Progress Report
I've been with Wealthy Affiliate going on a year toward the end of March. I continue to make progress although its been slow and with gaps in between. Admittedly, I am not where I should be with other things demanding my time this past year (like running an art instruction business within my art niche!) Currently, I am on level 4 of the training and hope to wrap up the certification within the next month.
Still, I have enjoyed my journey here thus far and have learned and mastered computer stuff I never thought possible. I certainly could not have done that without the excellent training provided in the entrepreneur certification and Live Events by Jay and help and tutorials from community members here at WA. Not to mention, the help center has been a life-saver numerous times for me as well!
I have only had one sale through my affiliate marketing. But I believe I simply have not gone far enough. I have only 20 posts for my niche website. This factor alone I know many people would say, is not nearly enough posts to generate serious traffic.
Traffic has been increasing (slowly, but going in the right direction!). I think it began to show some traffic when I started social media. I can't believe that a year ago, I couldn't have imagined putting myself out there on social media like I have, but I did. So, I've gone way out of my "comfort zone" and feel good about it!
I now have a substantial following on Twitter and kind of "belong" to a group of like-minded people in my niche. Also, now have a Business Facebook, too. These two have helped to increase traffic, through a lot of engagement!
Pinterest has gained impressions and engagement since I participated in the last two training events with Jay. - they were excellent! I learned so much and finally see results! I didn't really get how to use Pinterest till Jay's training and it's paying off with engagements on Pinterest rising by 3,450%! Thanks Jay! :)
Also, since doing much more on Pinterest, I have seen a significant increase in organic traffic on my niche website according to google analytics. I see this as a very good sign. I learned how to use Canva to create great graphics for Pinterest, too! Again, Jay presented this training and it was great!
I have added Google Adsense to my site, against some advising not to as they said it could pull people off my site. I just figured, what have I got to lose? I mean, if I am really interested in what I'm reading on someone's site, even if I click off from an ad, I will return to the article I was reading. So, that was my reasoning about adding Adsense to my site.
A really good training for how to add it was from AnthonyMLM, "How to insert google Adsense code..." - this was a great tutorial - thank you, Anthony!
I'm not sure I will keep Adsense, though. We'll see. I've earned a whopping 43 cents since I added it a couple of weeks ago. :(
So, this is where I'm at. Not sure how I will feel when I reach the year marker a month or so from now. Time will tell.
Still, when I look back at all I've learned and experienced, it really has been worth it to begin learning how to make income from home. I would not have been able to get all this training and support from Wealthy Affiliate else for such a reasonable cost. I've enjoyed it and have grown so much in my knowledge in this. And that's something!
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Thanks for reading!
Elaine
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Isn't it GREAT that it is work at your own pace here? I'm not nearly as far along as I should be either, but just what I have learned already is definitely worth the price of admission! Keep up the great work, Elaine, and I'll keep turtling along!
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Thank you, Jeff! :)
I typed a reply yesterday and am just seeing it isn't there! I'm sure I just forgot to hit reply after typing. lol!
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Being in WA is definitely a worth-while experience.
So true!