Friends and colleagues, I did it! I have officially completed the Online Entrepreneur Certification Course. I'd like to say that I'm taking a day off to celebrate, but I'll be spending the day packing up for a move to a new home. The work is never done, I suppose. Whether it be at home, or working on my niche blog.Completing this course is much more than a simple accomplishment. It has taken me two months to complete. Two months of working every single day. And for all that, I have a blog with

I am less than 24 hours from finishing my first month here at Wealthy Affiliate (WA). Sometime tonight, I will be re-billed at the full rate, no more first month discount :-( . I know, I can "Go Yearly & Save." There is a big red button that never fails to remind me, day after day. It may sound strange, but the monthly bill is a monthly reminder to keep working, to keep learning, and that it's not worth quitting. I fear that changing to annual would remove that motivation. It's a quirk, I g

What's up everybody? I'm just wrapping up the 3rd Level of training on a very cold evening in the Midwestern United States. The third level is all about making money, and make money I have!The first day of monetization I made one shiney nickle. Day two and I now have a quarter! At this rate, I am ecstatic about what's ahead. Most businesses frame their first dollar and hang it up somewhere. I'm going to frame a nickel and hang it up as a reminder of where I got started. I owe it all to the WA F

I have to write my first product review post today. Admittedly, I've been at this all day. It's now 4pm my time and I haven't written Zilch. Zero. Nada.What exactly have I been up to? Firstly, trying to find something worthy of reviewing. I've got that now. Second, just what the heck do I write about here? How do I structure it?Of course I watched the training video. And looked at zillions of review pages for inspiration. Well, first I found a plugin called WP Product Review Lite and spent some

My Progress Thus FarSo with this blog post, I am wrapping up Level 2 of the training! I'm looking back in awe of what I've accomplished so far, simply by learning and then taking action on what I learned.In about 11 days, here are some of the things that I have accomplished.I have my own niche website on my own domain, and am building a brand.I have optimized my website for SEO, with more to come I'm sure.I can create content!In fact, I have created several pages of content that are starting to