Hey Bre and congrats on finding WA!

You're in the right place to learn how to take your blog from a hobby to a business!

Keep at it and you will see results, it won't happen overnight but blogging is extremely passive. The work you put in today will pay off down the road and can even be making you money years later.

If you need anything don't be afraid to reach out, we are all here to help!

Brok

Cap,

You need to go to that specific page. Once you're to your privacy policy in the backend of wordpress scroll down and there's a section for the all in one SEO plugin.

There you'll find the check box for no index and no follow.

Brok

Hey Cap.

So one of your main pieces of content is going to be reviews of other companies. You can choose to recommend as many as you'd like. I'm not sure how many companies are out there but I wouldn't highly recommend more than 3. Then you could have another tier of pretty good options and then a tier of options you do not recommend.

Brok

Thanks for that piece of excellent advice Brok. After 15 days I have only picked it up now. Haha, I am dopey! Yours aye

You can make $1 in that time frame with either, but here's what will answer that question.

What are your passions? If you have a passion that you'd like to build a site around you'll want to do the main getting started training.

If you just don't have a passion that you'd like to build a website around then I'd go with the affiliate bootcamp, which picks your niche for you "make money online"

Again either one is doable in that time frame. It really just depends on what you're passionate about. I would highly recommend choosing a niche site that your passionate about over the bootcamp if you have one.

Hope this helps

Brok

Thanks Brok
But I started the Boot Camp first and kindly happy I did having some problems in there but will work thru them and see where that goes talk soon Tom

Hey Cap.

So in regards to the niche. Global Warming is doable. There would be products that you could promote (things that help YOU stop global warming) and there are people searching for that kind of thing.

If encouraging and informing people to join the military is something that you're interested in, a niche around that is also doable. The products that you promote would be more limited most likely, but you could still make money with ads on your website.

Really my advice, is to make your niche what you're most passionate about. You can rank for low competition keywords in ANY niche and you can make money in ANY niche. The important thing is that you are happy to work on content that is related to your niche. This helps you stay motivated and avoid giving up.

I wouldn't worry too much about how many searches a particular niche is getting, ANY niche is 100% doable.



In regards to WA. Feel free to follow anyone, but it's not required for you to follow anyone back. It's great to connect with experienced members and cool to have a few friends in the community that are about at the same point as you are. But as you said there's a downside, wasting time not being productive and using WA as a social network.

Your main focus should be completing the training and asking questions in the community. There's a ton of other training here at WA that might be able to answer some of your questions as well, but other than that very little time should be spent with socializing. I'm not saying don't but make sure it's not your priority!

Hope this helps,

Brok

Thanks Brok, jolly good advice.
Yours aye,
Cap

Hey Karen! Glad you found my website and even happier that you decide WA was the right place for you to learn how to build an online income.

The first step is going to be jumping into the getting started training here: Understanding How to Make Money Online In the first few lessons, Kyle will cover the money making process and start talking about choosing a niche.

Let me know when you get to this point and I'd be happy to bounce some ideas around. Also, you should have already received a private message from me. Once you choose your niche I can send over your bonus and get you started off on the right foot!

Talk soon

Brok

Hi Brok,

I have just completed lesson 5 in basic training. I have picked a niche, which I hope will be ok. I'm happy to take your advice on that. I have also received your seven days of instructional emails, but unfortunately I haven't been able to get back to it all until today.

Karen

Awesome to hear that you decided on a niche Karen! Feel free to share with me and I'd be happy to give my opinion.

No worries on the emails, that's the great thing about it, you can go back and view them at anytime. The next few lessons will be setting up your website for search and creating some of your first content.

Feel free to ask any questions if you have them.

Talk soon and let me know your niche when you get a chance!

Brok

Hey there Ravi,

I sent you a PM on this, but for others reading.

The SEO Experts are correct. The reason that you can't rank for the keyword Kangen Water is that there's a ton of competition with huge sites targeting that. It's not to say you will never rank for it but as a small blog it's not super realistic and for now, you will not rank for it.

You need to be targeting low tail keywords with low competition. So instead of "Kangen Water" being your keyword. You could write a review with the title "Kangen Water System Review: Does This Water Filtration Machine Really Work?"

Will doing keyword research on Jaaxy I found that Kangen Water System Review has low competition and does get searches. Also a lot of the Jaaxy suggestions for terms being searched include the words filtration and machine. A few of the searches also included the word scam so you could even change up the title to "Kangen Water System Review: Is This Water Filtration Machine A Scam?"

So instead of your keyword being Kangen Water you're really targeting

Kangen Water System Review

Kangen Water Machine Review

Kangen Water System Scam

etc. all in one post!

Let me know if you have any questions on this, I'm happy to assist more to get you going on creating the content you need to get traffic and make money!

Brok

The ad inserter plugin is not necessary unless you want ads in specific places that your theme doesn't allow. For now if you just want to paste the HTML in widget sections that will work fine. But if your theme doesn't have the widget areas you're looking for the ad inserter plugin works great. It's confusing at first but there's plenty of guides online on how to use it. I utilize both (theme widgets & the plugin) for my ads.

It's been a long time since i set up analytics on a site so I'll have to look into that real quick

I have pasted the HTMl in a widget too, is that ok? the Analytics issue is solved.

Just sent you a link to a different training but perfect!

Yes that's how most people do it and if your theme has the widget there you might as well use it!

Hey Rose. First off congrats on going premium! I'll respond to your PM here soon!

The thing is, you want your site to be about a very specific topic, which is called your niche. The reason for this is it's much easier for Google and other search engines to understand what your site is about, which will help you rank faster/better.

A lifestyle blog is completely okay (covers health/beauty/makeup) but you'll want to target a specific portion of those categories and figure out exactly what your audience is/who you're writing for.

As you work through the training Kyle will go into detail on how you can narrow it down more. Also feel free to reach out to the community and I for help!

Brok

Yes the level one affiliate boot camp is available as a starter member and there are a few different topics covered in those lessons so you can start working on them once you're done with the niche training.

If you have any more questions please let me know!

Brok

ok thank you

Did you purchase the domain name already?

If so you'd go to site manager and find the siterubix site and click move. You'll have the option of the domain that you purchased.

Then you're .siterubix site will redirect to the premium domain and all your existing work will move over at that time as well.

The free membership includes the first 10 lessons of the first module of the getting started course and the first 10 lessons of the first module of the affiliate bootcamp.

My review of Wealthy Affiliate has a good breakdown of what you have access to depending on your membership: https://fulltimejobfromhome.com/wealthy-affiliate-review-my-updated-2017-review/

I've also attached a picture of the comparison directly from the review.

I'm sorry if you felt like you were misled. It is true that I state that you can try wealthy affiliate for free without any money down or credit card required. But to access all levels of the training plus all of the tools a premium membership is required.

For free you did learn exactly how the process of making money and starting a website that makes money works. You also have a general understanding of creating content and how to find keywords to target in your content. Most sites would require you to pay money down just to see what the heck you'd be doing. But WA lets you see what you're getting yourself into before asking for a cent from you.

I really am sorry if you felt like you were misled but my review does cover both memberships and I lay out that there is a premium paid membership needed to access all content.

If you have any questions or any complaints feel free to let me know. I'd be happy to help.

Brok

Hey Tim,

First off awesome to hear about the progress and great to hear you're receiving traffic. I know the RC car niche is narrow but that's exactly what you want.

If you don't mind what company is sending you items? Maybe they sell their cars elsewhere like Amazon or another online retailer that has an affiliate program? Just because the company doesn't have a program doesn't mean that they don't sell their products elsewhere that does have one.

Just a tip on your site currently: https://getrevinrc.com/losi-lst-3xl-e-4wd-monster-truck

This is a review of the RC car but the title doesn't say anything about a review. I'd go back and make sure the word review is in the title and mentioned in every review that you do.

I'd also recommend downloading the rich snippet plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-schemaorg-rich-snippets/

You can mark up each review with a star rating and Google might rank your reviews higher because of it.



In regards to starting a new site. I would not at this time. My recommendation and most members here agree that starting more than one site is not a good idea because it makes it difficult to stay focused. I have several sites (in the same niche) that I've started that have a few posts but have given up on every single one because it's difficult to run more than one site at once.

Hope this helps feel free to let me know if you have any questions. But I'd work on what I mentioned about your RC car site right away!

Keep up the good work and you'll see results.

Brok

Hi Brok,
Thank you for your advise! I will look into these that you mentioned and stay with this one site.

I currently am using 5 plugins, is it a good idea to add another one?

The company is AMain Hobbies!

More plugins usually means slower site speed. WA hosting has made some big changes when it comes to sitespeed and this is a relatively small easy plugin and can really change your rankings in Google so I would highly recommend adding it.

Okay so looks like this site just sells other brands of RC cars. So I'm assuming it's required that you use a link to their site in exchange for the free car?

If that's the case what I mentioned won't work most likely.

Hi Brok,
So I went and added the rich snippet plugin as you mentioned. Now however, when I use the data rich testing tool it says all my mark up pages have errors. How would I fix this issue.
The errors say, author, description, title missing, ect.

I'm going to look into it. Give me a few

For some reason when you do a markup of your site (I used the link that I sent over earlier) it shows article and review.

It should only show review. I've included images of your site and how mine looks.

Your "review" markup is showing perfectly so not sure why article is there as well. Do you possibly have any other markup plugin/theme feature that you're using?

Brok

Took a look and you do have a mark up as an article coming from somewhere, but it's not from the Rich Snippet Plugin because that code is there too.

I've attached images of both.

I don't have any other rich snippet plugins. I don't understand why it is like this, nor how to fix it. When I look at my articles there is no rich snippet box or anything, there is only on my review posts.

What theme are you using?

The plugins that i am using are as follows!
1) all in one schema rich snippet,
2) all in one seo,
3) Eww image optimizer,
4) insert headers and footers,
5) redirect 404 error page to home page and
6) social media share icons.

The one thing I noticed, I am not sure if it should be like this but in all in one seo, there is a box for schema markup and it is checked. Here is a screen shot.

That's the issue! Uncheck that and it should remove the "article" markup!

Ok will do that now. Thank you Brok,

Just ran the test again and you're good to go!

Sweet! Thank you.

To rank well in Google you'll need your own domain. Preferably a .com if possible.

The process of transferring a few domain to your own is super easy here so it's no big deal to have a decent amount of content and switch it over at a later date, but when it comes to rankings you'll want to have your own domain as soon as possible.

As you go through the first few modules of training it's fine to do on the free domain but once you get to the point of creating several posts it's best to have your own domain.

Short answer: If you can afford it go ahead and get one asap.

Hope this helps,

Brok

Thank you Brok.

Hey Tim,

This is something that happens occasionally. The word count might have something to do with it but it's not the only reason.

If you've fetched in webmaster tools I'm assuming that means you've added your sitemap to webmaster tools as well?

How long ago did you fetch?

You may want to add a link to those posts from a few posts that are already indexed that usually helps some.

I did a fetch on the 7th.
Thanks Brok,. I will try and add a link and see what happens.

My posts index pretty quickly so haven't done the fetch in atleast a few years so can't really remember how quickly it happens but ya try to add some links and ping the URL of those posts that aren't indexed I usually use Pingfarm.com

Brok

Hey Tim,

First off, awesome to hear you're receiving more traffic each month. The money will come as long as you continue to drive visitors to your site.

Bounce rate is something that can be tricky. My bounce rate usually ranges in that 68%-72% really anything under 70% is considered okay for a small blog.

There're a ton of guides on improving bounce rate and here's one I recommend checking out: https://neilpatel.com/blog/13-ways-to-reduce-bounce-rate-and-increase-your-conversions/

If it stays close to 90% you'll want to make some changes to the layout and content that's bringing in most of your traffic but if you can keep it around that 70% mark you should be fine.

Brok

One thing to add. When you do research on what's a good bounce rate, a lot of the stats will be different types of websites like e-commerce or large b2b sites. (Which calls for a lower bounce rate)

Obviously, you want your bounce rate to be as low as possible but don't get discouraged on some of the stats you might see when researching this.

Brok

No problem! Thanks for the follow!

Brok

Thanks for reading! Glad you found it useful. Now time to start your own and provide valuable information to your readers!

Brok

It is. It's hosted here at Wealthy Affiliate.

Brok

Find something that you're passionate about. The truth is this takes a lot of hardwork and you're more likely to give up if it's not something you truly love!

Brok

Thank you! That really helps!

Glad you found my site! If you have any questions please reach out, I'm here to help!

Brok

Thanks for checking out my profile. If you ever have any questions just send me a PM!

Brok

u welcome

It's extremely easy to transfer your site, it's done with just a few clicks and there are videos that show you exactly how.

One thing to consider. Just because abc.siterubix is available does not mean when you go to buy a domain abc.com will be available.

It's extremely easy to change the name of your site too, but just know the domain you want might already be taken.

Brok

Right, that's the risk of not grabbing a domain you like right you find that it's available. So if I purchase the domain through WA, will I need to upgrade to premium to be able to fully use it? I'm still on the fence about committing to $50/month just yet.

I only ask bc I found the domain I was considering cheaper elsewhere, but WA says I must be premium to use a domain I own.

To host a premium domain name (.com,.org, etc) you'll need to be a premium member here.

You can of course buy any premium domain name at anytime using a different service. Namescheap is what I recommend if you're not going to use WA.

You can also buy a domain name now at Namescheap then host it here at WA once you're a premium member.

That's exactly where I was looking! ;)

If you're building a list the best way is to offer a bonus. An E-book is a very good way to do that.

In my experience just saying sign up if you'd like to receive updates/newsletter has a very low conversion rate.

If you want to collect emails and build a list you need a compelling offer like an ebook related to your niche.

Of course, if you're going to build a list, you'll send them the e-book (or another offer) and then you'll want to continue to send them emails related to your niche.

Some people just build a list and send out there new content, while others just promote new products to their list.

My preference is a weekly newsletter where I promote my new content and also include any new programs/sites/affiliate offers from time to time when it's relevant.

Hope this helps,

Brok

Hey Mark,

Sorry for the late reply. No need to venture out and find any training, you can learn what you need to know here. I'd stay away from that program completely!

"If the video autoplays you might as well close the page!"

Brok

Since you're a premium member purchase a .com domain. The siterubix is great for free members why they learn the process but you'll want your own domain asap.

Use low competition keywords in both. In the title and throughout the article.

Mark I just sent a PM. For others reading. It's important to work through all the training so you have a solid foundation of how it all works. Then most of your time should be spent creating content.

Brok

Thanks for the follow. Just send me a PM if you have any questions.

Brok

Hey welcome to WA, where you can learn how to build an online business. Have you started the training yet? Let me know if you have any questions!

Brok

Karci,

If you'd like to refer a member you can click on the airplane in the top right corner then click program details. Your referral link is at the top of that page.

Brok

Hello Brok, I successfully referred. When the referral try to create an account a message that the email address is already in use. Then, when we try to reset the password, there is no record of the email address. What wrong?

Hey, Sharlene! Glad you were able to find Wealthy Affiliate! IF you have any questions or issues just let me know!

Brok

Not to my knowledge. This might be a good thing to ask the community, someone may know how to do it if it's possible.

i did already, but i get different answers, some say yes, others say no, and again others say over the admin profile of the website....
but as much as i searched, no such an option...:(

As a free member, you'll be able to contact me all you want for the first 7 days. If you have any questions just let me know!

Brok

Welcome to WA! If you have any questions let me know.

Brok

I'll send you a private message shortly!

Glad to hear it Cheryl! If you have any questions please let me know!

Brok

Awesome Ellen! I'll check them out now and let you know my thoughts.

Brok

Awesome Chris! Glad I could help, if you have any questions as you work through the training let me know.

Brok

Awesome Lexie, as you work through the training let me know if you have any questions!

Of course. If you find someone in the community you'd like to follow just click the follow me button. From now on their content, questions, advice, will show up on your activity dashboard inside Wealthy Affiliate. (You can choose to receive emails when they post content too)

It's a great way to connect with other WA members and get expert feedback.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Brok

Thnx Brok. Have a great day!
Michelle

thank you for letting me know! I'll look into it.

Thank You! Glad to connect

How long ago did you let it expire?

If it hasn't been long sometimes they'll hold onto it for a month to make sure you don't want to renew.

If it's been awhile you'd need to purchase the domain name again (if it's still available)

But completely up to you if you'd like to start a new website in a different niche

Brok

Sounds great Annmarie! If you have any issues let me know, I'll be around all day.

Hey Jose,

Thanks for stopping by my profile. You'll never bother me, if you have any questions make sure to ask, I'm here to help!

Brok

Hey Darious,

Great to have you here at Wealthy Affiliate I know you're at the right place to learn how you start your very own profitable online business.

Make sure to follow the training, be active in the community, and ask questions if you have any!

I'll also be here to help you if you have any questions along the way!

Hope to talk more soon,

Brok

Liz,

I think that's a really good niche idea. Very specific and it's something you have "expertise" in.

I actually read a blog post not too long ago about a guy who started a website built around advice for taking babies to baseball games (sporting events in general). He started it just to give out information that he had found useful when going to games with his kids and it ended up making him a very solid income.

I think the traveling with kids niche is a perfect niche for you.

Brok

Hey Joe.

There's a few other top ten list sites out there that are successful, but I honestly DO NOT recommend that when starting out. Most of those sites have 1,000s of pages of content, which will be almost impossible for you to handle.

I had a similar broad idea when I first started, but take the advance that was given to me. A very specific and narrow niche will make you successful much faster and it's much easier to rank when Google (search engines) know EXACTLY what your site's about instead of a wide variety of top 10 lists.

Feel free to bounce any more niche questions off me and I'll give you my honest opinion.

Brok

Brok,
Thank you very much! I truly appreciate the knowledge you are lending to me and I will focus on a single niche in the beginning. I was thinking about virtual reality as a niche but I think it may be too broad. I would love to hear your opinion on it.
Thanks again,
Joe

I think that's a much better start then the top 10. But as you said I'd go more narrow. Virtual Reality Games would be an example.

Great to have you here at Wealthy Affiliate Joe! Let me know if you have any issues getting started!

Brok

No problem Betty, what are you niche ideas? Maybe I can help!

Thanks Brok. Had picked Motivational Books, but Kyle says it is broad. I suggested him "Buying Motivational books". I initially had ideas such as that and "Best Motivational Book". What do you suggest? Does any of these even make sense?

Or do you suggest I do first Affiliate Bootcamp training?

buying motivational books doesn't make sense to me really, but a maybe a category of motivational books or a certain type of focus.

Don't know much about motivational books, but I'd look to break it down to a more specific category.

Thanks Brok...Want to undergo Affiliate Bootcamp to get more enlightment.

Hey Betty!

Great to have you here at Wealthy Affiliate. I know you're in the right place to reach your online business goals!

Make sure to reach out to me if you have any questions. I'm here to help, don't be shy! :)

Brok

Great to have you here at Wealthy Affiliate Martin! Glad to hear you're working your way through my course.

Let me know if you have any questions. I'm here to help! :)

Brok

Great to have you here at WA Anne! Let me know if you need any help getting started

Brok

Hey Sam thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself. It's great to meet you and I look forward to working with you here at WA.

I know that if you apply yourself you can meet your goals that you discuss in your bio, working at home and spending more time with your family.

Sam, if you ever need anything, have questions, or would just like to chat, reach out to me here at WA.

Brok

I know it won't happen overnight, but is it reasonable to expect to clear 60k/year through this kind of work?

Sam,

It's reasonable, but as you said it won't happen overnight and it's an income that you'll have to build up too!

Once you start the training and building your business you can set smaller goals and work your way up to the larger goal.

But to answer your question it is reasonable, there's members here making much more than that, but they all have one thing in common. Consistently working their butt off!

Brok

I am no stranger to hard work. Give me a pocket-knife, and I'll put a square peg in a round hole.

I actually had that problem before a few months back, but thought I'd it fixed.

Thanks for letting me know!
Brok

you are very welcome all the best Max