I just watched the video Kyle posted regarding becoming an Ambassador or being in the top 100. I am about to reach the top 100 without noticing how close I was - is there incen
As others have said, it depends on your goals. I reach the rank I'm at just by taking time each morning and going through my WA emails and replying to blog posts and questions as appropriate. Just remember to not let your time on WA distract you from the ultimate goal of working on your site. That should always be your primary focus. As your site succeeds you will find you have more time and knowledge to share with the WA community.
I was wondering the same thing and got the same answer.
I gave myself a challenge to reach Top 200, which I did the focus on working my my websites because it takes time and energy to improve ranking but with no tangible benefits
Having said that I notice that my ranking kept improving organically and I think the reason is because I am writing blogs and answering questions.
I love writing and helping people, so even though there is no monitory benefit, I am gaining a lot of joy and satisfaction from it.
I am in the same boat and love the satisfaction of helping others and engaging others with conversations.
Hey Andrew,
There are no incentive except the "glory" within WA. Only if you are concerned about your rank.
Tried and True
Elaine
Craven,
This is just an honor within WA that most people strive for, some people never reach this position. I myself was not even trying but before I knew it ended up in the top 100.
If being an Ambassador is something you are interested in work hard and help others pay it forward so to speak and you will be an Ambassador before you realize how far up the ranks your moving.
Susan :)
I feel that moving up happens not due to intentional moves, but rather than for the sheer joy of helping others and contributing. I realized I was moving up into the low numbers, so I figured if there is incentive (not just the joy of helping others) then I would humor it. I contribute to help others and not really work about the rank.
Just like I do LOL this is what I love about WA we all are here
to help each other we are not in this alone :)
Hey Andrew,
You may find Kyle's post to be very informative: WA Ambassadorship - A Complete Walk-through Hope you find this helpful.
That is the one I watched earlier, and Kyle says that there are incentives, but doesn't specify. It isn't a big deal, it was just a curiosity question but thank you for posting that at least for others to see.
Ya, I had just watched the video again which l had forgotten. Well, according to kyle, the benefit being an ambassador is either in intangible or tangible form but Kyle doesn't specific them.
Just work towards achieving the ambassador status and you will be reward soon.
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What are the incentives for ambassadorship?
I just watched the video Kyle posted regarding becoming an Ambassador or being in the top 100. I am about to reach the top 100 without noticing how close I was - is there incen
I am at that fine line now. I set a goal to reach the Top 200, so gonna keep going until I reach that goal. But being a Personal Trainer/ Nutritionist Jan-March is when I put in 16 hour days so I can take the rest of the year off. So making a big push for 200 the rest of this month. But I so love helping people here because so many were so helpful to me over the summer while I was just a newbie.
I am in the same boat- not a personal trainer but work long hours during particular months so have to do a push the rest of the time.
As others have said, it depends on your goals. I reach the rank I'm at just by taking time each morning and going through my WA emails and replying to blog posts and questions as appropriate. Just remember to not let your time on WA distract you from the ultimate goal of working on your site. That should always be your primary focus. As your site succeeds you will find you have more time and knowledge to share with the WA community.
I was wondering the same thing and got the same answer.
I gave myself a challenge to reach Top 200, which I did the focus on working my my websites because it takes time and energy to improve ranking but with no tangible benefits
Having said that I notice that my ranking kept improving organically and I think the reason is because I am writing blogs and answering questions.
I love writing and helping people, so even though there is no monitory benefit, I am gaining a lot of joy and satisfaction from it.
I am in the same boat and love the satisfaction of helping others and engaging others with conversations.
Hey Andrew,
There are no incentive except the "glory" within WA. Only if you are concerned about your rank.
Tried and True
Elaine
Craven,
This is just an honor within WA that most people strive for, some people never reach this position. I myself was not even trying but before I knew it ended up in the top 100.
If being an Ambassador is something you are interested in work hard and help others pay it forward so to speak and you will be an Ambassador before you realize how far up the ranks your moving.
Susan :)
I feel that moving up happens not due to intentional moves, but rather than for the sheer joy of helping others and contributing. I realized I was moving up into the low numbers, so I figured if there is incentive (not just the joy of helping others) then I would humor it. I contribute to help others and not really work about the rank.
Just like I do LOL this is what I love about WA we all are here
to help each other we are not in this alone :)
Hey Andrew,
You may find Kyle's post to be very informative: WA Ambassadorship - A Complete Walk-through Hope you find this helpful.
That is the one I watched earlier, and Kyle says that there are incentives, but doesn't specify. It isn't a big deal, it was just a curiosity question but thank you for posting that at least for others to see.
Ya, I had just watched the video again which l had forgotten. Well, according to kyle, the benefit being an ambassador is either in intangible or tangible form but Kyle doesn't specific them.
Just work towards achieving the ambassador status and you will be reward soon.
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I have seen a few recommendations, but I am looking for the best one out there. Is there one that supersedes all others?
Hey Andrew,
Here is Kyle's tutorial to answer your question: Adding Social Media Buttons to Your Website Hope you find this helpful.
Hey Andrew,
I use Socialize WP. I have it installed on both of my websites.
Tried and True
Elaine
No doesn't slow your site down and you can customize it also comes with a free subscribe so people can subscribe and be alerted you posted a new article
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What is the best social media plugin?
I have seen a few recommendations, but I am looking for the best one out there. Is there one that supersedes all others?
Hey Andrew,
Here is Kyle's tutorial to answer your question: Adding Social Media Buttons to Your Website Hope you find this helpful.
Hey Andrew,
I use Socialize WP. I have it installed on both of my websites.
Tried and True
Elaine
No doesn't slow your site down and you can customize it also comes with a free subscribe so people can subscribe and be alerted you posted a new article
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For those of you out there who have created training- is the time to create it worth the revenue in return?
I have looked up how the payouts work, but understand that
For me, it depends the kind of training you create, how vast enough and more knowledge you acquire that you can give to other, I'm not talking of #1 you get. If I am giving out training I doing for the joying of other to benefit. Also as I'm creating that video or any training I am also learning more.
I think is good and worthy for you to create training and help other because their some training I had watched, it's has help me a lot when I am stuck somewhere.
Regards
Omosomi
On a monetary basis, for the time you spend creating the training for the money you receive, it's definitely not worth it. BUT, like writing posts here at WA it's great experience.
When I started creating training videos, 4 years ago, it was a new experience for me. I had a lot to learn. And I needed an audience to provide feedback so I would know what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong. The members here have not only given me great feedback, but they've also encouraged me.
Now I create video courses at udemy.com for which I get paid for each student who takes one of my courses. I could never have got this far without creating those early videos for WA.
Hey Andrew,
When a member asks for help, it's the only method available to show them... so, yeah. This way others can share in the help too.
It used to be that I would create a video, upload it to my website and offer a link in an email to ONE person. Is that worth it? Yes, of course it is... as I enjoy helping others.
I will admit, it is especially nice when members actually click on the "Like" of ANYONE's training, as that is how the authors actually gain any credit for the training created and shared on WA.
Have sent members to other's training and have noticed they are not clicking on the "Like" even though many members claim that the training helped them. That is disappointing... but I know it is not a requirement.
Hope you find this helpful.
I haven’t created trainings yet. Only blog posts. Starter members don’t have access to member trainings. So trainings can be simple how tos or advanced strategies for premium members who pay. But keep that in mind if you decide to recruit new WA members.
Craven,
That's a good question!
It really depends on your overall strategy. In my case I'm promoting both Wealthy Affiliate and Products. So I'm getting the best of both worlds. But it's best to only start with one. If it's your strategy to promote Wealthy Affiliate then creating trainings are very good as you can use them to point your prospects to.
But if you have a giving heart. Like I do you want to help the community in which case the trainings may not benefit you at all but they do the community.
Hope this helps,
- Glen B
That makes a lot of sense- thank you Glen! I know we can always promote WA, it is a matter of what training we can provide that would help others wanting to learn.
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Is creating training worth it?
For those of you out there who have created training- is the time to create it worth the revenue in return?
I have looked up how the payouts work, but understand that
For me, it depends the kind of training you create, how vast enough and more knowledge you acquire that you can give to other, I'm not talking of #1 you get. If I am giving out training I doing for the joying of other to benefit. Also as I'm creating that video or any training I am also learning more.
I think is good and worthy for you to create training and help other because their some training I had watched, it's has help me a lot when I am stuck somewhere.
Regards
Omosomi
On a monetary basis, for the time you spend creating the training for the money you receive, it's definitely not worth it. BUT, like writing posts here at WA it's great experience.
When I started creating training videos, 4 years ago, it was a new experience for me. I had a lot to learn. And I needed an audience to provide feedback so I would know what I was doing right and what I was doing wrong. The members here have not only given me great feedback, but they've also encouraged me.
Now I create video courses at udemy.com for which I get paid for each student who takes one of my courses. I could never have got this far without creating those early videos for WA.
Hey Andrew,
When a member asks for help, it's the only method available to show them... so, yeah. This way others can share in the help too.
It used to be that I would create a video, upload it to my website and offer a link in an email to ONE person. Is that worth it? Yes, of course it is... as I enjoy helping others.
I will admit, it is especially nice when members actually click on the "Like" of ANYONE's training, as that is how the authors actually gain any credit for the training created and shared on WA.
Have sent members to other's training and have noticed they are not clicking on the "Like" even though many members claim that the training helped them. That is disappointing... but I know it is not a requirement.
Hope you find this helpful.
I haven’t created trainings yet. Only blog posts. Starter members don’t have access to member trainings. So trainings can be simple how tos or advanced strategies for premium members who pay. But keep that in mind if you decide to recruit new WA members.
Craven,
That's a good question!
It really depends on your overall strategy. In my case I'm promoting both Wealthy Affiliate and Products. So I'm getting the best of both worlds. But it's best to only start with one. If it's your strategy to promote Wealthy Affiliate then creating trainings are very good as you can use them to point your prospects to.
But if you have a giving heart. Like I do you want to help the community in which case the trainings may not benefit you at all but they do the community.
Hope this helps,
- Glen B
That makes a lot of sense- thank you Glen! I know we can always promote WA, it is a matter of what training we can provide that would help others wanting to learn.
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I have made 25 or so posts/pages on my site, with 90% of them having affiliate links within them. Some have 5, some have 1. In lesson 5 of the training, it says that you should
The way that I would advise would be not to remove your affiliate links. I stead, simply concentrate on creating more content with internal links pointing to other pages and posts within your site. I always try to create more posts without affiliate links than with affiliate links. I would say only 1 out of every 3 or 4 posts will include affiliate links on my site and that seems to work for me. Also I try not to use too many affiliate links on one page. I try to keep it to a max of 3 affiliate links on one post.
Hope that helps!
If the links make sense, Google doesn't penalize you for them. I put links in every one of my posts, when they make sense. See if they improve the reader's experience - can they now find the product you just discussed much more easily? If the answer is yes, Google is okay with it too.
Besides of Google, try to think about the consumers of your content. I am not sure if they will enjoy the experience of having affiliate links on every single page.
I would write some helpful posts without any promotional intent at all. And after that, you could do some posts/reviews with affiliate links in it and other posts having internal links to those reviews.
I have some without links, but a lot of my posts have 2 or so. I can remove them for better content
Yes, just work with internal links, this will do the trick. Kyle mentioned this in some of the videos.
I would definitely go back and remove some of those links. An affiliate marketing website is supposed to be at the very most 50% content with affiliate links.
Google does not like affiliate links within the content on every page and post. According to the Google Affiliate Marketing Program Webmaster Guidelines, your content should be more on the helpful side.
What Kyle says in the training is true, do not put affiliate links into your content on every page/post. For more details and a link to the Google guideline, see the tutorial below. How to Write Content for Affiliate Marketing that Ranks
I echo smartketeer - in order to avoid classification as a 'bridge page' by Google and suffer rank penalties, you need to have 500 words or more per affiliate link.
Hi Andrew
You can use aff links in all your posts ..
The point: you need to include them into a helpful, unique content piece
Usually the best ratio is around 500 words per link
I hear different ratios. You can use 5 aff links for a 1000 word post, but the same for a 1500 word post.
There doesn't seem to be a set number, just recommendations which can be concerning.
Yes Andrew,
You can and you will hear dozens of different recommended ratios ... There are many experts and prophets out there ...
In my two decades of online experience I've learned that having less than 500 words per link, could be a potential penalty risk
But of course, that's just a recommendation ... If you want, you can go with 200 words per link
I would prefer the 500, as that is the safer bet.
Additional question: Does that same recommendation apply to internal links to your own website?
I can't see the connection here ...
We were talking about penalties and affiliate links ...
The internal links are important for SEO and they are useful for 3 reasons
They allow users to navigate a website.
They help establish information hierarchy for the given website.
They help spread link equity (ranking power) around websites.
But that's a completely different problem
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Is there a penalty for all posts having affiliate links?
I have made 25 or so posts/pages on my site, with 90% of them having affiliate links within them. Some have 5, some have 1. In lesson 5 of the training, it says that you should
The way that I would advise would be not to remove your affiliate links. I stead, simply concentrate on creating more content with internal links pointing to other pages and posts within your site. I always try to create more posts without affiliate links than with affiliate links. I would say only 1 out of every 3 or 4 posts will include affiliate links on my site and that seems to work for me. Also I try not to use too many affiliate links on one page. I try to keep it to a max of 3 affiliate links on one post.
Hope that helps!
If the links make sense, Google doesn't penalize you for them. I put links in every one of my posts, when they make sense. See if they improve the reader's experience - can they now find the product you just discussed much more easily? If the answer is yes, Google is okay with it too.
Besides of Google, try to think about the consumers of your content. I am not sure if they will enjoy the experience of having affiliate links on every single page.
I would write some helpful posts without any promotional intent at all. And after that, you could do some posts/reviews with affiliate links in it and other posts having internal links to those reviews.
I have some without links, but a lot of my posts have 2 or so. I can remove them for better content
Yes, just work with internal links, this will do the trick. Kyle mentioned this in some of the videos.
I would definitely go back and remove some of those links. An affiliate marketing website is supposed to be at the very most 50% content with affiliate links.
Google does not like affiliate links within the content on every page and post. According to the Google Affiliate Marketing Program Webmaster Guidelines, your content should be more on the helpful side.
What Kyle says in the training is true, do not put affiliate links into your content on every page/post. For more details and a link to the Google guideline, see the tutorial below. How to Write Content for Affiliate Marketing that Ranks
I echo smartketeer - in order to avoid classification as a 'bridge page' by Google and suffer rank penalties, you need to have 500 words or more per affiliate link.
Hi Andrew
You can use aff links in all your posts ..
The point: you need to include them into a helpful, unique content piece
Usually the best ratio is around 500 words per link
I hear different ratios. You can use 5 aff links for a 1000 word post, but the same for a 1500 word post.
There doesn't seem to be a set number, just recommendations which can be concerning.
Yes Andrew,
You can and you will hear dozens of different recommended ratios ... There are many experts and prophets out there ...
In my two decades of online experience I've learned that having less than 500 words per link, could be a potential penalty risk
But of course, that's just a recommendation ... If you want, you can go with 200 words per link
I would prefer the 500, as that is the safer bet.
Additional question: Does that same recommendation apply to internal links to your own website?
I can't see the connection here ...
We were talking about penalties and affiliate links ...
The internal links are important for SEO and they are useful for 3 reasons
They allow users to navigate a website.
They help establish information hierarchy for the given website.
They help spread link equity (ranking power) around websites.
But that's a completely different problem
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I have seen a few people on here mention that they have sold their website- the cheapest of which being over 25K USD. Although I wouldn't do that, I am curious as to how they f
Usually, the value calculations are based on the average monthly income generated by a given site.
Of course, there are many other factors too: domain age, Alexa rank, customer base, social signals, etc.
Here's an example
https://www.worthofweb.com/calculator/
Regards,
Zed
Nice thank you. I want to track value starting at the year mark and each month after to see what traffic and posts bring to the table
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How do you find out your website value?
I have seen a few people on here mention that they have sold their website- the cheapest of which being over 25K USD. Although I wouldn't do that, I am curious as to how they f
Usually, the value calculations are based on the average monthly income generated by a given site.
Of course, there are many other factors too: domain age, Alexa rank, customer base, social signals, etc.
Here's an example
https://www.worthofweb.com/calculator/
Regards,
Zed
Nice thank you. I want to track value starting at the year mark and each month after to see what traffic and posts bring to the table
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I am at that fine line now. I set a goal to reach the Top 200, so gonna keep going until I reach that goal. But being a Personal Trainer/ Nutritionist Jan-March is when I put in 16 hour days so I can take the rest of the year off. So making a big push for 200 the rest of this month. But I so love helping people here because so many were so helpful to me over the summer while I was just a newbie.
I am in the same boat- not a personal trainer but work long hours during particular months so have to do a push the rest of the time.
Its worth it!