A New Beginning

It has been around 4 years since I resigned as a member of WA. Time really flies. I can still recall the excitement and joy I had when I first joined this community. It was amazing, so much information, so many new people to get to know.

“Where in the world to start?!?”

Was my first reaction when I joined back in 2007. I was literally flooded with the content of WA. Now after all these years when I’m back again, I can see why newbies have such a hard time in the first few weeks. Should you start with the courses straight away? Should you linger in the chat or discussions just to see what’s going on? What about my profile? It’s still empty, oh my. I need to come up with my life story AND THE PHOTO… Oh the dread.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. The possibilities are so plentiful and overwhelming!

Let me tell you something that will bolster your confidence a bit. The current WA is by a hefty amount more considerate to newcomers than it used to be back in the day. It used to be all about the forum (that is now obsolete). A lot of new posts got lost in overfilled table of content, and only those who got enough attention got bumped to the top. Not a pretty sight when you have hundreds of new members coming in and asking various questions. Last but not least, information was not structurised as one would expect. However I see that Kyle and Carson did a good job of noticing this and changing it!

The New Looks

Hats off! I really like the new looks and not just the looks, the content is well organised too. Not too flashy, not too stale. The menu is now well put and there is minimal confusion when navigating around. Instant access to discussions that are hot is just fabulous. You can now see what members are talking about instantly upon the arrival on the website.

The new “Build my website” is really intuitive compared to what it used to be. The old siterubix wasn’t exactly up to “web 2.0” trends to be frank. Now you can have your wordpress site up and going in a few clicks, easy peasy!

All in all, I’m glad how things are evolving around here.

New technologies, old concepts

After returning to affiliate marketing cosmos, I have to say that things haven’t changed that much at all! The concept has remained the same, only the way you handle content changed a little. As much as I have gathered so far, I’d say that now it’s more about serving constant fresh content instead of just making a 3-page long static landing page and hope for the best. Don’t get me wrong, to each his own but that’s how I used to do it. Then I would go write a bunch of articles to promote my site, or later on use PPC to boost the promotion, which is still a common practice. I didn’t use but a single blog to promote my products! I can’t really remember why, maybe I was just too lazy of writing new content every week for a single product (or I was incapable of!). However I did make some money the “old fashioned” way and it was amazing to know that it worked. What about now?

I seriously doubt I’d be able to pull off something like that today! Simply because times have changed and people have educated themselves, that if a site appears static, it screams for a sales pitch and I totally agree with that. I’ve seen some ridiculous attempts of internet marketing. Landing pages full of affiliate links, forcing information down your throat in a single page - “take a look at my shiney guide, good boy/girl, NOW BUY!”. They wouldn’t even bother comparing the product to something else, hehe. I guess that’s what separates good marketers from bad ones. Promise me you won’t be like that folks!

I among other countless newcomers, have to start anew! Just like you my dear newbie friends. I have a tiny bit of experience though that will surely aid me in my quest. But without your help, the WA community, I would most likely fail again like I did countless times in the beginning without you.

I shall post my stories regarding my progress and possible accomplishments here, in my blog. Tune in if you wish to join me on my journey!

Cheers!

Jernej