How can You Prove What You are Saying?

Well, in our articles, for Wealthy Affiliate, our websites, social media and what not, this is often impossible to do.

My first example here is Wealthy Affiliate. First of all let me say I am rapt with Wealthy Affiliate as I am sure most of you are.

But the big but is; how many say Wealthy Affiliate is the world’s number 1 affiliate Marketing platform. OK I think it is great and is certainly up there in the top contenders.

On the other hand, I can’t begin to guess at how many other platforms offer affiliate marketing. So how can I possibly know each and every one of them? Therefore this is a tricky statement.

There are so many of these broad generalisations that put people off. We are often a bunch of cynics, especially if we have been caught with these words. When you make statements do so in a manner that is true.

Broad generalisations are often made without enough or with the wrong information. That is why we all must research to the best of our ability.

Here’s a common type of information being provided this way. How often do you see, ‘Australia’s (your country here) favourite TV show? What is this based on? Poles, surveys, phone call-ins are included here. So you need to realise how few of the world’s population actually participate in these. Percentage wise, not very many. My favourite show; well I don’t really have one but a few. And generally these aren’t what is pushed as a favourite. (I do have some quirky tastes.)

There is a long running news investigation TV show. I have found that hours of research are done for each segment. These are compressed into a one hour show. I really can’t see that the end result has much basis in reality. So much has to be cut out.

My final comment is on review titles. One that I steer away from is ‘ … an Honest Review…’. Think about it. How easy it is to write this. But can you prove it.

I am sure you are doing the best you can on the information you find. That is what we are trained to do. But the general world population, not yet in Wealthy Affiliate, doesn’t know the information and often takes 'Honest' as someone trying to impress.

Yes we do want to make an impression; one based on quality content that speaks for itself. So keep those sweeping statements in check and work around them. For example I say Wealthy Affiliate is among the best platforms in the world. And it is!