Hey man I really appreciate that! The best part of this training community is that it's all about helping others. Glad you found some benefit from my training :)

For your CJ application i'd just guesstimate it if you don't have analytics set up just yet. It might be a little early and they may want more traffic, but don't worry about it. Pretend it's any other job interview and paint you and your site like an authority lol. It can't hurt right.

Don't go saying you get a million views a month or anything, but selling yourself is ok. All they can do is say no. It's no biggy.

Can you give me a realistic number...I can't even imagine! I've had my website up since February...and I have 8 posts there currently.

My URL is:

https://onthewingsofmypen.com

TIA for your time Eric!! Super Batman!! ;)

It's impossible to guess someone else's traffic :) You'd have to guess that. But with 8 posts in 5 months there's probably not enough consistent traffic going there.

I'd say though that a good goal to work on would be to increase your post count. A good starter goal is to write 2-3/week, so around 8-10/month. A 5 month old site would have 40-50 posts and that's a good start and really the only way to get consistent traffic.

Actually I have 32 more posts i have to put up. I have them on my FB group page right now. I was trying to get through some of the training before I add more so I don't have to back track too much to make changes. Not a good idea?

I have 40 posts in all... just have to get them keyword ready and add my pics. It all takes time. I wrote these from Jan to April...plus the recent one i did for my #3 course assignment for review/recommendation.

I guess you're gonna say.."What are you waiting for? Get those babies up!!" Huh? UGH!

And...I was told to only put up 2 to 3 per week so Google doesn't get mad at me. :(

Don't be bashful with your posts. The best thing to do is follow exactly what Kyle says, right? 2-3 per week, publish as you complete them, not 6 months later.

And you can do more than 2-3.

Not bashful here...just began back in January on my FB group page temporarily, before I got going on WA in February. Was working on my group posts from January thru April, when I decided it was time for catch up on my site. I really wanted to add all of them in May, but also wanted to be working thru the training, because I HAVE TO have an income by November so I can move out on my own. (divorce looming up before me)

I just wanted to follow the training and not do anything out of step. I have never had the guts to do anything like this before (I didn't grow up with the internet...only learned about it back in 2006 when I went back to school after a divorce) My kiddos (24 and nearly 27 now) have grown up with computers.

My first degree was a BS in Early Childhood Ed back in 1985 before the Web. In 2006, I felt like Rip Van Winkle waking up from a 20 year nap!! Ha ha! Back then...all I could do was a bit of email and surfing the web. Ohhh how far I've come since those days!!

Thanks for enduring my humble beginnings Eric... ;)

That's one of the points I try to get down with my referrals. People haven't done this kind of writing before, so they're afraid to mess up, but the fact is when Kyle tells you to publish, publish. You're not alone not wanting to do anything out of step, but Kyle wouldn't ask you to publish them if it was wrong.

Just put it all behind you. Better late than never right? So get after it now and make a promise to yourself not to be shy with those posts again :) The longer you delay in publishing content the longer it takes to get eyes on your posts, and eyes on your posts is the only thing that brings revenue :)

Sooo True!! Thank you for your time Eric...and your gifts!

So appreciate your help and support!

Blessings..and happy Weekend...Happy Sabbath for me. :)

You're the best! Keep up all the hard work!

You're the Best too Twinkie! Do you ever get any rest or just have endless N-R-G! ;)

As for me...my Passion Drives me!

I take good vacations all the time. Helps me recharge :)

Where do you go? Can I squeeze into your pocket? Hee hee :D

It just sounds like a spacing issue. Every theme is different. Did you add a header image and now it's squishing the main title? Maybe remove the text for the title altogether and just upload a header image that has the title in it? There's always workarounds, or like you said you could just find a new theme that works better for you. But don't let it drive you nuts. Sometimes you can google search and find forums that have people asking for help with your specific theme. Maybe that will help.

OK Thanks I will try that but I do believe I already did.

Thanks a bunch... now I have to go back to Jail lol I mean work!

When you add an image as your header, since it's an image the text inside it can't be manipulated or squished. Then you can remove the original title and tagline from your site so it isn't redundant.

Well that's a nice intro :) Words of wisdom... let's see.. my advice would be to stay driven, stay focused, be patient with your success, and do not give up. I think that's really the secret of it all. So many people give up just before they hit that tipping point.

Thanks for the support!

Hey there Taylor! This should help with the earnings question: How Long Does It Take to Make Money with Wealthy Affiliate? You promote your site basically by promoting each post as you write content. Kyle goes over all that good stuff from social media sharing to everything else you can do to get eyes on each post. Off page SEO is basically being proactive about getting your posts to your audience. So keep with the training and keep writing that content. 2-3 per week. That to me is the absolute key.

Thank you so much!

No problem :)

How's it going Richard! Welcome! :) The training here is extensive and you don't have to pay per training module like you do at AWOL. That's why I came over myself. This is definitely your best bang for your buck and I'll tell you why.

The training here shows you exactly how to use keyword research tools (that are also provided here) to find out exactly what your target audience is looking for so that your posts you create on your website are the answers to their searches. In other words, instead of paying for ads that you're hoping they find, you are creating content they find. You can connect your audience with the products they are looking for or you can promote WA itself as the training so many are looking for.

This would definitely be the best bang for your buck as the training over there at AWOL is sold individually and ends up costing thousands. Here, you can test drive the training as you're doing now by continuing on with the green tab on the left as you have been, and should you go premium, you get all the training for a low monthly fee instead of having to empty your wallet buying each individual module.

The training here covers how to pick a profitable niche, how to build your website here, how to attract visitors and get traffic by using keyword research, and then how to turn it into revenue. It covers creating quality content, social media marketing, Pay Per click campaigns and Google Adsense, among many other ways to monetize your site and partner with many affiliate programs in your niche.

The mentorship and community here is excellent as well. The one on one coaching call over at AWOL is basically a sales call. Here you get actual mentorship which I love from the members along with weekly live training on a multitude of topics. I really think you'll enjoy it here. Take a good look around and take advantage of your free test drive and your heavily discounted first month of premium to see if it's for you :)

What's up, Nick! I think you left this comment in the wrong place. You're looking for the comments forum which is right over here, brother: Need website comments? the give and take comment thread

yeah, I've been using that but I started networking with the community organically and was able to get a bunch of likes/shares/comments in a fraction of the time it would take in sitecomments, is this practice prohibited?

It's a bit spammy is all. Especially when you're using copied and pasted text the way you did, know what I mean? ive gotten individual requests to check out sites before that came off as sincere and had no issue with it. But when you receive a "hey guys we can all help each other" it's kind of obvious this wasn't meant to be an individual message, right?

That forum I linked to actually isn't the SiteComments area you mentioned, it's an individual forum where instead of going individually to people's profiles you just link to your post and it's a give and take. I use it for all my posts. I'd think that would save time as opposed to going individually into profiles and pasting text, no?

I don't paste text into profiles that's innaccurate, and the message I put out was just to get it to everybody, didn't mean to seem ungenuine or anything, I just wanted to get the message out, like a flyer. And no it wasn't meant to be an individual message at all, more like a broadcast to the community. Look I don't know what you thought I had in mind but my motives are not insincere at all. I was just trying to encourage our community to help his/her partner out.

And just a FYI, I got a message from Kyle and he encouraged me to use the site comments feature, I asked if he had a problem with what I was doing and that if he wanted me to do it his prescribed way I have no problem doing it that way. I'll gladly look into your give and take thing, doesn't really matter how you do it, it's just nice to have the ability to network with a community.

It's alright man, you just posted your request to the wrong spot. Both the SiteComments feature and the give and take forum are where you want to request comments from the community, while Individual profiles are where you comment or pose a question to the individual :)

I can submit to that, no problem at all

I'm actually just starting Phase 6 of 7. But I'll definitely let you know when I'm all completed!

Nothing urgent, I just wanted to know if Bootcamp was stritcly for promoting WA. Seems as if some people completed it to enhance what they learned through the certification. Thanks for getting back to me, Eric.

Yeah, the whole point of the Affiliate Bootcamp is taking advantage of WA's affiliate program. It mirrors the certification courses in many ways, while being more specific to promoting WA.

Gotcha! It seems as if the Bootcamp fills in Some of the blanks from the certification.

I hear you brother. Remove the excuses and that's half the battle, right? Thanks for the support!

I'm not quite sure if I understand your question here. I see you have a menu on your site with your privacy policy in it. You're saying you can't add more pages to the menu?

Also are you saying you'd like to add comments to your pages?

For Kyle's article on building websites in 30 seconds, search "Building your own website in 30 seconds" in the search bar at the top and you should find it.

I'd like to add comments to my post but for some reason the comment section is on my privacy policy which is a page.

On my website I have 2post about Sierra and getting started then I have one page my privacy policy my privacy policy is in the top menu on my website my about Sierra and getting started are not an option in the top menu

Both your posts have comments working just fine. You just have to click to get into the post and scroll down to the bottom.

Those posts wouldn't default to your menu up top by themselves. You'd have to add them there if you wanted them in your menu. They're going to default to your blogroll which is exactly where they're at. You don't usually add every post to your menu up top. Remember you're going to have potentially hundreds of posts in this website.

Jaaxy gives you some free tries, 20 or 30 I can't remember, and when those are used up you'd have to upgrade to continue. If you don't want to upgrade just use the free Keyword Tool. :) it gives the same results.

Are you talking about leaving feedback for people's websites on the SiteFeedback area?

Yes

When you're in the SiteFeedback area and you click on Leave Feedback, it'll pull up a random website for you to take a look at, right? You click on "View this Page" and a new tab is opened where you can check it out. All you have to do is take a look around the website, see what you like and what impressions you get, then go back to the original tab you were on that's still open where it said "View This Page" and you leave your feedback at the bottom.

Don't worry about taking notes, then writing them all out on paper, then transferring that to a comment. That's overkill. Just leave your feedback based on what stood out to you. Most members leave a quick paragraph or two. That's all that's needed.

Thank you Desmond. I appreciate the support!

Thank you, Doc! I appreciate the support. I hope I'm able to help you whenever you need it. Thanks!

Linda you've got to crush any anxiety you have over flying! it's like having your whole life to explore the huge mansion you're living in and never stepping foot outside of one hallway! Explore! It's amazing!

Welcome to the community! This is a great spot and you'll learn a lot. Thanks for the support! I appreciate it!

Thanks for the inspiration Chris! You've always been full of support! Thank you!

I am loving your trainers and please keep them coming, Eric. I will be here if you should find you ever need me and I am sure that I will be reaching out to you soon.

Thanks a lot, brother. I appreciate that!

I appreciate the follow, Pete! Thanks for the support!

What's up, Frankie Trill! I see you're continuing to grow! Keep up the good work!

Yes sir Eric I have already followed and like your social site as well my friend keep traveling and enjoying yourself peace

Yes sir. You too and thanks for your support!

You're the sweetest person on earth, lol. Thank you! I really appreciate the support and hope I can help out where I can :) Thank you so much!

Thanks for the support, brother!

My pleasure Eric!

Hey how are you doing, brother. I think the self help niche can work. You'll want to tighten it up just a bit so it's not too broad and overly competitive. When you get to the lesson on choosing a niche, Kyle will walk you through some ways to get specific enough with your niche that you're still reaching a large audience, but in a less competitive space. Attack that training when you get back form work! Congrats on taking a great first step!

That's a great attitude to have. Welcome to Wealthy Affiliate!

That's the dream! I appreciate the follow and I hope you can use this training to get that much closer to your goals :) Thanks for the support!

I appreciate all the continued support! Thank you!

Yeah I saw the same preview. I'm hoping it's good!

What are the names?

Oops, I forgot to paste them in! Here they are:

affiliatemarketingpros.com
affiliatemarketingexperts.com
workathomefreedom.com
onlinehomebusinesspros.com
homebusinessmadeeasy.com
createhomebasedbusiness.com

I tend to like the top one: affiliate marketing pros. It's simple, direct, to the point, rolls off the tongue. That'd be my choice personally.

Cool, thanks!

No prob

Bummer! I just checked again, and that one plus the "experts" one say "available" on GoDaddy, BUT I would have to buy them for like $2,000! I just didn't look far enough...so....back to the drawing board. I really like the "affiliatemarketing" part, but don't know what else to put with it. :(

So you're buying these domains on godaddy? Why not buy them here? It's cheaper here overall.

If you were running a traditional business you wouldn't be approaching the profit zone for atleast the first year. You wouldn't bat an eye at this. You'd continue to work, knowing that with time your efforts would be rewarded. Online business is no different. As long as you are following every step of the training and creating quality content, with time you'll start to build that traffic. And traffic is the only thing that will bring you consistent revenue. So don't feel that it's hard to stay positive just 4 months in. Think of everything you've learned. Take a look at your growing site. These are things to be positive about! Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it!

wow those are great points -- thanks for the reality check...!
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Everyone needs a reality check sometime, right? You're good to go! Keep at it!

Thanks again -- you're the bomb...!

Thank you!

Man I wish I knew... That was taken on a quick cruise I took in Thessaloniki, Greece. I had a beer in my hand and was taking in all the sights, lol.

Thanks for the support, brother. I appreciate all the kind words.

Hello Nicky! How are you? Thanks for checking out my bio. Yes I absolutely love traveling and just got back from Thailand a few days ago. It was incredible! I was in Bangkok and Phuket. Island hopping was beautiful and I loved every bit of it!

Hey Pete, I appreciate you coming to me with your question. If you have a website or business in your name that you update and control, what you do with the profits you make from that is completely up to you. Let's say you wanted to give all your revenue to charity, or in this case, give it to your daughter, that's totally up to you.

Later if she wanted to become an active contributor and decided she wanted to learn the training as well with her own membership she could of course do that as well. For now, building a website here on WA for your daughter shouldn't be an issue.

Hi Eric ... again, you always have comforting answers and new ways of looking at things. I believe my question (and anxiety) is cleared. Thank you so much Eric

Not a problem, brother!

Happy to hear from you agan.
and by the way, you have a very beautiful website workfromyourlaptop.com ... and I like that Vigilante profile bit :-)

lol, thanks!

I really appreciate you taking the time to come over to the profile and comment. Thank you very much. I'll check out your blog for sure!

Many, many thanks for following me too!
That's fuel for my rocket engines!

See you around in the community,
:-)

likewise :) take care!

thank you very much! It was an eye-opener seeing all the great training you've contributed and how you've benefited from doing it. I look forward to creating much more training and I'll definitely check out your stuff for inspiration! thank you!

I welcome you to view and like them all to get inspired;)

That's definitely the plan. :)
And armed with this training I feel like it's a real possibility.

There's people from all over that do this. Why not us?
Attack it! :)

I really appreciate that. Thank you. I hope I'm an interesting follow! lol. Thanks again!