Fresh Starts Can Recharge Your Batteries BIG-time

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3 years ago

So all of us here at Wealthy Affiliate are after one thing, right? Success.

Whether it be a target goal for commissions in a month, referrals, posts published, traffic, rank... whatever success means to you, you're after it here.

But I think it's human nature to forget that the steps that lead to that success are actually successes in themselves.

Every lesson completed is a success. Every new piece of training absorbed is a success.

When i started back in 2016 I knew ZERO about affiliate marketing. Everything was new and this training was seriously mind-blowing.

All i wanted to do every day was get through the next lesson, and the next, and the next.

I told myself early on that i wouldn't even think about commissions for a full 6 months. All i wanted to do was put my nose to the grindstone and follow the training to a tee and at that 6 month mark, i would look at my progress and see what i had learned.

I told myself to have the mindset of a student.

You don't go into college for a month and wonder why you're not making money as a doctor yet.

You study, you learn, and you don't even pay attention to how much you're learning. You just keep pushing forward. There's no other option but forward.

So that's how i approached WA.

When i started, my initial goal was to create a travel or photography website. I loved both, and i figured that's where this road would take me.

Except on day 2 i saw the Affiliate Bootcamp training along with the details of WA's affiliate program.

That was it for me.

I'm extremely detail oriented and each lesson was literally telling me exactly how to build my website.

(So when people tell you not to jump into the Affilaite Bootcamp as your first site because the Make Money Online niche is super competitive, pay no attention to what they're telling you.)

I started building, wrote my first review, started writing articles, incorporating YouTube, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, i got an email with the subject line "Invitation Accepted!"

I had to ask Kyle what that even meant.

When i found out it was a referral i literally couldn't believe it

"It actually works..."
I kept saying that over and over and over again while staring at my screen.

I looked up this referral and saw he was from Colorado or something like that. Several states away, some random dude had found my content and clicked on one of my links.

I couldn't believe it.

I don't even think he went premium, but that's not what mattered to me. What mattered was this was real.

This worked, and now i just needed to repeat it over and over and over again.

That success would have never happened if i had focused on commissions, or analytics, or how many clicks my website was getting for the first month, two months, three months...

That thought wasn't even in my brain. I had already told myself I was diving into this for 6 months and then i'd re-evaluate.

You have to have that kind of mindset when you're jumping into something brand new to you. Just focus on learning. The rest falls into place AFTER you learn.

Every once in a while, instead of looking at analytics, just take visual stock of what you're building.

Don't be one of those who get lost in analytics checking Google everyday for rankings and clicks.

I didn't look at those numbers at all, (as in ZERO) until after i had already made it to Vegas. And that was only cuz they gave me a packet that had my numbers in them.

Build and build and build some more. It's all an exercise for your brain and you never know which step is the one that triggers that "a-ha" moment.

This may have been a slight ramble, and at this point i don't quite remember what the title was but im not going to scroll up and change it.

This is the kind of pep talk you need. Get your batteries recharged. Look at your content with fresh eyes.

Would you be interested in your articles if you read them for the first time? Does your content push the reader forward, or make them wonder why they're there?

Are you talking to the reader? Or just selling?

Be honest. Be helpful. Write so they can hear your voice in their head. Show emotion. Be exciting!

Let your audience feel the passion you have and they'll want to be a part of what you're in on.

People will drive miles and miles just to see someone who's on fire.

Ok.
Pep talk over.
Go attack it!