Be Careful Where You Put Those Eggs!

I've been making the majority of my income through Amazon KDP for several years now. It currently constitutes the bulk of my online earnings. However, relying entirely on external platforms for income can be risky. These platforms can change their policies at any time, leaving you feeling a bit powerless and on edge.One thing Amazon is known for is frequently updating its rules. What may be acceptable for sellers today might not be in a year from now. This applies to books as well. For instance

8 Years At Wealthy Affiliate!

I started my journey into online business 8 years ago at Wealthy Affiliate. I can hardly believe it has now been that long.I've ventured into various ways to make money online in the last 8 years. While affiliate marketing still plays an important role, a large amount of my income comes from self-publishing today.It may take many twists and turns to discover what works in your case. I've done plenty of pivoting in the last 8 years! When something does click into place, It probably won't be t

Wealthy Affiliate Success Stories!

Hello folks,I thought it would be a great idea to gather up some success posts - please feel free to suggest more in the comments and I can add them to the list.It can be good to have your own list to look at every now and then and they can be a great source of motivation.I've always found reading success posts inspiring and they've often given ME the boost I've needed to keep pushing forward.This is certainly not an exhaustive list by any means, as there have been so many success stories and m

Internet Wayback Machine: For Improved Conversions!

The Internet Wayback Machine... Could help you improve your conversions!Have you ever changed a post, or a review multiple times over the months and years... only to realise over time, that you're getting less sales/conversions from those posts than you used to?Well, the sensible thing would be to always note down absolutely everything you change. Because, sometimes the most minuscule change can actually change your results dramatically.So I have discovered on many occasions.However, if you ha

Finally Got A Premium Theme!

Wooohoo...I've been here since 2015 and have only just purchased my first premium theme. Actually, I got two because, I couldn't decide at the time! :)I just wanted something really simple, so I went with the Genesis framework and the lifestyle pro child theme... which, while isn't one of the newly updated ones, (yet) but is just the sort of thing I was after.I practised working out how to set it up on another website that I own and was worried there for a while, but I worked it out and now I'

Thank You Karen, (memorylaneUK)

I wanted to give a shout out to Karen (memorylaneuk) for her training on setting up Pinterest rich pins, (https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/creating-rich-pins-...) I looked into getting rich pins maybe ... a year ago originally? I was searching and searching and SEARCHING how I could do it WITHOUT the YEOST plugin, (which I don't use).But all the training available out there seemed to require the YEOST plugin. As a result, I put off really using Pinterest for a long time. But after I

Do something NEW every day!

I made a pledge recently.That was to do at least ONE NEW THING every day that could help drive my business forward. It may be a very small thing, but whatever it is should be a little leap forward.So, that may be contacting someone new, joining a new affiliate program or network, improving an old post to boost ranking and give it NEW life, watching some new training, start learning a NEW tool or skill... and many other things.I decided to do this because last year, I got stuck in a rut. I rea

Driving Traffic From Pinterest + Taking Action On The Things We Avoid Most.

I started out on this journey over two years ago and I can't tell you the amount of twists and turns and ups and downs I have had.This sank to a bit of an all time low in January, where I had one of the worst months financially in a YEAR! But wouldn't you know... often a massive low, can be followed a significant high! I suppose it gave me a bit of a kick up the butt!There were things I had put off doing, including going back over old posts and trying to improve them, also improving some of t

Overwhelmed? Create Baby-Step Goals.

Recently, I created a plan that was hopelessly flawed.It was flawed because every single day contained far more than I could realistically complete.Consequently, even if I got quite a lot done during the day, I felt I'd fallen short by the end - as I wouldn't have managed everything on my list.So, I cut it right back. I cut it back further than I thought was necessary.What happened? Well, not only did I manage to achieve those things on my list each day, but I managed to achieve more than I h

The Power Of Influence!

I wrote an review recently for a company - I linked to them in my post, but I also shared via social media with a hashtag containing their company name.I'm not an affiliate for this company, but the review was a positive one.The company then shared my review via social media. On Facebook and twitter that I can see so far. They then suggested that other people check out my blog! :)They have a pretty large following and from them simply sharing my post, my traffic has gone through the roof toda