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Cracked The Top 200!

RickElm

Published on September 20, 2016

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Hi everyone.

Not quite sure how this happened as I was not making an attempt to climb the ranks here at WA. All I have been doing, with consistency, is replying to the blog posts that members of my network create every day, helping out in the live chat when I can and giving feedback and comments to help out others.

I am honored to have almost 750 followers after only being with Wealthy Affiliate for about 3.5 months. I follow everyone back who follows me. I seek out new members to add to my network that will add to the level of enthusiasm and desire to succeed that already exists amongst us.

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I do not take being part of the WA community for granted and will always respect each member of my network who has taken the time to create a blog post to share with others. You will not see me "play the system" by leaving impersonal "cut and paste" comments like "Thanks for sharing", "Good Going" or "Great Post", just to show I was there and bump me up a few more ranks. I appreciate you all too much to be so insulting to the time and effort you took to create your post to leave robotic comments.

I anticipate as time goes on and my focus is spent more on developing my websites that my interactions within the community may diminish. Hopefully I will continue to have more members being added to my network but I may take a bit longer to reply to emails.

I didn't join WA with the goal to become an Ambassador or rank in the top 50. I came here to learn how to build a life outside of the "9 to 5 rat race". I came here to be part of a community of like-minded individuals who encourage each other to succeed! I came here to learn how to make money online.

Thank you to everyone who is part of my WA life! :) It has been an amazing journey so far and I am very excited to see where it will lead. I appreciate each and every one of you and look forward to sharing in all of your success, here at WA and in life!

Sincerely,

Rick

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