Beer With Kyle: Our New Website Needs YOUR Feedback!
Hey everybody!
Today, I've got something really exciting to share—our new website, which is now in the late stages of development. We're eager to get your feedback on this new iteration of the site. Your insights have always been invaluable to us, so I'm looking forward to hearing what you think.
This week, I’m enjoying a Bier Garten Kolsch from Hoyne Brewing, a popular brewery located in Victoria, British Columbia. It's a light beer with a 4.6% ABV, and if you like Kolsch, this one is definitely worth trying.
Key Takeaways:
- Introduction to the New Website:
- Core Concept: The new website leads with the title "Design and Build an Online Business That You Love," which resonates with our mission at Wealthy Affiliate. While affiliate marketing is a big focus, our platform also supports people looking to build or scale any online business.
- New Tool: Instead of just prompting visitors to sign up, we’re offering a powerful tool right on the homepage. This tool helps users discover their own business ideas before they even sign up. By typing in a keyword, like "basketball," the tool generates several niche ideas, complete with opportunity ratings based on various metrics such as audience size and market spending.
- Business Idea Discovery:
- Opportunity Rating: Each niche idea generated by the tool comes with an opportunity rating, helping users make informed decisions about which niche to pursue.
- Niche Selection Process: Once a niche is chosen, users can sign up, and their hub will be pre-built around that niche. This makes the sign-up process more personalized and engaging.
- Niche-Specific Pages:
- Targeted Landing Pages: For affiliates, we’re creating niche-specific landing pages. For example, if you have a golf audience, you can direct them to a page that’s already tailored to golf-related niches. This relevance increases the likelihood of conversions and enhances the user experience.
- Customization: These niche-specific environments will feature relevant backdrops and prepopulated niche ideas, making it easier for users to find and select a niche they are passionate about.
- Feedback and Future Updates:
- Ongoing Development: While the website is in the late stages of development, we’re still refining the content and features. Your feedback will play a crucial role in these final adjustments.
- AI Integration: The advancements in AI and data access have enabled us to build such personalized and data-driven tools, something that wasn’t possible before. This will make the onboarding process more efficient and relevant for new users.
I’m really excited about this new website and the direction we’re heading. Your feedback is incredibly important to us, and it helps us improve and evolve our platform. Please take some time to inspect the new site and share your thoughts in the comments below. Whether it’s about the overall process, the niche-specific pages, or any other aspect, I’d love to hear what you think!
Have a wonderful weekend ahead!
Recent Comments
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How will they know what 'opportunity rating' means? Then you have 'popular niches'. How would they know to add these criteria?
Maybe have more info on what to type in?
I like the specific niche bringing up the pre-populated results.
It's amazing how you guys are developing these updates! Very professional and should blow the competition out of the water :)
Teri
This is a quick indicator to help people determine which niche they should choose, with all the options being listed being the best out of the bunch (the top 6) that we brought back.
There is an information 'i' beside opportunity rating to explain what it is, so anyone that is looking for information on that, can find out. (see attached)
Glad to hear you are liking this new page, and we will continue to refine and polish this experience leading up to the launch, as well as after the launch.
This looks really, really good. I like that it leads the audience to choose literally ANYthing and see the potential there, instead of the typical platforms that only have customers buy their product and resell it.
This leads with infinite potential and because of that delivers a lot of intrigue.
Looking forward to seeing this go live!
Yeah, for sure. This is a full niche research tool, and can help folks align with their niche before entering in the door. Upon arrival, their hub will be built and they will be ready to move forward with their business.
As an affiliate, you are going to be able to promote WA with absolutely any audience. I am doing a preliminary pilot test within the golf niche (people interested in golf) and I know I could get A LOT of low cost leads in this space alone.
We are going to allow you to drive referrals to WA through specific queries, so on arrival you could send people to the homepage with a query like "golf clubs" already preloaded. Infinite potential as you say, we are pumped to get this out there and into the hands of all affiliates.
Hi Kyle,
I'm glad to hear that you're creating the new WA website! It seems attractive and very helpful. I like the new tool and feature of the hot niches ideas you offer right on the home page. it's very straight forward to be so helpful for us and people who want to build their online business. And that can make people want to know more and start the business in WA.
Overall, I think the new website looks great and very helpful to the users. Thank you for sharing and developing the new site of WA. I can't wait to see it when it's ready!
Great work, Kyle!
Cheers (:
Benjamas
Awesome, thanks for sharing your feedback. The goal is to offer a much more valuable, and aligned experience on the way in. In doing this, we are also creating an experience that is much more shareable...where anyone and everyone here can generate referrals and revenue simply by sharing this "tool" with others.
We are excited to get this out there, and to provide a new opportunity for all members here within the community at the same time!
That's great! I'm excited and looking forward to see our new WA site soon!
Thank you again Kyle!
Cheers (:
Benjamas
I absolutely think this is the way to go, it leaves enough choices for those who wish to choose their own path, and help for those who need that little suggestion to move forward.
This I believe opens the door to those who have their doubts about the term "affiliate marketing"
Does it open the door for a high rate of failures, as anyone who has or is in business knows it takes commitment, not just a couple of clicks?
Have will that be addressed, because, because one bad meal at a restaurant soon spreads ill will.
You guys have worked really hard for years to build a great platform so surely there has to be some process to make sure that potential persons are suited?
Exactly, nobody is going to be left behind here. It is going to cater to those that have an initial business idea and help them refine their research, as well as those that may not have an initial idea we can provide them with some "hot niches' that they can utilize as the starting point in their business.
The potential of a business has and will always be dependent on the person. We provide the framework, education, and expert help that anyone and everyone would need...only they can decide on whether or not they want to create success. So that is unchanged, and this will always be the case so we are not so worried about that.
The good thing is that success tends to happen at a much higher rate if people choose a niche that they are passionate or interested in. ;)
There's so much OPPORTUNITY here one more time I have the HUNGER I had in 2018.
Kyle, great job on this video packed with the FUTURE of AFFILIATE MARKETING.
Niche-Specific Pages? (Concept of NOTION) Love this IDEA
Targeted Landing Pages? For affiliates, we’re creating niche-specific landing pages.
EXAMPLE (The SPORT of GOLF that has a lot ACCESORIES)
This relevance increases the likelihood of conversions and enhances the user experience.
Labor Day HOLIDAY 2024 (September 2) After returning from a movie watching THE CROW 2024 I could not get out of my head (Niche-Specific Pages) because Hollywood is heading in that direction. Their interest is to create FANDOM for MERCHANDISING.
Mel Brooks pegged it in SPACEBALLS: Merchandising, Merchandising, Merchandising.
Our job as Wealthy Affiliates who are bloggers FIRST:
Comfort the DISTURBED and DISTURB the Comfortable.
David Forest Wallace got it right with INFINITE JEST (1996).
However, as a liberal arts guru he saw the DARK HUMOR of MENTAL HEALTH entering AFFILIATE MARKETING.
What could HE do? He ended his LIFE.
What can I do? BE way more realistic.
PROGRAMS are easy to PROMOTE for AFFILIATE MARKETING yet consumers are WISER. They won't settle for STATUS QUO (COPY AND PASTE).
AI Technology is allowing this to happen more often.
However, PERSUASION MARKETING is after all about CUSTOMIZATION.
Customization DEFINED: These niche-specific environments will feature relevant BACKDROPS and PREPOPULATED (TEMPLATES) niche ideas, making it easier for users to find and select a niche they are passionate about.
YES! NICHE-SPECIFIC MARKETING is in demand more than ever for those of us that can use AI Writing Prompts to customize and deliver products that bring COMFORT THROUGH NOSTALGIA.
NOTION is doing well replacing EVERNOTE.
However, NOTIONS websites are for SHOW AND TELL not customization.
Yes, both of these ideas are great. I love the new homepage that utilizes this amazing tool to get the creative juices flowing. I'm finding that people stuck in the 9-5 Grind are almost numb to their true needs. Their true nature is deeply buried beneath layer upon layer of social expectations, dominant voices, and just plain crusty fear! So, in what little time they have to explore other ideas for their future, this tool will jog them awake.
I also think it's terrific to have a banner showing people creating websites. This is motivating, and it hopefully encourages them to cultivate the 'if they can do it, so can I' attitude.
It isn't easy to entice people to take that first step toward building a new future. They don't want to leave their comfort zone and are probably exhausted by the persistent grind and routine.
So, I think making this home page as playful as possible is a great idea. It's just an idea, but maybe there's a way to ask them in a survey what their top three priorities in life are. I did a poll like this recently, and it brought amazing results. Happiness, passion, sense of purpose, ideal lifestyle, creative outlet, etc. were all on the list of options.
I think the more they relax and play with possibilities, the greater the chance of that first step being taken.
I also think the pre-made niche page has great potential. If people can visualise their niche in glorious technicolour, they'll want to enter that scene and get started. I wonder what happens if people have more than one niche idea.
Anyway, just a few thoughts. 'Action' is vital after so many years of passivity and abdication to an employer.
Great work.
Blessings 🌺
Linden
Thanks for your excellent feedback (as per usual) here Linden. I think that jogging people into awakening their inner love, and excitement is the ultimate goal here. If you asked people if they would want to do something they love and build a full-time income around this (and they could start in their spare time), the answer would be yes.
That is the emotion we aim to evoke, and we aim to get people up and running with their business right within this tool.
I think also letting people play around before they decide is going to lead to a much more trusting audience, than simply asking for their email to join something they cannot see (people don't trust much online these days, in particular these days).
So leading with value is really want w e want to do here and I feel we are going to accomplish this with a high value, and very useful tool to help people narrow down their business ideas.
I really appreciate your feedback here. ;)
I'm glad to help Kyle. Yes, value is the word nowadays, and no value is too high, it seems. But this is part of the scaling of the Internet as a massive hub, I think. I'm certain if the right people are leading, we stand to develop a magnificent hub with high-value content and brands. The dross will no longer be acceptable and will fall away.
This is my dream for the global community: that the Internet becomes the shining refuge for everyone equally, and trust will grow steadily if we keep striving for sincerity and excellence in all our digital efforts. Exciting, isn't it?
We must keep our hands firmly on the pulse emanating from that crystal ball and inch forward into the bright light!
See you soon for beer again! Wow! The week goes so quickly.
L 🌺🌟
Hi Teri, yep, we must know our purpose in life! It's real confusion and suffering if we don't. It's the 'central purpose serving to integrate all the other concerns of a human's life. ....a human without purpose is lost in chaos.' (Ayn Rand).
Hope you're thriving and truly happy.
Linden 🌺
Hi Kyle,
The new website landing page is more informative, intuitive, and looks more attractive.
I clicked on my referral link, pretending to be someone looking for a way to start an online business.
The first thing I noticed is the interactive nature of the website interface. It gives me an overall idea of what the website is about and also wets my appetite to want to know more because my aim was to seek a way to start an online business as a novice. The distinct color of the call to action button ''Sign up'' is also encouraging and a merit.
I also think the color schemes are a bit relaxed and friendlier as well. The idea of the community button and page also adds to the quest of wanting to know more, because a new comer would see that, this is a community of real people and not just some business luring people into joining.
The icing on the cake is the $0/month under the pricing, as it gives me an idea that, if this website wants to give me all these benefits for free as a starter, then it means it places a high value on me and my success.
These are just some of the things I noticed in my own view: clicking on my referral link and pretending to be someone seeking an online business opportunity.
I stand to be corrected though.
Thank you.
- Makinde
This actually hasn't been rolled out just yet, this is going to be rolled out in the coming weeks. So if you clicked on your affiliate link, you wouldn't see this new design just yet...though we have moved to similar language with our current website.
Thanks for the feedback though, we really appreciate it Makinde. When the new site is fully rolled out, we will likely ask for some additional feedback as well...as the community is great at pointing us in the right direction. :)
Ok, Kyle.
I thought this was the new website because the landing page has changed compared to when I started with WA.
So, I still look forward to a better responsive website than the present one.
Thank you.
Yeah, we have updated the website a few times recently and these were discussed within the BWK Friday's in the past. This new website, leading with the research tool is going to be rolled out in the coming weeks ahead. We will definitely be announcing it when it goes live!
Hello Kyle,
Wow this new website looks wonderful really easy to share businesses ideas with someone that may be stuck in their imagination.
I am sorry though I am bit lost, where is the link for the new website please ?
Wishing you a wonderful new start to the week 🥇🥇🥇
Kind regards
Erica
The website hasn't been released yet. It is about 3-4 weeks away, I was just asking for feedback while it is still in the "late design" stages. So it will be coming your way soon. ;)
Like you said, it is going to really make it much easier for folks to come up with business ideas, and for affiliates to share this page and earn referrals as it is a high value tool that people are getting access to.
Wishing you an amazing week ahead!
There are many traditional businesses such as family-owned shops that are struggling to stay afloat at the moment. The same could be said of many manufacturing businesses. I am certain that many of these owners would love to expand into the online world (to run alongside their existing business) but probably don't know how to go about it. I think this opens up a massive marketplace of people to approach.
Absolutely Michael, that is a huge market and we can definitely help out these audiences, along with anyone that is looking to start a business online (within a niche they are passionate about).
This new approach with our homepage leads with a powerful tool where they can efficiently narrow down their business idea, and start building out their business (and join WA) with a few clicks.
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Hi Kyle:
I'm confident this new homepage in the making will have a great impact on anyone serious about starting their own business. The step-by-step process will lead them to making better decisions about choosing a niche to start with.
It's also a great opportunity for us already within the community to share. It will help others to find something that works for them in the midst of all the clutter online and elsewhere.
Great things are happening here at Wealthy Affiliate, and I'm excited to be a part of it!
Veron
Yeah, we are looking forward to it and I think it will really help people choose a business that they are passionate about. People have the tendency to chase what they "think" is a good niche and often times are left too broad.
This will be completely shareable as well, so as you complete a search result, you will be able to share those results with others. That may not be ready for release, but it is going to be part of this as well.
Even without that, this is a fun tool that you can share with anything, and it is going to present to whoever you share this page with as though you just gave them a bunch of value...which is a big improvement over the current sales page.