I make a good amount of money each month from affiliate marketing. It's an important part of my passive income strategy. So I'm always on the lookout to improve my skills. I was referred to Wealthy Affiliate by a good IM friend of mine and thought I would join and try it out.
What is Wealthy Affiliate
The main focus of Wealthy Affiliate is a step by step course in building a profitable affiliate website. The first course is completely free. So you can register and see if it's something that will help you without needing to commit any funds to it.
The Content
The first course focuses on the basics. I didn't find it that useful. There wasn't anything I didn't know. If you regularly read IM blogs and build your own sites like I do, this won't be news to you. If you haven't built a websites before that gets traffic, then you might find this useful.
The second course is where things get more interesting. You start learning about traffic and how to get it. The next three courses continue on this theme. Basically how to optimize, get social media exposure and generate income.
My Thoughts
I paid the $19 for premium membership which gave me access to all the content as well as some other extras. I like the community aspect – you can create a profile and interact with other internet marketers. There are also some tools that are included, although none that I think are good enough to replace the ones I currently use.
There was no content that I thought “oh my god this idea is amazing, I've got to try that”. It was really just the same basics I've seen before. No clever “tricks of the trade”. That was disappointing.
In Conclusion
If you have a website that is currently generating some affiliate income, you probably already know what most of the content is about. If you have a website and have been struggling to generate any commissions, then you probably will find this useful.
Besides, you can sign up for free and try it out. So should you bother signing up…. sure.
