Thanks for the comment all, I just started out today and I'm thinking about joining for $19.00, seems like a terrific deal now that I'm getting the hang of this. By the way has anyone made a BLUEPRINT to success? Seems like there is too much information that my "TINY" brain can handle.

I joined premium because I felt that it was a legitimate program that could help me to learn how to improve my financial situation by taking a hobby and turning into something that will benefit my family. The community has been very warm and welcoming and the structure is amazing!

I joined premium because of the 24/7 global expertise. Once I was within the free sign up and looked around, the tools, info and knowledge available I found impressive. WA is easy to use and I'm not flooded with ideals. I've been dabbling in my own projects for 15 years with the basic concept to be a self funded retiree. I'm now 34 and although I have loads of time until I retire, it takes time to build the value and it's a learning curve. I will give myself a time limit with premium as I need to set a goal to make income to at least break even the cost, obviously my time and effort and the value of the ideas I have and how I excute will determine that!

I instantly found the WA community to be very real, full of like minded welcoming members who are here to help each other. There is so much information and training available here, I don't believe you would ever need to go anywhere else.

Live Chat is always buzzing with questions and answers, so much help available and so much to learn. Interaction with people from around the world is awesome too!

I joined premium so that I have access to all the training avail in order to be successful in this business...i feel I have alot more to do b4 I can set up my website page in order to operate it properly i hope and pray that i could really make a dif.in so.eones life by what they get out of my web page when it's up as nd running...as of right now I have lost my job as nd have been looking for work to cover my expenses ..i hope to at least replace my income from work through this program ,,if I could do more then awesome I try not to put an almost unseeminly high goal out there but the truth is there really are no boundaries when it comes to a set amount o f money to be earned ....i say the sky is the limit ,you have to set your goals high if you want to be super successful ,, as nd I know it takes time,effort,patience,, a nd a setting will to success!!! If anyone likes what I have written then come along and follow me,,and I will follow you in re turn as well....Thanks All..!!!! Have a productive week now ya all hear.

Hi,

I decided to upgrade to premium for several reasons.

1. Due to the knowledge I can get here, mostly from your webinars, but also from other members of WA community.

2. If I have any questions about internet marketing or SEO, I can ask them here and count on a quick answer.

3. Because of having my own domain, and as you know it has an impact on SEO.

4. Due to some useful options available on this platform, eg the ability to get comments or WA keyword tool.

I think it just basically comes down to taking the program seriously and getting everything there is to get from it. I don't know that there was one deciding factor other than, for me, wanting to give it a whole shot. I feel like, if this is worth doing, it's worth doing all the way.

Hi Jay,

I decided to upgrade to Premium because i'd enjoyed the first course. It's very well structured for newbies like me! I needed the hand holding and this training delivers.

I also like that everything is in one place i.e hosting, training and support.

But i think the best thing about Wealthy Affiliate is the community, it doesn't matter what question you ask someone is always there to help even if its been asked a thousand times before. The range of members is amazing from beginners to experts all willing to give their time and knowledge.....this alone is worth much more than the monthly subscription in my opinion. I am one very happy customer so far!

Hi Jay.

I went premium so I would have access to all the courses.

The emphasis here seems to be on teaching rather than getting people excited or telling what else has to purchased.

I am currently using products marketed by a different company - hosting, automatic backup. I also have other products such as a webinar room from that company that I am not using.

I am sure training is available but it is hard to find. The CEO sends lots of emails trying to (and succeeding in) get people excited about the products. At the moment lots of new products are coming online and it gets a bit overwhelming. Where do these people get all that energy?

The products I am using are good and I am becoming quite knowledgeable about those although there are still gaps in the hosting area.

I know the automatic update well. It is a good product but there are pitfalls. If you change your computer's configuration, you can think you are backing up when you are not. I was caught out when my hard drive motor broke. Luckily I had used an external hard drive a few weeks back which had old files on it and I was able to recover most recent data from reports emailed. (Do not give up your USD hard drive backup altogether.) I still recommend the automatic backup. I know where I went wrong.

I get the impression (correctly I hope) that, if I need some sort of technical skill I will likely learn it here.

I hope to fill in the training gaps here. I expect Wealthy Affiliate will be very helpful to me. I would like to market WA when I start seeing results - making money.

I couldn't think of better response than nowjoytime's. Going premium immediately stood out to me as the best opportunity for me to learn all of the facets of online business I would need to know. The organization of the site is stellar and there is a real sense of community here.