I think I am the most mentioned in your blogs LOL! Thanks for the shout out!

Hi Taresa

Links can be so confusing for lots of people when they start blogging. Yes of course you can add links to your content and also affiliate links.

The trick is not to overdo it especially when you first start blogging. Adding a huge amount of outgoing links, and a huge amount of affiliate links when you first start out is not going to be appreciated by Google.

That doesn't mean that you can't add links to your content. Start off with a few links and go easy on adding affiliate links in the beginning and as your website traffic starts increasing and as Google starts to trust you more you can add more links.

The other thing to look at is that you want a nice ratio of incoming links (as in links from other websites to your website) as you have going out.

If you have 5000 outgoing links and you only have 10 incoming links this is not good.

As you build out your website and become an authority in your niche more and more people will naturally start linking to your website and then you can being linking out more.

I have quite a well established website that Google likes so I add quite a lot of affiliate links to my posts. But I still do not add affiliate links to every post I write.

I hope that makes sense to you and that I didn't confuse you even more.

Thank you. Yes it is confusing. I have only put one or two links in a post so far. I use a products page for links to the products and refer to the products page in most posts... striving to get there...

That is perfect :)

Hi Regina :) Thanks for the mention, I am flattered. No need to ask permission. We are all trying to build a name for ourselves and to grow into an authority, mentioning me helps me to get my name out here so thank you.

So kind of you. I am privileged to associate with one as successful as you on this platform. I wish you greater heights in your endeavours.
Many thanks.

Hi Danuta

I will take a look but your url appears to be added incorrectly, I can't access your site :) please share your url again with me and I will take a look soonest.

Hi Joe

Thanks for the compliment :) Yes isn't it amazing how we can make money while having fun doing what we know best? I think it is incredible.

Excited much! Personal growth, time freedom, financial freedom.
Yes absolutely, the next 6months to 1year is gonna be a great growth curve for me. Trying to learn the necessary skills from WA so I can express and present what's in my head, into a lighthearted, engaging and useful website. I'm really looking forward to the person I will develop into and the many benefits for my family.

You have such a great attitude Joe and an understanding of the time and effort it will take to get to your goals. I am sure you will do great. Just shout if you need any help with anything!

I understand how super-duper busy you must be Lynne. So I really do appreicate your offer. I will call out if required. Thanks heaps for your time and your kind words of encouragement. You rock!!

I am busy and I might be slow to respond but I will always reply as soon as I can Joe :) Have a killer weekend!

Hi Shwana

You need to add a social sharing plugin for people to easily share your content. I don't know which plugin has the Pinterest button that follows you though! You will have to research that and find out. I use Social Media Feather on two of my websites and its quite nice :) On another of my websites the theme comes with social features.

Thank you. I will have to do some research to see if my social sharing plugin does this. If not, I will have to change it.

Hi Nick

You should be able to find those boards on your profile along with your boards? When you pin something you will get a list of boards coming up - they should be in that list? Otherwise you have been removed from those boards.

Thanks Lynne! How stupid of me, I looked for their names and I just saw their board names.

Hi Nicolaas :) No worries, it can take a while to get your head around Pinterest. It took me ages.

I have a blog about addiction and alcoholism, you can access it here:
https://lynnelivingwithaddiction.com

Welcome to WA Eric, I am sure you are going to love it here and find an amazing way to make money online from home :)

Thanks for connecting, if you struggle with anything feel free to pop a question here on my timeline :)

Thank you, Lynne.

Wow Judson, your mom sounds like she was a remarkable woman. I am so glad to hear that your daughter is sober, and I am so sorry to hear about her breast cancer. It is hard dealing with medical things sober, I have not had to deal with anything even close to severe as breast cancer but I was in hospital earlier this year for an ectopic pregnancy and it was incredibly hard to cope, both physically and emotionally.

Thanks for connecting, it is lovely to meet you.

Hi, thanks for the reply. Yes my mother was unique. That was horrible and painful what you experienced in your pregnancy, another chapter story to write about on motherhood.

I've already written a couple of posts about it on my parenting website and one on my addiction website - its healing :)

Hey Ali :) thanks for stopping by. I am glad you are enjoying my content!

Have a great week!

Hey Rob

A blog post and an article is the same thing :) Here are some ways to add Amazon products and ads to your website: How To Add An Amazon Banner To Your Sidebar How To Add Amazon Ads To Your Posts Of course you will need to apply for an Amazon affiliate account before you can add these ads, plus you will need to follow the training here to be able to gain traffic to your website before you apply for you affiliate account with Amazon.

Hi William

Thanks for connecting and I am so sorry to hear about your record, that really is unfortunate. However don't let that get you down or hold you back for one minute. You are in recovery now, early or not, and you can make the changes you need in your life. You are so fortunate to have found this platform, for me it has been so much more than just a place to learn - the community is so amazing and supportive. It feels like home. Send me your email address, I would love to send you the ebook I wrote.

Hi Shirley :)

And you had to pick something that I am not very good at?

Ok how do I pick a theme? I like it to be really simple and pretty. That is about it really :)

Honestly I am not the best person to ask about choosing themes!

No worries at all. I'll put it out there and see what happens - I like the simple and pretty too. Thanks heaps.

Its a pleasure :)

I can't understand how the paste would be disabled, that is so strange! I see your message came in 40 minutes ago... are you still struggling? Are you trying to paste using right click on your mouse? Have you tried crtl v?

thanks for reply,
I'm not still trying but have all the relevant pages still open so they be be ready to go, yes Ive tried using right click to paste,
just tried the ctrl v now and the code transferred, then I clicked save but the page is now frozen [there is a little round button beside the save button and its buffeing]

How strange! I hope it comes right soon. I get so annoyed when funny little things happen while I am trying to work. It drives me batty!

yes so right, drives me mega batty
actually I got it to work eventually, as it turned out I think Internet Explorer was the culprit - had that page open in IE where I was inputting the code and the damn thing just froze. [not the first time IE screwed up part of my day]

thanks for training video and your help now

by the way your accent is great...

Oh my word I never use Internet Explorer.... I am glad you got it sorted out :) I'm glad too that you like my accent.

Thanks for the comment Amy, I just saw that came in :) That website is more of a hobby for me than anything else - a place where I can share the things that I have learned being in recovery and getting clean.

It must have been tough for you and your ex husband but I am glad to hear that he is now in recovery!

Thank you...! All the best in health and peace...

Jill you will catch on so quickly, yes in the beginning it can seem overwhelming but you will get there. Just take one thing at a time and tackle it.

Hi Chris we are so not alone here at WA, I can't even count the amount of people in the fellowship I have connected with here :) I love seeing so many fellow addicts here making a difference to their lives. Being a part of this community has even strengthened my recovery which has blown my mind away.

Hi Tim

Have you searched yourself for training videos and solutions using the top address search bar? When you ask anyone for advice that is usually what they do to find solutions for you....

Here's a video I found that may help you: Add Affiliate Links to Sidebar in 30 seconds.

Hey John :)

Thanks for the comment on my website and for connecting here too! It is always nice to connect with fellow recovering alcoholics and addicts. We have a kinship that is hard to explain to people that are "normal" :)

So your clean date is August 2009? Mine is August 2008 :) I can't believe that it will be 10 years this year!

I hope you are enjoying France :) I went there once in 1996 but I don't remember much since I was blotto most of the time!

Farming in the Free State is not exactly safe anymore, so I am sure it was great when you were here but chances are things have changed a lot since then!

Thanks for your response Lynne. That's right, it is not safe anymore to be farming in South Africa, We left because we were fed up going to funerals of neighbours and friends who were murdered for no reason.

I hope that you are safe where you are and we sincerely hope that some day everything will come right again as we have so many friends there. Such a beautiful country!

Take care.

John ツ

I'm quite safe thanks John, I am in Saldanha. My parents are on a farm in Swellendam which is much safer since it is in the Western Cape but I still worry about them so much!

I am coming up on three years, July 27 AGAIN! I have been in the program since 1986. Unfortunately, I have relapsed several times over the years but, "fall down seven times, get up eight.

Congrats on your clean time that is awesome :) It is always great to connect with others in recovery and I have found so many people in WA connecting with me that are also in the program.

I'm not here to judge about relapsing, each person has their own path to follow. The most important thing is that you get back up!

We live literally on the beach, I open our back door and in a few meters we are walking on beach sand... and it was 30 deg celcius today so a nice warm day! Perfect beach weather...

But winter will be here soon, summer is basically over and March is the beginning of Autumn.

I've never even been in snow before. I so want to do that still. Its on my bucket list. Hubby and I are planning a trip in winter to an area a few hours away that gets snow sometimes in winter, we want to build snowmen with our kids.

Ahhh a beach, that sounds so nice :) I told my husband that I was very tempted to make a snowman today, as the snow is perfect for it right now. He just smiled and said 'go for it, as long as I don't have to". I haven't made a snowman since my children were small.

Oh that sounds divine! Mine are already in the oven :)

My son LOVES the blueberry muffins I make and when I picked him up from playschool he asked me to make some for him. I am such a sucker for my little boy :)

mmmm my husband loves blueberry muffins too :) Your little boy is blessed :) I have two sons, all grown up, but I have a grandson who is turning 8, I spoil him when he visits :)

Hey Steven :)

Thanks!

My best suggestion would be for you to check out the top ranking gigs for the type of services you want to offer and see how they have set out their gigs and pricing.

That will give you an idea of what works well - so you can use that as a base for setting up your gigs - as inspiration but don't copy their gigs exactly of course. Try and add something unique to what you offer so you stand out.

Then also check out their forums and the Fiverr academy - that is what I did :)

Kind regards

Lynne

Thanks for the great tips. Will definatly try that and give it a shot.
Really appreciate the advice.
Thanks again.

Steven

Any time Steven and good luck!!

I'm glad you like my website :) I'm not sure which one you looked at though. Just keep in mind that I have had my parenting website for nearly 6 years and it has over 800 posts and over 30 pages. This has given me a lot of time to play around and to get my site how I want it :)

Your site is very new so it is not easy to review and give feedback. The main thing you need to do is continue with the training and add content.

Some things that did stand out for me is that your privacy policy and about me pages are both missing - this is really essential and I would work on that as a matter of urgency!

YAY! I am so so happy for you Lauren, you so deserve it and I am so glad that I could help you make your first $100 day! It feels awesome doesn't it.... now you need to work on making MORE :)

It can be done and you will do it, I know that for a fact. It has been awesome sharing tips and info with you!

We still have to meet for real next time I make it into Cape Town!

Welcome to WA Joseph - I see from your profile you are really enjoying it here and learning at a great pace :) That is awesome. I promise you that there are good things coming if you work hard and stick with learning everything you can here.

Congrats on your clean time,that is brilliant!

Thankyou!!! When joining WA only a couple of months ago I didn't expect it would completely change my outlook on life. Great community and I have barely started : )

I know exactly what you mean, this community has changed my life in more ways than I can count. Yes I am earning a full time income but the communication with like-minded people on a regular basis keeps my glass full if you know what I mean?

Just know that if you keep at it, then it will happen. Sometimes progress is slow but everything you do is building on foundation of your business!

Perhaps get some feedback from the community on your website and perhaps you will find some great feedback helps you to move forward with regards to making some income?

Thanks for your words of encouragement :)

Congrats on making the change Marilyn :) That is so exciting. If I can inspire you to work hard and make your business work then my job is done for today.

It is lovely to meet you Pernilla. I hope you are enjoying your journey here at Wealthy Affiliate.

I've never been to Sweden, but I did spend a few days in Switzerland in 1996 and it was so beautiful :)

If you need help with anything let me know!

Yes, I love it here at WA!

How nice that you've been in Switzerland. I have never visited South Africa, but it's for sure on my "must-see-places" list!

Had a look at your websites. You are very productive! They all look very good an professional! I surely can learn a lot from you.

Please, let me know if you need any help as well.
:-)

Thanks for the compliments :) yes I have learned how to be quite productive in the last few years and I am loving it.

Hi Gary
I loved Australia when I visited there for a few weeks in 1999 :) I am in Saldanha, its small but we are on the beach so it is beautiful.

It is great to meet you Steve. I am loving it and living it!

It is lovely to meet you and it is amazing to be able to motivate people and show that it can be done :)

Hey Sean :) Thanks and congrats on your recovery that is awesome! There are loads of addicts and alcoholics here at WA, many of them are under the radar though and contacted me because I have been open in my profile. It is so great to be able to connect with other addicts here.

Oh yes it is so possible to make a full time income online and it is so much fun too. It comes with so much freedom and that is what I enjoy about it.

If you are a reader and a writer you will fly with this!

I too am all about the freedom!
Oh yeah, I believe almost everyone has been addicted to something before, even if it's food or shopping! It's a subject many can relate to, and being open and honest about it really helps folks out, even if they don't admit it. We're all on our own path anyway.
Thanks for the encouragement, I'll be in touch!

Oh yes! I am so with you on that belief. You must see my mom play solitaire on the computer hahaha. Its like she becomes a zombie!

Yes drop me a message any time :) I am happy to help.

I don't have 100 000 subscribers anywhere Rose, I had 140 000 page views on my website, with about 20 000 unique visitors :)

I only have 316 Youtube subscribers!

And yes it is hard to keep up :)

Wow, clueless.
Sorry Lynne, thanks for info on websites.
Take care
Rose

:) LOL no problem Rose, you will be swinging with all the online jargon soon I'm sure!

Luther thank you... yeah WA doesn't like the F-bomb at all, me with my potty mouth figured that out a long time ago. I have to keep my language clean here. No F-bombs allowed.

I'm glad you enjoyed the ebook!

I don't use the F-bomb very often but after reading your book, I wanted to feel closer and accepted. Also, in view of the scenes I had been walking through, with you, I thought it was appropriate to express what I felt about you.

Not sure what I'm feeling, reading this, Maybe despair and sorrow for you at the time that was happening. Now, I feel joy and hope flooding you life. You have come a long way and I couldn't be happier.... Roll on!

That's exactly it Luther, there are times that an F-bomb is actually most appropriate - my addiction website is one of the places where F-bombs are totally accepted :)

It's not like addicts and dealers sitting in crack houses mind their P's and Q's haha.

I totally understand.

I replied to your message about these queries :)

Oh you are back :) That is great news! I really do believe in this program.

Yes I will always respond as fast as I can and I do try and log in daily.

I know; I can count on you to be there. Thanks, it's encouraging to know that.

I will always be here :)

Thanks Jacklyn :)

Well the amazing thing is that my addiction blog is earning an income and I barely even have time to post on it since I am so busy with my mommy blog. It is not a huge income but I can only imagine that if I had to spend a good amount of time on that website I can easily turn that into a full time income too.

I wrote a post here recently about how I make money from my blogs because I get asked that question a lot! How to Make Money from Online Blogging

Hi Carl:)

It is lovely to meet you! My mom's family all come from PE and she has a very large family :)

How's it living in the USA? Must be quite the circus with Trump?

yea he quite the character that is for sure. It is not bad living here but I miss the homeland a lot. trying to save up some money to go back and visit at least. :)

carl

Haha yes well we have Zuma right? I'm not even going to comment on that.

I could never leave South Africa, I love it here and I could never take my kids away from Granny, Grandpa, Ouma and Oupa.

And I really miss Biltong, and braais (potjie kos), a LOT!! lol :)

Yes Biltong is the best :) And braais in summer, love it!

Thanks Steven :) It is great to connect with you and I love sharing my story in the hopes that it helps someone else!

The journey has been incredible and very exciting.

Hi Craig. We are all well thanks. I hope you are clean from your addictions at the moment?

I am so sorry to hear about your kidney disease :(

Trish it is lovely to meet you. Yes WA works in any country because WA shows you how to set up your own business step by step :) I have 3 websites and each one is earning an income. The best part is that the majority of my income is USD... so honestly you don't need to make much in USD to make a really good income here in SA!

oh nice,thank you lovely Lynne :)

It is a pleasure!

Hey Gordon :) Thanks for connecting, I will check it out as soon as I can.

Tamara ask away, that is what this community is here for :)

Oh wow it is lovely to meet you Laurie!

My sober date is 02 August 2008, when is yours? It must be damn close right?

I live in Saldanha Bay now, but I was born and lived in Cape Town all my life.

Hi Lesley :)

Its lovely to meet you! And yes someone has to write the romance stories because so many people love reading them :)

You are welcome to ask me questions any time!

Hi Arief... oh so you didn't hear about the legal action then? LOL

Here is my new video, yes the third one!
https://youtu.be/kD47ZUtSSb4

Sorry about that but I had to remove it.

And damn your opt in form is pretty damn sweet. I need to hire you to make mine look like that!

Thank you for the video, Lynne

The opt in form is the feature from GetResponse.com that I love. You can design any form with it. You should get it if you haven't use any autoresponder yet.

How are the email series that you are receiving? Are they properly send to you?

Oh dear, I wasn't looking out for them and haven't seen anything yet. I will check my spam and let you know!

Oh there we go, one in spam and the rest well I only just opened my email now.

Arief I will have to have a look at them later or over the weekend and give you feedback, I am on my way to fetch my kids and they are home with me tomorrow and the weekend :)

Hi Phil

Oh wow what a big question :)

Well if you are a newbie I would advise to follow all of Kyle's training first. It is set out beautifully step by step and by the time you have finished all the training available in both courses (yes I suggest you do Bootcamp afterwards even if you are not promoting WA) then start on Jay's training, he does all the Live Friday webinars - username Magistudios... and when you have gone through all of that you will know more than me *wink*

Hey Ali

It is great to connect with you :)

Here are my personal profiles:
https://plus.google.com/+LynneHuysamen
https://twitter.com/LynneHuysamen
https://www.facebook.com/lynne.huysamen

Thank you and done! )

Hi Maurice

Congrats on starting your website that it awesome!

I have added content as I have learned new things or found scams online that I want to review. Adding content that applies to where you are in life makes everything so much easier and it keeps it all very real. Well that has worked for me. If you write from the heart it will rank better and it will be read more :)

As you learn about online marketing share what you have learned :)

If you go Premium you will be guided through exactly how to find content ideas and taught how to write reviews and so much more. I always recommend Premium :)

Thank you for the insight, now i have an idea on the things that will i start with. I have another website where showcase my music so i will use all the experiences and apply them :)

I am so happy to be able to help you out with suggestions Maurice :)

Hi Jesus

Well that is more than one question, so let me deal with each part separately.

How often should you post?
The thing here is to be consistent with posting new content. Yes as often as possible is great but make sure you can keep up that routine. The best is to publish 2-3 posts per week.

How long should posts be?
Aim for 1000+ words per post. You might not be able to manage such long posts in the beginning and that is just fine, try your best and you will writing becomes easier and easier as you go.
Plus remember you can always update old content :)

What about quality?
This is really important. Maybe you can write 1000 word posts and maybe you can write 2-3 times a week... but what quality are these posts?
Quality is really important for a lot of reasons. Your readers won't stay long on your website if your posts are not quality. Google won't rank your content well if your content is not quality.
So if you can write a QUALITY 500 word post once a week that is better than writing 3 non-quality posts in a week.

Yes yes yes
To writing about different foot problems and offering different products! This is exactly what you want to do. The more products you review and recommend the more chance you have of making sales.

Follow the training, it is set up beautifully step by step with tasks at the end of each lesson. If you do this you will learn everything you need to know about working online.

I hope I have answered all your questions for you. Let me know if anything is unclear :)

That was funny as to your response because I had to go back and see how I had posed the question and you are right I did say one question. Anyway I do want to thank you for your quick response and for answering all my questions. I now know that there is alot of work to do and big challange for me because writing takes me a long time to write and be creative. I am aware that for most of us this is not easy and thank you again and continued success.

Oh yes, this will take work! But it will be well worth it in the end.

Lovely to meet you Stephan! I have been with WA for nearly a year and I've been working online for 4 years. WA is the place to be for sure.

You will learn loads here and make great friends too in the process.

Congrats on your clean time! I think the hardest part is just admitting to oneself how bad the problem is, from there on getting clean is the easier part.

Welcome and I look forward to watching your progress here.

Hi Cindy

I am glad to hear your husband is sober, it must have been terribly hard for you when he was drinking!

Oh yes I find life so much easier just sharing my stuff. It make me happy and helps others!

Thank you for your kind words :)

Kind Regards
Lynne

Hi Wayne :) Just because I follow you doesn't mean you have to follow back :)

But thank you for the follow.

Yes it is a day to day thing, sometimes hour to hour... but I get through the days. Life is really so much better clean :)

Well, thing is, I want to follow everyone who follows me but sometimes I get sidetracked. Following those who follow me gives me a bit more incite into who/how they are. It helps us to know each other better as a community.

All the best.

Very true and I know exactly what you mean by getting sidetracked lol

Good morning :)

I have just replied to your PM on this. Yes I would keep it professional for sure.

I have an email for each of my websites, but I have all my mail forwarded to my main email and I use that one to reply to any responses.

You can set up your personal email for each website here in WA and also the forwarding which makes everything so easy!

Lovely to connect with you! Hope your problems with your boys get sorted out.

Nothing to major, the boy still need old Dad once in awhile

Lovely to meet you fellow friend of Bill :)

Yes I will most definitely check out your profile and blogs! Thank you connecting :)

Heya. Well those links are to connect personally with people here... not to promote my websites. Perhaps I should see about whether that is allowed or not and maybe remove them!

Yes with please, I will have a look at your website and give you feedback :)

Hey JD. It's looking great... just one thing: where is your blog roll? Call me dumb but I couldn't find it. Also you don't have any comments that I can see, it would be great to get some comments on your website.

I'm happy to chat to you :) It was more the wholesale suppliers that were messing me around.. and retail was so much work lol. I want to make as much money as possible with the least amount of expense and work.... and then spend time with my kids. Happy to chat and answer your questions, You are welcome to email me directly at lynne@kaboutjie.com

And I'm not sorry by the way, I am happy and free. Blogging is what I have a passion for now.

Hi Kari

Lovely to connect with you and I am so sorry to hear about your first husband. Addict is truly ugly! Thank you for the comment!

Glad I could inspire you with my websites :) What exactly are you struggling with? Perhaps tell me what you've been writing about and maybe I can throw some ideas around?

Thank you! If you read my latest post here you will see that I am now starting to earn money from my MMO website :)

My addiction one I have not out too much work into and I haven't monetized it as much as I could...

With pleasure I will give you some comments! Just pop down the links here to the posts you would like me to comment on :)

And check out this training I published on quality commenting too! Quality Commenting: The Do's and Don'ts

LOL yes I have been told that :) Thanks for connecting with me!

Thank you, what a lovely message :)

You are very much welcome. Have a good day.

Thanks Louie, I'll definitely check out your blogs and training thank you!

My pleasure Lynne! ;)

Hey Steve
How exciting! I can't wait to see what you achieve!

Thanks Johan :) Enjoy the training, it is top notch!

Hi, lovely to meet you! Take it one step at a time, follow the training and you will do great. It is a long to take in at once :)