Intermediate

My ranking only improved slowly until I started adding blogs and working on my website consistently. Then they rose (number dropped) rapidly. I could probably speed it up even more, but I do have a life outside of Wealthy Affiliate!!! :-)

1.

This one is a no-brainer and should probably be included in the basics. That's what you joined up for isn't it? You should be able to get through the Getting Started, Course 1 Training in a couple of hours. Make that a couple of days at the most. Then that gives you a few days to hang around the community and decide if you want to go Premium.

After the first course, move as quickly as you can through the rest of the first few modules. Try not to get unnecessarily hung up or stuck on anything. If you simply cannot complete something, then tick it off anyway and move on. You can always come back and complete a step. And sometimes, just moving on explains something you were stuck on.

2. Blog

There are some very good tutorials and training about blogging. There's lots of good reasons to write a blog post here and these include:

• Improving your ranking (duh!)
• Improving your writing - practice, practice, practice. If writing content is one of the things that bothers you, then writing a few blog posts and asking for some feedback, will be very helpful.
• Engaging with the community - if you simply write 'from your heart' about your experiences at Wealthy Affiliate or what's going on in your life, the community will respond. People are very compassionate if you have personal problems and wish to share. Or you might like to just write something funny. Whatever you decide to write about, it's a great way to get 'likes', more followers and start to create your own circle of friends.

3. Log into your website

Every. Single. Day.

• The Wealthy Affiliate ranking algorithm is complex and takes a lot into consideration. Working on your website is one of them. You need to be working on it anyway, so it's just an added bonus that the system recognises that you are active and rewards you for doing so. Making a habit of logging in regularly is the best way to increase your content and improve your search engine rankings also (different to WA rankings!)
• Make it a habit to do one thing - just one thing - everyday - on your website. Here's a few simple suggestions....write a post (obvious!) add an image to a post or page, fix that menu that was annoying you, add some further content to an existing page, reply to any comments

That's about it for the intermediate steps. So move on to the last lesson...