I think it's a nice motivator in some ways, but it can be pretty distracting. I try to do what I wan/t and need to do and if my rank goes up or down as a result, then great.

It's easy to spend too much time basically chatting with people instead of working on my site and it only gets worse as you improve in rank, because new members see you in the Top 200 or whatever, assume you're an expert and then ask for advice that you may or may not be able to give.

I spend about 25% of my time with everything involving WA which includes emails, questions and answers and trainings. I think its important to try to help others in the same way that i am helped.

Addictive but not really important Roy. At 220 days in Ambassador ranks I'm going to have some mentoring this week on my main niche site and start stepping down from the wagon!

I agree with you--you can't spend all you time here helping others when that takes away from your spending you time doing something that brings in an income---if you don't pay your bills your creditors hound you or cut off your service---In my business it's called CCC---complementary coaching consultation---30 minutes then if they need more help they pay for your sevices

Hello I agree with you, but I also believe that I am learning a lot from others work/post, and from other questions asked.
I think that my own work would be better if I spent 50% on learning/reading others post and 50% on my own work. Then increase more time on my work as I learn.
Cheryl

I never gave it much thought, it just happened.

Sometimes I have a lot to mention to the community and write 3 blogs on one day, sometimes I do not write blogs or training for weeks.

I do always reply to every comment, but that's courtesy and appreciation for people who take the effort to read my stuff.

I do try to follow-up as many blogs and questions of others, like them, like the good answers below, but not always place a comment and I never repeat an answer. Neither do I place useless answers as "Good question"

One thing I always do is be around here every day :) I never missed one day ever since I became a member.

I zap between my websites and WA during the day. I have always multiple tabs open to my websites and I often work on 3-4 different blogs at the time;)

I know it's not alright with Google, I do not have any consistency, but f*ck Google, I love every second of my "job", that counts way more for me than any rank anywhere.

Hi Roy and ranking is all good fun!!!

It depends on what you want. If you are wanting to be financially self-sufficient then ranking here is not the way to go. In the end, ranking here just means you are helping a lot of members with their goals. That is the reward.

I agree, if I spend time on WA etc. then I have very little time to write content for my website. As a beginner though I find doing a little more on the WA posts and learning helps me organise my website stuff better.

I believe it is best not to think about your ranking, and just focus on your business.
Ranking increases will happen organically provided you are constantly learning by taking full advantage of the courses, exchanging valuable ideas in WA, community, helping others, and applying your new knowledge to your business. It was devised by Kyle and Carson as a fun incentive to keep you on track with your goals. Then the money $ and success will come.