Well you have definitely found a "home" here in Wealthy Affiliate Marilyn. Absolutely everything you need is here, including support and mentorship every step of the way.

If you ever need a hand, just ask. We are a community of caring folks here at WA!

this seems like a really good place to start, I am hoping to be successful with this and to be able to spend more time with my kids instead of working lots of hours out of the house

Yeah, for sure. Do what you are comfortable with, you can always include your own image down the road. Completely up to you though.

Great to have you here as part of the community!

Excellent Lothar, that will make for a good description on your profile.

What is the focus of your consulting business?

Fawn, the profile and the follow thing are two different concepts:

The 'profile' doesn't have to be 'in depth' it is just a brief introduction so when you ask questions and interact the other members in here simply see who we are talking to, you will also see that people get to know each other a little, it is not impersonal, friendships can be formed in here. Also, for the bootcamp affiliate program a referral does need to sign up fully for someone to get commission on that.

You will get two different answers on the 'follow' aspect though, some will say it is important, I will say it is not. And you are 100% correct in that it will not help your income or website. If you read my blogs you will see I speak out about people getting caught up in all that and gaming the system for 'rank', but that is not why the system was set up and the whole rank thing will change just the way google keeps getting more selective in its algorithms.

The platform is not set up for a 'tight community' in my opinion, we are a mixed bunch, as someone said it is a business community with a social aspect [and some people get that the other way around in here] but it is a friendly place where people help more than you might expect.

The system trains newbies to advanced superaffiliates and you are going to see quite a mix of activity in here, because people have a lot of freedom, but you can just focus on the training and pop in and out to ask questions and interact when and if you like - which is always what I encourage people to do.

You will notice some members produce extra training, when you get to know who is who you might then want to follow them, for example members who produce good training or advice eg Nathaniell and many many others.

I'm kind of wondering the same thing, but I think that much like FB, if you take the time to flesh out a proper network you'll find like minds and perhaps new business partners. Many horses pulling the same cart can get the cart up the hill faster.

You can follow whoever you like, follow people that help you, follow you or that interest you.

It is up to you, those that you do follow you will be notified when they publish blog posts/questions here at WA. It is your way of networking with others and building your circle of friendships here within WA.

The greater the network you have, the quicker the help as well as they will be notified when you post questions, blogs, etc.

Hope this clarifies for both of you!

it's worth getting to know people and interacting, there's a lot to learn, I learn a lot from reading blogs and questions, but a new person isn't obliged to do take on anything, it is a choice

I'm not saying ignore the system, but like you said there's a time factor and you will want to know which horses are pulling your direction when there are very many involved

Sure, no problem at all Marcella! Enjoy your vacation and when you get back, dig into the training here at WA. And of course if you have any questions in the meantime, please do let us know and we will be happy to help you out.

I know you are going to love the supportive and forward thinking community and platform here at WA!

Awesome, you are working ahead already. I can tell you are going to fit right in here and you are going to see your business evolve very quickly as you move forward through the training.

can you explain to me how did you upload image. Thank

Hi! You should be able to just hit upload and pull a file from somewhere (desktop, downloads, documents...wherever you have a pic) on your computer.

One sentence is completely fine, add whatever you like to your description and you can always update this information down the road Tanya.

Yes I agree have some fun. You have a blog if you wish to blog to have fun with.

The image represents that you can be a professional. Your verbal and textural communication will reveal your true character and it should be flexible to match the present situation you are in. You are right... sometimes too professional attitude might viewed as a lawyer like, cunning and deceptive? (not all) Yes, people will relate to the character you portray. In live situations, find out if you can about the person you're about to meet family, hobbies., kids sports etc... and make small talk about that to break the ice.

If you visit someone in their home or office.. look at the pictures on the desk and walls. cetrificates..etc...to start small talk to break the ice.

Did you check the task completed box?

Continue working through the training and taking action on it. You don't have to upgrade at this point, you can do so at any point you like.

Within the first 10 lessons you are going to have the foundational building blocks of your website all set up and ready to go, from there you will be off and running for a much longer and more successful journey online.

Upgrade at your own pace and what makes the most sense to you!

Thank you, and yes, I did, and that was the problem... lol

Thanks Kyle. What I am wondering is when I create my webpage before I go premium, what domain do I use? and then when I upgrade can I then pick a domain? or how does that work.

The first month is 19.00, it took me 2 months of looking at other possibilities and now I am thinking, I will worry about it later. The cost is low considering the other programs I looked into. Some were 100's right away, while others were thousands with the option of monthly payments. Don't believe me, look into it yourself.

BTW, I am doing contracting customer service that only pays when someone takes action. I have been working with no earnings. Lets pray for each other.

Best,

No problem at all Joseph, wonderful to have you here and I really do look forward to working with you. We were all NEW at one point in our journey and that is something that we have never lost sight of here at WA.

I look forward to working with you and if you need anything at all moving forward do let me know. :)

Nice to meet you and I really do look forward to working with you! :)

Well you are definitely in the right place David and I know you are going to love your journey moving forward. You are by no means late to the party, there has never been more opportunity online than there is today!

50 sites is more than enough for anyone to run many multi-million dollar online companies. If you need more than that per account, then cross that bridge when you get there.

The Managed Wordpress hosting you have access to here at WA is matched by very few hosts in the industry in terms of quality, security, speed, and support. It definitely is not a budget host like the other shared hosting companies out there. The hosting you get here at WA is comparable to $250 per MONTH hosting packages.

You can learn more about it here:

http://www.wealthyaffiliate.com/hosting/

You can host up to 25 of your own domains and 25 free .siterubix.com websites on your Premium hosting platform here at WA.

Hi Kyle
What you are saying is that WA is only for hosting commercial sites and that we cant analyze / monitor ordinary sites for the purpose of content / internet / inbound marketing? Please visit our site Chamberlink in south Africa co za go to members and see the sites we are working with. I need to be sure before I commit our chamber to anything long term.

You could host any type of site that you like here, that is up to you. We do specialize in Wordpress sites though and if you are building out Wordpress sites (for any purpose) there is no better place.

Hi Kyle
Please answer the question and I will join immediately. We want to move away from HubSpot and analyze our 230 websites which we host at Hetzner, in WA. All our sites has been developed in WP.
We cant spend the Chambers money without authorization and I need to convince the board to do so.

Instead of dragging and dropping you're probably better off with just using browse. Click on the browse option and it'll take u to where u can just click on the picture u want to use and you're done.

With drag and drop you left click on the picture u want and while holding it you drag it over to where u want to drop it and then u let go off the left click button. You'd need two windows open. Don't worry about it. Just use browse and it's quick and easy :)

Got the image thing figured out.

Would like to change my RLG which was done the day I started the free membership thing some time ago. Would like to put something else in there. How do I do that?

Thanks. I forgot about the holding thing. I did figure out the browse part which is why there is now an image. I would like to change the RLG identifier, which is what I used when I first joined some time ago and put something else there. How do I do that?

At first I was like "what in the world is an RLG identifier?" haha then I saw your username.

To change your username click on your profile icon at the top and click on account settings :)

I see you have set up your profile here at WA, this is just for setting up your profile here, it has nothing to do with your gravatar. I am assuming this is sorted out now.

Please do let me us know if you need a hand with anything else moving forward.

Do what works, I think to a certain degree when starting out we all have to make such sacrifices. I know I surely did.

You are going to do great and it is wonderful to have you as part of the family here at WA!

Hello I am. Alice I am so glad you are here I will follow .Do the same . Stay in touch.

so I don't feel alone! I'm a new baby too, I'll follow you

Thank You so much I will follow you in return and I am glad to have the chance to me you .

That's awesome! You're off to a good start, Ian. Keep moving on with what you have already started and make it to the top! All the best ~Betcha

Love the positive attitude! Keep up the good work!

Awesome, nice work. Off and running here Ian. If you need a hand with anything at all moving forward do let me know and I will be more than happy to help you out. :)

Nicely done Jim. I see your image is up and you are off and running here. :)

I am 66 and had my daughter do the picture. I hope I can get into
lesson 2 I have been getting error messages. Trying to figure out what I am doing wrong

Great to have you here at WAPriscilla and so glad you are enjoying everything thus far! I really do look forward to working with you and I know as you immerse yourself here within the community, things are only going to get better!

Hello,

I too am older and need to add to my income without leaving home. I had a minor stroke and can't stay active with any thinking for more than 2-3 hours at a time.
I am good with computers, but not so good with driving business.

Could be a wifi connection, the most common problem I see with lag on phones. Some of the videos are fairly large (in particular the high def versions)) which can cause some lag at times.

I see you have since sorted this out. Let us know if you have any further issues moving forward, your profile looks great!

From my understanding, you have 7 days. If you look to the upper left of the page, you will see a "countdown" to when your free membership is up

Yes, as a Premium member you can host up to 25 of your own domains and 25 free .siterubix websites (total of 50). The process can be quite manual for transferring over a website, but you can definitely do it Kurt (and it is much easier fi they were created in Wordpress).

Wonderful to have you here at WA and I really do look forward to working with you!

Pretty excited man. I already am fairly successful, but I truly believe this training is going to take my endavours over the top. At least that is th hope.