Last night (or early this morning, rather) I finished the first training course toward my Online Entrepreneur Certification. That's 10 lessons down, quite a few to go. The most difficult part for me was finding the time to work on the lessons. Having done affiliate marketing before, the work itself was not hard for me. I am familiar with WordPress and I know my way around a computer, I'm sure the lessons would have taken longer for me to complete if I didn't have the prior experience doing this

I just finished the initial setup of my first WA website. If you've been keeping up, my niche is Online Business Startup. The name of the site I just created is bizthatis.com. The name is short, catchy and easy to remember. I must have tried a thousand different names that were all taken before I realized that I still owned the name I am now using, which is bizthatis! See, I'm already having fun with it! In order to use the domain name I had to change the dns servers from GoDaddy to WA hosting.

So, I just took the plunge. I decided to devote my efforts to Wealthy Affiliate and in doing so I coughed up the first $20 to become a premium member. Before today I was merely test driving the program. I was looking at what WA had to offer while I decided if it would be right for me. I've signed up with several membership marketing outfits in the past and I've gone the route of solo affiliate as well. I have had my share of successes, but in the end none of the affiliate organizations felt qui