Today, I’m sharing with you my start with affiliate marketing. Remember, I was completely new to this, so if that’s you too, there’s no reason to feel like you can’t succeed. That’s a testament to just how good WA’s training is.
Inside Wealthy Affiliate you can keep a blog that serves as a personal progress report and it’s a solid way of sharing your successes or questions within the WA community.
Below is my very first entry into that WA blog.
I joined Wealthy Affiliate on January 6th, 2017, and this was my third day on the platform and very first day as a premium member.
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As you can see, my initial plan with Wealthy Affiliate was to grow a travel blog called Batman Travels. Over time this plan completely changed. That travel blog ultimately became my instagram account @batmantravels that now has over 30k followers.
My initial website wasn’t workfromyourlaptop.com. Instead, it was called “Travel the World While Making Money Online.” (It didn’t exactly roll off the tongue, lol).
18 days into my affiliate marketing journey I had a whopping 3 pages and 1 review article completed. Did my site look bare bones? Absolutely! But I was learning so much!
Here’s a snapshot of what that initial website looked like. I found this inside another WA blog post of mine and I’m really glad I used that blog as a progress report because there’s no way I would have remembered this.
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Compare that to what workfromyourlaptop.com looks like now. It goes to show that every single person’s starts at SQUARE ONE.
You don’t have to sprint out of the starting gates. (I sure didn’t). But if you make your focus learning and consistency, you will ultimately find your success no matter how inexperienced you are at the start.
4 months later in April of 2017 I decided to change domains altogether and go with the much more concise workfromyourlaptop.com. It meant changing my theme, changing most of my content, basically changing everything!
So not only did I come out of the gates slowly, but 4 months in I practically started over!
But I didn’t see those first 4 months as wasted time. I had learned a ton, and this was still progress. Every business goes through growth. Yours will too. You could decide to change direction completely in a few months and it’s ok.
You are in charge.
You have full freedom.
You are in control.
And guess what? Even that bare bones website built by a firefighter that had no clue what affiliate marketing was prior to Wealthy Affiliate started growing that all important traffic.
And with traffic comes revenue potential. When people ask me if Wealthy Affiliate works, all I have to do is point to the results.
Don’t let anyone else’s expectations bring you down. My first months didn’t bring me any monetary results. ZERO. But that’s not where my focus was. My focus was on LEARNING AND BUILDING.
If I had given up after my first 4 months I would have never reached that $4k payday in my 12th month. When students enter medical school do they give up months in when they’re not making doctor’s pay? Of course not! You have to learn first, right?
So make your focus LEARNING AND BUILDING and trust in the system! Know that, just like with any other endeavor, when you train right, you set yourself up for REAL SUCCESS! Work for you and no one else! Be stubborn with your success and don’t quit until you reach your goals!
Learn from your mistakes (and you will make mistakes). Understand that this is a critical part of learning. Follow the examples of successful people you want to emulate. Learn from the seasoned WA members.
Take in the weekly live webinar training every Friday and see how much you learn even when the topic covers something you’re not directly working on. And if you miss one, don’t worry! The replays are available as early as the very next day.
And last but not least, don’t hesitate to ask questions. Whether you ask me, or the rest of the WA community, ask away! Now more than ever, affiliate marketing is the vehicle so many are looking to, and here you are, in an absolute prime spot, taking action to reach your goals.
That’s the entrepreneurial mindset you’ll continue to grow, and I look forward to helping you every step of the way!
Look for my email tomorrow and the next day where I’ll be sharing with you some of my favorite live webinar trainings at WA that were pivotal during my learning process along with my favorite tools and resources I’ve used outside of WA that I’ve incorporated into my business.
Every little bit helps, and I’m going to make sure you have everything you need to reach your goals.