Why did you join Wealthy Affiliate?

For me, Wealthy Affiliate is not just training and support in internet marketing, it's also a journey in learning about what I truly believe about working for a living, living my dreams, achieving success, setting and shifting priorities, and self-sacrifice; it's a journey in self-discovery. In the last six weeks with Wealthy Affiliate I've learned more about what I believe about work, following my passion, and attaining success.

Have you ever gone on a weight loss diet, reached your goal weight, then… over time, re-gained most or all of the weight you lost?

The only diet I know of that works is the one you intend to stay on for the rest of your life. You can diet for six months but if you don't plan to make long-term (as in for-ever) changes to your eating/exercise/lifestyle habits, you'll likely eventually re-gain the weight you lost. Furthermore, in your mind's eye, you must see yourself at your desired weight because that means that ultimately you will eat, exercise and nurture the habits necessary to keep your reality (weight/health) in line with your body/self-image.

In the last few weeks, dieting has become my analogy for Wealthy Affiliate. In the beginning, it's easy to make Wealthy Affiliate a part of your daily routine and push other things aside. In the beginning, you are so excited about Wealthy Affiliate! You eat up the training and make plans for everything you intend to accomplish with your new skills and knowledge. You get your domain/s, build out your pages and you add content. And just like a healthy lifestyle, if you're going to be a successful online marketer, internet marketing is for life.

For me, the last six weeks have been about incorporating writing, researching, posting, and training into my life so that it becomes "just what I do" everyday, like prayers before bedtime. I know that in order to have long-term success in internet marketing, habits must be nurtured and they must remain in place until I achieve my goals and long afterward. Habits like continuous training and learning, having an abundance mindset, goal setting, and self-discipline.

How important is Wealthy Affiliate to you? How serious are you about earning a viable online income?

When I read most people's goals post, one of the tasks in Entrepreneur Certification Training, Lesson 2, those goals seem pretty important. They are goals like, "being financially free so I can spend more time with my kids / having enough money so I don't have to worry about the bills". What happens two or three months down the road?

My husband and I used to join the gym on a monthly basis, even though committing to a full year membership was less expensive, because we weren't sure we'd always have time to go to the gym. After a few months we'd quit, then after some months we’d join again on a monthly basis. I eventually came to realize that it wasn't that we didn't have time to go, we weren't prepared to make a long-term commitment to take the time, or to make the time to go to the gym.

This gym scenario has become my other analogy for WA. I fully respect that each of us is in a different place financially, so this is a question that only you can answer: Did you join Wealthy Affiliate monthly, rather than annually, because you may have to cancel or quit for "some reason"?

I encourage anyone who joins Wealthy Affiliate to join for a year. If you are here to learn how to be a success online, to learn about SEO, to learn the in and outs of internet marketing and stay up to date on the industry then I don't really believe there's a choice. Put the money down, up front, off the top, because then you'll have to ask yourself whether or not you are going to let that $359. go to waste month after month. You will have to take the time and make the time to learn this business. It is that important to you, isn't it?

Right here, you can best learn everything you need to learn - all the training is here for you - and you will have all the support and help you need to succeed. It is unlikely that you can find the same support and encouragement from friends, co-workers, or even family members since the majority of people do not believe that internet marketing works.

You must ask yourself whether deep, deep, down inside you really believe that internet marketing works. Do you see yourself as an online success? Do you believe it?

Many blessings! -Chris :)