My progress at Wealthy Affiliate - Month 4

byGail-UK

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Updated 7 years ago

I finally got around to writing my month 4 review which is a couple of weeks late, however I wanted to change my 'accounting' date as it were, to be at the end of the month rather than the 20th of the month. It did this so that it would be easier to compare statistics going forward, since many programs report at the end of calendar months. So in effect this is my 4 and a half month review, but from now on, I'll be reporting per calendar month.

So here goes: Month 4

Month 1 report is here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.co...
Month 2 report is here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.co...
Month 3 report is here: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.co...

MY WEBSITE PROGRESS AFTER 4 MONTHS

1. So during this month, I have managed to add 7 new posts and 100 comments across my 2 main sites.

I have other domains that I have purchased which are on the back burner so to speak so I'll just talk about these two sites. Whilst I may not have added a great number of posts or pages to my site, I am pleased with the articles I've written as most of them are over 2000 words and I consider them to be of good quality with sound research and unique information.

2. I have a growing balance on Google Adsense which is now at £35.29 which is up from the £11.76 I had at the end of last month. I find this is encouraging as although I have not received any money yet, I'm glad to see that this income is increasing.

3. One thing that I'm really pleased about this month too, is the amount of words I have written and the articles I've done. As you can see, I've written over 66,000 words now in my articles and I'm also really pleased that SiteContent is telling me that 18 of my articles are Google indexed now whereas last month I had only 1 article showing as indexed. What I noticed most was that the indexed articles are my older articles so I'm wondering if there is a 3-4 month time lag on getting Google indexed on articles. Reading around WA, it seems that this is the case and that after 4-6 months, is when most people start seeing more traffic (depending on the quality of their articles too).

I've also had some of my articles rank on Google page 1 for certain keywords too, which I'm very pleased about. I'll keep monitoring the other articles too.

4. In terms of my contribution to WA, I've now posted 68 blogs (this is number 69) and 49 questions. My rank is currently 72 but I have been higher although since the algorithm change, I've dropped to between 60 and 75. I am not concerned with this however, and have actively been concentrating on my sites rather than WA per se.

5. One thing I've seen a massive increase in is the unique clicks back to WA, as you can see from the graph. I attribute this to posting more on pinterest and especially Twitter. I have yet to have a referral sign up which makes me think that there could be some 'bots clicks' going on there but I'm happy to keep building on this and see how it goes.

When you look at the statistics, it's easy to see why I'm getting excited. It's just exciting to see these numbers rising gradually so hopefully there will be a sale or join-up soon.

6. In terms of visitors to my site, this continues to be fairly steady although I'd love more visitors on other days, not just when I post a new article which is really what explains the spiked examples in the graph below.

Again, I'm pleased with my progress here and am looking forward to the next level or interaction.

7. I am on the Super Affiliate program so that will keep me busy for most of the month and define many of my goals in that training.

8. I have completed course 4 of the main training and course 1 of boot camp training since my last progress report so I'm pleased that this has gone well so far.

MY SMART GOAL REVIEW

As per the last newsletter before half term, I have also listed below my goals for this month. I have omitted most of the tasks that Kyle as put forward in the super affiliate training, since there are quite a few things on that particular list but I will keep track of my progress there too and report more generally on those.

Overall I'm pleased with my progress although it has been a little slower and has taken longer, I have managed to maintain my momentum over the Christmas and festive period and also when I have had a lot on at work.

I'm hoping that by following the Super Affiliate training, Bo Tipton's GoGetters, and Dave's mentoring groups, that I will be able to really keep ahead and see some really good changes in traffic start to kick in this month.

FAVOURITE ACHIEVEMENTS FROM JAN 2018

With my 'law of attraction' hat on and in the spirit of focusing on the positive and always looking forward to 'what can be' as opposed to looking frustratingly at 'what is', I'm listing my top 2 achievements here:

1. Google page 1 rank for 2 articles
2. 18 articles ranked in Google that were not previously ranked.

WOOHOO! YES!! :)

OTHER LIFE STUFF - PUTTING WEALTHY AFFILIATE INTO CONTEXT

So Christmas came and went since my last update and I can report that my immediate family and I all had a wonderful time in the New Forest - no one had to cook (hooray, I say) and although the weather was a bit cloudy, we all got out into the fresh air and had some lovely walks, got muddy and saw the New Forest ponies!.

And Robyne (the one in the pink coat and yetti boots) went to the O2 Arena in London to sing with her school choir - along with 7800 others - she's the one with the biggest smile......

Until next month, I wish you all the best.

Love and light

Gail