Rise and rise again. Wealthy Affiliate builds strong people in the end.

byKathleenOh

524 followers

Updated 7 years ago

You might have seen that I’ve recently hit publish on a few blogs.

My WA stats revealing:

14,798 your all-time words written

And more than 95 % of WA Members this month

I want to share how it all came about. I started my WA business after recovering from a huge online wreckage, with zero technical experience, zero content and zero cashmoney. It wasn’t my first time taking business online (I have a lot of practice paying others to "build it), but it was never even creatively similar to what I’m doing today.

I decided to publish online with great trepidation my journey to a 100 pound weight loss. I called out food addiction and not just admitted painful truths but became an affiliate to the program that changed my life - which offended some people in my community.

The idea arrived the after picking myself up and staring myself in the eye, when I asked the Universe to send me a “good idea” for both my life and a business, I found Wealthy Affiliate. Of course, I rushed the line to sign up. My prayers answered, connecting all my experience in manifesting opportunities, finding solutions focused on formulas and systems, I became an adventurous affiliate and got busy building my online business.

It feels audacious to talk about my writing success when I am still learning and building my site. Success seems arbitrary - but my first tip is:

1.WRITE.

2. WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW.

Wherever you are, share honestly about your journey, and that’s exactly what I do.

I knew how to use my weight loss discovery as the recipe to make my dreams come true, even though still at the early stages online, it isn't necessarily about making the big money.

I share this evolution in content writing and blogging even when it is the most recent personal discovery of my own creative talents to date.

Last week for the first time I shared my blog with my personal friends on Facebook and thought it would be a good potential audience. My words were warmly welcomed by friends and fans, but not by family.

I wasn’t discouraged.

This is a huge lesson for me. Sometimes you have to trust in divine timing and not get down about things not working out. I had to get serious about manifesting a future blogs without them. I used every trick and tool in my book to keep my eye on the prize. Plus the idea arrived really practical: I know that the interaction with my personal social media community online would not make or break it, I could get many world wide web chances to build out my affiliate story.

So, I am really intentional about building my platform to make it a no-brainer for the world to say yes in the future.

In the beginning, I ended up doing way more work on this, completely overhauling blogs, adding in more stories and examples and in most cases, re-writing whole paragraphs over and over again. Plus, website building 101, many hats- one head - but needed to be done.

Then I hired a VA. Yes, I could have tried to do this myself, but it’s worth going to an expert to help short-cut tech glitches and to keep me accountable. I don’t think I would have actually finished the website if I wasn’t paying someone for the help. (BIG TIP HERE). I also hired someone who had much more reasonable experience with SEO even though I had Jaxxy-ied up all my content.

When I approach doubt, being that I have encountered massively bigger learning curves than any of my years before, I dig deep. Crushing the fear opens space for a new idea and the possibilities of updated, upgraded and expanded versions of my business and life flow. I’m not the best writer in the world, but I’m arguably very “marketable”. (now multiple sites in!)

Win, win, win.

There’s still patience involved in working online. It takes months to build traction, virtually building a content halo around my brand and my message.

But if this is your dream, DON’T GIVE UP.

Go into it with your eyes wide open, be patient and DO THE WORK.

It’s feels like a story about how I used my fall out and my faith to manifest some frankly unbelievable things in my life, and my formula to help others do the same.

I know that writing and publishing a blog is still a big deal for a lot of members in our community, so I wanted to share some additional tips:

1: Don’t wait for the right idea or perfect moment

Grabbing the muse of writing means there’s just still something so symbolic, special and grown up about it.

When my publishing didn't feel legitimate enough, I still did it and chose myself. I probably wouldn’t have a business if I didn’t just “go for it” and choose myself.

2: Manifesting(or what ever you want to call it) really does work.

And let me be honest here, most people give up and lose interest if things don’t show up instantly.

I’ve been working on a generous list of Big Hairy Audacious Goals since 2013. Patience is not always my virtue, but I’ve held firm on keeping the dreams alive.

This is the kind of stuff, by the way, it brings lots growth in, new ways to apply to different areas of your life.

3: Perfection and completion are myths

Your writing is never going to be perfect, that’s just an impossible target. The timing will never be perfect either. There’s always another "New Moon" around the corner, there’s always other more priority projects, there’s just never going to be enough time.

But - the idea that a project is “complete” is also a myth. I know back when I published my blogs that the writing wasn’t “done” and I use multiple chances to upgrade, tweak material and updates. SiteContent is a beautiful platform. Blogs are never set in stone, so just jump in and create where you are.

The first versions of articles had typos and they are still not perfect (jeepers, I wish!)

Just GET STARTED now. It's never going to be perfect anyway, but you'll get closer if you just start.

4: Know WHY you want your goal

I went into blog publishing with my eyes open. I know it’s a slow process, understand online business, and continue to cultivate an open mind.

We are also pioneers in the field of affiliates and personal development. We all speak the same language here.

I’m a big fan of going where you’re already appreciated and you don't have to try and fight people to see your point of view. Path of the least resistance. Wealthy Affiliate made sense, I wanted to be a part of movement here then use that as my lightning rod for my goals.

Know why you want it and get really specific about your goals!

5: Milestones are worth celebrating

This is something that I honestly suck at. As someone who has a lot of plans and ideas, I often move on really quickly and don’t take time to celebrate my accomplishments.

As you may have noticed, I even resisted telling people about my blog posts. So hitting post on social media was so worth it because dammit, this is a huge deal and worth celebrating. (insert solo happy dance!)

6: Ask for help

Another thing I suck at. I’d obviously love for this blog to be a big hit and add another view point, a positive voice to the all-pervading world of dieting programs.

I’d love your help.

If you’ve enjoyed reading my blog, listening to my stories or want to connect to share the journey, jump in, our work together is our greatest use of resources.

Thanks for your support - I love that this community rallies with celebrating success!

I appreciate your comments and connections. Wealthy Affiliate teaches me to rise and be strong, and to be ever so grateful every day.

OK - so hopefully that’s inspired you and reinvigorated your blog dreams. How cool is it to be able to do this together?