Lets be honest

I wanted to take some time to be directly HONEST with everyone especially Newbies which seems to be the majority of us on WA. Everyone is new!

Anyway, I wish I was told at the beginning of my journy here at WA just how difficult this would be to become successful. I wish I had known how long it would take to succeed doing affiliate marketing.

I wish I had known what the statistics were or sucess rate. I wish I knew how much hard work and dedication it would take.

I would have like to have known how long I would have to work for FREE on my website before I started making any kind of steady monthly income.

This is serious stuff. I quite my day job based on what I thought would happen.

What happened and is happening is NOTHING close to what I thought. When I commit , I dont ever quit. I go and go until I succeed. Thats just how I am.

Therefore, I am dedicated and I fully commited to Affiliate Marketing here at WA. IM in it no matter.

But, I wish I had done more research and talked to more existing WA Premium members at that time back in August 2016. Instead I jumped right in without really knowing anything.

I learned a lot and still learn every day. The network here is great, although 80% is brand new members like I was nearly 2 years ago.

I am just now starting to make steady decent monthly traffic, but it is no where near what I had hoped it would be. Is it my particular niche? Maybe? Have I just NOT been lucky? Maybe.

Or, am I just normal like the rest of you and affiliate marketing nowadays is simply difficult as hell and takes many, many years to establish and succeed.

To start a company, everyone knows that it is a 5 year start up plan. People write a 5 year business plan and off they go.

Why would I think any different when I committed to affiliate marketing program here at WA>

If its not a hobby or something fun to fill your time....then this is a serious START UP company, Limited Liability Company. A real business.

Does that mean that the statistics of pass or fail apply? They surely do.

Most fail after the first year and by the 3rd year there are not too many businesses stil running in general. Its hard.

Affiliate Marketing is no LESS hard than any other start up business.

I neede revenue every month to pay my bills just like the rest of you.

I am counting on my site to produce enough revenue to pay my bills. This has not happened yet.

So, to be honest with you....most of you are looking at a 5 year business plan. Nothing good happens fast in business. Buckle up, get ready to work for FREE for at least 2 years straight before you start to see any income. This is what the majority of new members will experience.

However, NO ONE else here will tell you this. Sorry, IM just being honest and frank.

I wish I had been told more of the truth and more realistic when I first began. Im doing you a favor and letting you know what is realistic here doing Affiliate Marketing.

Can you be more succesful much faster? As in 6 months? YES, you surely could and some have done it. But, HONESTLY, once again I am telling you that this only happens to about 5% of people.

The majority of us....are facing a dedication of several years before we see success at a level that this could pay most of your monthly bills. If you stick this out for 5 years....I do believe by then you will be making some decent passive income every month.

That is if you had been sticking to the training and writing quality articles and still posting a few times every week.

It takes years before GOOGLE will even rank your site high today if you are refering to the best, most popular key words in your niche. 3 million other sites are trying to out rank you.

7 years ago or 10 years ago you could be very successful at Affiliate Marketing because it was so new. THINGS HAVE CHANGED. IT IS A NEW REALITY.

Write a 5 year business plan. You CAN succeed if you are patient and put in the effort of a longer term business like start up. Treat it that way and then you will have no surprises after 12 months of working your bum off and writing articles yet you have seen no steady traffic and ZERO revenue. Just say'in! Wish I had known and I may or may not have committed to this.

-Matt B.