Hello,
I’m back and today I’ll finally start telling you about my experiences with Wealthy Affiliate. First of all, Wealthy Affiliate is an online business (two guys as far as I know) that provides help, support, and whole nine yards to affiliate marketers of all levels. Now for those who like me are not even sure what is affiliate marketing, I’ll explain this as well. Affiliate Marketing is a form of online business when you promote goods of other merchants and get commissions for each sale.

Now, why Wealthy Affiliate? After my vigorous screening, I got down to four companies that provided similar services and passed my scam check. WA was the only company in my list that was charging a recurring fee, which first put it at the end of the list, but then I realized that it’s actually a good thing. Paying on the monthly basis should guarantee me help and support not only in the beginning of my journey but any time I need it. After comparing all bells and whistles, I found that the ones of Wealthy Affiliate chimed nicer for me and signed up with them. That was a week ago (21 August 2007).

The first impression after I logged in was rather positive. The site looked nice and professional; I was welcomed, guided on the home page, and given instructions to follow. In one of the steps I signed for their “8-week Action Plan” where they explained a lot of basics that I didn’t know and provided me with an outline of what I’m expected to learn by the end of the week and suggested what I should do.

As I’m not really a person who rushes in without preparation ;) I spent all week reading their guides and tutorials, watching videos and getting acquainted with their tools, resources and other materials (I’ve done a lot of extra reading as well – almost everything what I could get my hands on in the Internet). I even created two test campaigns, which didn’t bring me a penny, but I didn’t make them working on purpose as I found a few posts on their forum (oh yes, they have a very good and friendly forum) complaining on being sucked by Google when they rushed in and started their campaigns without proper preparation.

So at the beginning of the second week, I can state that I have a lot more knowledge about affiliate marketing and that I’m ready to start making real money :) Actually, I set my target to start earning at least $5 a day ($150 a month after expenses deducted) by the end of the first month, which is not much of course but at least realistic.

If you decide to join or check on Wealthy Affiliate, please use the link below:

Click here to visit Wealthy Affiliate

And I’ll be back later with the results of my real campaign.

Cheers,
Mik