two fingers. No, I do have all my fingers and thumbs it is only two of my fingers learned to type. This is called the Hunt and Peck method! (I stole that beauty)
  • I have published 76 quality articles (Well I think they are, others may not LOL) and have 6 more ready to go.
  • I have made 7 sales (Not In The WA Niche)
  • I have continually pestered the people who are succeeding to get the answers to all my questions and advice on anything I am not sure of. We have so many helpful and knowledgeable people here at WA, so as a newbie use them!
  • I have started my second website.

The Training - No Excuses

One thing I have seen a lot of either in comments here, or on Google reviews about Wealthy Affiliates is that the training is out-of-date.

Yes some video tutorials Kyle does, do date back to as far as 2013, however just like the telephone of old, the concept is till the same.

The telephone of old looks a lot different nowadays but we can still talk to people with it.

The same goes with the Wealthy Affiliate OEC and Bootcamp training. Yes some training needs to be updated, but what is their still gets you to a fully functioning website with all the knowledge you require to make it succeed if you follow it.

Think about this for a minute, that training that was bought to those back in 2013 has made some people very successful here at Wealthy Affiliate and they are now sharing that training and more through this platform.

So when people say the training is outdated it is because they are not using the platform to its full potential, and by that I mean the live chat, the search magnifying glass, the ask a question function, the video tutorials, the article tutorials and probably one of the best, your network!

What Is The Platforms Full Potential

For me, it is all of the things I had just mentioned and here I will break it down a little, with some names of just a few of the people who have been absolute champions in helping a newbie like me.

LIVE CHAT - This is definitely a great place to go if ever you are stuck with something or have a question that you want a really quick answer to.

People here are amazing and are always their to help and actually wrote a blog post about 5 amazing friends who helped me with a question not that long ago called Wealthy Affiliate - It's The Community That Makes It Great!
Outside of that blog post a few others who always go out of their way to help and have all the answers are AbieAJ, The Catherine and LouiseBT.

So if you find a part of the training that is not up to date, shoot here first and you will probably get the answer.

THE SEARCH MAGNIFYING GLASS

OK, so everyone is either asleep, drunk, working or eating and are not responding to your question. Now what?

This is where the search magnifying glass is the BEST!

Simply type in your question and BINGO you literally have hundreds of well written and helpful tutorials on just about every subject in regard to affiliate marketing.

LIVE VIDEO TUTORIALS

These are next level training tools and this is when I scoff at reviewers who say that Wealthy Affiliate training is out-of-date, because they definitely wouldn't be saying that if they had access to this.

Every day, you can watch a tutorial on pretty much anything to do with progressing your business, and even if you miss the live version you can watch a replay anytime you want.

There are many very experienced and knowledgeable people doing these training tutorials and the two that I have been watching religiously are Jay from Magistudios and VitaliyG and if you are new to all this I would highly recommend watching and following their stuff.

Network, Network, and More Network

Simply put, I have made sure I continually follow people who are successful and build a relationship, because these are the ones who are doing well and they are always their to give you advice and answer any questions you have.

Follow these people, ask them questions be a pest like me and your training will go to the next level.

If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and read Diane Scorpio's blogs re:

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/dianescorpio/blog/cassi-is-i... because along with her, the first two people she interviewed Cassi of Troy and ParthaB are people you should be reaching out to.

There are so many more people that are here to help which are not in my network, but what I am saying is that if you build your own network these will be the people you can turn to when ever you are not sure of anything.

The training gave me the foundations, The Wealthy Affiliate platform and its members are doing the building!!

So to all those just starting their WA journey I really do wish you much success and with dedication, a little hard work and having a lot of fun, you will enjoy that road to success.

Mark

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Hi Mark,

Kudos to you on making the 4-month mark at Wealthy Affiliate. It sounds like you accomplished a lot.

I’m pleased you’re making the most out of the resources available to you. I agree that they are great tools to use, and the community is awesome.

Well done on your accomplishments so far. Don't give up now- keep up the great work :)

All the best,

Eric

Cheers Eric and I definitely wouldn't be where I am right now without the training here at Wealthy Affiliate and the amazing resources all you more experienced people make available to us newer members.

That was themotivation behind my post, to make new members aware of the absolute legends we have access to here on the WA platform.

Cheers mate,

Mark

Fantastic stuff Mate!

I continue to be seriously impressed by how much content you are able to produce on a regular basis, but when it is about our favourite pals, it always flows easier!

A second website in the works however does surprise me my friend!

I wish you the very best in all that you do!:-)

Hey Nick thanks so much for your always encouraging and heart felt replies mate, I really do appreciate them.

You are so right about our favorite pals, I could write about them forever.

Cheers again mate and wishing you all the best. for the week.

Always a pleasure my friend, and have a fantastic week too!

Congratulations on your remarkable achievements Mark. You're such an encouragement to all the newbies.

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Great Job and excellent achievement. Keep up.

Thanks Stephen

Well done, Mark.

Congrats!

Myra

Thanks Myra.

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