My first two weeks at wealthy affiliate-a progress update

byJMcGown

94 followers

3 years ago

2 WEEKS IN, HERE IS WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Hello Wealthy Affiliate Community. I've reached that point in my training where I post a blog and let everyone know how my progress has been and what I have learned.

I will say first off that everyone here at Wealthy Affiliate that I have interacted with so far have been very helpful and kind. I got off to a good start in my first few days and upgraded to Premium right away. I think it will be the best $49 a month I have ever invested. The shear number of resources and knowledge here is astounding, and I have put all of that to good use thus far.

Going through the training up to this point I learned a lot about affiliate marketing in general, and with that knowledge I have taken a lot of my research and enthusiasm off platform to further my knowledge. When I first got my website up and running, I was excited to finally have a platform to share my vast knowledge in my chosen niche.

For those less knowledgeable or not noticing of my picture up top, my niche deals specifically with Model Railroading, which I have been doing for over 45 years now. Even though it is lesser-known hobby by many, there is a huge amount of Model Railroaders out there seeking to expand their knowledge and skills. It is a 3-dimensional hobby that not only takes some skill and experience to master, the creativity and life like recreations take this hobby into the realm of fascinating. Everything you see above in the picture aside from the trains themselves were created by me out of various techniques, applied knowledge of perspective, and proportion and so on. It is this ability to see these scenes in my mind and recreate them that I endeavor to share on my website, and thus hopefully create a large following.

In my short two weeks her at Wealthy Affiliate I have already reached out to a dozen or more affiliate programs related to my niche, and I am already actively promoting one of those through the EBay partners system. I have obtained rights to use a few peoples works on my site, furthering my ability to become a credible online source of information in Model Railroading. Without the knowledge I've gained to this point here at Wealthy Affiliate I would have had no idea or clue where to even start.

Now I have my website format to my liking, after trying a dozen themes or so, testing them for compatibility with various plug-ins and such, and will be working on posting more content as I go through the training. The foundation blocks have been laid, the knowledge is there for my use, and I look forward to the next steps towards being a successful affiliate marketer.

To those just starting out and perhaps struggling, I offer a bit advice: Never be afraid to chase your dreams, it is only fear of failure that holds you back. And if you never try to realize those dreams, you will never appreciate your true potential and bring your dreams to fruition. We are all given a unique talent, you have only to discover it within yourself.

James.