My Personal WA Story
Hi, my name is Nadia Nasrallah, and I am a happy member of Wealthy Affiliate university. I stumbled across WA back in 2009 as I was looking for an all-in-one internet marketing resource. Within an hour of doing my due diligence, I sign-up and was ready to roll.
The sheer abundance of information was overwhelming, but, this is no get rich quick scheme. Anyone who will be successful at internet marketing will have to start small. But Wealthy Affiliate is not just for beginners. In fact, judging by the comments left in the WA forum, I’d say that about 20% of all WA members ( there are about 250,000 ) are doing internet marketing full-time. In fact, our #4 top member and top WA trainer, Jay, started learning internet marketing at WA 3 years ago.
I personally made my first affiliate sale by watching only one of Jay’s videos. If you are curious, it is called ‘An Affiliate Walkthrough’. Actually, I was so successful with my first affiliate marketing site ‘kindlelightedcover.net’ that Jay featured it in his next video. And really, all I did was make a clone of the site he created during the first video, ‘kindlelightedcover.COM’.
It was so easy. But, it takes a bit of work. For example, I had to write about 5 articles about the Kindle lighted cover and submit them article directories and blogs such as WordPress.com and Hubpages.com (don’t worry, they are free, and most will accept your article without review). As of the time of this writing, I am still on the first page of Google for the keywords ‘kindle lighted cover’. And Jay’s is below mine, haha!
Here is a screenshot of what WA looks like today:
The WA home page
What makes WA so popular
As you can see from the screenshot above, the Wealthy Affiliate website is packed with training goodies, as well as internet marketing ‘tools’ that one would be hard pressed to find elsewhere in any one place. Also, to further enhance the education of beginners and advanced marketers alike, there is a live chat section with many chat steams covering various topics. One can always find Kyle and Carson, the creators of Wealthy Affiliate, responding to comments and questions posed by members about their new internet marketing ventures.
Some of the biggest names in internet marketing have learned the tricks of the trade at Wealthy Affiliate:
- Travis Sago
- Jennifer Ledbetter (PotPieGirl)
- David Bocock
- …and hundreds of WA members who do affiliate marketing full-time!
Here is Travis Sago’s personal testimonial with WA:
Here is a list ( though not exhaustive ) of the key features of WA that makes it the #1 resource for learning internet marketing online:
Dozens of 1 hour long, step-by-step training videos ( and more every week )
As mentioned above, Jay, one of our most popular members, has made a series of affiliate marketing training videos on running a campaign from absolute scratch. These training videos are recordings of the live WAbinars that he holds for us WA members every Friday evening. He covers topics such as:
- Finding a profitable niche.
- Everything you need to know about internet marketing statistics and why they are important when choosing keywords for your domains, articles, and website content.
- Finding a keyword rich domain name based on Google search statistics.
- Setting up and optimizing a WordPress site on which to advertise the product.
- Writing keyword rich articles and content to make the site rise in search engine SERPS.
- Social Media advertising.
- Optimizing email marketing campaigns.
- Setting up a Google Adwords campaign, campaign tracking, and making a profit.
- Difference between affiliate marketing and e-commerce, and how to set up an e-commerce website.
- …the list goes on, as there is much to know in affiliate marketing.
You can view this video once you have signed up for Wealthy Affiliate:
