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Hi I'm Melissa. I joined WA in November 2017 and am so happy to be here. I'm a mum to twin boys and joined WA

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Hi, I know there are several different backdrops for the WA homepage to assist with referring relevant groups to WA - where are these listed? They don't appear to be in the affi

I have made it simple for all WA member.

Hi Melissa.

Are you looking for this (Customizable Niche-Specific Homepage Designs)?

Yes, that’s it! Thanks so much!

You're most welcome!

Glad you found what you are looking for Melissa, let us know if you have any other questions about linking to WA with your affiliate link :)

Hi Carson,
Hope you're doing well!
I think it would be great if these were added to the affiliate program section? Then perhaps they could replace (or compliment) the existing banners:

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/banners

Have a fabulous weekend.
Cheers
Melissa

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Links to the different backdrop images of the wa homepage (for different interests)?

Links to the different backdrop images of the wa homepage (for different interests)?

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Hi, I know there are several different backdrops for the WA homepage to assist with referring relevant groups to WA - where are these listed? They don't appear to be in the affi

I have made it simple for all WA member.

Hi Melissa.

Are you looking for this (Customizable Niche-Specific Homepage Designs)?

Yes, that’s it! Thanks so much!

You're most welcome!

Glad you found what you are looking for Melissa, let us know if you have any other questions about linking to WA with your affiliate link :)

Hi Carson,
Hope you're doing well!
I think it would be great if these were added to the affiliate program section? Then perhaps they could replace (or compliment) the existing banners:

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/banners

Have a fabulous weekend.
Cheers
Melissa

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Hi everyone,
My question relates to link shorteners such as bitly and pretty links.

Any advice on whether this is a good thing to do, or better not to do? If they are

Hey Melissa,

Because Pretty Links let you brand your own shorter links, and because those links look more 'normal' compared to Bitly links, people are often more inclined to click on them.

Additionally, when you use Bitly, the person clicking is first directed through Bitly’s platform before reaching the final destination, whereas Pretty Links keeps everything within your own domain.

This not only helps maintain trust but also reinforces your brand’s visibility.

Hope you find this helpful.

Hi Trish,
Thank you so much. This is incredibly helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Cheers
Melissa

I’ve used pretty links for years. No issues. Great plugin.

Many thanks Eric. You're such a great help - I appreciate it!

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Use of custom link shorteners- suggestions and are they a good or bad idea?

Use of custom link shorteners- suggestions and are they a good or bad idea?

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Hi everyone,
My question relates to link shorteners such as bitly and pretty links.

Any advice on whether this is a good thing to do, or better not to do? If they are

Hey Melissa,

Because Pretty Links let you brand your own shorter links, and because those links look more 'normal' compared to Bitly links, people are often more inclined to click on them.

Additionally, when you use Bitly, the person clicking is first directed through Bitly’s platform before reaching the final destination, whereas Pretty Links keeps everything within your own domain.

This not only helps maintain trust but also reinforces your brand’s visibility.

Hope you find this helpful.

Hi Trish,
Thank you so much. This is incredibly helpful. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Cheers
Melissa

I’ve used pretty links for years. No issues. Great plugin.

Many thanks Eric. You're such a great help - I appreciate it!

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I have a website that I recently created and is not hosted here at WA. I will not be hosting it here in the future as it isn't a Wordpress site. I was thinking that I could sti

As you already know, yes you can.

I put mine on the About Me page of a website I did years ago on natural health. I spoke about why I created that website and how easy it was to do with the education I received at Wealthy Affiliate. Then I made those words "Wealthy Affiliate" link to WA with my affiliate link.

Another way I do it is to link to any relevant WA Blog Post I have created here. Doing it this way doesn't require me to even use my affiliate link. As soon as someone links to my WA Blog, if they join WA from my blog, I get the referral because I am the author of that blog.

Once I was having a conversation with people on Facebook about how Google indexing works. I said, Check this blog I wrote about Google's process of indexing. Then I posted the link to my WA Blog (without using my affiliate link). One of them joined WA and I got the referral.

Hi Melissa

You got the correct answers from Eric and Catherine so won't repeat that just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year which is less than 12 hours to go for us.

Enjoy the evening

Andre 😀

Yes I feel a bit silly now with my question. It's obvious now :). But anyway wishing you a VERY happy new year Andre!

Any question is valid and never silly. Everyone here is willing to help when you need it. Just ask away and sit back. Answers will be knocking at your door.

Michael

Don't feel silly Melissa it's a valid question. We ask we lear
Enjoy the last day this year and embrace the new year
🙏🕛🙂

Hey,
If your site content is relevant to promote WA and any other product/service, why not? WA is a place to teach you how to do this, and you can apply this training to your other businesses. This is my opinion.

John

As EricCantu said, you can post your WA affiliate links anywhere you want. I'd like to add: Avoid spamming your affiliate link everywhere. For example: Being a brand new member in a bunch of Facebook groups and violating their policies to promote Wealthy Affiliate.

I recommend following the training that's given here. After a while, you'll start following professional strategies that work for you and your niche(s) on making sales. A recommendation I have is to put your Wealthy Affiliate affiliate link to specific training on your website that people are looking for online.

You can post your link on social media on your own website, wherever you want to

Ah yes of course. Thanks, Catherine. Happy New Year to you!

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Can I use my wa affiliate code on a non-wa hosted (non-wordpress) website?

Can I use my wa affiliate code on a non-wa hosted (non-wordpress) website?

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I have a website that I recently created and is not hosted here at WA. I will not be hosting it here in the future as it isn't a Wordpress site. I was thinking that I could sti

As you already know, yes you can.

I put mine on the About Me page of a website I did years ago on natural health. I spoke about why I created that website and how easy it was to do with the education I received at Wealthy Affiliate. Then I made those words "Wealthy Affiliate" link to WA with my affiliate link.

Another way I do it is to link to any relevant WA Blog Post I have created here. Doing it this way doesn't require me to even use my affiliate link. As soon as someone links to my WA Blog, if they join WA from my blog, I get the referral because I am the author of that blog.

Once I was having a conversation with people on Facebook about how Google indexing works. I said, Check this blog I wrote about Google's process of indexing. Then I posted the link to my WA Blog (without using my affiliate link). One of them joined WA and I got the referral.

Hi Melissa

You got the correct answers from Eric and Catherine so won't repeat that just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year which is less than 12 hours to go for us.

Enjoy the evening

Andre 😀

Yes I feel a bit silly now with my question. It's obvious now :). But anyway wishing you a VERY happy new year Andre!

Any question is valid and never silly. Everyone here is willing to help when you need it. Just ask away and sit back. Answers will be knocking at your door.

Michael

Don't feel silly Melissa it's a valid question. We ask we lear
Enjoy the last day this year and embrace the new year
🙏🕛🙂

Hey,
If your site content is relevant to promote WA and any other product/service, why not? WA is a place to teach you how to do this, and you can apply this training to your other businesses. This is my opinion.

John

As EricCantu said, you can post your WA affiliate links anywhere you want. I'd like to add: Avoid spamming your affiliate link everywhere. For example: Being a brand new member in a bunch of Facebook groups and violating their policies to promote Wealthy Affiliate.

I recommend following the training that's given here. After a while, you'll start following professional strategies that work for you and your niche(s) on making sales. A recommendation I have is to put your Wealthy Affiliate affiliate link to specific training on your website that people are looking for online.

You can post your link on social media on your own website, wherever you want to

Ah yes of course. Thanks, Catherine. Happy New Year to you!

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Hi, I've been using the article writer to help with content which is going great. But there doesn't seem to be a way of referring back to the article outline once the article w

If you generate the outline and then stop there (ie. Save for later), they are saved under SiteContent (Websites menu -> SiteContent). The Status column will say "Outline." You can pick them up from there and continue the article creation process. But once you actually generate the full article, the outline seems to be gone forever.

This a very good observation. Also to add, one sees quite a number of subheadings in the outline but very few in the drafted article. As expected, the subheading in the outline ought to have been followed.
Thank you Melissa for this timely observation.
Joseph

Hi Joseph, I've noticed that as well about the subheadings. An example might be that my outline will suggest there are 6 sections, and then when I see the article there might be 3 or 4. And then I want to go back to the outline to see what has happened, and perhaps add in further headings or details to the article but can't because the outline is no longer there.

When I get a draft and an outline I copy it and put them in a folder marked published so I can refer back to them

Thanks. It sounds like a few people would benefit from the outlines being saved in the Hub automatically without having to copy them and save them elsewhere.

Great tip, I will do this from now on.
Thanks Catherine.

This is a great question. I have not seen a way as of yet. If I find a way I will let you know. In the future I would try to copy and paste it somewhere or screenshot it.

Yeah I agree with you. I do copy and paste it in Word doc or in Google Doc but you are right it does not save. I think it should. I will have to ask it to rewrite it or ask Chatty GPT to finish the fillers. I notice the same thing it does not do all of what I ask it to do. I asked it to write me 5 tips instead it wrote me 3 tips and I missing two more so I asked GPT to finish the rest of the tips for me then I edit in my own words cut the fluff that AI Authors do, I have a prompt and when I use the prompt it does not follow me either and still outputs gibberish that I told it not to do. I am not impressed with its repetitive words.

Thanks. I will often screenshot the outline and save it, but I also forget sometimes. I just did a great outline covering every detail I wanted in the article, but the article has fallen short and now I can't go back to the outline to see the gaps because I forgot to screenshot it. Very frustrating.

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Is there a way to see the content outline once the article writer has drafted the article?

Is there a way to see the content outline once the article writer has drafted the article?

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Hi, I've been using the article writer to help with content which is going great. But there doesn't seem to be a way of referring back to the article outline once the article w

If you generate the outline and then stop there (ie. Save for later), they are saved under SiteContent (Websites menu -> SiteContent). The Status column will say "Outline." You can pick them up from there and continue the article creation process. But once you actually generate the full article, the outline seems to be gone forever.

This a very good observation. Also to add, one sees quite a number of subheadings in the outline but very few in the drafted article. As expected, the subheading in the outline ought to have been followed.
Thank you Melissa for this timely observation.
Joseph

Hi Joseph, I've noticed that as well about the subheadings. An example might be that my outline will suggest there are 6 sections, and then when I see the article there might be 3 or 4. And then I want to go back to the outline to see what has happened, and perhaps add in further headings or details to the article but can't because the outline is no longer there.

When I get a draft and an outline I copy it and put them in a folder marked published so I can refer back to them

Thanks. It sounds like a few people would benefit from the outlines being saved in the Hub automatically without having to copy them and save them elsewhere.

Great tip, I will do this from now on.
Thanks Catherine.

This is a great question. I have not seen a way as of yet. If I find a way I will let you know. In the future I would try to copy and paste it somewhere or screenshot it.

Yeah I agree with you. I do copy and paste it in Word doc or in Google Doc but you are right it does not save. I think it should. I will have to ask it to rewrite it or ask Chatty GPT to finish the fillers. I notice the same thing it does not do all of what I ask it to do. I asked it to write me 5 tips instead it wrote me 3 tips and I missing two more so I asked GPT to finish the rest of the tips for me then I edit in my own words cut the fluff that AI Authors do, I have a prompt and when I use the prompt it does not follow me either and still outputs gibberish that I told it not to do. I am not impressed with its repetitive words.

Thanks. I will often screenshot the outline and save it, but I also forget sometimes. I just did a great outline covering every detail I wanted in the article, but the article has fallen short and now I can't go back to the outline to see the gaps because I forgot to screenshot it. Very frustrating.

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