Lesson 1, Getting Rolling!
First off, we would like to personally welcome you to Wealthy Affiliate. I am Kyle, co-founder of Wealthy Affiliate and I am going to be the one walking you through the training and the process of building a successful business online.
Carson, the other co-founder works more with the technical team (close to 30 people) so you will see a bit less of him, although he is still very much active here within the community every day.
You can follow us around in our day to day lives on Instagram. You are going to see we are REAL people, just like you and that we generally speaking live very normal lives...and also get a sneak peak into some of the many Wealthy Affiliate projects we are working on behind the scenes! ;)
If you have an Instagram account, you can follow us and check out our latest happenings in our personal lives here.
Follow Kyle on Instragram: @wealthyaffiliatekyle
Follow Carson on Instagram: @wealthyaffiliatecarson
Our goal is to earn your trust. We have been in this business since 2002, and we have helped close to 1.7 MILLION people during this time!
The community here is full of amazing people, with a lot of expertise. I know you are going to quickly realize that. In fact, you are going to be able to tap into this knowledge an expertise at any point as you move forward in the training.
I assure you that you have definitely made the right choice in joining the community here at Wealthy Affiliate, you are going to love it here and you are going to quickly realize we care about YOU and your success online!
In the coming days and weeks we are going to be showing you how online success works and we will help you realize your own potential within the Internet space to earn revenue and leverage the internet to grow a business.
Before we continue, we want to point out a few important things:
(1) Anyone Can Accomplish Success Online. There are now over 4 BILLION people using the Internet, regardless of the direction you head online there is a very large number of people there that you can connect with and leverage to create a business online. Members here at WA succeed at the highest rate out of any platform online!
(2) Anything NEW Can "Appear" to be Overwhelming at First. Like riding a bike, it is normal to feel overwhelmed and even "fall" a few times when getting rolling. Don't worry, you will quickly get the hang of things! Stick with Wealthy Affiliate and you will achieve, and far exceed your goals.
(3) No Technical or Prior Online Business Experience Required. If you have experience that is great, but it is definitely not a requirement here at Wealthy Affiliate. Everything related to online business can be learned here within your membership and you definitely do not need to be a "techie".
(4) Success is a Journey. Success is very cumulative by design. This means that everything you do now, and every step you take will contribute towards your personal success in the future. An exciting journey does lie ahead and the effort you put forth now will pay off later and often times forever!
A Quick Look at How YOU Will Be Creating Success
Success online is at the core a 4 step process nothing more complex than this and this is exactly what you are going to be learning here at Wealthy Affiliate. Here is a quick diagram breaking down the process.
Broken, down, the process looks like this:
Step 1: Choose an Interest. This can be anything at all, any interest, passion or even something you have no personal experience with.
Step 2: Build a Website. Your website is your foundation and we have the most sophisticated and feature rich website and hosting platform here at Wealthy Affiliate in SiteRubix.
Step 3: Attract Visitors. You are going to be learning all about how to get traffic and visitors to your website. The first focus is FREE traffic and there is A LOT of it out there.
Step 4: Earn Revenue. Once you have people on your site and traffic, you can earn revenue. There are over 50 ways you can monetize traffic online!
As you go through the training, this is going to be covered in detail. As mentioned, absolutely EVERYTHING you need is here at WA to facilitate this process!
Before we go any further...
We want to give you two simple pieces of advice within the Wealthy Affiliate community.
Piece of Advice #1: Do not be afraid to ask questions! There is 100,000's of people here within WA and many, MANY experts. You need help, please ask!
Piece of Advice #2: Take action on what you learn! Action leads to success. You could read and watch the training until you are blue in the face, but if you never take action on it you won't achieve any success.
We don’t want to put any pressure on you and definitely do not want to overwhelm you as you get started, so we are going to give you three simple tasks to perform (as noted below). Spend a few minutes today and complete these tasks! :)
You are currently reading lesson 1 of a 10 lesson Getting Started Course. This course is going to step you through the process of getting started. It will answer all of the questions that you have about earning money on the Internet, and will reveal exactly how to do it.
If you ever need to get back to your training, simply click the Get Started Here button within the side menu. This "smart" button will always take you back to your last completed task and you will also see your progress through the training.
Click the "You Are Here" to get back into your training at any time.
Your Current Tasks :)
In this Lesson you will become involved and immersed within the awesome community at Wealthy Affiliate. This is a community that cares about your success, and one where you will create wonderful relationships within the industry. You will soon learn that you can SUPERCHARGE your learning and ultimately, your success by being active in the community, and immersing yourself.
This starts with uploading a picture, adding a few words about yourself in your profile description, and getting involved in a live chat with others. These tiny steps are referred to as your "Account Setup" tasks which we will discuss below in a little more detail.
Right now, there is no reason to delay your training, let's get started with your Tasks for today.
Task 1: Watch The Walk Through Video Below
Your first task today is to watch the Wealthy Affiliate Walk-through video. This video will walk you through Wealthy Affiliate, show you how to find your way around, show you how to get help, and ultimately show you how WA will help you succeed within the online world.


DISCUSS VIDEO: Wealthy Affiliate - A Comprehensive Platform Walk-through
At any time if you have questions as you are watching the Wealthy Affiliate Walkthrough video, simply leave them in the comments section below the video and we will be more than happy to help you out. Remember, there is a TON of help available whenever you need it.
Task 2: Complete Your Account Set-up
Your final task for today is to set-up your Wealthy Affiliate account. I have created a quick video walk-through showing you how to set-up your account:


DISCUSS VIDEO: Completing Your Account Setup (It's EASY)
Setting up your Wealthy Affiliate account only includes two items:
(1) Adding a profile image (can be anything you want)
(2) Adding a personal description
This may seem very simple (and it is), but there are definite reasons that you are going to want to complete the account set-up process. Here are some benefits to setting up your account:
- Leads to better networking within the community
- Your “followers” within the community will go up at least 5x (in some cases)
- People are more willing to help you if you have a profile
- Adds a level of credibility within the community
- Shows others that you are serious about SUCCESS
Immerse yourself within Wealthy Affiliate and you are going to experience a lot more success. It is a rare day within WA when you don’t get to brush shoulders with millionaire marketers hanging out within the community, so take this serious and make your profile (people’s first impression of you) a good one.
Task #3: Understand Your Membership
If you joined for FREE, you currently have a Starter membership . This is the starting point of your success online. You get a good deal of access with the Starter level membership, but you need to know that there is MUCH MORE to be found at WA.
There are huge benefits to going premium when you are ready. Your last task for today is to take a second to learn about our Premium membership and how it differs from the Starter program.
Get All of the "Juicy" Details About Premium Here!
You are in good hands here at Wealthy Affiliate regardless of whether you are Starter or Premium.
Make us a Promise OK?
We want you to make us a promise today. We want you to give Wealthy Affiliate a chance first and foremost. We know that you may have had bad experiences online in the past and we want you to allow us to prove ourselves to you.
We care about YOU and we care about YOUR personal success more than you think.
Do we have a deal? :)
Again, we want to personally welcome you to the community and we look forward to helping you achieve success online, and far exceeding your expectations :)
Your friends,
Kyle & Carson
PS. When you are done your tasks, simply check them off below and then move onto the next lesson.
In the next lesson we are going to be talking all about Making Money! :)
Top Helpers in This Lesson
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Is it advised to stay focus on key topic/interest cause of the eventuality being over burdened with workload or is it advised to spread out interest topics to attract a larger traffic group/groups from different interest groups?
I was stuck by something else. I finally make it to come back and will certainly stay. Thank you all, WA folks!
Thank you
Sheryl Graybill
Hola a todos perdonen soy novato tengo 3 días en la plataforma y no se si mi consulta sea estúpida o no, pero solicito de la ayuda de los miembros para que me aconsejen si la pagina web que estoy construyendo para el nicho de: Viajes, fotografía y redacción sea conveniente el nombre de Virgilio el viajero: Virgilio porque es mi nombre y no es muy común aquí en México, y viajero porque esta pagina es para iniciar un blog de viajes acompañado de fotografías. Cualquier comentario positivo o negativo me ayudara para encontrar un nombre adecuado para que quede bien colocado en el nicho de viajes. De antemano muchas gracias por su ayuda, realmente requiero de sus experiencias. Ya construi la pagina web con ese nombre pero todavia lo puedo cambiar. Gracias.
But if your new, its kind a hard to understand.
I have a little bit of experience on making website, nut they kill you to do step by step, every time you do something you need to go to a website, subscribe, spend money.
WA is the only site that help you out, teach you no BS.
Its not always about the money you spend.
It is hard to find work from home that doesn't ask you money upfront.
Thank you
Hello good day, I am in the stage of defining the niche that I would love to have. I currently have three activities that I develop and I like to do a lot. Amateur photography, write about the sites I visit, make comments regarding the local trips I make within the metropolitan area of Mexico City and the theme of the health with holistic and natural methods for adults with the intention of maintaining good health. Therefore, the three passions I have are: photograph, travel and write.
I am contemplating of setting up a tourist agency which
will collaborating with overseas outbound tourist company with
local tourist inbound agency.which caters local special
interest sports and sight seeing and products.
Initially i am looking for business companies overseas who handle
tourist business. who are interested to employ me as their
handling agent. I am looking for affiliated members who are doing the same line to have continual contact with them.
I would like to ask a question: Would you recommend one to upgrade into premium level especially when they are still trying to find their way into this online business?
My husband and I also have a small spice company where we sell bottles of our rub for everything from ribs to scrambled eggs and popcorn!!
I just don’t know which direction to head. We have social media accounts for both of these. But no websites for either.
Any thoughts?
Thank you :)
Can someone please explain:
When adding to 'All about me', I didn't do it in word press. I think I made a mistake.. Does this make a difference to where my work is saved? I think when I created a new email I wasn't sure if my 'everythingcats' was already taken or so my email address now is everythingcats2019. I don't understand the difference between website address and the email address. Can they be different or do they have to be the same? is my website address still 'everythingcats', am I the founder of 'everythingcats' or is it now 'everythingcat2019'. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and this is all knew to me, so it's all a bit daughting.
I was so pleased my websites still exist.
Avoidscam.org
BestMJstocks.com
I was really scared that with being away the websites may have been deleted.
It feels really good to be back and I am looking forward to the training.
Thanks,
Shawn
Thanks for your help.
i have a lot to work on before i use my idea, but as i'm think i have an extremely strong plan, i don't want to cross any legal lines
Thankyou
Please feel free to wish me luck 😉
I need the 'newbie' explanation.
Your help is appreciated,
robin
Niche ideas:
Clothing/Fashion
Mens clothes
Cosmetics/Topical
Makeup
Lotions/Moisturisers
Gaming
Sharing video game clips/Community
Finding players to play with
Selling gaming equipment
I encourage feedback and tips or even things i might want to change I am always open to feedback. :)
I am conveying a very simple Research Project. I Respectfully Request the allowance and pleasure of asking One Question to you all. I simply want to get a Visual of Real, Truthful, Daily Statistics.
Within Your Business, I simply would like to obtain Knowledge and Insight into the Amount you Spend Monthly in order to offer Credit/Debit Cards as a Payment Option? I would love to hear all the amounts and will be Exponentially Grateful for your response. Thank you in Advance🙂🙏📈📉
Maybe I didn't read the fine print but you should know I've put in mega hours this week and feel really stupid.
Thanks for your help,
Hannah
Also, the font on the third heading of my ABOUT ME post does not match the other two and I have tried all the different font settings there. How can I fix this?
Cheers to your success,
Telma
Phew, I’m really not technically minded at all so building my website is proving to be a challenge...but I’m getting there!
The videos and training are brilliant for me, step but tiny little step guides are what I need for this.
I’m very far from my comfort zone, which is good, I’m learning great things...my 2nd website will be easier to build...there’s optimism for you!
Give me a garden to work in with plants and seeds etc, I have no problem with...this is a bit like growing seeds...with patience and diligence my website will flower...
Have a great day everyone.
Louise
I will be happy to earn $200 per month.
QUESTION #2: How much would you be ecstatic earning?
Honestly I can't tell but I am guessing between $300 - $600 per month.
QUESTION #3: And how much TIME are you willing to invest to achieve these goals?
I am willing to sacrifice 4-6 hours after hours a day because i work for 8 hours a day to reach my goals.
I have a question about the menu tabs at the top navigation position. You had mentioned in your training that some templates do and some do not have the Home menu tab. Mine did not, though I was able to add it by following your instructions. My question is that the one I created does not perform (no side menu, text presented in a narrower format) the same as the other tabs in the top or main menu navigation,. Can you possibly please enlighten me as to why this may be the case. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Tim
David from Working Light here...:`)
Kyle u are awesome. Moving ahead at my pace. Slow but learning in leaps and bounds. Bitten by the internet entrepreneur proverbial bug.
I know now. After hours of work when possible, at home, instead of wasting time between JOBS(Just Over Broke),....I'm getting busy finally. it will be awhile before i'm paid. No Worries.
Time to be independent. Thanx Kyle and Carson.
Will be premium when it's time. Then I can start paying forward.
Be loved
P.S. Glad I figured out how to reach you.
P.P.S. Best of luck to all at WC.
Thank you for any insight.
Michael Winsor
#2 Airbrushing & tattooing been doing this tattooing since 14 airbrushing started in 2012
#3 comic collectables I'm a comic nerd
P.S: I have a master card
thanks
I hold a PhD degree in women health and infertility. And I have successfully sold in the past anti-aging products "Offline" but failed to duplicate that success online and lost lots of money.
So, it made sense to me to try again now that I am learning the process all over the right way. I understand that this niche falls under health and beauty which is very competitive industry. Any suggestion as how to narrow it down? Alter it?!
I also thought about teaching the technical aspect of podcasting and/or voice over since I have been doing both for over 13 years now. I can also recommend products (mics, mixers..etc) for commissions. But I have also noticed that neither have a big market to make it a long-term.
Finally, Keto Dieting since I have been on it for few months now and the results are just amazing. Lost more than 14Kg so I think I can contribute in this market. But is keto diet very generic?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I'm currently building the list of keywords for the site I'm building and I've noticed that in the list for the first word I've typed I've got the Avg at over 100, but the QSR shows no number at all (it's literally blank). Is this to indicate to me that the keywords displaying these stats are uncommon-but-ripe-keywords, or is this indicative of something else?
Thank you,
Oz
A newbie here. And I wonder whether it is allowed to skip the tasks and proceed to next lesson. As we know that as non-premium member we'all only have 7 days to ask questions in the forum.
I don't think that I can manage to upgrade my status as yet, on the other hand I don't want t waste and want to make use as much as possible those chances given whilst proceeding as far as I can go the process of the first 10.
Thank you in advance :)