I've Never Talked About This Here.

Hi there, many of you are probably pretty new here and it's likely you've never seen my face or name pop up on Wealthy Affiliate before. I assure you, though, I've been here a while in the background. In 2017, I first started seeking means of earning an income outside of my standard W-2 job. I was constantly chasing different side hustles and most of them, per usual, were just scammy get rich quick schemes that luckily I didn't really buy into. I understood pretty early on that most of these ou

Why Wealthy Affiliate Is One Of The Best Ways To Make Money Online

Making money online and building a successful online business can be quite the chore. What's more is the fact that you are constantly having to dodge scams, MLMs, someone pushing Herbalife, or your next door neighbor selling you snake oil through some cool new site he found recommended highly by his favorite "Instapreneur". We've all struggled to find legit opportunities online, and while freelancing and other options come to mind, Wealthy Affiliate truly has proven to be one of the best ways t

Officially 2 Years at Wealthy Affiliate

Wow!So just yesterday I was writing a blog post here at Wealthy Affiliate discussing the fact that I had breached the Top 200 again and was approaching 2 years with the community.Well, what do you know... today is actually my 2 year anniversary at Wealthy Affiliate...officially!This is quite a long time, I have learned a great deal of things in these last 2 years. I have had countless ups and downs, been on a very profitable path and also slacked big time. Because of all of these different exp

Top 200 at Wealthy Affiliate (Again)

Okay, so maybe my face doesn't look quite like these kids... but I guess I'm pretty excited to be back in the Top 200 at WA. I got the notification a couple of days back, but I haven't yet written about it. I was 198 at the time and now I'm sitting around 204. The point is, my rank is steadily increasing once again.With that has come some recent successes with my website. Brief HiatusTo be honest, I haven't been the most conistent with my websites and WA in particular. I have known the great va

An Official Challenge: Bring Your A Game

This is an offical challenge from me... to YOU.I want to bring some healthy competition to Wealthy Affiliate this month. Since it's a new year I have sort of started from scratch with SiteContent. I initially knew nothing about it. I used to pay attention to my word count and articles published but never was able to set goals like this. I also was just using the traditional WordPress editor.That's why I started up this challenge, now that I can track those things... I know you can too. I'm chal

Why 2019 Will Be a Big Year For Wealthy Affiliate Members

I feel obliged to share how hard I've been slacking, and why I continously find my way back to Wealthy Affiliate every single time. Hello to all my fellow WA members out there, welcome to 2019, what I believe will be the most profitable year for WA members yet. I realize that many of you saw great success in 2018, myself included on many fronts. Some of the small successes were apparent through organic search results, traffic even when I was not able to write consistently, and the fact that I w

Have I gotten lazy with Wealthy Affiliate?

So recently I've been struggling with dedicating time to Wealthy Affiliate. For some reason I have trouble sticking to one thing and building a solid foundation surrounding that. I'm not discounting the success that I've seen thus far...and exploring other opportunities is giving me more and more topics to write about every single time I fail.My Biggest Recent LessonI've realized recently that things take time. I guess I always knew that things weren't supposed to happen overnight but I definit

Crippled by Google and Wealthy Affiliate Analytics

I seem to have a serious struggle these days with getting hung up on Google Analytics. When I get done looking at Google Analytics I usually straight away jump over and check my Wealthy Affiliate traffic to see what sort of traction I'm gaining here through my blogs, questions, and profile. What I didn't realize in the early stages of website building and affiliate marketing is that it is so easy to get caught up in these analytics and you actually end up not writing any content at all. This le

How To Capitalize When Your Fingers Catch Fire

i know a lot of you folks struggle to write some days. I only know this because I have the same issue sometimes. Mondays are particularly terrible for me as my weekends are generally tiring. I'm young, may as well burn the candle at both ends, right?!I digress.Sometimes you get on a writing roll. I have thought long and hard about the importance of writing every single day and have decided that I would rather NOT write every single day, and only write when I'm really feeling it.I have a couple

The Most Important Thing You Can Do When You Begin Writing Again

1. Remember the Certification Courses and Affiliate Bootcamp. 2. Pay attention to the fundamentals. 3. Write solid, creative, unique content that attracts attention.4. Write often.5. Remember why you started this journey.Here's to 2018. Hope you all have a wonderful year ahead. Let's do this, together!-Dalton