Leaving Wealthy Affiliate
I have learned so much here - so why am I leaving?
The simple answer is - because it's been such a success for me!
Wealthy Affiliate, for me, is like any course. Finish the studies and move on to put them into practice.
Once my site about older motorcycle riders was up and running it soon started to earn for me via Amazon. And I've had other affiliate programs applying to me to have their products featured on the site. I've been invited to guest blog on other niche related sites (ie: motorcycles and the associated lifestyle) and have had people wanting to guest blog on my site.
I've also started a second site for my non-motorcycle lifestyle writing, fiction and non-fiction. It's very new but I'm finding it a lot of fun so far.
So - I just want to apply what I've learned and be consistent in adding new content to my sites. That has to be my focus and it's what I feel most passionate about doing.
I've not really got into socializing here (I don't socialize online much anywhere). My Wealthy Affiliate ranking has not been important to me, so blogging, reading and commenting here has taken second place to writing content for my site. And I don't promote Wealthy Affiliate itself - much as I enjoyed the course I'm not fascinated enough by affiliate marketing training to promote it.
So, my Premier Membership of Wealthy Affiliate has boiled down to being my web host with excellent technical support. I found 47$ a month too much for those two things and have moved to a web host where I get the same for about a 5th of the price.
But, if you do enjoy engaging here, if you do need/want access to the training, if you do want to create training and if you promote Wealthy Affiliate itself - then 47$ per month is well worth it.
Having moved my sites to a new host I can always come back of course!
I'm going to limit myself to thanking 3 people :
Nathaniell - whom I joined up with after finding his "onemorecup of-coffee" site.
Kyle - for the excellent training.
Marion Black - for her training and support and friendship.
I also want to thank the Technical Support team - they've always responded quickly and professionally.
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It's not really goodbye for us Julie, our friendship will continue. Have a glass of (real) Champagne for me and I'll toast your successes with sparkling wine.
Hello Ha Stewart,
I only been here for a short time, so I didn't get to know you at all. Here is a poem for you before you go.
A thought For You
Good morning!
What a beautiful day to be the best you can
Go to. sleep and get your rest, this is what's best
Soon it will be time time to go out and play on this day
Let' make things as good as yesterday, this is your test
Today is as good as gold, that is what I was told
Let's not forget our lesson for this day
Please don't you waste nor paste
How wonderful it is to hear me say
Don't be to proud! Just be who you are and you will go far
Life is what you make of it
This is what makes the world go round
Make sure to keep all your promise
What a different the day make when we do the right thing
Cheers and Laughter
LouisaB
Good morning Louisa - I love your poem, thank you so much for sharing it. I always try to be just who I am .... and the spirit of this poem sums that up perfectly.
My best wishes to you as you progress here on Wealthy Affiliate. My advice is to follow the lessons methodically - don't get ahead of yourself - don't be distracted by what other people are doing on their sites - just add good content regularly.
The title of your article brought me here. I thought "was it a joke to get people to read the piece?" But it was true.
Sorry to see you go. But I guess you've good reasons.
Hello akolipenouko - would I joke? Well, yes, sometimes .... ! My reasons feel like the right ones for me. And I can always come back.
Aaaaw.... noooo!! I'm going to miss you Julie! Thank you for taking an interest in me and my sites and for your personal coaching.
You made a huge difference to me.
How lovely of you to say that Lauren. It's good to know I made a difference. But now I'm rarely on here ....
I totally understand your reasons Julie. Awesome to hear things are all going so swimmingly for you!
Well done and I am glad WA has proved to be a successful platform for you!
I am always learning so I am gonna stick around! But I wish you tons of happiness and success in the future!
I am sure we could all learn something from you too.. would not consider staying?
All the best!
Chris
Thank you Chris - I'm always learning too, I'm no expert and probably never will be. I just need to concentrate on adding content to my sites - that's the formula that works very well for me.
Even if I stayed I would not be on here very often - I log into WA to access my sites. I rarely blog and don't add any training. So there'd be nothing to learn from me.
All the best to you too.
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Great that you learned so much here. All the best to you.
I did learn a LOT - it was difficult at first because I was impatient. Luckily, my ignorance when I started out kept me in check!