A huge thanks to the community
Hey guys, I just wanted to thank everyone here at WA that has helped me and has asked me for help. There are very few places on this planet where you can ask something of someone and actually believe they are helping you because they want to. Usually help is given because it's someone's job or they feel obligated too. I know it sounds bad but it is true.
I've heard the saying "Kindness of strangers" many times and never gave it much thought until now. Kindness of strangers is exactly what I found here. Some of you aren't exactly strangers anymore but you all were when I first got here. Not that we are best friends and go out on Saturday night for a pint, not that I wouldn't if we lived in the same town or Country, but I do know enough that you're here, your serious about what we are doing and you're all people I would go into business with and not have to worry about professionalism.
When I first started this journey, I was taking notes and printing stuff off like a mad man until I learned how to navigate and find answers to my problem on WA. And realized this information is so much more accessible online than on paper. Some of my questions may seem trivial to me now but at the time I was stuck on it and a lot of my answers came from people who have written a blog on it or have had this issue as well.
I've written about things I got stuck on too but I wondered sometimes why we would freely share information that took us hours to figure out until I had a few posts that I received "thanks for writing about this". Most recently a sitemap problem I had and took me hours to figure out. When this person thanked me, I flashed back to the frustration I felt that day and hoped I spared this person from that. I felt like I did a good deed for this person and maybe instead of wasting their time figuring out the issue they we're able to get that post done a little earlier which in turn gave him more time to hang out with his loved ones or a little extra time to kick his feet up at the end of a long day.
Appreciative is how I feel when you guys help me find answers I'm looking for, I can probably spend hours researching and figuring it out, which I am totally willing to do, but I appreciate it when someone comes to my rescue. When I do get stuck and have to spend hours getting something to work I will post it in hopes it helps someone else and will also serve as a reminder for me. It's a form of paying it forward I guess.
So again, thank you everyone for everything you've done for me. I will do my best to help any of you who ask me for it. And do know if I ever become successful in this profession, it will be because of all of you and the time you took to help and guide me. I will do the same.
-Dan
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Such a nice post. Thanks for sharing. I feel the same as Debbi below here. I am always so thankful for the help and caring here. :)
Thank you for your appreciation of our family at WA. I think I speak for all of us when I say "You are very welcome.
If we all work together we each can share a part of internet marketing pie in our respective niches. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, that's a great thing about this community we can lean on each other when we get stuck. I only wish I was more tech savvy so I could help out more than just giving moral support but I'm working on it.
Hi Dan. You're welcome : )
Dave
(Seriously, though...your feelings of appreciation are felt by many here, too)
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This is such a wonderful community. Thank you for your lovely post and for putting into words what we also feel. Gratitude.
Emilie