Do you even WA?
I speak out right now hoping to help other beginners who are a little too ambitious like me.
Did you join WA thinking that you were going to make money quickly?
Did you think that rushing through the training would award you with your first paycheck a bit quicker?
Well, this is what my mentality was at the beginning and I can tell you from personal experience that you absolutely cannot think this way. Instead of thinking about the money right away, think about what you can do to improve the internet.
My first website was a disaster. All about helping college students find useless school supplies from Amazon and such. The only thing that fueled that website for 4 months was my desire to sell Amazon products to people I knew nothing about.
I finally got so frustrated, I deleted that website and started another.
This website was better, but again, I didn't fully understand my target audience and I over used affiliate links too soon. This one was my attempt at an ecommerce site, and I had a hell of a time trying to come up with good blog posts.
I still might work on that site one day, but right now I just don't have the interest I once had for it.
At this point, I hovered over that button that would delete me from this awesome WA community forever because I felt that I didn't have a good enough interest, or I didn't know enough to create a worthy website.
If you ever get to this point, TAKE A WEEK OFF. You are over thinking everything, and you are being WAY too impatient!
When you come back, just remember all the mistakes you made, and what you did to fix them. Chances are, now you know how to write articles better than someone else. Now you know how to add images to a web page. Now you know how to create links to other content on your site.
This can ALL be applied to a new website using the Affiliate Bootcamp!
It took me 8 months to figure out that I didn't have a passion when I Joined WA. My passion developed when I researched how to fix my mistakes. It developed when I realized how much I really knew about making websites after all.
What I'm trying to say is this: If you feel that you don't have a passion or sufficient knowledge to build a booming website, take a break and keep trying, because it will come to you eventually. Through everything I've learned, I can now build a complete website about how affiliate marketing works and how other people can get started without making the mistakes I did. (My new website is a month old now and doing better than my first 2 websites combined) Everything you learn here at WA can be turned into an awesome (and educational) website that can help others realize their potential and perhaps join WA to make things happen. Just remember to work through the tasks included in each lesson!
"Those who have thought themselves to death, have not created anything worth dying for"
-Dan Takken
I have searched for other training programs, and none of them come close to all the training, tools and support that are included right here. Don't worry if you failed a few times at first. If you keep going, you WILL find the success you've always wanted!
I hope this post motivates other affiliates who have found themselves in a similar situation
Tell me about your story by commenting below!
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I agree with the idea of perseverance. That's how most things in life are achieved. For me, with WA this has been true. I knew nothing about what I was doing for awhile even after taking most of the lessons. I now realize a couple of mistakes I made in choosing a domain name etc., but perseverance has helped worked through all of this.
Great post, brother! Great attitude! Keep it up and keep growing! So many people quit just before they reach their success. Use those failures to drive you to succeed! Really well written.
Thanks everyone!