It might not be the most popular opinion...
I hope all of you fine WA'ers will excuse my momentary rant, as I mean no harm or offense toward anyone. However, I have seen so many posts lately about how to improve one's ranking here at WA, how to get into the top 12, "why didn't my rank improve, because I posted lots of comments".... etc.
The ranking system is what it is - a way to recognize people who are actively paying it forward within the community. The algorithm is based on your contributions as a helper, creator and level of activity. Mathematically there's some logic to how it's determined what magic number is.
BUT, the whole point of a getting a good rank is that you earn it by giving of yourself unselfishly. Meaning you shouldn't be waiting for that big pat on the back for doing a good deed. There are some extremely "ambassador-worthy" members of our community here that have a lower ranking, but that doesn't make them less valuable, their opinion less credible, or the wealth of knowledge in their head less relevant than anyone else. It also doesn't mean they don't contribute when they can.
Stop paying so much attention to what number you're at. Ask yourself instead, "Did I do a good job today (this week, this month...)?", "Did I write a post or make an improvement on my site?" Did I leave a comment that helped someone, either by giving them needed info or just by making them smile? Yes? Good! Congratulations. You are an Ambassador!
I welcome anyone here to agree, disagree or give a hoot n' a holler back any which way.
Ever your friend and follower,
Marcel
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I made number 11 today. What was different about my day. Absolutely nothing, except a person PM'd to ask how my day had changed ( I got the impression he thought there would be a party or something ). It is only a number. Forget the number and help someone!
And Terea, you deserve it! You're always helping and teaching others out here. And you absolutely have the right attitude about it. Thanks for all that you do! And if your rank goes down tomorrow I will still thank you and appreciate what you do for us all :)
That is what I am looking for, the pure joy of helping and seeing the smile of the person that now understands or has solved a problem. I have no desire to be recognized for a number, but as a person who is willing to help!
Amen! That is what I strive for even before becoming an ambassador and that is to HELP people.
I am super mega agree with you Marcel!
@RICH and I see a lot of members here making *irritating pointless noise* creating blog like: "Dance, jump and sing" what?! it's not helpful to anyone here. It's pretty disgusting! Even I see some member writing about they are *disappointed* about how WA rank works. When I see post like this I am pretty happy to flag it as spam because Wealthy Affiliate is so awesome to host those post here!
@RICH always says: Rank is a "benchmark of activity, not quality", he is so right. I have seen some folks here like rankspankers doing promotion and self-promotion, something to achieve at any cost. ugh.
The purpose to be an Ambassador is work unselfishly, be helpful and willing to answer questions. We have talented members like Beverley (@BIS), Veronica (Veronica.l), Richard (@RICH.), Dean (Apina)... and more. Some of them are no within the first 12. But they are so awesome. Some of them helped me with questions and they don't say: "I am the most helper here" or say "I am helping Jorge". They are so really Ambassador and we have a HUGE respect to them.
You are right in your questions!! I have to think if we work in our website, making some progress and the most important making $$$
I really love your blog.
Thank you
Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply back Jorge. And for supporting those who have helped you in return. I for one have been helped from many of Rich's posts myself!
Great to meet you! Best, Marcel
Agree! I'm happy you wrote this blog, you put it perfectly, in "my" opinion. There have been other blogs like yours lately to counteract the opposite ones, which simply goes to show we are all different.
If someone is worried, focused about WA rank performance it's who they are, it's normal and it can't change from reading a blog. Our goals, values, level of competiveness are not the same, just like in the offline world.
If we don't like the point of view, we can move on to another blog, either way. We can/should all respect each other.
Thanks for replying DNTL. It's a guarantee that we will all see things from our own unique perspective, and it's important to voice the opinions we're passionate about.
I have a lot of respect for some of the individuals I have seen post on the very thing I'm ranting about. My respect for them is not lessened just because I think about it differently.
When we run in instances where certain WA members express deep disappointment with their Ambassador ranking, it's best just to remind ourselves why we are here. - Christine
Very true Christine. It's good to think about our good fortune for being here, and how it brings us closer to our personal and professional goals.
Well, Marcel, I very much like this post. Which of course will pan out to mean, that in fact, yes, you will be correct ~ this will not be the most popular opinion. Nice to know there are ppl about that do not pay much heed as to whether their opinion is well received ~ next they will be coming up with their own ideas, where will it all lead?
Oh good golly miss Molly! I prefer to steal my best ideas from people far smarter than I :)
Thanks for weighing in buddy, I was pretty sure you'd have an opinion, and I'm always glad to hear what it is!
As Picaso said 'good artists copy, great artists steal'. Though he stole the underlying concepts, not the end result... I think this is missed by some. I also don't think cut & paste as we know it today was available to the master... Not that it would have been of much use to him (maybe for responding to fan mail???)...
Well written, Marcel. You were one of my first followers and in the time I've been here, you've always been very helpful and supportive, to me and to many others, with a happy disposition and positive attitude. This puts you in high regard, where any ranking is quite incidental.
:) george
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I am with you.
It is not all that wonderful all the time when you reach the top 30 or so.
You find yourself being more and more busy helping people and less and less busy building your business.
I am not complaining because I have the time to do both, and I strongly believe in paying it forward, because without people sharing and helping I would not be making money here now. ( I was very high maintenance when I came here, lol )
If you can find a happy medium between helping people and building your business, that's awesome, but if work suffers, then you need to take a good look at that. :)
Hi Shawn, It really is a serious consideration. After all, we're here for the purpose of furthering our business knowledge and opportunity. For many that can take up all of one's time. Lot's of folks have to juggle multiple jobs, family, etc.
It's great for people who have earned the rank, and they should all be proud of it. It's just important not to lose sight of what the rank means. And for those who don't make the top of the class, that doesn't mean you aren't an MVP to someone here!
Oh exactly. Everyone has something to give.
I have leaned from old timers here and beginners.
Ranking is just a number.