Hi, Wenda. Welcome to WA and thanks for connecting. I'll celebrate my 2-year anniversary with WA next week and still loving it. Hope you have a similar experience :)

Hi, Chris. Yes, I've lived in Tucson since 2000. And, you're right that it is a great place :). I just double-checked and I'm already following you on G+. Thanks very much for connecting and I wish you all the best!

I think I checked out your profile before realizing you were already following :-) Awesome, thanks!
We'll be in Tucson next month, and we're already so excited! Visiting friends and my old flight instructor, getting some flight hours logged into my logbook :-)

Hi, Vicky. Thanks for connecting. I took a look at your site and I think you're off to a good start. You have some interesting topics. One thing I might suggest is that you set a featured image for each blog post.

You'll find the featured image command on the right-hand side of your edit screen for each post. The featured image will display on your blogroll above the snippet of information for each post and give it a little more visual appeal.

Most of like our pictures, right? :)

Best of luck to you!

Thanks for the input, I'll see if I can do that with the featured image.

Hi, Marylou. Very nice to meet you also. Since you started in January, I kind of feel like I should be welcoming you :) I've been here for 2 years now. You're right. WA does have all the resources you need. Good luck!

Thank you, Reyhana. Much success to you also!

Hi, Pernilla. I'm happy to be following your success. Thanks for connecting and best wishes! Linda

Hi, Randy. It's very nice to connect with you also. I see from your profile that you've been here at WA for quite a while. I always enjoy connecting with folks who seem to have settled in for the long haul. Best wishes for continued success! Linda

Hi Luther,
I too have really enjoyed the WA training and building out my site. I wish you success with your new venture! Linda

Hi, DJ. Welcome to WA. I hope you're enjoying it as much as I have. Best wishes to you! Linda

Hi, Linda. Welcome to WA. Yes, the training is excellent. I've been through most of the formal training at least twice, and I continue to learn something new from members every day. I don't think freelancing is for me. I have all I can do to stay on track with my website. That's my priority. Well, that and a bit of retiree fun :) I just went annual, so I guess I'm in this for the long haul. Best wishes to you!

Hi, Davida. Fortunately, my community is an active one and many of my neighbors are very involved in volunteering and a wide variety of other activities. Welcome to WA. I hope you're enjoying it. Best wishes for your success! Linda

Hi, Frank. Yes, retirement is great:) Wow! You've been here 3 years. Hopefully, that means all this work is eventually going to pay off. Best wishes! Linda

Hi Peter,
Thanks very much for connecting. I enjoyed your post and left a comment. I'll look forward to reading your book. Easy is not the descriptor I would apply to affiliate marketing:) Straightforward, perhaps. My best wishes for your continued success!
Linda

Hi, Chas. Thanks very much for connecting and for the kind wishes and offers. Best wishes for your continued success! Linda

Thanks, Will. I'm happy to follow you on G+ in addition to WA. Best wishes to you! Linda

Thanks Linda!

Hi, Gretchen. Nice meeting you also. Thanks for following. If you stick with it and do the training, I'm sure you'll do just fine. Good luck to you! Linda

Hi, Marlene. Thanks so much for the warm greeting. I'm very happy to be following you and wish you all the best! Have you really been at WA since 2008? Wow!

Yes I have been here a long time. And my journey has been absolutely awesome.
You are welcome. Have a great day

Hi, Mickey. Thanks very much for connecting. I'm happy to be following your success. I hope you're enjoying WA as much as I am. Linda

I am getting and continuing the learning I started before I got her. WA just makes it much easier!

Mickeyb

Hi, Sharon. Thanks very much for the blog link and for connecting. Best wishes to you! Linda

Hi, Gary. Thanks very much. I've returned the favor and left a comment on your site. It looks like you're well-established. My best wishes for your continued success! Linda

Linda,
Thanks so much for taking your time to visit my site and leave such a well thought quality comment, it is reall appreciated.

I really enjoyed your site as well, keep up the great work,

Gary

Hi, Jo. I hope you're getting started with the training and enjoying the community. Stick with it and it will work. Best wishes! Linda

Thank you Linda.

Hi, Ash. I hope you will enjoy WA as much as I do. Best wishes for your success! Linda

Hi, Sam. Welcome to WA. I'm happy to be following your success. Feel free to get in touch. Linda

Hi, Dennis. Thanks for connecting. Hope the golf game is good and the websites are coming along well. Best wishes to you! Linda

Hi, Age. Thanks so much for connecting. Yes, I have enjoyed the training at WA very much and look forward to learning a lot more. I hope things are going well for you also. I enjoyed reading your blog about Matthew. I'll bet he keeps you on your toes:) Best wishes to you! Linda

Hi, Wayne. Yes, it sounds like we do have a few things in common:) I'm happy to connect and I hope things are going well for you. Best wishes for your success! Linda

Hi, Juliet. Wow! That's quite a background you've had. I'm sure you're going to love WA. It will definitely keep you busy :) The community is very helpful and the training is excellent. Keep in touch and best wishes to you! Linda

Hi, Dan. It looks like you're off to a really good start. Great niche choice. It is fun and the training is excellent. Stick with the lessons and you'll be building out your site the right way with each lesson you complete. Good luck to you! Linda

Thank you, Johnathan. Best wishes to you! Linda

Hi, Mike. Yes, the training and community are both fabulous. I've been here for 5 months and still have a ton to learn :) I expect it to keep me busy and out of trouble for years to come.Best wishes! Linda

Hi Linda,
Thanks for the quick reply.
I wish you all the success you can handle.
Mike

Thanks, Mike. Hope things are going well for you and you're enjoying WA. Best of luck to you! Linda

Hi, Desmond. It's nice to connect. Best wishes to you! Linda

Hi, Rosie. It looks like you've been busy since joining last month :) I hope things are going well, and you're enjoying WA. I wish you all the best! Linda

Hi, Fred.Thanks for viewing my site. I think it's going pretty well. Yes, I don't miss the stress of corporate accounting at all :) Best of luck to you! Linda

I hear you, Janice :) Here's to our success in retirement!! Linda

Hi Lisa,
It's very nice to connect with you also. I'm also still in the very early stages but I'm confident we will both make it if we stay the course. Best wishes to you!

Hi Marty. The 19th hole is OK too :) Good luck to you!

Thank you Luther. I'll be following your success and wishing you all the best. Linda

Hi Rick,
I have happily followed you back. You can never have too many people available for help and feedback. Thanks, Linda

Hi Helen, Very happy to connect with you and thanks for the comment. I've returned the favor. Linda

Thanks Linda..

Hi Roland,
Yes, you're right about golf. It does fall right in there with eating and sleeping :) Welcome to WA, and I'm pleased to have you in my network. Get that business up and running so you have more time with the grandkids! I'm wishing you every success!
Linda

Thanks, Kyle. It doesn't look as though you've had a chance to look at my email from earlier today yet.

If you do get an opportunity to take a quick look at my site, I would really appreciate that.

http://retiredandearningonline.com.

It doesn't look too good for Las Vegas this year but who knows, maybe next year :)!

I provided you with a review in your other comment to me Linda. :)

If you ever want a website review from the community, I highly recommend that you take advantage of the SiteFeedback system here at Wealthy Affiliate.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/website-feedback

This is a give and take system, meaning that as you offer others feedback on your website you are going to earn credits so you can request reviews from others. This is a pay it forward community afterall. :)

Yes, I appreciate your feedback very much, Kyle. I'll change my homepage today. I've used low-competition keywords in every page and post I've written and will continue to do so. May take a long time, but I fully intend to be successful!

Thanks very much for creating this opportunity. Overall, I have really loved my experience at WA and definitely expect to be a long-timer. I read and research incessantly, but there's a lot to learn.

I'm also very much aware of the community feedback site. An absolutely great idea, in theory :) With all due respect, it may have some of the same challenges as the community comments site :) I wrote a WA blog yesterday entitled How to Foster a Better Commenting Environment. Please feel free to tell me what I'm missing :)

Might PM you at some point with some concerns, then again I think you've probably already heard them.

Thanks Again,
Linda

That is the thing about the Internet, there is always going to be something new to learn and the same goes for any niche as well. You will always have room to advance, scale and improve your site. So glad you are enjoying everything thus far!

Hi Kyle,

Yes, things are going very well for me. I've actually chosen my niche and had my website up and running for several months now. It's http://retiredandearningonline.com.

I know I've sent a weird signal today by going back through and checking off steps in the lessons. I've actually been through almost all of the lessons at this point (some more than once). But I knew I would want to review them again once I reached a point where more things made sense. So I never really checked off the tasks. I'm doing that review now in hopes that everything will click and I'll pick up a few tidbits that may have escaped me before :)

I would certainly love it if you took a look and gave me your quick impressions of my site. Thanks for checking in.
Regards,
Linda

I think you are off to a really good start Linda, I do have a few suggestions here:

(1) I would always suggest making your homepage a blog roll versus being a static page. The reason for this is that when you add a new post to your website, it will automatically show a snippet of this on your homepage (within your blog roll).

Not only does this make your website appear to be much more active and interesting to a visitor, it will also lead Google to quicker index your pages and also rank your content higher as your website will always appear fresh.

(2) You can start incorporating other pages/posts into your top menu (as a drop down) as you build out your website.

You can add these custom menus to organize your top menu in any way in which you like, as well as create sub-menus (for themes that will support this). You can also use these custom menus to add within your side widgets on your website (within your sidebar).

Here is a tutorial on how to create custom menus: WordPress Dashboard Tutorial - Custom Menus I use custom menus on all of my websites (over-ride that default menu). It allows much more control and organization....both good things!

(3) Target keywords within every page or post.

Each page or post on your website should have a keyword focal point. Keywords are what lead to rankings and what lead to traffic. So when you are looking to come up with an idea for a new post, do some keyword research and find a phrase that is related to your niche.

As you build out your content and start getting rankings under these terms, you will see your traffic (and revenue) cumulatively grow. Just know that not every page will rank, but over time a good percentage will. The game of numbers!

Thank you Ken. I'm looking forward to the prosperity part myself :) I wish you continued success. Linda

Thanks for the follow back Dmitriy. It's very nice to connect with you. Best of luck to you! Linda

You're welcome, Linda, and thank you, too! Best!

Hi Paul. Thank you for the warm welcome. I too look forward to sharing. All the best! Linda

Cheers, Linda and thank you for your response. Have a blessed day.

Paul.

Hi Dale,
I've been loving my retirement. I highly recommend it :) Thanks very much and best wishes to you!

Thank you so much Robert. I've checked out your ecommerce site and was quite impressed. I would have to agree the learning curve is steep. Fun but steep :) Have a great day!

Hi again Linda it’s a good idea, but only if you want to, to click the 'Like' icon within a comment if you like it as I have done with yours.
Obviously you don't have to click every single comment or you will be here all day doing nothing but.
But to click the ones you do like will be reflected in your WA ranking because it shows you are getting involved with the community.
Enjoy your day.
Robert

Hi Loes,
Thanks and very nice to meet you too. I'm going to check out all of your trainings. They sound very helpful. It's good to know people who can help. I've been having a lot of technical issues with my site the last few days and I'm not technically savvy in the least. Very frustrating! But I think (hope?) everything is OK for the moment :)