This is a big day for me, as it's the day I officially become an Internet Marketer. I made a video promoting Wealthy Affiliate, so check it out. I appologize because a sore throat has made my voice sound like crap, and the microphone doesn't help at all.
For some background information on me, I'm 25-years-old and haven't been able to find a job since college. I use whatever money I can get ahold of to study languages and review products for doing so on my Genki Japan blog, although that one's strictly for Japanese. Anyway, I was looking for a way to support my family and my hobbies, but no one will hire me. Each time I filled out an application or submitted my resume, I was told that mine was just one amongst hundreds, and I never even got an interview.
So, I started looking around on the Internet for jobs. I tried a few things, found out that they were rewarding, though not financially, and finally decided to try marketing. It seemed like it would be relatively easy, the biggest problem being that the majority of marketers will not give you information for nothing - they expect you to pay. There are so many aspects of marketing, that to pay for training or tips in all of them would cost a small fortune, which I don't have, and I wound up getting scammed a lot by other marketers who were aware that it costs too much to learn the trade and promoted products that promised to make you a fortune even if you had no idea what the heck you were doing.
Eventually, I found a site that promoted Wealthy Affiliate, a site designed to teach you affiliate marketing (and every aspect of it), as well as provide the tools needed to become successful. I've never been happier, as this is the product that is actually worth the monthly fee.
So, here's the written review of Wealthy Affiliate (check out the video for visuals), and my idea of how we can create a good little network going right here.
Firstly, the Wealthy Affiliate University (the "university" bit is to make it sound like a school, which is kind of is) is a learning environment that isn't built on promoting a product made for getting you rich; it's all about learning how to succeed in the world of Internet Marketing. I've been scammed about five times now, which is absolutely unacceptable, and made me question the integrity of marketers, which in turn nearly drove me away from the whole business. If it weren't for desperation, I probably wouldn't have found Wealthy Affiliate.
When I first found it, I went looking for reviews and didn't find a single negative one, even from a site and video that had a negative title. That impressed me, as with all other marketing products out there, you either found some praise and some griping, or you knew that all the people reviewing it were just marketers watching each other's backs. Not so with this site, and I've not regretted joining it.
Secondly, I was impressed that Wealthy Affiliate made no false promises. They'll provide you with the training and tools you need to make this thing work, and if you work hard, you will eventually write your own paycheck. I really like this ethic, as all the other products I tried (and I'm unemployed and not getting unemployment checks, so this is really bad for me) basically promised overnight success at the push of a button. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and I learned it the hard way.
There were also a ton of hidden costs that they didn't tell me about up front, whereas WA doesn't do that. They give you offers from time to time, but everything you need is on the site and comes with your monthly payment (the video has more information on that), so the other stuff is just extra. Their honesty is what keeps me most impressed with them, and I want to be an honest marketer like that.
Anyway, in the video, I said that it would be cool to get a bunch of blogs together and network. We can share our success and our failures, learn from each other, and show non-WA members that it is possible to succeed with this. I know that we can share with each other on the website, as it has great social networking features, but it would be nice to promote it to potential marketers and prove that it's possible.
If you're reading this and you're not a marketer but interested in becoming one (otherwise why are you here?), then I encourage you to sign up and we can grow together, since I'm new to this as well. Sign up, create your own free blog on blogger, and we'll network together and learn this business together.
We can be like the Fellowship of the Ring, except maybe a Guild of Newb Marketers or something. Notice how there's a role for everyone. I'm just nerdy enough to break it down, too.
Frodo: the unlikely marketer
Sam: the encourager who never lets you give up
Aragorn: the wise leader
Merry/Pippin: the guides
Legolas: The cautious one
Gimli: the risk taker
Boromir: Mr. Priority (hey, his first priority was to Gondor - everything else came second)
Gandalf: The experienced one
So, let's get this going!
The video won't upload at the moment, probably because it's new, so click here to see part 1, and click here to see part 2. I might redo these videos later on, since the quality isn't that amazing.
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