How I Earned $9465.05 Thanks To WA Members

So February is was a tough month for my site and others. There seemed to be less traffic around the week of Valentine's Day and it's just a shorter month. But despite that I was able to earn $9465.05 with my affiliate site. Imagine what a full month would have looked like without the holiday! lol I pieced together a screenshot of my income from the various programs that earn me revenue on my site.
How Did I Do It?
There is no magical secret. I pretty much follow what the training lays out. But if you want more specifics then read my cheat sheet here.
WA Membership Has It's Perks
So a lot of times I see members wondering if it's worth investing in going premium. That's been a resounding yes for me since 2007 when I first joined. Aside from the technology and training, the members are a huge benefit. Essentially you get to rub elbows with successful people you normally wouldn't have access to.
So that said, the $2024.95 and $2128 I earned this month was a result of chatting with two other successful WA members. I make it a habit to look at others sites in my niche to get inspired and borrow ideas. I take it step further and ask questions if they happen to be WA members. I did that recently and it led to an additional $4000 this month and that number will grow every month just because of a few quick private messages.
Now keep in mind that my blog is established and trusted by Google. So it gets tons of traffic. But regardless watching what others were doing, asking a few questions and taking action has led to another source of revenue every month. So regardless of my traffic it would have added more money than I was currently making. It's just compounded because I have a lot of traffic. You can increase your traffic as well by following Jay's 10 Steps here.
Return The Favor
Another thing to note, is that I shared some information about things I was doing that I didn't see these other members were doing to return the favor. Some of this information I shared will help them earn more money as well. I didn't just take their advice without offering something in return. Too often I see people in the gimme mindset but don't provide anything back. It's very selfish and will make people less likely to help you.
I can't tell you how many private messages I've ignored or cut short because the person was rude or all about themselves. Folks have literally contacted me without even saying a simple "hello or hi" and just jump into how I need to help them. WTF?
This community is all about helping each other not just taking. So be mindful of that when chatting with other members.
We all have our businesses to run and tons of things that we're juggling. So respect each other's time when asking for advice or help. I've laid out the best way to approach this here.
Are You Inspired?
Hopefully you are. I've been at this game for many moons. But I always find that hearing about other's success inspires me especially if I'm feeling down. It reminds me if they can do it, so can I. So I need to keep pushing forward until I do. Rather than making excuses why this doesn't work for me.
You have all the resources here to achieve your goals. I've already linked to some content above that you should refer to if you want to achieve similar results in the future. So be sure you review it before you ask, how can I do this too? lol
Shout out to the two members that provided me their simple tips. I would list the two members here but I don't want to blow up their spots and have them flooded with messages. LOL Because they have their own businesses they need to run. But I've provided you the inspiration and some of the resources above to make this happen for you.
I hope this helps. Let's see what happens next month!
Eddy with a y
You are showing your success here because you want to inspire others that they too can be successful just like you are and you are sharing the info that helped you achieve it so that they too can achieve it.
I now realize a big error that I've made here at Wealthy Affiliate and that is not taking advantage of the Wealthy Affiliate community like I should. Sure, I do welcome some of the newer members that follow me and I end up following them back and I do reply at times to successes that other members here start to see, but I'm not fully immersing myself into the community like I should and that's a shame. I should be helping others that request it in the chat, I need to ask more questions that I don't have the answers to, and I need to look closer or ask for advice more from those members here who are successful so that I can reach success as well and share what made me successful with other members here, just as you have.
There are a lot of people following me and I want to show them that I can be successful and that they can as well and share what I know to ensure they reach success.
So now I have my work cut out for me. I'm working to get back on to a consistent schedule of taking action on my website so I can start building up traffic again as it is really low, doing more research, and getting more involved with the community here.
To be quite honest, I think it was your site WorkAtHomeNoScams, that I first heard about WA.
Continuing my research on how to make money online, I also found Steve from I've Tried That.
It was both your site and Steve's that introduced me to WA, and it wasn't long before I made the jump to join. I did have to leave for quite a bit of time, but I've never forgot your site and how it's helped me to make the decision to come back as a premium member (this time for life :) )
I never did thank you just, for lack of a better phrase, just being there and getting me started.
And since I've returned you've been a big help to steer me properly when I've missed the mark on a post or post idea.
I'm glad to see you are doing so well with WA and all your ventures, but I guess a short-term-chattel-loan is out of the question-JUST KIDDING :)
Take care
Frank
Ange
Needless to say, congratulations to you for your success this month in your business. Just think if February wasn't always the shortest month of the calendar year!