In this post I will discouss the truth of Wealthy Affiliate as I see that many people online do the same mistakes over and over again, not only with Wealthy Affiliate but also with other programs, or in life in general. Ok so first of all I want to adress the absolute most common mistakes, with WA (and life in general).
1: They start all hyped up and then when they don´t make money after 3 weeks they give up
Did someone tell you this was going to be that easy? Have you ever experienced anything in life that are that easy?? Do you practice playing guitar for 3 weeks and become a great player? Do you go into the gym for 3 weeks and become Mr Olympia?? No, of course not!
However, if you stay consistent with anything for 3-6 months you will make great improvement! Stay consistent for a year and you will be pretty good.
2: Same mistake as above
Yes I really think it is that simple, the absolute main reason for a person not learning how WA works and start making a consistent passive income from it are the ones who give up. I also believe that the same thing goes for a person trying to be good at playing the guitar or for someone trying to get in great shape.
They don´t see the results they wanted (and they wanted it fast) so they give up before they have even really started… I mean if you want a 100% fail formula… Then just give up and you will achieve your failure… Think about it.
The Truth Of Wealthy Affiliate
Ok, now let´s go on with the truth about the “make money online program” that has been dominating the industry since it got online in 2005. First let´s cover the great stuff and then let´s cover the not so good stuff.
The Great Stuff
Ok, the list can be very long here as the program (and Community) overall is so great but I will list the things that I think are the best of the best so to speak.
1:
Ok, first of all, you get a membership for $0 FREE, inside that is included 2 free websites and 20 lessons that will teach you how to get a website up (in minutes) and then how to get people to find your website online and how to monetize it. During 2 weeks you also get 24/7 support and ANY question you might have answered!
I mean, tell me a program that offers this for absolutely $0??
2:
THEN if you later want to upgrade to a premium member that will only cost you $47 per month (or $29 per year) you will get access to EVERYTHING you will ever need to run your own online business and create your own passive full-time income online.
3:
There are no upsells!
4:
- You can host up to 50 websites for free (included in the premium membership),
- Free SSL
- You get a free keyword tool that show you how many searches keywords get and also the competition for the words,
- You get 24/7 support 365 days per year
- You get endless step-by-step video training, text training on anything that involves internet marketing such as e-mail marketing, video marketing, blog marketing, ppc, etc, etc (and the training is constantly updated)
5:
There is no hype and fake promises that you will get rich fast and easy from this, only pure honest truth that it will take both time and effort to learn before you can earn. You will not see any luxury cars, mansions, gold and money deluxe promises associated to WA.
Conclusion:
Those above points are awesome and for the price I would go as far and say that it is practically free, I mean tell me a program that can offer all that for that price? I have seen many programs online offering half of that for thousands of dollars.
But the absolute best of it all (in my opinion) is that if you just follow the core training and the step-by-step tasks given to you I am absolutely sure that you will create an income online, and once you do it is all about scaling it up. If you just stick with the program and not start jumping from program to program (common mistake) you will be fine and once you start to get more and more knowledge you will see that the possibilities online are pretty much endless.
That is the absolute best with the program.
Nothing is perfect
Ok, now I am going to name some things that I think is not that good. Nothing in this life is perfect, not you, not me, and that goes for online programs aswell. Ok, here we go with the things that I don´t like so much.
1:
The Community is great with all the people but the “social life” of it can be addictive (a little like Facebook) and you can loose much time chatting, and integrating with the other members instead of working on your own bussines.
I am not saying that this is only bad as you can learn a lot from other members (especially the more experienced ones) but your main focus should absolutely be to work on YOUR OWN business and follow the TRAINING to make the most important progress for you.
2:
There is no nr 2, to be honest I cannot think about anything else that is not good with the program, it is simply awesome!
If you haven´t tried it out yourself yet then I strongly recommend you to do it, you can get your $0 free membership and also read more about how it works more in detail by clicking the link below
Click here to discover WA!
I hope you found this short post to be helpful and now you should have a better understanding on the truth abouth Wealthy Affiliate and also what it takes from you to make it a success. Remember, staying consistent to become good at something goes for all in life, nothing will be handed over to you without you putting something into it aswell.
So, what are your thoughts on this? Leave a comment below! 🙂
I wish you success!
John
Founder of: Start Make Stop Waste
Ashley says
Wow! Straight and to the point here! I love that you laid it all out there. I’ve been a member for just over a month now and, like you mentioned, I try to remind myself that it will take some time to turn this into my primary career. I work full time, have three kiddos, and am working on my masters degree, so I have to give myself a break if I’m not making progress as quickly as I’d dream to. I will say though, I’ve followed the training so far and have made $31 from my website in my first month! Now, I’m not quite ready to quit my day job, but I know that through persistence I will make this into a truly profitable business for myself 🙂
Thanks for sharing WA with the world!!
Ashley
John says
Wow that is fast progress I have to say! You have already made $31 from your website in your first month! That is amazing. Personally it took me around 4 months before I made any money at all… By month 7 I made my first $2,000+ month though so the snowball effect was massive!
/Keep making progress
Laura says
This is a really great review of Wealthy Affiliate. You seem to have a real talent in reviewing.
And you are right there is no secret sauce you get out what you put into things! People NEED to know this.
Wishing you the best of luck on your journey
John says
Thank you Laura!
Cathy says
Hi John, you hit the nail on the head with the biggest mistake most make. People just give up too soon and don’t allow a program to start working for them. We live in an “I want it now” world and people need to realize that anything worthwhile is going to take time. I must admit that I have falling into the only problem that WA has and that is that I’m addicted to the site! 🙂
John says
Lol! That was extremely well written! You hit the Nail on the head aswell 😉
/Thanks for your comment