THANK YOU Wealthy Affiliate Community!
I became a premium member on April 21, 2019, and just finished my Level 2 training courses. When I first joined I was probably like many newbies with high hopes of having an online income stream in short order. That was very unrealistic for someone with no prior experience at this at all and my hopes were quickly dashed when I read some statistics about 85% of the people never make any money.
However, I am not one to ever quit easily and I had just forked out $359 for an annual membership. It didn't really take long to see the value I was receiving here though. Before I was directed to this community I was taking a one-week free course at (not sure if I can name names) but learning how to do HTML coding. Can you imagine where I would be right now compared to where I really am here if I had stayed with that?
As a free member here I completed the Level 1 lessons in the first seven days. I got a taste of what this community is all about and all the training and extras that would come with being a premium member for $49 a month after the first month of $19. I am bound and determined to work my tail off to make this business a success so staying long term and getting the monthly fee at even less was an easy decision.
Anyway so my more realistic goals are now are; any kind of profit in the first year over the small amount of expenses would be the incentive to keep pushing harder. Remembering that everything about this is totally new to me and setting a small goal to start just makes more sense to me now.
My goal in the next three months is to have a lot more training done and more content to my website with some traffic. Within six months I would like to be encouraging and helping those newbies like me that struggle at first because it is so overwhelming after seeing how much work this is going to take before you really see anything coming back to you. The support, training and community can be and is the driving force for me right now. I just have to keep doing my part.
In closing this I would like to say promoting Wealthy Affiliate didn't cross my mind when I started but it's something I will probably do later. I really want to promote some high value items and merchants whose customers make fairly large purchases at first until I learn more.
In tying this to my last blog post about being a Bridge; I believe that is what we are as affiliates. We bridge the gap between the Merchants and their customers.
I am pretty far from being perfect but thankfully I am making progress towards having a successful online business and am deeply grateful to all of this wonderful worldwide community.
Thank you to everyone!
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Hi Doug.
I evangelise having fun over trying to make a profit. A couple of members have mentioned depression. I know that when I set out to achieve something, if I ever feel that I haven't done my best, I feel down and depressed.
We push ourselves too hard and reinforce that with repetitions of "Never give up! Keep going! Work hard!" all with the intention of being helpful.
Look, I am developing one online presence to buttress my real-world business. It's horrible writing content for it. On the other hand, my personal website, written strictly for pleasure, is wonderful to write for and I'm filling it with bucket loads of content. Also, affiliation ideas come tumbling out virtually on their own. Whether it will make money or not I can't say, but I enjoy working on it and merely hope to attract visitors for a bit of a natter and some slack-jawed powwows.
In all honesty, I don't see that many people here realise how active they have to be in social media, spewing out the right content at a pretty constant rate in order to make a mark in their niches. I haven't even begun, and I've been here for months.
All in all, I'm saying, have plenty of fun, do what you love and in that sense, you CAN'T lose, can you?
Regards,
Very true Tayo. I appreciate the time you have taken to comment on my post. I am working hard even though it doesnt always seem like it, to achieve some level of success.
Right now im not sure how to measure it but i am really getting a feel for it that helping others is more rewarding than I expected when i first got here. I thought it was all about me but man is that a wrong attitude to have.
Every effort you put in i hope comes back to you ten fold my friend. Thanks for your help and encouragement.
Doug
Well done Doug!
The value added by being a member of this supportive community is priceless.
You’ve got the skills and the attitude, you’re well on your way!
All the best,
KyleAnn
You have very good writing skills. Your last try took your money. Know your with WA, learning for free and you also gained a family. Your goals will far Exceed your expectations.
Peace💗
Thanks for sharing your post, just keep on making progress with the training and never give up.
Look forward to seeing your future success here at WA
Regards
Darren
Thank you Darren. My goals were way to high starting out but I think I got a grip on it now. Everyone helps and encourages and it makes a huge difference in my motivation. I hope you are having much success.
Doug
you are doing well!
and yes we are the bridge
and no one is perfect
we are Unique!
have good Day
Thank you so much. All of this encouragement does make a big difference. When I struggle there is always someone here to pick me me up and get me back on track. best wishes to you Pietro!!!
My Friend, we are learning to walk again!
and we will fall many times and in many ways!
and kind of hurt us and we stop to walk,
but we will stand up again and persevere
toward our dream for financial freedom!
we will if not soon but later for sure
because we are in it now!
Remember the original Plan and the Desire beyond that!
this's our inner strength that creates our Power!
the rest will follow it's only a matter of time now:o)
Just keep at it and you will start seeing more traffic to your website and than some sales will slowly start coming too. I believe it took me 4 months before my 1st sale and I didn't make much from it, but it continues to increase each month.
Thank you for your comment and all of the encouragement. I am going to work to make what you said become a reality. This community keeps me motivated.
Thank you Edwin. I am determined to keep working on this with whatever extra time I have to work on it. This really is an awesome place! Best wishes to you too!
You’re most welcome. I was curious about your profile name. Do you have a Doctorate in Philosophy? Pardon me if I’m wrong.
Cheers!
Edwin
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My takeaway on making money in this business is through publishing about 100 + website blog articles for Google to rank you higher organically, or paying for ads to get those high rankings with fewer articles.
Ideally do the first until earning some income, then investing some of this to scale up using PPC ads.
It usually takes a year to amass 100 + articles and that is typically the time when traffic grows from a static base to the curve rising.
Of course, the articles must provide visitors information that’s valuable to them, otherwise this won’t work. That’s a great challenge to work at.
Hard work and patience is the “secret” to Affiliate Marketing success. Isn’t that true for anything of value?
All the best Doug.
Edwin