Hey, Brian,

As much as I understand, building a website, blogging, internet marketing, etc., are not connected to one particular computer. WA platform is web based. The same with Wordpress. It means, the files of your website are not in your desktop (or laptop). They are somewhere in the server.

So there's no need to shift anything. You just open the Wordpress dashboard of your website in your desktop or laptop or tablet or phone. It does not matter.

Did it answer your question?

Cheers,
Egon

Hi Brian. Yes, you can change the niche. In that case just delete the website and start a brand new one from scratch (I'll come to that in a minute)

Before that, though, what about your domain name? I mean, if (for example) your current niche is for hikers and you sell tents... and your domain name is myhikertentwebsite.com and then you want to build a new website for people with feet problems... You obviously need to change a domain name as well.

If this is the case, find a new domain name and start a brand new website as taught in the WA certification course.

Now, if you want to delete the current website, my recommendation is that before deleting your website, copy and paste all the relevant pages that you can use in your new website (like About page, Privacy policy, etc.)

For that, open that page in the Wordpress editor (in a text mode). Click somewhere on the text (so that you can start typing but you don't need to type). Next,

1) press Ctrl-A (=select all the content).
2) press Ctrl-C (=copy that content)
3) open MS OneNote or a similar program and press Ctrl-V (=paste the content).
4) Do this for each and every page you want to keep.

To delete your website:
1) In the WA dashboard, select "Websites". Now you should see a rectangle with your website information (short version). Plus, there are buttons like "Login," "Refresh," "View," etc. The last one is "Details."
2) Hit Details and scroll right to the bottom. There is a button "Delete This Website." Hit the button and follow the instructions.
3) Start a brand new website as taught in the Certification course.

As for monetizing a website, sir, here is an excellent article written by Kyle. Please read because it should answer most of your questions. And he explains it really well: The 4 Attributes of Successful Affiliate Marketers. If you still have questions, just let me know and I try to help.

Also, you can post a comment to Kyle in that thread (in the end of his article). I have seen that Kyle answers pretty much all questions that people ask him.

Hey, Michael, and sorry for a bit late reply but I will take a look and let you know. I cannot understand how I missed your message :(

Hey, Michael,

It is very interesting concept, I think. Truth be told, I have never thought about it before.

It looks great to me but then - Does it work...? You have to test it. That's the only way you will find it out.

Use some A/B testing plugin, create two different versions of this part of the article and see which one will do better. That's how you will know.

Great thanks!

Did it answer your question?

Yes.

Hey, Michael and thank you for asking for help. It's weird that WA support have not replied to you. Every single time (without exception) that I have contacted with them, they have replied pretty fast. Especially in 2018. It's about an hour or two only. In the past it was a day or so.

Did you open a support ticket? If they have not replied, send a PM to Kyle. Make a screenshot of your support ticket (there should be somewhere a date and time when you submitted it.) Then tell they still have not answered. Also, tell Kyle about your website problem.

I think that way you should solve the issue.

Hey, Guido. I sent you a PM. Did you get it? :)

Hey, Jeff, and thank you for the kind words. I wish you all the success online as well.

God bless you, sir :)

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you for the kind words, ma'am. You've been here in WA about a month so how do you like WA? I personally think it's awesome. It is clearly not a get-quick-rich scam. It takes time and work but if you stick to the WA program and training, you will succeed.

Some people succeed faster. For others it takes longer (depending their previous experience, knowledge, skills, etc) but those who don't give up and quit, succeed.

Just wanted to encourage you, ma'am - you will succeed as well. God bless you,

Egon

Thank you!

Egon, thank you very much for your heartfelt message of encouragement! I'm very pleased with I had been scammed by a couple of other companies, but when I gave WA a trial run, I could tell right away, it was no scam, there weren't just instructions of what to do or what not to do, but specific examples, written clearly and on video!
I'm so thankful I found WA and I hope to be able to blog that opinion and introduce others to this great platform.

Here's to your success!

Cora

Thank you for the kind words, Tom. I follow you back now. I am in do WA bootcamp and if you google my name you should see my website. It's right there.

I wish you all the success here in WA and in your personal life.

God bless you,
Egon

Hey, Bruno,

Have you already set up Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools (now the latter is called Google Search Console)?

Once I wrote step-by-step how-tos on these topics. Since then, Google has changed its platforms a little but the main things are still the same. See if these articles can help you:

How Do I Set Up Google Analytics https://goo.gl/SNR7kH
How to Add Your WordPress Blog to Google Webmaster Tools https://goo.gl/zxRY1U

As for Bing, they too have Bing Webmaster tool, which you can find here: https://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster

See if this how-to can help you: https://goo.gl/SLbfPb

Cheers,
Egon

Yes, you should wait. Don't worry about it, though. If you followed the WA training, your site will get indexed. Meanwhile, you can continue with the training and building your site - create content, etc. Your main focus in the early stages is not advertising but building content - because content will drive you traffic. Once you have enough traffic, you can start advertising.

Many newbie members do that mistake - they quickly begin advertising on their website. But if there's no traffic (no visitors), nobody sees their ads. So therefore, continue with the training, build your site and create new content. Google will find your site and will index it.

That's ok then, I thought I was getting in over my head!
thanks for the advice, I will keep developing my website.

Great. Don't worry about that. Use all your time and energy to learn and develop your site. This is your online real estate. Make it very valuable :)

Awesome, Victor. Remember, if you ever need any help, the whole WA community (including me), is in your corner. I am here to help you.

To tell the truth, I really, really struggled to figure out my niche. The reason was that for over 20 years I had been involved in non-profit. But, as you know well, it's not a good idea to try to monetize non-profit.

Anyway, here's what Kyle recommended to another WA member who had the same struggle (I copy-paste it here):
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I recommend you ask yourself the following question:

I want to help people that ______________.

Fill in the blank and you are going to be much closer to a specific audience.
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Does it help, sir?

Egon

Hi, Daniel, and thank you for the kind words. It's encouraging.

As for the WA rank, when I joined WA I think there were 50,000+ members (if memory serves). Also, I was not very active in the beginning because at that time I was full time teacher in Indonesia + other activities.

Over the years however, Kyle and Carson have quite a few times changed the algorithm that calculates the WA rank. So sometimes there are big jumps... At the end of the day, the WA rank seems to be here to measure your activity and helpfulness in WA community. But I don't know how the algorithm calculates it.

What I know though, is that WA rank can be a huge trap for the new members. They tend to think that WA rank somehow reflects their success in the internet. While it does NOT. There are WA members with lower ranking who are very successful. And there are complete newbies who invest all their energy and time to climb up WA ranking. Yes, they get on the top here, but have lost time to build up their own business online.

To tell the truth, I have fallen into the same trap too. Now I don't care much about the WA rank anymore (and I cannot answer where I was - I've been in top 100 and fallen back to top 700... These days I am somewhere between 250 and 350 - depending how active I am.

But as I said, it's not my main priority.

As for my faith, for over 10 years I was in a pentecostal church, now I belong to a charismatic church which belongs to a babtist union. But I don't call myself pentecostal or baptist... I am just christian - I believe in Jesus and I think that's enough. But charismatic - probably this would be the closest...

I pray you may succeed here in WA, Daniel. I wish you a very productive week ahead.

Cheers,
Egon

Hi, Daniel. Sorry for a late reply but I was away in the weekend.

Now as for your question, making money with Amazon, Google, etc. and making money by taking surveys are different things.

You can make some pocket money by taking surveys (like here https://goo.gl/pCJ7wN). There are other survey sites as well.

The problem with all kind of survey sites is that 1) most of them accept only US/UK/Canada citizens, 2) it's time consuming, 3) you can make just some pocket money.

But taking surveys is not what WA teaches.

WA teaches on how to make solid passive income online, how to create your own passive income stream online. And for this you need your own website. This is your online real estate. Second you traffic to your website.

WA teaches you on how to create content and generate traffic to your site. Third, once you have traffic, you can start making money with Google, Amazon, etc. For example, you recommend some products to your readers and point them to Amazon. When they go and buy those products, you will earn commission.

Did it help to clarify things a bit, sir?

Cheers,

Egon

Hi, Pernilla,

You are exceptionally generous with kind words toward me. I am humbled. Thank you very much, ma'am.

As for these blog posts that you mentioned - I did not write them just to write something. I wanted to learn how pros write sticky headlines with exceptional pulling power.

That's how these posts were born. I have found them extremely useful and I hope you will find it as well.

Cheers,

Egon

Hello again Egon!

I will certainly have good use of your posts.
Had a look at your website and I must say you have eyecatching and magnetic headlines. I can learn a lot from you.

Onwards and upwards!!
:-)

Thank you for your kind words, sir :)

Thank you, sir! I pray you may succeed here in WA :)

Thank you, Sylvia, for the kind words. I hope you are doing well here in WA. I pray you may succeed in your niche. :)

Thank you for kind words, ma'am :)

I pray for your success as well. Have a very productive week, Debbie

Hey and thank you for the kind words. I wish you all the success here in Wealthy Affiliate :)

Absolutely, sir :) Let's do it!

Thank you. I wish you all the same. Full steam forward :)

It's my pleasure, sir :)

Thank you for your kind words, sir :) I wish you all the success in your online adventure.

Thank you very much for your kinds words, ma'am! I try to give my best. I pray you may succeed in everything you do (also here in WA).

I wish you all the same, Viyee. And thank you for the kind words :)

You are welcome!

Thank you for the kind words, sir! I never been in Thailand (your homeland) but one I hope my family and I can visit it. But I am praying for Thailand (you probably suspect why :) )

God bless you too and I wish you all the success here in WA.

Thank you for reaching your helping hand, sir. Let's help each other, sir :)

Hi Steve and thank you for encouraging words. I also wish you all the success here in WA and... Peaceful and blessed Christmas season. :)

You're welcome...
Pleased to meet you...
And wish you and your family the same for Christmas and all of the holiday period :)

Hi sir! Thank you for kind words. I wish you all the success now that you have found WA :)

Thank you for your kind words, Linda. I wish you all the success here in WA.

Thank you for the encouragement, ma'am :) I also wish you all the success here in WA and in personal life as well.

Thank you for kind words. I wish you the same here in WA :)

Hi sir,

Thank you for the kinds words. Also, I checked your website and noticed you have not added a favicon to your site yet. Here is a quick "how-to" guide to help you out:

http://egonsarvreviews.com/how-is-favicon-beneficial-and-how-to-add-it-to-your-website

If you find it helpful, please drop me a short comment. Thank you :)

Thank you Don, for the encouragement. I wish you the same. :)

Thank you for the kind words, ma'am. It's encouraging indeed. :) I wish you all the success here in Wealthy Affiliate.

Thank you sir for the kind words. :)

As I first started here in WA I chose human trafficking as my niche. But soon I learned it's not a good idea trying to monetize a non-profit. So I had to come up with something else. But I raise awareness about sex trafficking... right now offline...

By the way, did you know that Estonia is just 80km from Finland, home of Nokia? :)

Yes I do. But I left this company almost 20 years ago. It is a pity seeing their falling because of the stupid management amid the rapid market change.

About niche on human trafficking, probably you got me wrong. I guess you don't have to look at it as making profit, but instead fundraising for helping the victim or helping the vulnerable group of people. Does it sound.

Thank you sir. I wish you all the same.

And just to encourage you:

"Try things at least twice. Just the second attempt at anything hard will be much easier. Not a little bit but by A LOT." - Bond Halbert

My pleasure mate and there is a saying in my office "no matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying " thank you and take care cobber

Thank you sir. Kind words are always encouraging :)

Täname vastuse. Hector Olivera

Wow!!! You impressed me :)

Egon, Täname komplimendi

Thank you for the follow, Rick. And thank you for the links :) I will work through these tasks, listed by Steve. I follow you back now.

Thank you James :) I try to raise awareness so that young people don't fall into those wicked traps.

By the way, I remember your profile image from Twitter. I have to check out hahahaa

Just started a twitter, but no profile pics...
Not sure exactly what you're talking about--

Then I mistakenly thought it was you. No problem. Just forget... :)

Thank you for the encouraging words :)

Thank you very much :)

Hi Ed. Now I have to ask forgiveness for my late reply. I saw your comment in my phone but then when in my laptop, I somehow missed it. Sorry.

I don't think it is in the training here. I developed it by myself and wrote also a tutorial about it. So if you are interested, you find it here:

http://egonsarvreviews.com/free-images-no-copyright-where-and-how-to-find-them

hope it helps :)

Thank you Phil for the good words :)

Hi Thanks for always being there for us.

Thank you very much :)

You're welcome

Thank you Benjamin. Thank you for your encouragement :)

Thank you very much for your encouraging words :)

Your welcome Egon. :)

Thank you Janice. Sorry for later reply but 2 months ago my family and I moved back to Indonesia. We moved to SE-Sulawesi and it took me 2 months to settle. Now I am picking it up again and trying to catch up hahahaaa. But thank you for your encouraging words :)

Not a problem Egon. That was a big move!

thank you very much. I will contact :)

Thank you very much. You have helped me too, and I have already learned from you. I follow you the same way and hope to learn from you even more. :)

Thank you very much for your encouraging words. :)

Thank you for the encouraging words. I follow you back now :)

Thanks Trialynn for liking my like of Egon's blog. Hope you are doing ok. Haven't caught up with you lately.Cheers, Simon

I have a present for all sharing my circle today! Come collect. Is life treating you abundantly well?

Thank you Simon. It is encouraging. I follow you back now. And these words here help me too, as it is often uphill struggle, right hahahaa. Thank you very much :)