Live Chat: Obligation or Privilege
The Super Affiliate Challenge requires participants to be active in Live Chat at least 15 minutes a day. When I saw this task I thought, why does Kyle want us to do Live Chat if the goal of the Challenge is to build or improve our WA sites? What does Live Chat have to do with it?
I first saw it as an obligation. Strictly a requirement. Something I have to do to check the box in the challenge. I've "hung out" in Live Chat before so I didn't see it as a big deal. Fifteen minutes a day, check. But wait, fifteen minutes each and every day? What? I already struggle carving out time to work on my website and content. Content is king! Shouldn't I be spending those fifteen minutes on content?
Alright, it's part of the challenge. Time to suck it up and just do it.
Okay, time to fulfill my obligation on Live Chat…..
Me: I type: "Hello Y'all!" (hitenter)
Me: I scrolldown the thread to see what people are chatting about….
Me- scrolling: Oh, look, someone asked about getting images on their website. (I should look at that)
Me- still scrolling: Wait, is that Eric Cantu talking about the benefits of so and so. Didn't Eric go to Vegas for WA's bigshindig? (I should pay attention tothat)
New WA Member: "Where can I find my affiliate link?"
Me: (Oh, an easy one. I can answer that.) "Helloand Welcome to WA! On your profilepage…." (Cool! They appreciated the help. That wasn't so hard.)
WA Member: Asked a question about ….
Me: (PPC?Isn't that Pay Per Click? Let me lookthat up. Oh, look…over 10 trainings inthat area…this one looks good…let me read this.)
Me back on Live Chat: (Let me read what VitaliyG said about so and so. That was interesting. VitaliyG is another WA member that went to theVegas Conference. I need to payattention to this and him.)
Me: Oh,wow! That was a fast hour of time. :)
Things that are out of our norm, or out of our comfort zone, can seem daunting in the beginning. It's easy to take a negative view of something if it makes us a little uncomfortable. Live Chat made me a bit uncomfortable in the beginning. But as I stuck with it I learned that it gives me an opportunity to help others and to learn from others.
What a privilege… it is to be able to help someone that is struggling with something. I feel that it probably helps me more to help them than the actual help that I give them. (I know… A tongue twister and a twisting thought.☺)
What a privilege… it is for me to learn from others here at WA. There's such a vast range of knowledge levels here. Everyone from the novice, to those who have a site, to those who are actively making consistent income with their site or sites. There's so much to learn and so many to learn from.
What a privilege… it is to just chat with others who are building not only their sites but their businesses. Many of us have the same goal of making money with our sites. It's nice to have a place where we can chat with those who have the same goals and aspirations.
Thank you, Kyle andCarson, for the privilege of the LiveChat forum.
So, get out of here and hop on Live Chat… You'll be glad you did!
Thanks for stopping by!
SM
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Certainly mingling with some experts there!
And some fantastic people I should say!
Wayne
Right now trying to find out how to fix the fact that I lost my website two months worth of work down the drain I have contacted site support and Kyle and I have not gotten any answers from either one kind of freaking out it will put me 2 months behind
Hey Slate! Sorry to hear that you're having troubles with your site. SiteSupport seems like your best course of action. I hope you hear something soon.
I just sent you a pm.
Best of luck to you!
I'm having so many problems with my website right now live chat doesn't seem to give me any answers
Getting answers in LiveChat all depends on who is in the forum. Sometimes there are people with a great deal of knowledge and experience and then there are times when it's a lot of newer people with less experience.
Every now and then, I see Kyle and Jay in there helping people. But it's mostly just WA members lending a hand. I must have good timing because LiveChat has been very helpful for me.
Sorry, guys, but I’m not on the bandwagon yet with live chat. Maybe in time, but right now I don’t like it much. The last time I was on it I had a question, but the responses I got I already knew. I gave up and left. I think the questions that get asked here on the blogs get better answers.
Grant
Hey Grant! LiveChat can be hit or miss with some questions. It all depends on who's there at the time. We are all are at different knowledge levels. I find for myself, that it's best to go on at various times of the day. This way I see a more varied group of people.
This post gave me so much inspiration, Suzanne! I go on Live Chat periodically. It used to scare me...way too fast for my liking. I have gotten used to it, although I usually just watch and read. LOL! Because of your post, now I'm going to actively participate.
Thank you, Suzanne.
Sue
Thanks for taking the time to check this out, Sue!
I'm looking forward to seeing you in Live Chat! ☺
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Thanks for sharing, SuzaMarie.
You're welcome, Roger! Thanks for stopping by! :)
No problem, SuzaMarie.