How to Make the Most of a Wealthy Affiliate Membership

Wealthy Affiliate University is a membership site dedicated to helping people learn affiliate marketing, which is the process of promoting goods and services provided by other people on the internet. Perhaps the most eminent affiliate program is run by Amazon.com, which was also a pioneer in the field, as well as Ebay.com. The site is hasten by Kyle and Carson, two young Canadians who started out with affiliate marketing during their university days and ended up making four figures a day after noteworthy trial and error.

The Wealthy Affiliates have put their combined years of knowledge and experience into a content-packed website that includes written tutorials, downloadable guides, videos, email courses, research tools, goal-setting capability, and a highly interactive forum. They provide one-on-one advice through the forum and by private message, almost always within 24 hours. Kyle and Carson also happen to be co-authors of Beating Adwords and Inside The List, two e-books on the topics of Google Adwords and building up an opt-in email list, so members can benefit from their expertise in that area as well.

To have access to all of these resources, members pay a monthly fee of $30. Before joining Wealthy Affiliate, it’s a good idea to have a understanding in place to make sure that you compose the most of your membership and all it has to offer.

Immediately upon signing up, you are invited to create a username and password for the forum and introduce yourself. For me, this was the first indication that WA was a real community and not a group of people trying to take advantage of one another. I was warmly greeted by the forum participants, and since then I have seen each and every new member receive the same treatment. First step: introduce yourself!

You are also invited to mark up for the 6-week course that serves as an introduction to affiliate marketing. This is step number two! The course literally walks you through the entire world of affiliate marketing, which is unknown to many people who have just signed up, and gets you caught up to hurry in terms of basic concepts and terms. This has saved WA members untold amounts of money, because they are able to avoid the normal pitfalls that cause “newbies” to lose hundreds or even thousands of dollars with Google Adwords when they don’t know what they’re doing. Make positive you pay attention and follow it to the letter!

This course gets you started with what is known as “article marketing,” a no-cost method of advertising that is great for beginners. Even some advanced marketers use this method because it is so effective at bringing visitors to your website at no cost, and the impact remains long after the articles are written. WA has a resident specialist in article marketing, Travis, so it’s a great idea to read his posts and listen to the timeless advice he has for newcomers. I can say without a doubt that he has been responsible for hundreds of dollars of earnings for me, so I can only assume the techniques would be of help to you, too.

Once you have gone through great of the information available in the tutorials and 6-week course, the forum is the space to have any and all of your questions answered. Just taking section in the conversations that go on there is an incredibly powerful arrangement to learn the ropes of internet marketing. Many people determine to study before jumping in because of a lack of confidence, but there is no question that you will learn more by actually entering the fray yourself. Don’t hesitate! The only think to avoid is asking basic questions that have been asked before… so do a search of the forum before posting questions as a courtesy to other members.

At any time during this process you can contact Kyle or Carson directly by private message for one-on-one instruction. I once contacted Carson with a question about a website I was working on, and he actually modified the HTML for me and explained how to change it myself in the future. I was blown away! Kyle and Carson are an incredible resource, so don’t be shocked about asking for help when you need it.

If you are promoting a product that you think might be of interest to Wealthy Affiliate members, you are allowed to put a link to it in your forum signature. You can also make posts about products you recommend in a Special section of the forum.

A unusual addition to Wealthy Affiliate is WASpaces, a social networking aspect designed to allow members to express themselves within WA. Go ahead and accomplish a profile and let everyone get to know you! You won’t have some of the hilarious antics you come across in that space…

As with any community, Wealthy Affiliate offers the priceless opportunity to network with potential business partners. Members often salvage other people with skills they need, and joint ventures are also a possibility. Retain an eye out for what you can offer other members, and how other members might be able to help you. That’s what networking is all about!

Finally, if you find your Wealthy Affiliate membership useful (which I’m obvious you will), then you can participate in WA’s referral program, which pays you 50% of the membership fees received from people you refer for the lifetime of their membership. Pretty soon you won’t be paying for your membership… Wealthy Affiliate will be paying you!

This should be a useful blueprint for you in terms of making the most of your WA membership. I was able to make a profit during my first month of affiliate marketing, and there’s no reason why you can’t, too.