My Affiliate Journey @ 8 Months
Where I was
I wondered about internet marketing haphazardly for 5 years! First it was about selling hard products online, then came drop shipping and finally affiliate marketing.
Building a website was a big deal for me and of course I knew nothing about keyword research or email marketing.
Then came WA
Then, WA changed everything!
WA has shed light on my solitary journey like the moon you see in the picture - isn't it beautiful? I downloaded it from dreams time site for free and cropped it a bit.
Before it felt like I was lost in a desert alone for a long time. Thanks, Tim McKinlay- in Feb 2018 I signed up WA through Tim's site www.affiliateunguru.com. In Jun 2018 I went premium. In Oct 2018 I went on yearly subscription.
My current status
Currently at WA, I am at the end of 2nd level of Entrepreneur Certification training, learned about building my website, understood 3 phases of customer buying process, and learned to write keyword rich blog post- hope to publish soon on my website.
I guess that is a bit low progress for 8 months! But I am slowly getting the hang of it. The learning curve is steep, but my energy is flowing and I am enjoying it.
Honestly, I wasted 7 1/2 months trying to figure out if WA was my best choice to stick around as I was also researching in parallel on other programs, e.g. smart passive income and click funnels. Those programs are for people with some experiences which I don't have but it took me a while to figure that out- my bad!
When I settled for WA 2 weeks ago I started making some progress. WA has opened my eyes as a beginner in affiliate marketing- absolutely true.
A feedback to WA
Although it may be unique to me, one thing I would like to mention here, in case Kyle or Carson are reading this post. I like to flip through cover to cover of training materials before taking the training and get the big picture and identify my strengths and weaknesses so that I can plan to drill down where I need to. WA training format does not provide that option. I do not perform well in this format.
I get bogged down by the paralysis of analysis about getting everything right the first time!
To overcome that what I did in many cases is that I checked the assignment boxes without actually doing it and moved and went back later to do the assignments if I felt important. This post is one of those assignments that I didn't skip, lol :)
It would have been nicer if there was an option to browse through the entire material without doing the assignments and watching the videos. I found the texts and images more helpful for me- again probably that's just me.
My plan for post and training
I am planning to write a blog post on this matter- how to help the free WA subscribers make an informed decision faster whether to go premium.
An extension of the above post may become a training course that I would be exploring as well, is how to build a very quick dummy niche and dummy website in order to get on with all assignments of the training without the paralysis of analysis.
Conclusion
Overall, WA training and the community are priceless and I am ready to take full advantage of it!
Kyle, Carson, Jay, the great Ambassadors and all fellow WA community members are great people and it is a privilege to be around with you guys!
And I am not alone anymore- that's the best part...
Recent Comments
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Zulqar,
Well if you were able to look at all the training exactly how would
there be such a thing as a Free Membership and a Premium Membership without putting limitations on what the Free Membership Includes. If you look at what WA provides for the Free Membership you are getting great training and 2 websites with all the amenities plus hosting I know of no place else you get
all of this do you ::))
You are not alone in the way that you do the training. I myself have done just that I checked off boxes and than came back to them at a later time. I think as long as you do hold yourself accountable and actually go back to those boxes you will be fine.
Welcome to the world of premium!!
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No, you are not alone but I love the idea about setting up a practice website and practice niche. I believe that Kyle and Carson may go for it. That would be a great help to the newbies that are coming aboard.
Mary