One giant leap.
Published on July 25, 2015
Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.
Let me tell you exactly where I was 10 days ago. I was sitting in front of my computer and I was curious about how one could make money online. I've always been interested to learn how, but my lack of IT knowledge limited the belief in my own abilities. So I searched on Google "Best ways to make to make money online", and out popped several articles covering drop-shipping, online surveys and affiliate marketing. I had never heard of affiliate marketing up to that point, but something drew me to it, and soon I found myself on WA's website. To be honest, I didn't immediately sign up because I'm mostly skeptical about anything online that offers a money making opportunity, probably because you hear about all the scams that happens to other people. So after reading and watching tons of reviews on blogs and YouTube, I finally gained enough courage to sign up. Foolhardy, perhaps, but I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. With such overwhelmingly positive endorsements from so many reviewers, could it be too good to be true? I could only be certain by signing up.
Not long after, I was greeted with a message from Kyle, and a few other members. "Surely, these are automated messages designed to dupe me", I thought. I replied, and had a few conversations going. Surprisingly, their responses indicate that they are real people, not robots! I started doing my lessons, and learnt heaps. Just as the review sites mentioned, there sure were plenty of educational resources on this site. So far so good.
Soon I was headlong into creating my own site, taking in new concepts like niches, keywords, QSR, PPC, domain names etc. To a newbie like me, there was plenty to learn, but luckily there were also plenty of help available. I learnt how to get access to the articles that were written by other members, to get answers on live chat and even posting questions on my page. Kyle, Carson and a few seasoned members replied, which I find pleasantly surprising, but the review sites I visited told me to expect this too.
Finally, I've come to the last day of my free membership period, and I had no doubt that I want to continue my journey with WA further. I want WA to help me achieve my dream of finally getting a thriving online business going, so that I could get the financial freedom that I've always desired. I want to learn how to make money the "modern" way, instead of being shackled to the traditional trade-time-for-money model. I want to have the time to spend with my loved ones, and I firmly believe WA can help me get there. So I've upgraded my membership to "Premium", and I look forward to starting my journey to success here. This is a giant leap of faith for me, but from what I've experienced so far, WA's got my back.
I look forward to report my progress 3 months, 6 months from now and share with you my success story, of how I earned my first dollar of passive income, of how I used the money I made to pay for a holiday with my loved ones. That would be my awesome dream. What have you achieved with WA so far? How has it changed your life?
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