I'm Baaaack!

It's been a week and a half since I was last here. Moving SUCKS!! But it's done. What I didn't sell is either in storage, or here at my daughters. This has been a very rough ride unfortunately.. but one that I WILL come out on top of.This week I'll be back on my job hunt, as I'm being realistic now and know that I can't count on a sustainable online income for quite some time yet.. but that is my goal, to work from home full time. And I WILL do it :) I hope everyone here has been working to

TOP 200! I Made It!

After my weekend off from WA, I've returned this morning to find myself sitting at Rank 197!! I'm IN :) It was a fabulous weekend off, time spent with amazing friends.. and very retrospective in a way too. Monday dawned with a court hearing.. and my life is changing once again. But I have a plan in place that should see me back on my feet within a year tops, and hopefully sooner with the help of WA :) So the 27th of June will see me moving in with my daughter in a nearby city.. but that's o

My Progress in just 3 weeks!

Though my join date was back in March, I didn't move up to premium until May 20th, and at that point, I hadn't done very much with my free membership, so I'm counting my official join date as May 20th :) So in just a few weeks time, I have:Registered a domain nameCreated my websiteHave a lot of great content on my site, with an editorial plan for a lot moreHave discovered "low hanging fruit" keywords and have scheduled posts for thoseHave received my first $2.00 commission from an affiliate refe

My Top 3 Favourite WordPress Plugins

We all know that WordPress plugins can add super functionality to your website, and I've come across a few that I absolutely LOVE!In no particular order:Thirsty Affiliates - I know the plugin that WA recommends to make nice looking affiliate links is Pretty Links Lite, but I like Thirsty Affiliates better. The main reason is that I don't have to A) leave the post I'm working on to add a new link or get a pretty link, and B) I can quickly add a new affiliate link.Thirsty Affiliates adds 2 button

The Complete Guide To Moving Your Site Out Of WA

Due to some limitations that I ran into with not having direct access to the database and a few other technical issues, I decided to move my website out of Wealthy Affiliate and over to a hosting account that I already had. Following are all the steps I went through to move my site. The following video is extremely easy to follow and will show you most of the steps I followed :) 1. You'll need the new Domain Name Servers (DNS) information for your new web host. I then logged in to my domain

I've Finally Chosen My Niche :

Yes.. it's true. After numerous false starts, I have finally settled on the one I'm going to roll with. http://2ingredients.siterubix.com/I've only just started it.. still tweaking the format, and I'm not happy with the massive Amazon widgets lol, so those will change, but I'm relieved to finally have it started.This isn't just going to be for food recipes - drinks, pet treats, household cleaners etc. I'm hoping I'm not limiting myself too much, but from everything I've seen online, there's a

Choosing My Niche. Ugh!

So.. I've started 3 different niche sites, and have deleted them all :/ Talk about being indecisive! I keep looking up keywords, thinking about the possibilities, running with it for a day.. and then scrapping the whole thing. That's not going to make me any money!! So, my goal for tomorrow is:PICK IT AND STICK WITH IT! Tonight, I'm going to do some more research on a few other ideas I've had, and by this time tomorrow night, I will have a new website with my main content pages ready to roll

Pushing Through The Frustrations

Everyone runs into a period of "Creators Block" every once in a while, and I am definitely no exception! Yesterday I was feeling so incredibly unfocused and couldn't concentrate on anything, but I pushed through that and created another post for my website :) GO ME! lolI've also started working on my niche site, though that too has me a bit frustrated already. It would be MUCH easier to create the content for the site if I was signed up for the affiliate programs I'm interested in for it, bu

WOW! Already listed on Page 1 of Google SERPS!

*BOING, BOING, BOING* <-- YES, that is me doing a rockin' HAPPY DANCE!I was just checking out some competition and entered in the same keyword phrase that I'm using on one of my posts, and TA-DA!! There was my post listed at the bottom of Page 1!! Weeeeeee!!! I just had to share with everyone here, as much of the credit goes to WA and YOU!! Thank you for the support, the training, the advice. Everyone here ROCKS!!Now to make some $$ LOL!

Wealthy Affiliate Training Overview SlideShare

I've created a SlideShare presentation for the Certification Courses. I'd love to hear what everyone thinks about it. Here's the link to mine: http://www.slideshare.net/DianneDickson/wealthy-af...Creating this, though a tad time consuming, was really easy! I'm going to put together some training to show you how you can create these terrific slideshares too! I'll be posting this on my website, as well as using it for social media :)