Journaling My Path at Wealthy Affiliate

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Updated 6 years ago

It is almost my two month anniversary here at WA. I love having this type of opportunity here. What do I mean by saying this? Well, here are five things I appreciate here:

The community and owners are active. Meaning, I can ask a question on the live chat and get a response immediately.
I get to see daily blogs from other members in this community. This is helpful, especially on days that I get in a (funk). The blogs keep me encouraged, inspired and in the loop so even though I'm doing this business on my own, I'm not actually on my own.
There is a training topic on almost any questions I have. All I have to do is use the search box at the top to type in any topic, and I usually I find what I need.
Keyword research tool. I'm so happy that this feature is part of the premium membership.
Starting a business on a budget is hard if you have to outsource all your research tools, but I've learned to work with Jaaxy and developed a good strategy. I'm sure I will adjust my strategy over time; however, I am patting myself on the back for learning the Jaaxy features.
The new features that were just added (May 2019) reassures me that the owners, Kyle and Carson are still dedicated to the functionality of WA, and they haven't forgotten about their members. (Critical)
Live webinar training. If your serious about your business, I recommend registering for the next live webinar.*** I actually created my first YouTube channel which is completely out of my comfort zone. (for real, for real)

It is Not a Race

I like that everyone here goes at their own pace, this allows me to go throug at my own. It helps me to appreciate time and understanding that everyone has different starting points. From what I have read on other affiliate communities, all they do is purchase a course, then their left on their own to go through the course.

It is not like that at all here. I use the Site Support tab quite oftern to paste codes for me all the time. Sometimes two or three times a day, just so I can play with different plugins and themes to see which I like better.

Goals

The content goals are helpful to stay on track with visual indicators. I use a page builder now so my word count is not accurate. That's one change I'd like to see. When I start a new post in my WordPress dashboard, it does not calculate on my writing stats. So far, that is the only change that I can identify that I'd like to see.

My Website

I've been following through the courses, and so far everything really falls exactly how the step by step training is set up. For instance; I personally felt that my website was starting to look cluttered. Then, I got to the point where Kyle talks about cusomizing your menu and cleaning up your website. I thought...

"What a coincidence, I was thinking the same thing, lol".

In the past week, I've changed my focus from pushing out post, to building landing pages. I made my second landing page today. I think I will have a lot of success with this.

Take Aways

Publish your content, it won't be perfect but do it anyway. Perfecting it is a process that will never be complete because the more you learn, the more you improve. Then revist older post and touch it up.

Check your site using the site manager tab consistently. Use it to check your site speed for each of your post and use the 'G' link to check suggestions for improvment.

Use the offer feedback tab and consider the suggestions you receive seriously.

Personal Goals

I'm going to try to do this testimonial/ review blog monthly to track my experience here so I can have something concrete to look back on overtime. You may use this in part or in whole as a testimonial on your own site.