I wouldn't worry too much about it. It goes up and down more than a kangaroo on a pogo stick. I wrote a similar post some time back called Chasing the Dragon. Bottom line, focus on your own business first, help out here when you can, and let the chips fall where the may :-)

And with over 1.4 Million WA members, all it is going to take is it a very small percentage of them suddenly do things that helps their WA rank it is most likely doing to affect your WA rank.

I agree, you have way more important things to do, like building your own websites and getting that content ranked in google.

Good luck.

It's hard to say why without getting a bit more information. If you click on the number shown under Rank it should give you a little more to work with (by breaking it down into the sub-categories: helper, creator and activity). You should be able to see which numbers need more attention and adjust your activity to compensate for it.

That said, it's just a metric to show your participation and contribution to the WA platform and community. It has no bearing on your site or success.

You have gotten some other great replies.

Trying to improve rank is just a distraction. A temptation that you have to learn to control. If you worry about rank, you are not focused on building your business - which is were the money is at.

It doesn't hurt to pay attention to what is going on in the community and helping out when you can. It feels good to help and you can learn a lot from the community.

If your rank improves naturally, be happy.

If it goes down, be happy for the other people with rank that improved. After all, they really might need that little extra something to cheer them up for a few days.

Best wishes.

Hello! Pastor Derry

I just read your post. If you go to your dashboard and click on your ranking link.

Check your position and see ALL the three categories: Helper, Creator and Activity. You may be stronger in one of the three.

If you are stronger in all the three, you will rank well.

Best regards

Smart

I find that mine waiver's somedays also, yet building the content and building the traffic unto my site demands 80% of my time as it should. Some days I spend about as much as 30-40% on answers, chat and otherwise helping here on WA.

I have slotted a schedule out, and not to go into huge detail, I have run a Pareto chart in excel to see when the best time to answer and do other things involved in my affiliate marketing world. This analyzing took my stress away and made things more manageable.
I am still not completely up on all tasks yet not stressing, since it is not a sprint, as they say, but a Marathon!

As a pastor, I am sure your days to write and research sermons were always organized as well, so I am sure you are doing great and as others say, a lot more are motivated to write and participate.
I see members on chat who are not ranked as high as yourself but doing their 15 minutes a day task. :) Hang in there.
Bill

Hi Pastor Derry, ah, I wouldn't concern yourself about this rank thing. I too am at 61 and I think if you go under 50 that makes you an Ambassador? Not sure if I'm ready for that yet. Kind of like the police department promoting rookies to Sergeant. They would not have the experience to lead and mentor yet. That's kind of how I feel here.

Let me start making money and gain much more experience and then earn that Ambassadorship.

Cal

It just means someone got a little more motivated and got busier than you.

My rank goes up and down. I don't try. The only thing I guess I do is help people when I am in the mood and have a little time. Even with that, it seems to hover in the 100s lately. Its all by accident. I've only written 5 blogs in 5 years and no training.

I suspect though, that the competition is fiercer the higher up you go? Its easier to become a champion than stay a champion?

So...either keep pushing (which sounds stressful actually) or ride the waves and relax a bit?

Well, that’s a good question. I don’t think the paddle will help.

I have noticed the competition has increased since SAC which makes it hard to rank. And some incredibly motivated people are moving up the ranks.

My suggestion is continue on and be patient and you will see it rise.

Laura

Hi - this may not be that you are not doing enough, but that others are doing more than they used to. As part of the Super Affiliate Challenge, members are now encouraged to help others and participate in Live Chat, which they may not have done in the past.

As you say, working on your website is a much more productive use of your time.