What Is An Ambassador?
To be an ambassador at Wealthy Affiliate requires a person to really get involved in the community. You get ranked by how active you are in the community. To be active in the community means that you are posting in your profile, answering other members questions and maybe even creating some training modules for other members.
This sounds all well and good but I have noticed that some people really work at being an ambassador so they will "help" other members out when they do not know the answer themselves.
Many times they also will post comments that really have nothing to do with the conversation just so they can be active and get a higher ranking.
My favourite comment posted though is "Sorry I cannot help you out" Does this actually help out your ambassador ranking? If it does I would say a lot of people are abusing the system.
The reason I bring this up is because sometimes I do not know whether the answer I have been given is the correct one. So how do I know for sure that I am being steered in the right direction?
One final thought this does not apply to the majority of the community it is a very small minority of the community and in all fairness they do believe they are helping out but unless you know one hundred percent then I think it is best you do not answer.
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I have to agree with you but only up to a point.
I myself am no expert and I say as much in my profile and there are sure to be other members (ambassadors or not) that are much more knowledgeable than I am.
But I do have a wealth of experience in just about every aspect of Internet marketing and I also do a lot of research and its because of these two that I feel I can at the very least point people in the right direction.
As for those members who are trying to manipulate the system to increase their rank. They will get their come-uppance eventually and nobody will suffer except them because they will fail in their own endeavours to earn a meaningful income.
Onwards and Upwards Maureen and have a great day.
Robert
I do agree with you that there are some very clever people and age is no benchmark, who have never been to university or had any kind of Higher Education like a lot of the members here have had.
I also tend to pay attentionn to people who are like you say 'Street Smart' because they have been around the block as the saying goes.
I also agree that you can't beat experience - been there, done that and read the book springs to mind.
At the end of the day it is entirely up to the individual whether they take tips and advice onboard and act on them and as long as people ask me for those tips and advice I will continue to do my best to - 'Point Them In The Right Direction'.
You have a great day or evening across there in Ontario and whatever you're doing Maureen.
Robert
But I also have to ask, when people pose a question, have they tried to find the answer for themselves first by utilising the search bar and/or Live Chat, or do they want someone else to do that for them?
At the end of the day, we should all try and help each other out. Being an Ambassador means you are active - not necessarily an expert.
My two cents worth.
Of course it came apparent that many "Ambassadors" knew less that I and was giving out false information to me and others.
