Yes, I am enjoying the journey even though it may be taking me longer to get there than others. I'm taking more action these days and have started bringing my second website back from the dead as I just added a new piece of content to it yesterday. That website hadn't been updated in over a year! I also posted content to my first website yesterday and received comments on both posts pretty quickly thanks to SiteComments 2.0. Thank you for the follow back and glad you are still moving forward as well :)

Well, here's the thing with me and it is a big fault of mine. Yes, I have been here 4 years and yes I still have a day job, though banking is still fairly new to me as my day job before that was at a call center for 5 years and another call center for 3 and a half years before that.

My first website has earned me some revenue, but not a whole lot. Most of my revenue has come from Google AdSense and a tiny amount from affiliate commission sales (about 2 or 3). Yes, that may seem very discouraging for someone who has spent that amount of time at WA, but my biggest problem has been consistency AND stepping out of my comfort zone.

I have not always been consistent with adding content to my site and also not adding more of the type of content that can lead to sales. I only have 6 reviews on my first website and have not done much really to promote those reviews and instead have posted mostly my experiences with certain products in my niche.

I need to have more call to actions in my posts and have more consistency by making sure I always post at least 3 articles a week. The more though, the better. If I want to see the kind of success I've dreamed of, consistency with me has to improve and a belief that my writing and reviews will be read by others.

Trust me, there are people here who do share their results monetary wise, you just have to keep an eye out for them and search for them also. The link below should help. Don't give up, because I know that seems like the easy thing to do when you don't see the results after a certain point that you had hoped. It may be time to take a look at things to see what is not working and what you might need to change to make it a success. Success stories - where to find them?

It's great to meet a fellow Kansan here at WA! I'm kind of a turtle myself at times, but I just need to be more consistent so that I can reach the success that I've always wanted to achieve. I know that it can be done, I just need to keep moving forward.

Yes, we will keep forging ahead to accomplish what we’ve set out to do, no matter how long it takes.
All the best!

Nice to meet you SAWalden and thank you for the follow, following you now as well. Nice to see you lived in Kansas at one point. I've been to Pittsburgh a few times, but I live near Wichita. I wish you much success here at Wealthy Affiliate :)

I live about 20 minutes east of Wichita and have lived in this area for most of my life. I really do like living here.

Then you probably know where McPherson is, don't you? I didn't have a car when I was there, so don't know my way around, but don't think McPherson is too far from Wichita. Carol

Yes, I think McPherson is like 50 miles or so north of Wichita. I've been there a couple of times or made some brief stops there on the way to Salina.

Oh wow, we just live a few hours apart! So sorry about the loss of your job though! I know how that feels as I went through the same thing a year ago. I have another job now, but sadly not at the same pay level and position as I had before. I have to work my way up again. Here's to both of our success here at Wealthy Affiliate.

I have a few trips during that time. Took a Route 66 trip through Missouri in 2015 and then back in September took another Route 66 trip through parts of Oklahoma.

Brian, I too was on Route 66, this , last summer...Topic of today's blog...but, the Flagstaff end. I got my coffee cup.
That's inspiring, as it shows success!
Barb

I've actually been here for a little over 3 years, but I appreciate the kind words. I love the community here and will always be a part of it. Here's to your success as well!

Thanks for the kind words and blog links. I've actually been here since 2014 and have been moving right along. I love it here at Wealthy Affiliate and I think it's one of the best places online to learn how to make a livable and sustainable income online. Best of luck in your journey :)

Hiya! Great to connect with you here. It's a fantastic community :-)

I'm actually not new here as if you'll look to see when I've joined, it shows that I've been here since the beginning of 2014. I have gone through the training, but currently going back through it again just to make sure I haven't missed anything or pick up something I might have not known before. I've had some successes since I've joined and my first website is earning some revenue.

That is fantastic, Brian, I am glad that you are successful and you are proof that the WA way works! Congratulations on a job well done.
Ken

Thank you! I still have a ways to go to reach my ultimate goals which is to make a sustainable, livable income, but I'm slowly but surely headed in that direction.

Haha, I need to update my profile. I no longer work at a call center, but now work at a bank. There's actually multiple call centers in Kansas especially in the nearby city of Wichita in which 2 brand new call centers opened up this summer.

To be honest though, I'm done working at them because it seems just as fast as they come in, they're just as fast to leave or lose business and then you're out of a job. This is why I'm here to get away from the traditional day job routine.

Thank you so much! :)

Positive Energy reciprocated all the time

Frankie Trillz

Thank you for the follow as well. I am glad that I've joined WA, but thing I need to do most is stay consistent. I let my foot off the peddle last year so to speak and because of that I haven't reached the goals I set out for myself. I'm changing things this time as I've come up with a plan to where I want my websites to go this year and a way to stick to it and stay consistent.

I wish you all the best here at WA!

You're very welcome and I wish you much success as well in your endeavors :)

Thanks, I wish you all the best as well!

Kyle, thank you so much for checking in on me and checking on my progress. It came really at just the right time because I've been feeling a little frustrated lately mainly with my first website as I just can't seem to generate very much revenue from it even though I've been working on it very consistently for quite awhile.

It has also made me worried that I might not be able to generate enough content for my new website which I'm going through the Affiliate Bootcamp with.

I decided yesterday that I still needed to take action and continue on with the next lesson in the Bootcamp and it was a very good thing I did. That lesson was exactly what I needed as you showed a very useful tool at a website that is used to help you generate ideas for writing content.

It was exactly what I needed and one of the tasks of that lesson was to come up with a certain amount of ideas that I'll be writing content with.

That made me very happy and I'll be using this tool quite often. It also showed me that you want each and everyone that goes through the Bootcamp to succeed and make it to Las Vegas.

I feel a lot more confident now that I'll able to write and post some good content now on my website targeting WA and also that since I'm struggling a bit with my very first website that maybe I need to go back through the certification courses again.

I promise to reach out to you if I am stuck or need help with anything else. Thank you again!

Excellent to hear Brian, sounds like you are making some good progress. As you continue to move forward within the training you are going to truly see your business take shape.

If you do need anything going forward, just let me know. ;)