Progress! Planting Seeds of Success at Wealthy Affiliates

Have you ever planted a sunflower seed? It's miraculous when you see that little seed in the palm of your hand, planted at the beginning of summer, growing into a magnificent, giant, (& cheerful) sunflower within only a matter of a few months. All it takes is planting the seeds in good soil, and ensuring they get enough water and sunlight, but once they start to sprout, they grow so quickly! Rows of sunflower seeds become legions of cheerful giants, standing tall, faces turned to the sun.

In addition to writing in my journal each morning, I go out and walk in the fresh air, through a little path in the woods in our neighborhood. In the spring and summer, I often see gentle mother deer with their beautiful babies; I hear owls hooting in the evening. Walking is a great tool for writers! (I recommend Julia Cameron's books The Artist's Way, and Vein of Gold for anyone seeking to develop creative habits that can inspire their writing/art/music/business/parenting/any endeavor that requires creativity and clarity of thought).

My walks take me past a neighborhood group garden, where over the course of the early spring through summer I watched as the sunflowers sprouted, then gradually grew taller, and taller, with each passing day. Upon returning from a family trip to the beach, the sunflowers' growth even in that short time was astonishing. Yet each of these sunflowers was a small seed in the palm of the hand just a matter of weeks prior.

Every website and post we create following the Wealthy Affiliate training is like another seed planted. (Jaaxy helps us choose the right seeds - in the form of key words - to get the best results.)

At first it might seem like progress is slower than we had hoped, but keep on writing, keep on creating, and those seeds you have sown will grow.

This post is to document my own progress so far, a few months in, thanks to Wealthy Affiliates, and thanks to all of the inspiration and support from the community here at WA!

I had registered several website domains some time ago (to bring to life numerous projects), but I had not taken the next steps until I discovered Wealthy Affiliates. Upon beginning the training at Wealthy Affiliates, I quickly realized that Premium membership would be extremely helpful, so I jumped right in. As a result, in a month's time I wrote and published dozens of niche-specific posts (usually more than 1500-2500 words).

At first I focused specifically on writing around keyword terms that resulted from my Jaaxy research. Then I wrote several articles focused on the merits of the content/subject, (rather than writing a post to fit specific key words with low competition). (Ooops - Always write your articles around the keyword terms you have researched using Jaaxy!)

I quickly got back on track and now continue to focus on writing (strategically) around key words that result from my Jaaxy research, for the best and fastest Google ranking results.

It was a good reminder that it is critical to plant the right seeds in order to be able to grow and get the results we are working for.

I'm excited to be on this journey, and I'm grateful to the supportive community at Wealthy Affiliates for giving me the inspiration to keep on going and keep on pushing past any doubts or fears.

In the spirit of continuing to create and sow those seeds, despite any doubts, remember William Shakespeare's words: "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."

One of the many great things about Wealthy Affiliates is that the easy-to-follow training, (and supportive WA community), helps us to stop fearing to attempt, and gives us all the tools we need to jump in and get to work planting those seeds!

I look forward to hearing about your progress & success : )

Cheers,
Kate