Great question. I, like you have fallen for all those scams too. Here's wishing you the best of luck.

Hi Courtney,
I agree there are a lot of overly rosey pictures being painted about success at WA, but yes it is entirely possible. Whether or not you are a success story is entirely up to you.

Many people to try and start to make a full time income online, and most do in fact fail. But those who are successful have many failures along the way. Success isn't owned it is rented, and rent is due every single day.

Great question, I'm slow at getting started. There are a lot of positive encouragement all over the place . Not to many people saying what they are making which I think would be a very GREAT motivator for members. That's why we are here. I would not want members to expose all what they are making but it would be a motivator. Telling me keep going, you doing good, got my certificate do not inspire me like , "hay everybody I make $500.00 this month. Been at it for XXX amount of time time.

Hi Courtney - I think your Q has been well answered by other members :-)

However, you don't have many Followers so you won't get notified of many posts. As your networks grows you'll see posts from people who are doing very well indeed.

For Vegas, follow littlemama who has posted some great posts on achieving the numbers and how she did it. That's to mention just one.

Do the training, keep going and you'll get there :-)
Ian

You're doing what we all do, and that is quite natural. Yes, this stuff does work. The people who fail are those who do too little work on their sites, sit about too much, procrastinate, and when they've got to 10 blog posts completed after say 6 months, haven't made a penny. Then they say it's all a big scam.

I can assure you, it is "not" a scam.

Ask yourself. Would Jimbo be here since July 2015 if this stuff didn't work?

I certainly wouldn't blow $49 a month on this place if I had realized it isn't working.

I haven't reached my goal of 10k a month yet. Still a way to go. But I do know for sure, in fact I will swear it, that I will reach 10k a month.

The only thing that will stop me from getting there is if I quit. I would be a fool to quit now.

I can hand on heart "GUARANTEE" that affiliate marketing is legit and there are plenty of successful members here.

If you'd like to see an example of success in terms of monthly income, try popping over to smart passive income dot com. He is very transparent and gives monthly earnings at the top right of his site.

Pat flynn is doing exactly the same as what we are being taught here at WA. That is blogging/affiliate marketing.

The absolute BEST thing about this business model is that there is NO LIMIT to what you can earn. It's wild.

The biggest downer about it though, is the time and effort it takes to really get going.

You can accelerate your success by blogging every single day. I know it's really hard, I can't manage it daily. Blogging is cumulative, in that the more stuff you have published, the more visitors you get and the more money you make. But blogging once a week and sitting around waiting for the money is the worst thing one can do.

Imagine pushing a broken down car from a standing start. It's really hard to get it moving.

But once you've got it to walking speed, it's a lot easier to maintain that speed and is almost effortless (you can push it with two fingers to keep it at walking pace)...

That's what this business is like.

Trust in yourself. Trust the training here at WA. It works. Period.

Is anyone actually making money? Yes. Many full-time incomes are regularly made from home within Wealthy Affiliate. If you don't believe them, some are willing to show you their bank statements. You have NOT set the bar too high. If you believe in yourself and stick to it without giving up, Wealthy Affiliate will help you achieve your dreams. You just have to be in it for the long term. Wealthy Affiliate is not a get rich quick scheme. If you are looking for those, this is not the platform for you. The reason you hear very similar success stories from many people is for one reason only. IT WORKS! The trip to Los Vegas is very real and it is already fully paid for by the Wealthy Affiliate owners. It is their way of saying thank you for making Wealthy Affiliate a bigger community. You earn it by referring 100 people to Wealthy Affiliate.

I think you are getting ahead of yourself. I’m new myself but reading success blogs and talking to members here at WA I truly believe an income can be made. But you only get out what you put in. So you’ll have to work hard, be dedicated, and consistent. And it will not happen overnight. It’ll take time. Follow the training step by step, it’s set up for success. Read some of the success blogs, they are from real people who all started where we are. All the best to you!

Christine

Success stories - where to find them? That should help, but yes, there are people here making full time incomes very successfully. It took them awhile, but they pressed on with continuous hard work until they reached their goals.

Girl, I hear ya. I had/have the same thoughts as well, but I have a good feeling about WA. I'm excited to go further into learning the company. I quess we'll have to just put our best foot forward and see where this journey takes us. Lets walk this WA brick road together. Lol

Good question. Lots of folks seem a bit afraid to ask this very crucial question. My coach is very forthcoming about his income with actual proofs provided but he's been at it 12 yrs. Not exactly my plan. I think most people are just afraid to ask or worried the answer is not what they had hoped. Tell me I'm wrong, please!!