Fred, I think a little more clarification is needed. What do you mean by, "how/where do I put either or both?" The obvious answer would be that you put it on the web via a webhost, such as here at WA, but I suspect that you already know that, so where are you lost?

Did you design your site here?
Is it in WordPress?
Is it a siterubix subdomain or a dot com that you purchased elsewhere?

You are going to be building a website here at WA in any niche. If you have any existing website, you certainly can use that was the training here, or you can follow along through our training and create a brand new one using our state of the art website builder and hosting platform.

Are you referring to this domain? I see this within your account.

http://mealprepper.org/

Let me know if you are having any further issues John. :)

The process of a building a website here at WA is very straightforward. It literally takes 30 seconds, something that took me over 30 days when I started out. That shows just how much technology has progress in the last decade. :)

If you ever need a hand with any aspect of your website do let us know. :)

Have you written your about me page yet?
Which lesson are you having trouble with?

I'm at the SEO page so I haven't written my about me page yet. I'm not sure what I want to use the page for in terms of my niche. I just want to sell items that have to do with my niche but it's not like I can put a page together with all kinds of links to products having to do with my niche is it? For instance, I'm the kind of person who when I make a phone call, don't like to entertain with a bunch of chit chat....just want to get to the purpose of the call so it seems like the webpage is the chit chat making people feel comfortable before diving deeper into the conversation and I'm just wanting to get to the point. I don't know how to develop content to entertain them before getting them to click on my links and make money. Do I have a wrong concept of this?

It seems that at this stage, you may be trying to overthink things and are overwhelming yourself in the process.

You are at the point where you are starting to lay the foundation for your site so that you will be ready to start writing content in future lessons.

In the next lesson, you will be writing your about me post where you will briefly be writing a little something about yourself, why you chose the niche and what you hope to accomplish with the site and then your privacy policy which is just a standard page that you will be modifying with your site info, real easy.

Remember that as you move forward, you aren't really going to be selling anything.
You will instead be writing informative and helpful content and probably be doing product reviews, giving your opinions and making recommendations then referring them to the site that will do the actual selling.

With all of that said, just follow the training step by step and complete each task as you come to it and in time you will start to see the bigger picture.

The training was designed that way to help you build your business the right way without the need for being overwhelmed and, when you have questions along the way, someone here will help you out

This is all going to become much more clear as you move through the training. The content that you will be building on your website will be relevant to the niche you choose and any given niche can have 10,000's of different topics that you could potentially discuss.

I have spent some time breaking down the process in the most simplistic way possible. Success online is at the core a 4 step process and I have broken them down within this video: How to Create an Online Business - The 4 Steps Broken, down, the process looks like this:

Step 1: Choose your niche
Step 2: Build your website/content that targets relevant keywords
Step 3: Get rankings in search engines (leads to traffic)
Step 4: Monetize your traffic (the make money part, through affiliate programs, etc!)

This applies in absolutely every niche and as you work through the training here at WA, you are going to be walked through this exact process. This is fundamental for ANY success online.

If you have any further questions let me know Karren. :)

Hey Karren, it did make me smile when i read your trouble - i know i'm not supposed to but i had to.
I am an engineer,but trying my hand at affiliate marketing, so from this i am use to being able to come up with a solution to problems.
It is frustrating when people will not tell you, youput this piece before this piece and that will do this, but - you knew that was coming- the internet and peoples behaviour does not work like that - if it did the big guys would have picked up on it and exploited it - and they probably have.
I am more used to writing manuals where i put in
1.0 introduction .....
1.1 the y machine is a machine which does this ......
You will need to learn how to type like you chat with people, start recording what you ay with friends - ask them first- and then type it out and see how it feels - it does take time toget used to and youmight get frustrated with your typing speed - i still am and are looking into speech to text software to speed me up - as kyle did when he broke his hand.
Hopefully you can see my style has changed a little and can almost hear a conversation going on - albeit a one sided one.
But yes it is all about building relationships online to problem solve and not about just selling.
It will take time but stick at it and as long as you enjoy it, it becomes fun. it can be really frustrating at times, when you break your site for no reason!!!
You learn a lot - and there is a lot to learn so don't expect ot pick it all up in a weekend.
take your time and learn the fundamentals well and you can then go into any niche and learn about it, setting up a site and solving a problem which will reap its rewards .
just remember it is all about them - they don't give a stuff about you, they want a solution to their problem and hope your page has it - nope - ok click away - try somewhere else.It is as instant as that as people expect everything now.
On the other side you are waiting weeks for google to recognise that you have produced quality content and solved a massive problem and deserve to be on page one! so learn patience and persistance.youwill need both.
I hope youhave fun with it
Phil

Ok, so that is a whole different perspective on this than I thought. If I'm not an expert on anything specifically, then I'm not sure how to move forward. I'm stuck on the home title and home page description cause I don't know how to use my page now.

Thank you Phil. I'm not offended that it made you smile. I tend to think more analytical and I appreciate how you described the "not all about you, it's about them needing a solution to a problem etc.". I enjoy solving problems but I guess I didn't think it's something that you design a webpage around unless it's a problem a lot of people are having. This is definately a road block for me as I don't know how to proceed. I wanted to sell gardening items because I love gardening but I can't say I can solve anyone's gardening issues....usually it's me looking for advice on it...lol. I probably should take a break from trying to do more on this today as it's taken my entire day so far and I haven't been able to get this very far along cause I just don't know how I'm able to help someone else. I just thought I would be learning how to market things for businesses and such.

You will become an expert in time as you research and write about your niche so, in essence, you are setting yourself up to be a future expert.

Your home title can be the name of your site

The description can be something like "name of site" is a site dedicated to being the ultimate resource for "whatever your niche is"

Of course, that is a simplistic example and you would embellish a bit beyond that

Below is a list of sample descriptions that may be much better than what I tried to do off the top of my head lol

https://econsultancy.com/blog/62553-33-examples-of-great-meta-descriptions-for-search

ok so you want to promote gardening equipment, why did you buy them? what problem did they solve for you
If they solved it for you, they will solve it for others, so write about it. But put it in a way that they have the problem and this will solve it for you.
It doesn't matter that you are not an 'expert' as long as you are prepared to learn about it. you can stay one step ahead of newbies who are reading little snippets of what you are writing and they increase their knowledge through you.
don't let this be a road block , seroiusly it is not.
plan out what you want to sell and find what problems they will solve then find the people with the problems and you are there!! it's as easy as that - if you find it easy then come back and teach me how to do it!! lol
it might be worth using something like xmind as a mind map as youcan play with it as much as you want to - i will be doing an article about thi v soon on my blog.
You are learning how to market to consumers rather than businesses, the techniques are similar but why would youmarket gardening items to businesses?
don't give up and don't do too much at once there is too much to take in at the start, let it sink in.
As you are a free member remember where you clicked through from and go back there and hassle them for inf - you will lose your writing rights after a week but you can still continue onwards with your free sites.
try and look around for other member sites and grab their addresses as well - or facebook
is it worth it - well if you don't have to ba a slave to the alarm clock and work when you want to, does that sound attractive? to get to that stage is a long haul and hard work - sorry - there are no push button sytems which give you free money - they will either take time or money - or both!.
this one takes time, but is a skill you can use for the rest of your life and pass onto the children if they will listen.
sorry it's getting long again, but as i said stick with it- let it sink in. You can do this and create a blogwhich you are proud of and people visit. if you are successful in the garden you are better than some people and the ideas and information passed onto you can all be put onto your blog- youmay even have guest bloggers in the making.
so look at what you are going to promote and see a common thread and youcan do this, it will not be done in a week. but being here is a start - get a site setup and get writing as soon as poss. only practice will get you better - that#s good english!
the main thing is to have fun and take breaks

So, wasn’t wanting to sell equipment but smaller stuff and not sell to businesses but for businesses. I guess I’m taken back to the example of the football Snack helmet example in our beginning training videos and this is where I thought I could find a niche of something I liked and promote products that were in my niche. Like what did the football snack helmet solve for someone? It was a unique item being featured but how do you build a webpage to promote just 1 item like that? I would think you would promote several items on a page to make better use of time and maximize the chances of multiple sales. I guess I’m wanting to have a page like the football snack helmet page we were shown but don’t know how to make that happen. Do you know what I’m referring to?

yeah i know the football snack helmets micro niche site - looks good doesn't it
Jay has 15 plus years of internet marketing behind him and he makes it look so easy.
is there opportunities like that now - yes but you will have to go through about 50 sites before you find it - i am after one of those - set it up in a weekend and leave it making me money.
ah the thought of it. sorry dreaming, no seriously they are available and will make a little money but you need to know what goes on behind the scenes with backlinking strategies - i haven't looked at it yet but will . also with googles latest update these types of sites are getting harder to get ranked - google is now after quality content for the visitor and a lot of it, so thin sites are not ranking nor are sites with a lot of affiliate links on each page.
You can try it and see what happens.
Personally i would follow the training and see where it gets you.
If you find a get rich quick way then market it - everyone wants it

just had a quick look and there are over 100 follow backlinks - a lot from here and other high authority sites - s owhat you see as the face is only a small part of setting one of these sites up - sorry to burst any bubbles you have - if it was that easy everyone would have 5 or 6 of these and retire

Perhaps this will help you a bit. How to Write an Article For your about me, just let people know who you are and why you are creating your site.

Be honest and just be yourself.

Sometimes it helps to pretend you are talking to your best friend about what you are doing.

There is a template for your about me page in the Site content area. You get to this by clicking on the SiteRubix menu item and scrolling down to click on Site Content. Then pick Templates at the top of the page.

Correct on 1 and 2. I take it you are going to buy a new domain.

1. Yes, turn on "sitespeed" so it will optimize the speed of your website.
2. Are you trying to transfer your " siterubix.com" to the regular domain name you purchased? If so, this training may help you. SiteRubix Checklist Before Transfer To Own Domain

A website starts off as a blank canvas, no different than the most famous painting in the world, your website will evolve and become more beautiful (and gain more character) as you build it out....that, is, with every brush stroke. :)

Wonderful to have you here as part of the community Anthony and I can tell you that it only gets better as you move forward through the training! :)

I like it. It is right to the point of what you are wanting to do. If you build it out with excellent content, good keywords and do all the right SEO and social media things you should do well. Good Luck.

It comes down to whether or not Kyle & Carson would allow this. Generally speaking, it's never a good idea to build a website on a domain name containing someone else's trademark. They can take ownership of the site any time they want.

Also, make sure to read the article I sent you in your WA Bonuses about going the WA Bootcamp route vs. OEC.

I think the best thing to do first is to transfer your domain to Siterubix. Here's a link to it.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/websites/domains/transfer

I wouldn't recommend using Wealthy Affiliate, the trademark, within your own domain. It isn't because we are particularly stringent on this, rather it is because it can present two immediate issues with your business moving forward.

(1) You cannot brand yourself because you have someone else's trademark in your domain name.

(2) It immediately makes you look biased, so if you are planning on promoting WA it can make this much more difficult.

When you choose a domain, you are going to want to choose something that is "brandable" versus something that has keywords within it. The reason this is the case is because as you build out your website, you can target as many keywords as you like within the content (that is how you will rank).

I have created a discussion here outlining the process and what to look for when choosing a domain name: How Do I Choose a Good Domain Name? This should help you out here and if you ever want to run any domains by me, simply let me know and I will give you some feedback.

Welcome to WA.

Yes, if you already have a site hosted at GoDaddy, you can import the content and use WA for the hosting if you choose when you take advantage of the Premium membership.

If you just own the domain name and haven't already started building your site, you can build your site here.

And eventually you definitely want to use the hosting here over GoDaddy, it is far more advanced.

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.

Awesome information!

Thanks for the help!!

Thanks for the reply! I am glad you answered the way you did because that is exactly my case. I own the domain name and have not started building my site. Now that I know I can just do it from here adds more value to being a part of WA.

Thanks again!

You're welcome.

Yes, it is an added value that didn't exist here when I started.

Best wishes.

Gladly, any time. If you need anything else moving forward do not hesitate to ask. :)

There are literally 1,000's of different directions that you can head within the health niche. Are you talk about shin splints, lower back pain, or congenital heart disease, or...etc.

Lots of different directions you can head and you can surely narrow things down a little bit here.

When deciding on a niche and trying to narrow down to a more specific niche, I recommend you ask yourself the following question:

I want to help people that ______________.

Fill in the blank and you are going to be much closer to a specific audience. After you do this and if you want to run any further ideas by me, let me know and I will give you a hand. :)

Sure, you could definitely head in that area if you wanted. You could also choose ONE of these combat sports, and then hygiene could simply be topics that you talk about within that.

So hygiene within MMA as a focus?

Yes, continue with the training and you will learn everything in time. In fact, there is a whole course on creating content. You're just starting out. :) Hope this helps!
Reim

Thank you! Once I got my concern out, I realized I simply needed to continue. I feel silly, now.

I appreciate you responding to me. That's very cool.

adding content to your webpage is the same as writing text on your a word document. Don't forget to save it. Give a shout if you need help

It states on the lesson 4 page the following.

The SiteBuilder platform here at WA is the most simplistic, yet advanced in the industry. It is going to less than 30 seconds to get a fully operational, profit ready Wordpress website up and running online.
So clarerubel don't feel silly, regardless of continuing to learn how to add content the above statement is a little misleading as the site is not fully operational and profit ready until such time content is added.

Thanks. I appreciate that!

Keep on with the lessons. Its all covered. Everything will get much easier as you do the practical work for each lesson and then spend time doing everything on your site.

Thank you! I appreciate your advice and encouragement. (I was hoping this was true.)

Yeah learning how to code it is not fun (and no longer needed). We always say that if we build something that are grandparents couldn't use, then we need to rethink it as that is the "design" that should be implemented within anything these days.

Sometimes you missed I A few things on your first time around, feel free to watch the videos as many times as you need. ;)

I would strongly suggest making a list of things you know a lot about, such as a hobby. When writing blogs on a website you own it is MUCH easier to write about something you know a lot about. If you pick a theme you know little about, you are going to spend a lot of time researching and that slows down the website building process.

The more content (posts) you have, the better chance you will have to make money. If you know a lot about your theme, it will easier to write about it, and you will be able to add more content on a routine basis.

So I would make a list of ten things you know a lot about, are passionate about and can include hobbies. Then research the product or products that are related to those things you wrote down on your list. See if there is product you write reviews about related to those interests you have... and go from there.

Many people fail because they start out trying to choose a niche they think will make them money, but one they know little about. They struggle and give up. Picking something you love and know a lot about for your first website or two will give you a much better chance at success.

TD

Thank you for your reply, much appreciated! But I was actually referring to a wordpress theme and not the niche because I already know my niche ;)! So if you also have any recommendations on which wordpress themes would be most suitable for tutoring websites, please let me know! Many thanks again for your quick reply :)!

Your post provides great advice for a beginner like me. I was having some difficulty picking from several possible niche choices, but now I feel more comfortable making a choice. Thank you very much for your advice.

Choose a theme that is simple, ideally with a white background and black text (as this is the most readable).

I tend to avoid themes with too many bells and whistles as the focus of your website will be your content and your content will make your website look visually appealing to your audience.

So choose something simple, yet elegant and if you ever need to change down the road, you can easily do so within Appearance => Themes.

There are over 3,000 to choose from there and you will also be able to upload your own from there.

I have created some training on how to do this that you should check out: How to Change Your Website Theme in Wordpress

Can you please recommend a few of the theme titles that you like to use?

Hi, yes when you become a premium member you get all the tools you need and more!

Most affiliate programs require you to have your own domain. You can promote WA via a free website but to have a really successful business in the future you're going to need to be a premium member and your own domains, in my opinion.

This is a great question. I was just on a siterubix.com site today, and it had links going to amazon to purchase the products being promoted. I accessed the site from someones profile, so I honestly don't know if it was ranked with google, or how well it did rank.

Yes, they can approve starter but most would prefer a site with a solid base of content and that you have residing on your own domain.

It is very easy to move your Starter websites over to your own domain within Premium, literally a click of the button and everything is taken care of for you. ;)

Awesome job! Keep going! You got this! Wishing you all the best.

Yvette

I was once "green" to all of this Internet stuff, as with anything new you are going to be green to it when starting out. No different than riding a bike or learning how to talk, you once didn't have this knowledge but you acquired it by doing and by being taught by others that know how to do it.

The same goes with WA. You can learn this and we will teach you everything you need to know and offer you all the support you need.

Have a read of this post, it is going to be relevant. :) What Are You Great At? It Wasn't Always That Way. You are going to be just fine, it is not going to be long at all before you are very proficient with this Internet business stuff!

that is so awesome! me too! I'm just starting to clue in but if you need any help I would be happy to do my best best..best wishes and have a lovely day..smiles

Indeed

Thank you for the encouragement!

I will definitely give that post a read. The community here is so supportive and always positive.

You are definitely in the right place at the right time. Wealthy Affiliate has never been more advanced and in a better state, and the affiliate marketing marketing and Internet mktg. industry in general has never had more opportunity.

SiteRubix is your website "dream platform".

My mind is blown!!! and don't take that literally!!! ahahahaha!!! and this is so great because I have 5 days to get my GREEDFREEWEED site and SMASHING CROWN REVIEW started, and out to the world! and I must strengthen in my comprehension of affiliate programs and ad sense, and any thing else that will help..tytyty soooo much! smiles

Indeed

And your knowledge and all of these areas is going to continue to strengthen as he knew for the training. Things you're doing now and that you are learning are going to become second nature before you know it. ;)

If you want video transcripts, here is information you may find helpful: Getting Started Course - Video Scripts Affiliate Bootcamp Course 1 - Video Scripts Affiliate Bootcamp Course 2 - Video Scripts Affiliate Bootcamp Course 3 - Video Scripts Yvette

I will help you with English anytime I can..just ask if you get stuck..smiles

Oh muchas gracias, siento que me pierdo audiciones importantes..

Thank you for the video transcripts. I have seen many persons asking for assistance with translations and now I will also be able to help them by sending them to these scripts.

Great! Yes, it's all about helping others! Glad I could assist.

I suffer from the same thing:)

Hi Susan.
Why not just transfer your site here and solve all the problems in one go.

All the best!
David

It can be very difficult to purchase the same domain name as you have for your siterubix subdomain name. In many cases, you'll find that the domain name is already registered and you'll need to come up with another one.

The siterubix platform has a "Move" function that will copy your entire siterubix site to a purchased domain with one click. The name of the purchased domain doesn't matter for that function to work. It will move any free domain's content to the new domain.

Thanks, very helpful, so is it just hard in general to get the name you want on your own domain? Also is a siterubix site really efficient and secure enough to run a good site generating revenue? Or is getting your own domain always really going to be necessary eventually?

Hi there! You could always park a domain that you want, later on you can move it to WA, and then move your site rubix to your domain. It can all be done. Indeed you can move your site rubix to a new domain at WA and all pages will be forwarded to it, it will also tell Google about it, so you have no duplicate content issues. So once you did that, leave the site rubix website there for at least a month or so, so that Google knows where your new website is. All done for you, it's a wonderful thing!

Remember that any website has potential. You create the potential. You can make anything profitable, if you do an excellent job in providing great service and solutions to your visitors!

I wish you great succes at WA! ☼

In answer to your second question: yes having your own domain name is essential for your rankings in Google! And it's better for your visitors, they take you more serious if you have your own domain name. You can run a website in site rubix of course, it's secure and it has the basics you need. But running your own domain is much better. Highly recommended. It's worth the investment to go premium :-)

Thanks so much for that

If I'm adamant that my site is going to be successful would you recommend starting it in my own domain? Or starting on a free siterubix to be safe and then move it to my own domain once it begins to pick up?

Start with a free site, get your grounding and then once you are ready, move to your own domain. You can get your own domain out of the gate if you like, but you will need a Premium membership to hot your own domain.

We have a MOVE feature that you can use to easily transition a free .siterubix.com website to your own domain.

Thank you for explaining that! I was wondering the same thing: can I transfer to a purchased domain in the near future using the free siterubix initially.

Yeah, times have changed and the efficiency in which you can build beautiful and highly advanced websites has truly changed.

Things that used to take months now can be done in days and as time goes on, we are going to continue to simplify things in ways that no other hosting co or website platform is doing.

Lots of exciting shifts coming in 2018 that will only continue to advanced our already advanced platform.

I have been developing my own (html) websites since 1997 or so and I can totally relate to you! The coming of Wordpress offered lots of relieve. And the platform on WA is fantastic. Anyone can do this! :-) Enjoy it! Have a beautiful day! ☼

If it is just pure html, I guess you could create a dummy site at WA.
Then using ftp or FileZilla transfer the pure html files over from your old host over to your WA hosting. I think your dot htaaccess file needs an entry so that if someone visits say thewebsite dot com, that the default html file opens up.

Using pure html means you have to build all your webpages from scratch, whereas using Word Press, the look and feel of the website is in the Word Press Theme, so it is easy enough to change the look and feel without 'destroying' the content.

Play around with the Site Rubix way of using the WA site builder, develop a small test site first and play around. Using WA with WP means that the WP theme takes care of a lot of things regarding the look and feel of the website and on different platforms (pc / smartphone / ipads ) whereas using pure HTML you would have to build each webpage separately.

Once you are familiar with this way of doing things, you will see what a time saver it is compared to using pure HTML.

Hi David, yes I know, I have other sites build in WP and it's a super platform to build your content. I didn't want to change my own programming etc. for the website I mentioned because that would mean I would have to do it in a real crazy way with my current provider, they offer WP too you see, but over here at WA it's much easier to switch stuff. So I will have to build a dummy indeed until I'm satisfied (around 60 pages to transfer, but okay!) It will be so much better for the site structure as well. Google loves WP! So a lot to do for me ;-) The domain will stay at the current provider, because it is a .nl domain and WA doesn't offer that I guess. But I could change the name servers once I finished transferring all the pages into posts etc. There will be a few changes as some posts will change into pages, better for the tier structure, which I haven't got right now. I was too lazy to change all of that hahaha.

There's no catch. All you have to do is take the classes and follow the instructions. You put in the work and in time you will see results

The catch is that you actually have to put in the work to make it work. Lol. Not everyone will stick around because of that very reason.

The issue for me till now was lack of start up capital.

Yep. Always a drag with other stuff. The only cost here is membership, and it pays for itself in due time. Totally worth the investment. I could have avoided outrageous tuition costs, loans, etc. and actually gotten a real education if I had stumbled upon this sooner! Lol.

I started with a free domain and then upgraded later on. For your site name, I found it best to incorporate the topic of your niche into it.

Thanks, that is what I was hoping I could do!

Yes, in order to host your own domains you will need to be a Premium member. You can host up to 25 of your own domains as a Premium.

You can build two free websites on the .siterubix.com domain as a free Starter member.

I hope this clarifies.

Thank you @Kyle for your quick response! :)

No problem, glad to help!

Affiliate marketing is all about connecting people with the products and services they're looking for. The training here is all about how to get the most out of an affiliate marketing website. You'll learn how to get the most traffic to your site with the purpose of creating revenue from your posts and website.

You'll have to decide which route would utilize the training here most effectively.