Hi, Aldon!

Thanks for getting in touch. It's good to hear from you and to know you're enjoying yourself here.

The reason your website is showing that it is not secure in the address bar is because you have not turned on the https. Here's how you turn it on:

Click on "Websites" in the left sidebar of your WA dashboard. Then click "Manager." Go to the panel for your website and look to the right corner. You will see a button that says, "Details."

Click on "Details" and scroll down until you see SiteSSL(HTTPS), just to the right you'll see a button, click that button to turn it on. That's all you need to do.

I'm here for you,
Gary

Thankyou this is what I like about Wealthy Affiliate the step by step approach to teaching, and the simple understandable approach to training.

You're welcome Aldon. I'm always glad to help. Yes, WA is a wonderful community. I feel blessed to have found it.

Thank you Ade.

Hi, Nick!

We can fix this.

First, I want you to try this. Log out of your NicholasH1 WA account.

Then try to log into WA with your Nick831 account.

If that doesn't work, I'll contact SiteSupport to reset your Nick831 credentials, but first try log out and then log back in as Nick831.

Gary

Hi, Nicholas!

I responded to this message with a private message. Please check your private messages for my reply.

Gary

I am embarrassed to say I don't know how or where to click for a PM

Hi, Pete!

I understand. Thanks for getting in touch. I look forward to seeing your new website.

Gary

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Sun, Oct 7, 2018

HA! I discovered the answer myself. :D

Still, would love to hear how you've been doing, if you ever get a spare moment. :)


Sharon

Hi, Sharon!

So good to hear from you. Your comment appeared on my profile. NannaKitty and her brood are healthy and happy. I loved on them moments ago. NannaKitty has turned out to be a real sweetheart and seems content to live inside.

All is well here. Not much to report other than my laptop died this week and I'm using a borrowed PC for now. I purchased a desktop to replace my dead computer, plus I ordered an over-sized monitor. Hopefully that will allow me to work with less eye strain.

I hope all is well with you. Thanks again for checking in.

Gary

Hi, Armando!

You have the right name servers. It can take as long as 48 for the change to occur. However, if HostGator says WA is rejecting the domain, I suggest that you contact Site Support.

Gary

ok thanks I will because it has been 7 days since I change it

Hi, Yaya!

The URL is the domain name. When you built your site in SiteBuilder, it created a URL.

Gary

Hi, Chris!

This video training by Kyle will show you how to do it. If this doesn't do the trick, let me know and we'll try something else. How to Install Google Analytics Using the All in One SEO Plugin Gary

Thank you Gary.

This is not unusual. If it happens when you try to publish your Privacy Policy it's okay to publish it anyway. If it happens when you try to publish a post, you want to be sure your post is unique before you publish.

However, usually, it means that there is just a phrase or two of text in your post that matches text somewhere on the internet. It might be a cliche or just a common expression.

Phrases like "To learn more..." or "For a FREE trial..." will trigger the alert.

I compose in MS Word with Grammarly which catches most of the non-unique phrases. SiteContent does not highlight the text that needs to be changed, so you will have to read through your post and change phrases you suspect of being non-unique.

Gary

Ok thanks........

Hi, Boaz!

Thank you for your kind words and blessing. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Gary

I meant to say, I didn't read all of your Emails you sent me,...

Hi, William!

Thank you for your kind words. You are very welcome.

Gary

Hi, JG!

My technical writing is really not that technical. I use the term "technical writing" to define white papers and informational writing. I don't write about a specific technology, although for years I wrote in the financial and commercial real estate industries.

I've done some editing too, but I don't enjoy it. As you mentioned, it is very time consuming and most people don't want to pay for the time involved.

Connecting several websites can work, but in the beginning, I encourage you to focus on just one as you go through the training. If making money online sooner rather than later is important, make that a priority.

Some of the subjects you mentioned will be easier to monetize than others. I can help you brainstorm on that if you want.

I'm here for you,
Gary

I put my political rant website on line first, from which I'd like to get contributions eventually, but that's not a priority. For earnings, I'm researching educational websites with a focus on mathematics, language arts, critical thinking, and moral philosophy — all of which except language arts I have taught at either the high school or college level. I established an LLC a while back to do virtual project management, which I called Macrofocus. That didn't work out, so dissolved the company. Thematically, however, "macro-focus" can also fit with the education website, so I'd like to use the same name. The domain name "macro-focus.com" seems to be available, but costs $14 per WA. I thought that was free with premium membership....?

Anyway, for this to work, I need a website to which I can upload short training packages, that clients can pay for, take tests, and receive a certificate of completion afterward. I plan to contact several professional organizations to see what CEUs could be awarded for short classes in critical thinking (which applies to all professions, and life itself). For example, a local chapter of the Project Management Institute has already said they would recognize CEUs for an in-person presentation on critical thinking.

I also need to be able to put on website my in-person presentations; e.g., I am scheduled to teach a class "Logical and Analytical Reasoning for the Law School Admissions Test" and a "Math Reboot" class at a local college in next couple of months. So I would like to have a calendar on website, with course descriptions to advertise my in-person courses, as well as the online short-courses themselves.

(Reason I haven't been on WA for some time is that I've had to "dust off" my LSAT and Math classes — just to get initial information to college where I'll teach them, since haven't taught them in several years. I've been teaching electronics with a college in California, but that's dried up, it seems. )

So..... Would appreciate guidance on how to set this up, or who can best assist me on this. Thanks.

jacques grant

Hi, Jacques!

My first thought is to see how much demand there might be for what you propose. Since you have been teaching these subjects, how would you describe the market for classes “on mathematics, language arts, critical thinking, and moral philosophy?” How large were your classes?

You get free subdomains with your WA membership, but root domains must be purchased. Root domains, like "macro-focus.com," are highly recommended for branding purposes and become valuable internet real estate as your website grows. When you build an online business, you always want to own the root domain.

I’ll be happy to help you build a website with a calendar where you can upload and promote educational packages and where you can embed your in-person presentations.

You can do this with a free theme, but I think you’d be most satisfied with a premium theme.

If you know of a website that is similar to what you have in mind, let me know. That would be a good place to start.

Gary

Hi, Melodie!

Good to hear from you. The search engines, like Google, Bing and Yahoo, rank pages and posts differently.

A page is for static information such as your about page, privacy policy, and terms of service, the admin stuff.

Posts are articles about your niche. Let's say your niche is organic gardening. All the articles you write about organic gardening will be posts.

You can put both posts and pages on your menu. Or, just pages or just posts.

I hope I've answered your question. If I missed the mark, please try me again.

I'm here for you,
Gary

I sent you a private message.

Hi, Lori!

Your website is coming along nicely. I can tell you made several changes and I enjoy your writing style. Keep me posted.

Gary

Hey Gary! Thanks. I just finished with the first lesson I have learned a lot. After I get more comfortable with what I learned in lesson 1 then I will be starting lesson 2! fun building websites who knew :)

Thanks! Have a great weekend

Hi, Lori!

I know what you mean. It is fun. I find it a bit addictive too. Thanks for checking in. It's always good to hear from you.

Gary

Hi, Jeff!

Thanks for stopping by. Congrats on all the writing you've done and on your website. Yes, we have to start someplace.

I've learned a lot about self-publishing in the past two years and spent way too much money on book editors. I now have a more streamlined approach to editing and self-publishing and hope to publish several books in 2018.

I'm here for you,
Gary

Jeff,

You might be interested in Derek Murphy's YouTube channel. He has a lot of information for independent authors.

Gary

Hi, Mary!

It's good to hear from you. Thanks for checking in. You can use an iPad to set up a website, but a laptop will be easier.

Gary

Thank you so much Gary! That was very helpful!

Mary

Thanks Rico. I appreciate the kind words.

Hi, Amanda!

It's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for your willingness to help.

All the best,
Gary

Hi, Mia!

Thank you for your kind words. I find life and everything about it is easier and less stressful if I play it straight up. When I began to study internet marketing, an early mentor told me "the rarest commodity on the internet is trust." Trust is the first step to building a relationship with my visitor.

I agree. Give your visitor plenty of value.

I'm convinced the internet is the greatest opportunity most people will ever have to fulfill their potential and Wealthy Affiliate is the best place I've found to learn how to leverage the internet to your advantage.

I'm off to check out your site and will PM you about my thoughts.

All the best,
Gary

Thank you very much!
In advance I would like to tell you that I still didn't post any materials because I'm still in the process of building up my website. I'm now at course 3 here at WA.
Thanks for taking the time to look at my webpage! It means a lot to me :)
Please do pm me if you have the time :)
Kind regards,
Mia

Hi, Gary, I just took a look at your website and WOW am I impressed. I have never been good at writing, so I am really struggling. I am going to follow you if it is alright with you, and I hope you will follow me.
Phyllis

Hi, Phyllis!

Yes of course! Thank you for your kind words about my website. It's take a couple of years to get where it is now.

You don't have to be a good writer to succeed online. When you write for your website, it's important to write for just one person. I like to imagine I'm having a casual conversation with my best friend over coffee.

If ever I can help you, please call on me.

Gary

Hi, Tim!

It's great to see you here. You can learn everything you need to know about affiliate marketing in Wealthy Affiliate. I'll help you every step of the way. If there is one thing we're good at, it's helping each other succeed.

We have only two membership levels, free and premium. That's it. You will not find any upsells or hidden expenses. I promise you don't need large amounts of cash or revolving credit. We don't play those games.

The premium membership level includes everything you need to build an online business including secure website hosting. Premium membership is $19 the first month if you go premium the first week of your free membership. After that it's $49 a month. If you pay annually, it works out to about $29 a month.

Try premium at $19 for your first month and see if this is for you.

Learning to succeed as an affiliate marketer does not have to cost very much. Beyond the training, support and tools you have in Wealthy Affiliate, you must put in the time and effort to make it happen for yourself.

As your business grows and earns an income, it will be wise to reinvest some of your earnings back into your business in paid advertising from Bing, Google, and FaceBook. That's covered in the advanced training and you won't get there for several months.

Dive into the Certification Course and keep taking the next step. If you get stuck ask a question in the white field at the top of the screen. I'll see it and be sure you get an answer. Or, ask a question at the bottom of each lesson, again, I'll see and come help. Or, you can respond to any message I've sent you.

Often other members will help you too, that's the Wealthy Affiliate culture. We help each other. When you're a premium member, you can send private message to me and other premium members.

Since you have some experience with expensive programs, I want to make something clear. Often those kinds of programs make outrageous promises about how quickly you can make money. Because they convince people they will soon be rich or can soon replace a job, people pay them large sums of money.

However, in reality, get-rich-quick doesn't work. The skills you will learn in Wealthy Affiliate are rock solid and follow the industry's best practices and proven business principles, however, they are not magic.

Please prepare yourself mentally to work at this for months before you see results. That is the reality of building an online business. It will take time to learn new skills and put them into practice and still more time for the search engines to respond.

I like to compare building an online business to farming. Much preparation and nurturing of ideas is required before the harvest.

I'm here for you,
Gary

Great to read your Tim and get motivated all over again. Thanks for making the time and effort.

Hi, Roger!

It's good to hear from you. Thanks for the kind words.

Gary

Hi, Edna!

As you go through the training you'll learn that ready made websites are worthless. To rank in the search engines, each site must be original. However, with the SiteRubix Builder, you can have the foundation for a website in place in minutes. Then it's just a matter of adding content and making adjustments.

Cooking recipes is a terrific niche with a lot of potential. I encourage you to go with that. Follow the training. It will walk you through building an original website and adding content.

You can reach me by responding to any of my messages.

I'm here for you,
Gary

A cooking blog is a fantastic idea! I hate cooking and I could even fake it if I had to because *everyone* eats so you just have to chat:
• About the waffles you made
• Or the coffee getting you through the week (especially the coffee maker you love best)
• Or the difference it made in Thanksgiving prep when you upgraded to the big stand mixer....
• Or how you tried out a new flour and aren't really convinced it was better than your old standard
• Or how you experimented until you found the perfect gluten-free version of your go-to chocolate chip recipe (for those readers who had asked... even if they asked on a different blog you read)
• Year-end wrap up of your favorite recipe, your favorite tool, and your favorite tip.
• Time-saving or meal batching tips to make the week go easier.

You can section your articles into "recipes", "reviews", "my favorite tools"—which will have links to the pots, mixing bowls, bakeware, espresso machine, etc. that you are using.

Just set up an affiliate link with Amazon and Target for the everyday things you mention and say you'll drop links at the end to anything you mentioned.

• Silpat vs. parchment paper? Recommend one but link both.
• Interested in a bigger purchase, like a Vitamix? Review it. Get a discount code and an affiliate link from the manufacturer for your readers.
• When you have enough recipes, put together an eBook to also sell.

That really is a perfect site idea. They are consumable things, daily things, and they are things people are constantly upgrading.

Bonus feature: I'm pretty sure can take a tax deduction for everything you get to review but you *need* to ask your accountant about that.

Yes, of course. I'll send you a PM.

Hi, Luther!

It's great to see you back here again. You have a lot to offer and I look forward to helping you.

Gary

Hi, Jason!

Thanks for letting me know how you found us. I'm glad my article helped. As a father of four, I'm sure your days are full.

Building an online business does take time in the beginning, but by leveraging the reach of the internet, you can create a nearly automatic income stream far greater than the time it takes to keep it going.

In the training, you will learn about niches. I think your interest in woodworking would make a great niche and a profitable website.

I'm always available to help you.

Gary

Hi, Patrick!

You have a great website, very informative and easy to read. Great work.

About the menu, go into the menu settings and see if you can find the original menu tabs. If you don't see them, you may have to create them again.

Gary

Hi, Patrick!

That's a terrific About Page. Great pict of you too with the busted iphones. I wouldn't change a thing.

Gary

Hi, Larry!

Wrote about niches and comments on your profile page. I'm not sure about the example you are referring to when you said you wrote about dogs, but some guy called it a niche.

Where are you in the training? Do you have a website?

How can I help you?

Gary

Scratch that, I just had my payment rejected when I tried to buy your book, ha ha. That's how badly I need to make some money. Hilarious, I could have sworn I had $8 in there... I'll buy it later. It sounds like a good read, and I'm always up for a good read.

Hi, Simon!

I appreciate your interest in my novel and understand about needing money. I've been there more than once.

Do write your novel. If you have the desire, it is essential to get it done. I'm happy to help you and have a free novel writing course available on my website WritingIsaSuperPower.

I'm still hopeful to earn a respectable income with my novels. The key to self-publishing success is to write several books and cultivate a large readership over time.

Although eBooks are inexpensive, the self-published author earns a higher percentage of the revenue than with a traditional publisher.

Thanks for getting in touch.

All the best,
Gary

Hi, Kathy!

Thanks for getting in touch.

When your site is indexed, that is only the beginning. Getting indexed just means the search engines know your site exists. It will take several more weeks for the search engines to get to know your website better, to trust it and to properly rank your content.

The search engines move in mysterious ways and we just have to let them do their thing.

When you go through the training on using Google and Bing webmaster tools, you'll learn how to help things along a bit. At this point, the best thing you can do is create more content. The more content you have the more authority the search engines will give your site and the higher your posts will tend to rank.

You have to beat the search engines silly with content so they know for sure what your website is all about.

There is also something called the Google dance that happens. This is when your post moves up and down in the rankings. It happens. Remember, as you are adding content to your website, a lot of other people are too. The search engines are constantly evaluating what should go where and they don't always get it right.

The one thing you must not do is build backlinks or buy backlinks. In the past, people created backlinks to their websites to boost rankings. This worked for a few years, but then the search engines penalized websites that did this.

I recommend that you focus on creating more content to boost the authority of your website and get comments on your posts through the "Comment" area in SiteRubix.

I hope this helps,
Gary

Hi, Gautam!

Thanks for getting in touch. I'm sorry you got tangled up with AWAI, but glad to see you made it to WA. You'll do well here and I'm always happy to help.

I'm here for you,
Gary

Hey Gary,

I wasted $670 in their Infinite program. I was prepared to pay $300 every month to AWAI (after the initial $1250) if I had not stumbled on WA again.

Now, I am still trying to justify my AWAI purchase, and rationalizing that their study material is worth it!

Regards,
Gautam

Hi, Gautam!

There is some good information in the AWAI materials. It's not all bad.

I took a couple of their courses too. Don't beat yourself up over it. Lesson learned. Move on and focus on the opportunity before you now.

Most people who try to improve their finances usually fall into a few traps along the way. That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. It does hurt to lose money, particularly when money is in short supply. I've been there.

I know of a woman who spent $3,600 for an AWAI weekend workshop and has never made a dime from it.

And I've met two WA members who lost over $200,000 to business partners.

Do read the AWAI material and learn from it. It will give you a foundation for writing persuasively.

In building your online business it's essential that you demonstrate integrity and trustworthiness. Ad copy methods as taught by AWAI are less productive than being genuine.

Building relationships with the people who visit our website is far more important and profitable than a one-off sale because of something clever we wrote.

I'm sure you will do well with Wealthy Affiliate.

I'm here for you,
Gary

Hey Gary,

I'll write again soon.

Regards,
Gautam

Hi, Kathy!

Go to SiteRubix Manager and click on your website as if you were logging in, but instead of logging in, click on "details" in the bottom right corner.

When the details page opens, scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see a "delete this website" button. Delete and start over.

That should do it.

Gary

Thank you! It worked. I now have a domain name and website name I like.

Hi, Lynne!

Welcome aboard. It's a pleasure to meet you.

I'm thrilled you joined Wealthy Affiliate because of me and so glad you didn't join some online scam.

You joined WA through FlorenceKi's link so she will get credit for it. That's okay. FlorenceKi will take good care of you and I'm always happy to help you too.

All the best,
Gary

Hi, ShelGas!

It's a pleasure to meet you. Thanks for stopping by to chat.

Writing persuasively in invaluable online. However, much has changed and continues to change with copywriting. Many of the old methods no longer work as well as they once did.

People are becoming blind to ads and headlines. They've learned to ignore sales pitches, not to mention the attention span has shrunk to 8 seconds!

I think the trend in sales in more towards relationship and integrity. While the words we use are still important, it's essential not to be manipulative with our language, but instead to be as helpful and genuine as possible.

I worry that many good writers are ruined when they take copywriting courses because it makes their writing manipulative instead of helpful. This is actually counter-productive.

All the best,
Gary

Hi, Bear!

I just saw your message. I’m on the east coast, South Carolina, and starting my day. It’s a pleasure to help you. You have a terrific website and are far ahead of the learning curve.

I’m sorry to hear you got slapped by Google. They can be a fickle bunch. I’m sure Wealthy Affiliate can help you make your website profitable.

I can relate to your frustrations in pursuing your passions. Life gets in the way. It took me a long time to arrange my life so I could write novels. Incidentally, when you’re ready to write your novel, I’d be happy to help you there as well.

Since you recently left your job, I think we need to get your website profitable as soon as possible.
My experience with recovering a site that was hit by Google is limited, but we have some members here who can help you. You can post your questions on their profile like you did here.

However, I think it will be more productive if you approach these members with a private message.
At the free starter membership level, you do not have private messaging. You will have to upgrade for that, but your first 30 days is only $19.

That will give you 30 days to dig in and see how we can help you. You can get a lot done in a month.

Meanwhile, go through the training to be sure you have all the fundamentals and click the boxes at the bottom of each lesson so you can track your progress.

Here are the people I suggest you contact:

Steve at: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/ivetriedthat
Jay at: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/magistudios

This post by Jay may be helpful too. The Beginning I’m sure we can help you. You have a beautiful website in a profitable niche. With your outdoor experience and writing skills, I’m sure you will be successful.

Your situation reminds me of the story of the burned ships. Do you know it? It’s about an invading force that came by sea. Once the troops were on land, the commander gave the order to burn the ships. With the ships gone, success was the only option.

Gary

Hi Gary,

Thank you so much for getting back to me and sharing your advice. I think I will try the Premium subscription for at least a month.

Also, my idea for a novel is to take everything I have written for my website (3+ years of material), and make it into a book of general outdoor knowledge, skills, and stories. I am not sure how to go about that, but I have everything in one Word file organized by topic, and it is a lot of material. Any advice on that?

I will continue working on the training and seeing how Wealthy Affiliate can help me. I appreciate your time.

Thanks,
Bear

Hi, Bear!

Glad to help.

Wow! It seems you've already written your book. There are a couple ways you can go to get it published.

At this point, if you had the money, I recommend you hire a professional editor to help organize and polish your draft. You may have more than one book in all the material you have. Unfortunately, editors are expensive.

Expect to pay at least a couple of thousand dollars for an editor. If that's not in the budget, you might consider self-publishing or contacting agents or publishers.

Taking a step back, based on what you've told me so far, I suggest you focus on making your website profitable for now. That's a big project. Your book is a big project too. If you try to juggle them both at the same time they both will suffer.

So, focus on your website for now. Once that's established, we can look at ways to publish your book. Books, particularly first books, are usually not profitable. It takes years to build up a readership.

That said, when your website is profitable with lots of visitors and you have a large opt-in list, it might be easy to self-publish your book (or books) and market them to your list and through your website.

So, again, it comes back to getting your website profitable first.

I'm here for you,
Gary

Hi, Sarah!

I'm glad to subscribe to your channel.

Here's my channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTuIbwt8xvRUYg0WgxBtfg

What else can I help you with?

All the best,
Gary

Thanks Gary it's very nice of you! Subscribing back =) Love your videos! you're talented !!

Hi, Wendy!

Thanks for getting in touch. And thanks for rescuing your dogs and cats.

We have a house full of critters. We live in the country and many animals get dumped on our property. So far, we've been able to take them in.

Thanks for the follow. I followed you back.

All the best,
Gary

Hi, Jules!

Your writing style is warm and inviting. That and integrity are all you need to be persuasive.

Trust is the rarest commodity on the Internet. If you can convey genuine trust with your writing, you will beat a professional copywriter every time.

When I write copy for a client I must write persuasively about the product whether I believe in it or not. That can get tough. When I write for my own website, I can pick the product and only promote products that I would recommend to my best friend. That make writing copy a lot easier.

Also, people are numb to ad copy now. So the most effective copy is really not sales copy at all. It's copy that reads like a conversation. Your writing style is perfect.

All the best,
Gary

Thanks Gary.

I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I feel a renewed sense of vigour now. I guess the best way to improve is just to commit to doing it - every - single - day! ;)

That actually fills me with such joy.

Hi, Tyrell!

If ever I can help you with your writing or with your online business, please do not hesitate to call on me.

All the best,
Gary

Hi, Sharon!

Thanks for updating me on your progress. I am more than impressed. With your attitude and commitment, it's only a matter of time until you have a profitable online business.

I'm glad you're active in the community and chugging along nicely!

I look forward to August the 12th.

I'm here for you,
Gary

Hi, Tania!

Thanks for getting in touch. I'm an animal lover too. My girlfriend and I run a home for wayward cats and dogs. We just took in three kittens. There's a lot of love here.

Based on my experience and the experience of the authors I know, selling a book online is not an easy way to make money. My novel sells consistently but doesn't pay the rent.

I caution you not to expect to earn a lot of money with a book. Although the more books you write the more sells you will have over time. I earn far more with my websites than with my book.

It's very simple to get a book on Amazon. Go to CreateSpace.com and it will walk you through the process. CreateSpace is owned by Amazon.

Keep me posted and let me know if I can help.

All the best,
Gary

Thanks for that hun, awwww....that is so cute that you too are cat and dog lovers....i would love to see some pics.......I hope you willl join us at our YOUTUBE channel.... one of my girls in on there now if you YOUTUBE search FUNNY ANNIEthecat you will see here stopping me from working on my laptop......she is a real character. i am putting more up over the next few days. Also i have added the link you sent into my todo list. I know it wont make a lot but anything i can do to help my motley crew is worth a go and i could link it to my website too so it wil only be a little side things. I really appreciate you getting back to me and any ideas you have for my channel and website i would love to hear them. Keep in touch :-) Tania THANKS AGAIN !!!