Yes the About Me should be a page.

Simply copy the same content into a page and delete the post

The lessons do end, but you can google a lot of resources on what and how to build your site.

Hi Hilary,

As a free member you'll have access to the first 10 lessons of the Online Entrepreneur Certification training. And you don\t need to complete those lessons in those 6 days

When you upgrade you'll be able to access any available training level

You can always go back if you feel you missed something. Thats what I did as I'm building my site

It really all comes down to how bad you want it. I understand where you're coming from, but you have to decide what will be best in the long run. You're here because you're supposed to be. I don't believe in coincidence. We can only grow through discomfort. You can also earn on WA through comments and participation. Perhaps that can help towards your membership.

You’re in a tough spot. I agree - one week of Starter is just a tease. What I did was pay the $19 special for one month of premium and figured that after one week of Starter membership, then adding one month of Premium should be enough to help me decide on the annual premium membership - but yes, I then went ahead a paid $359 for a whole year of premium. If you can time it right, you can get the annual membership for $300 on special on Black Friday in late November, but still, that’s $300 you might not have. Is one year long enough for you to earn a few hundred dollars? Hard to say. Some can do that in 3-6 months, and some are making hundreds and more *per month* during that time. Some make nothing at all for over a year. How much time do you have available on a daily basis to commit to the work? I can say this - the WA community will help you. Just make sure to ask for help if you get stuck in the training lessons. Get through all the lessons in the correct order and write a lot of content on your website! Or, wait until you can justify the few hundred dollars and then start your membership.

Regards,
John

I went premium within my first week to take advantage of the discount.

It's not how bad I want it. I cant work and my husband lost his job and had to pick up a low paying job and we are penny pinching! $19 means no bread, milk or TP right now! It's not forever though.

My reply above was intended for @EjbLmp0619! Apologies, John

My reply to @MargaretteD1 was intended for you. Please see it below. iPhone didn't correctly take my "reply". I'm on my computer now. Apologies, John

Be patient,learn at your own pace,keep referring it can help you to upgrade to premium.Best wishes!

The catch is that it is easy in theory, however after you've started working in it for the first month it become very hard sometimes to motivate yourself to work or have the desire to do so.

It also takes a minimum of 6 months for Google to start trusting your website.

Most people can't ride that first 6 months out.

I'm on month 4 almost, and trust me it is hard some days!

But I'm starting to see progress now!

Thanks for this and well done keeping with the programme.
I hope you see the fruits of your labour soon.

Hey Paul,

I don't know if I would share Clittle1's perspective although it seems to be common among new students.

It takes about 15 - 20 posts depending the quality of your content, if you do youtube videos that you backlink and if you are applying the white hat SEO techniques that are taught here, you'll get recognized by Google much more quickly than 6 months.

I can tell you with my TherapyBoy.com website I put up a couple years ago took 5 pages (about the website) and I did one post.

That one post ranked 33 in Google after I published it (within 5 minutes) and over the last 2 years it's been on page 1 in Google and makes money from referring people to Google.

But I also have a lot of experience so that helps. In general, it takes most people about 15-20 posts before Google starts to recognize them within a particular niche.

Also, your progress is based on how hard you work, how often you publish content, the quality of your content, etc.

So there is a lot of factors that go into it, but it's not that hard to learn and works extremely well if you focus on building your site and helping your niche.

If you focus on the money, write a few posts and get upset that you haven't made money or have no traffic, then yeah, you're going to fail.

But if you follow the training and work hard, you'll do great.

I'll try to answer some of your questions here. Bear in mind that I am also new here...just been here a few weeks longer than you.

The NFL snack helmet site was an example of a person who saw a product that they liked and decided that they wanted to promote that item as something that they believed in.

As I recall, Kyle was teaching us in the video not to write about things we don't know anything about, then he described the case of the guy who sells helmet snack bowls.

That part is simple to respond to.

As far as being bent against consumerism goes, This whole community is depending upon consumerism for their success. I don't just mean the WA community, every community. Let's face it; the more we earn, the more we buy. If you, however, are more prone to dissuade the sale of a product, I wonder if you came to the right place.

I'm certain you did.

No matter how much money you have or had, you didn't get it without consumerism. Even if all you're doing is collecting aluminum cans, those don't mean anything to you unless you find someone to buy them. You have to find a market for selling your aluminum cans, show them the cans to convince them that they are clean and aluminum, then sell them.

The recycling company then has to find a market for their large volume of aluminum cans and so on until the company that makes sheet aluminum buys them and turns them into aluminum sheeting. Now, they have to find a market to sell the sheets of aluminum, maybe even to a manufacturer of aluminum cans, who then sells the parts to beverage companies who then adds value to the aluminum cans and sells that aluminum back to you.

It's all driven by consumerism.

You came here to learn how to capitalize on consumerism, but you've only been here a couple of days. Spend some time reading other people's posts, and spend more time learning to build your first website.

The blogging on your website is to help you establish yourself in your niche and get you used to writing content. Once you've established a presence online, you will begin to build authority in your niche and eventually, you will be able to sell things within your niche, either directly or indirectly to people who have come to respect you and to new people who can then easily find you on the internet.

You could be blogging now. You've already spent 351 words on a rant full of questions that all the training here will teach you except one. The football helmet snack bowl site.

It is different because the owner of the site wants it to be. It really is that simple. We are all individuals and many of us don't want our site to look like other websites. That guy's content is about each helmet.

Be happy someone found a way to be successful and keep your eyes peeled for a way to find success for yourself.

I wish you the very best of luck!

I wasn't ranting I just come across as cynical to most.

the aluminum can thing was unnecessary, I know how consumerism works within a capitalist system, I was simply remarking upon my disdain for it for reasons that are better discussed in a different forum.

i understand we are here to capitalze on consumerism, im not so petty that i let my personal opinions dictate my actions, my being here in the first place i feel demonstrates that.

i wasn't "unhappy" that someone found success. i was noting somethin felt like it wasn't adding up between video and training. You can make a million totally different websites that all essentially perform the same functions and have no one the wiser if they got what they came for.

maybe they should of have showed the guys blog site first and how that lead him to make his NFL snack helmet site. I'm on lesson 8 and they still haven't shown a single working blog site with its affiliate market.

the video specifically says you CAN write about a niche you have no experience in when they where going through the baby gear and then makeup. They also give you WA as a niche if you cant think of one when they say to use the boot camp training which would be a niche the user knows nothing about at first but Im sure they pick it up as they go.

Todays american paradigm is uniformed consumers making irrational purcheses. just look at any car commercial. i get that, and as a salesman your told to capitalize on others trust, laziness, ignorance, emotional state, insecurities and anything else you can think of that can convince/influence someone to give you their money, like Listerine's Halitosis campaign in the early 1900s.


that being said i simply dont have enough consumer or life experience to blog about any kind of products and what i can blog doesnt have any related products that can be sold.

So i would have no choice but to choose a niche i dont have a background in.

Okay, so I wrote a blog within my niche. It was my very first one and to answer any reader, the answer is no, I haven't made any money with it. I haven't begun trying, but within my article (I'm old. I'm not fond of the word, Blog, so article works for me) I mentioned two very helpful products.

For the purposes of preserving business potential to any brand, I did not mention the brand of the product I wrote about because I believe it could be any brand of that product.

Now, I'm in the 3rd level of training and I'm starting to read about how to monetize this. So it looks like I can sign up with establishments that sell this item and get a special link to the product I'm promoting. I would link each of these items to that establishment with my special link information included and, if someone reading my article clicks it and buys one of the items I recommended, I will earn a small commission.

Ok, so maybe that part you understand, but, what I'm trying to say is that these two items are staple items. Let me just say for this reply that they are peanut butter and jelly.

You don't have to be a consumer of unnecessary items, but you may have a preferred brand of facial tissues you want to include a link to on your next article about holistic remedies for the common cold.

You don't have to sell yourself out, but there are things you use and perhaps there are brands that you are loyal to. If you can find a way to include these types of items in your writings, then you have the potential to make money from them.

As you know, even people who don't appreciate consumerism have to buy stuff. That's where you come in.

Sell them the stuff that they need.

For the record, I would also love to see good examples that are working at this level of training so I have a better idea of where I should be and what I should be doing, but as of yet, I don't see that it exists. They only thing I see is Kyle's example website in his videos. It is very fuzzy to me and pretty much useless to use as an example.

Now, as to your salesman training...I used to be a kirby vacuum salesman. I struggled and struggled hard to make my first sale. When I finally made my first sale, I was so happy! Then I never went back to work there again.

That whole taking advantage of insecurities is one thing, but creating those insecurities is quite another. Same for their emotional state. I felt like If I had to create a false emotion over a false insecurity to convince a low income person to part with $ for a vacuum cleaner she didn't need just so I could make a living, then I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

But what I can do here is different. I just say I use stuff that I use and link to it for other people to voluntarily help me earn money.

No dog and pony show...no calling the manager to ask if I can sell it at a price well above what I know I can sell it at...No BS.

Take care

Maybe you could gear your website toward raising awareness for those issues and the positive/neg impact on life & society? And link products made by companies they/you support?

You don't need to love or devote your life to the cause, just approach it like any job or investment.

I understand your dilemma, but I also see what John’s point, too. Please listen for just a minute. I was raised poor, overcame it, and helped my parents and sisters. Then my husband lost his job after 35 years and after a few months of not finding a decent job we were put in a difficult situation. So I get it. Like he said though, some people are going to spend their last dollar. I know one man that is a part of our community said when he was younger, his money talked. It said, “Goodbye”. Not funny, but it was true. Then when he was 81 years old he broke his hip and joined WA. Look him up (RaybRannum). Great story that is ongoing today, and he is sharp, too.

Our market has many minimalists in it today. Some call themselves minimalists, but many are to the core of their being. I suggest you embrace your ideas and go with a minimalist website or blog for the Internet. They do make those that are in poverty gain wealth. Kyle and Carson will both tell you though, as will everyone here, that it takes hard work on your site. Some will tell you about a get rich scheme; it is probably a scheme to make them wealthier. It takes awhile to totally build your site, then Google and/or other search engines (Google is the main one) recognize you, you get ranked by Google, and hopefully your rankings will continue to move you up to the first page of Google. That takes blogging to get you to that point.

You don’t have to back away from what you are passionate about and you can be successful by promoting it. You will just need to do it in small segments.

Please realize that this community is a blend of many different cultures and socioeconomic levels. Many who have not reached financial success yet are probably in the same boat as you. In fact, I’ve only been here since late August and I know of many who have joined that are in that boat. I’ve read of many who were there, but now have financial successes. One day I hope you and I can be among those who are enjoying that security.

John Guiles wasn’t trying to be ugly when he used aluminum cans. I think he was just trying to help you see how you could use your site in a way to make money, still help others by them making money, and also cleaning the environment at the same time. Many other ways are readily available, but I think that is the most common that he thought of. I don’t think he meant it personally at all. He meant well.

If you need anything I will be happy to talk to you or you can ask anyone a question.

Have a great evening or day (not sure where you live),

Kathy Elam

That is good, so you will have full time to do this.

That's a good start, it seem that we have the same journey to begin such an retirement bisnis, good luck, and lets take a step closer

I’m 73 and have the same idea!!! Looking forward to being financially free!!

Lesson 9 in which Level?

Affiliate links are covered in the Level 3 training :)

I'm on lessen level 1 the start of the content but erica just replied and siad the affilate links are covered in level 3 I'm not quite there yet so I will just keep going through the training thanks for the reply

Thanks I will keep going through the training I was just making sure I didnt miss it by mistake

You're deleting the page in the Pages area?

If you're still having trouble, I'd submit a ticket to Site Support.

The higher the search average the better It means a bigger interest And there are no established values here Everything depends on your keyword phrase It could be 30 or 3,000

Okay I think I understand. So it's the QSR that needs to be lower (under 100)?

The QSR is the number of your main competitors So yes, that should be as low as possible

So would now be the ideal time to upgrade to premium so i can access the QSR stats and lots of other features? I've been putting it off until I could distinguish the differences between standard and premium but now seems like the time. Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated.

That's your decision Luke :)

But if you want to get to the next level ...

Hi

HI

You should be able to get an EIN number and then use Paypal

Hi Gina!

To change your post to a page, you'll have to copy and paste and create a new page. I'd just leave it if I was you - no harm. You can still add it to your Menu. This way you don't have to delete your post which may cause a "not found" error.


Further in the lessons, they show you how to transfer to a dot com. You'll have to purchase a domain name and then you'll be able to Move your site.

Re the Privacy Policy, yes publish it know, and you'll be able to edit it in WordPress at any point, just like all your other posts and pages. Remember to make this one a Page :)

Herbert for me choosing a niche can be challenging, I tried it before. I am looking forward to completing my training and exploring trending niches. I think you are correct to draw on your life experiences when selecting a niche.

I thought this also but when you narrow it down to something you love and are passionate about its helpful

Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and you will find them.

True, there's nothing stopping you from writing about any topic. Personally I love that I know what I'm talking about. Jim

Hi Kevin & welcome to Wealthy Affiliate!

Good question that has been asked by many before you -- it's vital to keep in mind that whatever your selected niche is interests you sufficiently in order to write about /blog about extensively, deeply, over an extended period of time to get to success ...

Having said that, in effect, it sounds like you've already answered your own question by going into a specific type of bike and all the associated accessories ... lots to discuss / talk about there and likely to engage a wide public audience of bike enthusiasts!

Go for it!

All the best to you for every success, cheerio ... 😊

I would definitely narrow it down a bit. Mountain bikes are all the rage around the world. You could talk about the various places that have great facilities etc. As well as bike types and gear. Just remember you have to love it well enough to be able to eventually write heaps of articles. Jim

Look the statements up on the Jaaxy Research on your left. It helps a lot.

When you choose something you are ‘into’, you have more patience, spend more time developing the business, and find ways to expand and create. Of course you have a great idea. Go into Jaaxy and find the best configuration of the domain name that will make you the millions. Best wishes !

See my reply to KellyHardy

Thank you Robert, much appreciated.

Sent her another message as well and happy to help when I can.
Robert

Hello Kelly

There is a difference between viewing the actual page source (view page source) and inspecting the DOM (document object model - inspect element, looking at the page).

The first method shows HTML exactly as it was fetched from the initial GET request, while the latter shows the "live" version of the page, which may include modifications made by JavaScript.

Hope you understand what I'm saying but if not then don't worry about it.

If you made the updates and actually clicked Update your site will be ok.
Robert

You kind of lost me, but thanks. Since I followed everything step by step, in order, I thought it should update in the View Page Source just as it did for Kyle in the video. Before that, everything was going smoothly. I want to proceed, but I don't want to mess something up. Someone suggested I customize my theme. I tried that and lost my original theme and can't seem to find it now. It's not in the Appearance, Themes section. That's not really important right now though. So is it not important that when I View Page source, the Home Title, Home Description and keywords that I updated in the All in One SEO don't show up? It just shows the Title and tagline that is in the general settings.

:(

As I said if you clicked UPDATE after you made the corrections you are good to go.

If you want to you can go into your All-In-One-SEO and General Settings and click Update Options.
Then go into your XML Sitemap and Update Settings.

These would be done eventually anyway when your site is next crawled.

I don't have the XMLSitemap option, but I've updated everything else. I'm just going to move forward. Thanks so much for your help!

Thats ok, you are a free member and you wont get the sitemap until you are a premium member.

Go for it. Since you are passionate about it then you will be successful in it.

Okay bro, thanks for your comment and concern. I will but some action into it.

Hello SugaH and welcome to Wealthy Affiliate.
That is a great niche and isn't AS competitive as others.

I would still suggest narrowing it down though as it is very broad.
I know you are passionate about it so it may be tough to choose what you are most passionate about.

Are you wanting to teach techniques or tricks?
A good way to help you with this is as yourself this.

I want to help people _________
and fill in the blank.

You can have this as your main topic and branch of to other areas once you have gotten your site rolling along.

I hope this helps : )
Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Awesome, I say this will be a great fit for you since you already have knowledge about it. You seem to have the passion for it and already have a direction so I wish you the best success in your pursuit!

yea i think i really need to narrow it down to a particular aspect of inline skating as there are many sub-topics under this niche .
but to answer your question correctly and filling in the blank space, I actually want help provide more recognition to Inline skating both as a sport and also as a means of recreation and relaxation.
I also want to be able to feature up coming Skating groups ,Competitions and events about inline skating ,News on Inline skating and stuffs like that. then in the end i refer my readers to buy there skating gears through my link....i just want to take inline skating closer to my readers....sorry for the long write up....

thanks for the support and ind words, i wish you the best at achieving your goals too.

You just mentioned a whole heap of Niches. I'd go for something you absolutely love and can write heaps about. To give you an idea or Niches, mine is &gardening; for beginners' , not only is gardening my passion so I can write endless blogs on it, but I can also do reviews on heaps of different garden tools. Hope this helps. Jim

And if you want a really ugly answer ...

Basically, a niche is a subset of a given main market that has a well-defined customer base with precisely identified common needs. In other words, a niche is a clearly defined and well-targeted market segment.

Nursing is great Niche Health Products, Weight Loss, toddlers Care The best toddlers toys, I see many more.

You have a small child.
This is a great niche to get into as there are countless women with babies and young children.
As the children grow your niche will grow with you.
Robert

Dancing looks very interesting if you want to explore it.

Hi Olivia and what an amazing niche!!!
Yes, it has so many sub-niches doesn't it?
Perhaps start with one particular subject and get this really done well and then perhaps down the track you can branch into more areas
When you choose your domain name make sure it is relevant to the whole subject if you can and go for a. com name as well
I am excited for you as well and look forward to hearing how you get on
Vicki

With 3 billion Google search results, science is a way too broad topic, so it needs narrowing down. Science made simple, science for children are better, but still need narrowing down.

Hello Ogoguen.

Science is a good niche. Perhaps you can start with the individual you would like to target in that niche. Do you want to focus on teachers, parents, homeschool parents, college students, high school students, science fiction geeks?

Hope this is helpful.

Carol

It sounds like you are trying to make science sound like fun. How about 'science fun', 'science is fun', 'fun science', 'why science is cool', 'have fun with science', or similar.

Too Too broad - you will have to narrow it down and start with just one or two and if it is going well you could think about expanding it

I would think you can start with a broad title and focus on a smaller category and as you grow, the topics you cover can also grow with you and won't be limited by your website name.

also if you listen carefully iv hers a few burps in there hehe.

No chugging of beer during any of the training, but that might be a good idea. I just don't want to get into a situation where I am slurring my words lol.

Thanks for the feedback though Angela and I am really glad you are enjoying the training. :)

haha no problem it was funny and also i cant promise i won't be making this a fun little game of drinking in the future wile i learn probably not the best idea but still wildly fun!

i am actualy going thru another round going thru all the lessons again no not for the drinking game but cause i recently deleted my first website and am working on a new one more information about that in my Description about me BIO on my WA homepage read more there have a lovely day!

Love Phoxpsy , Angela.

Quite often. I find it is the best way to absorb the information.

Great to have you here at WA Tracy and if you ever do need a hand with anything, you have an entire community of support behind you (myself included)! :)

Your are surrounded by lots of team players within the community, I know you are going to feel right at home!

Exciting times lie ahead!

Glad to meet you Tracy! There is such a wealth of knowledge here at WA. The opportunity to be successful has never been so close for me. I am loving it and I've barely scratched the surface of what all is offered.

Hey Tracy, I’m David and a new member as well. Best of luck going forward!

Yeah, lots of people definitely overthink the idea of a niche and fall into the big rabbit hole.

A niche can honestly be anything, what are you passionate about? What are you interested in?

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. :)

Hi Sintija,

You have asked a LOT of question in one comment so let me see if I can tackle it all.

Firstly, your English is absolutely fine. If you're able to write that long comment, then you're good. Writing for this business is just like the way you're writing above, need not to be fancy or formal, just conversational.

When picking a niche, you don't have to feel you need to be an expert. You also don't need to be actually doing the actual activity like traveling.

You're also not product listing in your business, that is not affiliate marketing.

Always pick something you really like to work on, any of your ideas you mentioned above like travel and fashion needs to be narrowed way down to make it work.

For travel - a specific type of traveling, or area.

Fashion - i.e. organic cotton clothes for newborns or corporate wear or formal wear.

Wooden home decor niche - Great one because it's specific, wooden types of furniture or other decor.

Having trouble sleeping is a great niche because this is a PROBLEM that people have that you can HELP THEM SOLVE..... THIS is the essence of affiliate marketing.

Stick with niches you have interests or passions with because you'll be working on it day in day out, so make sure it's something you like or research about.

You could also start a site to journalize your progress if you don't know a niche well enough. Everyone starts somewhere and if you can find something you can help others with then that would be a great niche.

Here are some other tutorials that will help you: Coming Up With Niche Ideas / Idea Generation How To Pick A Niche That Leads To Success! Very Simple & Clean Way to Choose Your Niche - For Beginners But I’m Not An Expert! You can also go on Amazon.com to get ideas from their categories as well, each one of their sub-categories could be a great idea for a niche.

Also, I recommend using a free site first instead of buying a custom domain until you feel comfortable keeping the niche you picked. This way you can delete and start over without the extra $15 expense for another custom domain.

It's really easy here to transfer a free site to your own domain later on.

Another aspect you may want to think about is the price point of the products you'll be recommending in your niche.

The work is the same whether you promote a $5 product or a $500 product, make it worth your while. ;)

You want to build an online business where your site will be the bridge that connects people who are searching for things to the things they are searching for.

Like my website is all about making money online, I'm helping people find a great training platform and other ways if they choose different route other than WA.

If you have it in your mind to help others in your niche, then you will have a thriving business.

About keywords:

You basically find keywords with:

AVG > 100
QSR < 50

For me, those are the ideal criteria to look for in any keywords.

So to get that kind of keyword, yes, it's usually a phrase.

You will find as many keywords as you can.

Each post you write will be tackling only ONE of these keywords on your list.

sample "how to train a dog to sit"

Then you will incorporate that phrase in your title, first paragraph, and then once again near the end of your post.

Title: "3 Easy Steps: How To Train A Dog To Sit" - Always add to the title to make it enticing and reason why people should click on YOUR post on their results page.

First paragraph (within first 160 characters):
"When first getting a new puppy, you will want to learn how to train a dog to sit when he or she is 2 - 4 months old.

I have 3 easy steps below that I'm going to go through with you so you can teach your new puppy...."

Body: anything you want.

Last section of post somewhere:

"If you have learned how to train your dog to sit, then please comment below and let me know of your results!" - or something else, anything that will bring that keyword back into your article.

When researching keywords you need to beware of Stop Words like "what is" "how to" and words like "in" "a" "on".

Those words don't really count and if you see another keyword with same AVG but higher QSR and without those stop words, then that keyword is the true QSR.

For example "what is commission junction" and "commission junction" are the similar AVG but the true keyword is "commission junction" which will have a much higher QSR than "what is commission junction".

Sometimes you may also need to be more creative in your keywords if the product name you're promoting does not have any good keywords, you could work around that and think of why a person would need this product.

So instead of using product name keywords, you could also look at keywords like "how to cure...." or "natural remedy for..." whatever your product can do/improve for people, and so that's more keywords you could use.

You have to put yourself into the mindset of the person doing that search and figure out what a person that needs the information you're offering would search for.

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I hope I didn't overwhelm you but some of the keyword info may not make sense until you get to those lessons but I offered it here because you are using as your niche research.

Please ask me any questions! :)
Grace

That was more than a simple answer, I would name it a perfect lesson.
Thanks for sharing.
Alex

Thank you for this very informative reply. I could not ask for more. But I will have to take a little bit more time and do some brainstorming to decide for niche. :)

Thanks Alex! :)

You're very welcome. One thing I didn't answer is how you get help.

The best way to get help from the whole community is by using "Ask A Question" in your Help Center on left menu.

Asking questions like you have under the lesson is good too.

You could ask it on my profile or your profile as well, you just go on either profile and underneath "Accomplishments" you'll see a comment box to type in.

I see all the questions you ask on the platform (because you're my referral), so if someone else gets to your question first, I always still review their answers to make sure you got the right info. So if you ask a question, and you don't hear from me, it's because someone else answered it correctly.

You're in good hands with me. :)

Grace

PS - start only one niche, not two or three or four or more. :)

Can you copy and paste the content to your new site? If you were indexed before I would copy and paste it. You will get indexed again.

When you say deleted, what do you mean? Did you just delete the posts but the website still remains or have you removed the actual domain name/website?

I deleted website.But when I am going to publish post or page I can find (see) deleted URL on list. I have started new website with new name

Hi. Where to paste? And what then?

Yes you could copy and paste it into a page if you wanted, there would be no benefit to that.

A post and a page are the same thing, the only difference is that a post snippet is added to your blog roll after you create it.

Pages typically go to your menu by default, but you can override that with custom menus (which can include pages and posts).

I typically create my initial framework of my website (first 5-10) as pages, then after that I create only posts. Posts are beneficial for rankings because they do go to your blog roll which makes your website look current to Google (good for SEO) as well as your audience.

Hope this helps.

Yep, in both cases there are limitations due to your free membership

I am new, so I hope someone will correct me if I am wrong. I believe you may only create 2 websites under the free membership, but more if you go ahead and move forward with the premium membership.

Narrowing it down can help tremendously. If you were to create a domain that related to vegan/cruelty free products and specialize in make up it can work. Over time (if you were to run out of what to promote or write about regarding makeup), your domain name will be broad enough to slowly bring in cleaning products. That is just my opinion but I have seen it work (for a different niche).

Hi Meagan
Vegan living :) Vegan lifestyle or yes vegan makeup or cleaning products as long as you will have enough content to build on your website through posts you will write
I hope this helps
Vicki

Very helpful! Thank you!

Yes it totally helps, thanks so much!

HI - I would stick with the vegan make up or vegan household products because not everyone will appreciate the cruelty free lifestyle so better to keep it generic until you are established and then you can quietly introduce it - that way people will have gained trust in you and the products and will much more likely to listen to you when you start talking about the cruelty free lifestyle
Carol

There's also vegan food products which can make for a great target audience

Yes I know but she needs to concentrate on one niche first - too many on her site will complicate the issue and she has to gain the trust and respect before she introduces anything else/

Oh yea i know i was just suggesting vegan food as a possible niche. Just giving her another option.

And it was a good suggestion may I say but she did mention specifically what she was wanting to use -I did not want to confuse the issue by suggesting anything else - I think she would probably have a better chance with the food side of things since that seems to be the way a lot of people are heading. Maybe she will read out conversation and change her mind
Carol

you are so welcome and all the very best- If you ever need a hand please let me know
Vicki

Anytime!

I just did a spaghetti search and came up with DJ mixer. DJ hire (+ location) i.e DJ hire in London, hire a DJ for a party plus tons more results.

It depends on where you want to take this. The niche is HUGE so you have many choices and you'll certainly not run out of content ideas.

Hello Alfred and welcome to Wealthy Affiliate.
Mens clothing in general is very broad. You can narrow it down to let's say mens designer shirts which has less competition and really good traffic.
You can be an affiliate of any of the brands you listed, as long as they have affiliates and accept you once your website is ready.

I hope this helps : )
Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Go under Websites on your left, then go to the bottom, SiteSupport, they should be able to help you.

Hello Unate. You are having quite a few issues aren't you.
For you privacy policy, I would suggest deleting it and starting all over.
Here is a link that will help to ensure you add the updated one as well as help you to set it p. GDPR Privacy Policy Page Here is a link that will assist you on setting up the plugin that you will also need. WP GDPR Compliance plugin settings Please be kind and at least click on the like button for each link. Loes and Marion did us members a huge favor by creating this training.
As for seeing the comment section that is an easy fix.
While you are in your back office in WordPress, click on pages.

If you hover over the privacy page, you will see edit, quick edit, click on quick edit.

To the far right you will see allow comments with a check in the box. Click on the box and this will remove the check from the box.

Social media icons: are you wanting them removed completely or moved to a different location?

Later down the road you will want them. You will be sharing your post/pages on social media to help get free traffic.

The social media icons will make it a much easier process allowing you to so it straight from your website.

I hope this has helped : )
Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Hi Buddo,

As Kyle suggested in the blog you just read, click on the green tab labeled "Training" on the left and get started on the training.

In there you will learn the answers to some of your questions. The rest will be answered if you find the platform to be what it promises to be and that is a complete guide that will answer all the questions you just asked and so, so many more if you upgrade at a later date.

You have seven days as a starter member (in the free trial period) so why not get started to see if this is what you are looking for.

Hope this helps,
Calvin

Hi Faizol,
You will join Affiliate Networks with the products you want to promote. You will be given a unique link for each product.
It is this link you will add to your website.

When a visitor to your website clicks your link and makes a purchase, you earn a commission.

Continue through the lessons and it will be explained to you.

All the best!

Thank you so much this is what I wanted to hear, but am sure I will have a bit of trouble seeting up my website and others, can you please give me a hint how you come up with yours please so that will help to guide me accordingly,
regards.
Faizol

The training takes you through the whole process, easy to understand and if done properly will set you up to go online.

I found the easiest way is to use the Site Stripe function.

Kinda ignore the Amazon affiliate area, and find a product you want to promote. At the top of the page is a toolbar called Site Stripe. There you can click on text or image and it will give you the direct link that you can use.

If you have no Site Stripe bar - you may have to turn it on in the Associates area under Tools I think it is.

If I want to use the image, I change my WP editor to Text and paste the html there.

If I'm using a text link, I stay in Visual editor and just change my call to action text to a hyperlink.

Does this help?


Erica

Thanks for your reply.
Where do I find this site stripe? on Amazon, or WA?

Here's a screenshot.

You find it on Amazon and in the Associates area. This is the only way to get images off Amazon too :/

The toolbar is the easiest to use. You find the product you want to promote. Decide if you want a text link or image link or both. and click and copy/paste.

And here it is in the Associate's area. You may have to Turn It On.

good to know

Yep there are all kinds of ideas and affiliate programs in any of the niches you mentioned - first step choose your first niche and begin teh free training

The short ANSWER is YES! You will have to set up a payment method at some time. I use PayPal, but if you want to locate Affiliate Sales, use ClickBank and it is connected with JV. ClickBank is a one-stop shop. but some of these programs take a percent like 3% or 5%, I am not sure. PayPal does not. (At least they didn't).
ClickBank also sets the Return/Refund Policies on sales through them. It used to be 30 days no questions asked full return. Now it is 60 days.
Before you take that on you REALLY need to become a Premium Member and get through the Training That's there for a good reason.

Afterthought. The reason the Kyle and Carson and the whole Community wants to help you find your own Niche is that it is a tough part of the learning process. If you don't do it you will be back on the treadmill that has failed you in the past. Do all they teach you yourself. If you just jump to a single affiliate then you have lost learning. Go through the Process. It is a "Pathway" to Success.

Bill Bailey

Hello Paulette and welcome to Wealthy Affiliate. That question isn't confusing at all.

As you progress through the training you will gain more knowledge on affiliate marketing.

There are affiliates to everything you can imagine. I wouldn't choose a niche based on an affiliate program though.

You will definitely want your niche to be something that you are passionate/knowledgeable enough about that you will be able to write quality content on constantly.

You will need to write about it a lot in the first few months and you don't want to get bored with it or run out of things to write about.

Even if your niche is something you wish to learn more about, you can do research on it and still write quality content.

You got this : )
Just remember, this community loves to help. If you ever have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Thank you so much for the quick response and help. I am finding more answers as I go but it is absolutely amazing to have new friends that care and help out. THANK YOU MY FRIEND..

THANK YOU MY FRIEND..

WOW. THANKS FOR THE INFO. I AM GOING TO CHECK OUT CITIBANK RIGHT AWAY.

You're welcome

I know this niche thing is making my head hurt cos ive got my niche but struggling to work out how i will put it to paper so to speak ;)

I thank you so much Lee Ann. You are all so helpful and kind. It saddens me that in 24 hours I will no longer be able to communicate with all of you anymore. I want nothing more than to be a premium member. Just the few questions I've had and the kindness of you make premium well worth it. However, I just recently lost my leg in an accident and can no longer work my job in home health. Disability barely pays the rent and I'm a single mother of 3 children. This is what pushes me to want to better myself. I have also always dreamed of blogging/ working online. I am sorry for rambling but wanted you all to know that it's not that I don't want this enough or that $19 isn't worth being here with all of you...I am truly embarrassed and never thought I'd only have $3.17 in my account after working so hard.... I am sorry again..I already feel so welcomed. You all are amazing and I hope that one day I will have the means to talk to you all again...I thank you my friends...

Hi Lee, I feel for you. I work at a call Center near Los Angeles, called Interviewing Service of America. The management clearly values honesty, which I appreciate. I have seen folks work there in wheelchairs. We make calls asking folks to do surveys. No selling is involved. If you are not near LA, maybe there is such a place near where you live. It is part-time work and can really help while you pursue online activities. Mike

Leah, also I hope you get some kind of regular job before you pay for a premium subscription here. Another idea: Can you tutor in something? You might check out VIPkid. You need a survival income first. Finally check out the website of Barbara Sher. Her followers have many ideas about work there. And great luck! Mike

Thank you. I really am sorry for the sob story but I just felt like the people on here such as yourself are open minded and very helpful. Yes I have been looking hard for a stable job since I can no longer work lifting and caring for my residents. I have been looking for potential online customer service jobs as I have great recommendations/ experience. I am in Ohio and so far the companies that have contacted me on Indeed have required me to be able to lift ect.Things I will not be able to do when I heel and get a prosthetic. Does your company have any branches out this way? A bump in the road is all it is. L.A is my dream. I hope to be able to relocate after things get better. Thank you for caring. However, this is not the place for me to be venting and for that I apologize again. I am very determined.. I have built a website and am not giving up on this just yet.... Thank you again...

wow...Thank you Michael. I am looking into Barbara Sher website now. VIPkid also...Thanks..

You have in fact received an answer. Your comments haven't been deleted. See image for proof.

Yes - customer service is desperately needed in Australia I can tell you - they need to take lessons from the Americans. I would not combine the two however so you could build two websites and start with the one you are most familiar with and go from there
Anything I can do to help I will - There is a great book out by Richard C Whitely called the Customer Driven Company and most of the Fortune 500 companies have read it so it is an important issue
Carol

Thank you very much for that. I will keep in touch as I move forward with this. I just was not quite sure what a niche on customer service would look like?

I am sure you will come up with something amazing
Carol

Hi Gary, I would have to agree with Carol (@possumlane). Begin working with the niche where you are most comfortable and then, when you have that one under control, consider starting a new website for your other niche. If you combine the two, you may find that the traffic is not common to both and you may not get the rankings. Gary

Thank you I have decided to go with just the one thank you.

It is best to go with the one that you are most passionate about or interested in and won't mind learning as much as you can about it. Just ask yourself what is it that you want to help others do. The training will show you how to put it all together - search for keywords and write quality content. All the best!

Hello David01.

Deciding on a niche was hard for me also. I decided to focus on which niche should I start first, instead of which niche should I pick.

Reading what you wrote, you mentioned more about more about music than the other subjects.

I think you have a lot of knowledge. I watched a YouTube video from Benjisdad.com, about having enough knowledge and it was helpful. He said you don't have to know everything about a topic; if you are one chapter ahead of someone that is brand new you can give them advice and help them out.

Hope this is helpful.

mcgibbonc

Hello DavidO1,

If I may offer a suggestion regarding your decision on a niche. As you seem to have a few to choose from, ask yourself this question - Which niche could I deliver a 30 minute talk on right now? - If you have a subject that you can do that with then the transition to writing about it will be easier.
It works for me.

wish you well in your endeavours.

Music is an excellent Niche

Thanks for the advice. Seems logical enough.

Once you finish all the lessons, then go to the Live Events on your left to learn how to use the funnels to draw an email list.

Thanks for bringing this up. I just started an hour ago and was just thinking about exactly that. I also want to use funnels.

Depends on how hard it is to spell/say. If it’s not phonetic, people may struggle.
I’d include it in the ‘about’ section at least. You could also do a blog explaining it more if you like.

I am wondering why you had to create a 'word' for your business/website? I agree with ShaneWB regarding how hard it is to say or spell as that may be difficult to explain or reason.

I don't think spelling or pronunciation will be an issue. And I created the word because I was having a hard time finding a word that already exists that encompasses the idea. Every phrase I came up with either sounded dumb or could easily be interpreted to mean something in which I did not intend.

Buying a domain is the best way to go. It’s a lot more professional looking and is pretty much a piece of virtual real estate. Success can still come from free websites as long as it provides useful information and high quality content. Consistency is key.

Hello Charles : )
Keep in mind that this is your first website and you may run into that circumstance.
The answer to that will really depend on where you are at with your website. How much content you have on it and if it is with a free domain or a purchased domain.

It will also depend on what your second niche will be. Will it match the url name?
If you are using a free domain you can always delete it and start a new one if you haven't added content.
If you have content on it that pertains to your new niche, then you can copy the content and add it to your new website.

If you purchase a domain you can not change the name of it. Use the free one until you are certain that you are happy with the niche you have chosen and have started writing content. Use it as a practice site.

I hope this was useful.
Lee Ann

Yes this was very helpful....

Well we are going to teach you how to establish a long-term and sustainable brand within the online world here. What you promote on your website is up to you and how you promoted is also lots you.

You can start moving away from Al Express into affiliate marketing, or other revenue generation models. Have through the training and take action, I know you are going to love what you learn here. :)