I joined wealthy affiliate back in April 2016 but didn't get serious about it at all. I joined for the training and would complete a lesson now and then. I never even finished the entrepreneur certification. I finished a few of the boot camp lessons as well.

I put up my website and started posting scam reviews. My writing is terrible in my mind. I refuse to request comments because I was embarrassed about my writing. But- as I kept writing and getting more post on my site, I started to get starter referrals. One even converted to premium and stayed with me for two years.

I finally reached a number of 142 post on my website in 2019 as I got more serious about having a business online. I was posting from 4 to 7 post a week.

We Hit Some Roadblocks Along The Way

My husband was a disabled vet and I was his caretaker. He was the easiest most upbeat patient a nurse could have. After three bouts of pneumonia his doctor put him on hospice care at home. He really appreciate it all the benefits of hospice care.

His younger brother passed away a few months ago in June 2019. That was life changing for my husband to lose his younger brother and his best friend but he carried on. Four weeks after losing his brother, he didn't get up one morning. I went in to wake him but couldn't. I called his hospice nurses to come out.

Long story short, he passed away 7 Days Later never waking except for one moment. He opened his eyes and stared into mine. I stared back trying to figure out if he was awake. He suddenly said "I love you" and closed his eyes for the last time.

He passed away July 19th 2019. He had been my biggest fan for starting an online business. After he was gone, I would sit down to try to write an article and not one word would come to mind. My website went dormant. I was getting zero traffic.

We Pick Ourselves Up And Start All Over

I attended the last three live webinars with Jay hoping for some inspiration. It came! March 15th as soon as I had coffee and breakfast, I started to write and by the end of the day I had published my post. I posted 4 articles this week.

It's really difficult because it's like I'm a starter member all over again. I've started the classes all over again and I'm following the training step by step. I have realized I didn't have a clue what I was doing before.

I am now applying all the SEO techniques from the training to my website and after 5 days of starting over I got a new premium sign up. I was over the moon!

I applied what I learned from Jay, Kyle, Brian Dean and others, to each new post and I took my time to make sure everything was done Properly before posting. It paid off quickly.

I never once asked for help in the community. I will start doing that. There is so much I don't know about this. I guess we all need to accept help sometimes.

I apologize for the sad story and I'm grateful for this wonderful community.

A Message For Beginners

My message to beginners is don't skip the training and tasks. It's set up that way for a reason. It's the best affiliate marketing training you will find. It's a path to success. I probably would have reached success a lot sooner if I had followed the training the proper way.

Blessings to everyone!

Fran