I hear you Seasmoke. I have had a similar experience but with a different 'sponsor'. No contact except the automated messages, never responded to my questions, never commented on my blogs, never commented on my tutorials and videos, never sent me a private message. And yeah, I could get a bit p*ssed off because she's getting money every time I renew my annual membership.

BUT she saved me when I was considering joining yet another scam. And she introduced me to Wealthy Affiliate. So she earned the money.

Kyle and Carson are the real deal and they're available when I need them. And the community fills the gap left by my 'sponsor'.

I've been a Premium Member for 18 months.

When you join WA, you get the perks of having a community, your own website, and training. All of these things were founded by Kyle and Carson. These two guys pay affiliates in order to bring more to their program.

It's not Beau's job to keep the community running. All he needs to worry about is referring affiliates, and Kyle & Carson (with their community) will handle the rest.

seasmoke. i hear you. but remember, it is Beau's eforts that got you into this amazing community and kept you from getting ripped off by the 1000's of dodgy programs out there.

we are all human and the WA community works on a group effort to support one another... thats the easy part, becaise the work load is spread accross 1000's of members.

be gratefull that Beau convinced you to join this amazing opportunity and support Beau so that he may continue to helps others find WA as well.

we are all still here to help when you nees a hand :)

Hey guys, yes its me the guy in question hahaha

I did answer this question on your profile but I will answer it again here.

I apologize for my lack of communication. As mentioned before I am very busy running businesses (online and offline) and a family so my time spent on here is quite limited.

I honestly only spend about 30 mins every 2 days or so on here because I am usually busy scaling my businesses or chilling with family.

The great part of WA is the community. The exact community that helped me out when I first started. The affiliate I signed up under only really contacted me when I directly messaged them..

Having said that I have not received any messages from you, no friend requests via the links i sent to you in your profile. So from here it seemed like you didnt actually need my help.

But in this case I am wrong and I accept that. If you need my help Seasmoke the best way is to pm me. I will always answer these.

When I am on here I am constantly giving out value. Helping people. Answering questions and giving insights on things. I am happy to do the same for you.

You will kick yourself later if you don't go with this now. Who wins?

If you believe that premium membership at WA will benefit you, it would be foolish to not do it simply because you may have an absentee sponsor. BTW, if you read his blogs it looks like he's focusing on doing local marketing this year and at least one post mentions he's not on here a whole lot.

If you actually make affiliate marketing work for you, you'll be selling plenty of products/services to end users and not supplying any support for them. That's left up to the merchant. In this case, it's the WA community and the provided training that is here to help you.

There are probably many "orphans" here. :)

The beauty of WA's community is that they offer help to anyone!

what you need to understand is that we are here as a community... here to help each other. Where some are novice in some areas, others are experts.. you are building a business of your own... and there is not one person to develop you but a network of similarly minded people.. if the development of your business within this community is dependent on personal contact with any one member then you are doing yourself a disservice