Author: Gordon McQue

  Wealthy Affiliate has officially launched the Affiliate Program platform. We are excited to finally make it available for you to use! Conventionally it has been difficult to find affiliate programs. You typically had to do a search through multiple affiliate networks to find a program that works for you.…

  How to rank on Google is an ongoing battle with new strategies and shiny objects coming out all the time. Either Google is making fancy pants new algorithmic changes or someone has discovered some 'ranking secret' and sells as a product. But if you stick with some core evergreen…

  I am finally writing again. It feels good to be doing so. I was still writing an average of 7 stories a week for the newspaper, at which I work, but I was not doing any writing on my blogs. Part of it was being busy with life and…

  Today I am really excited to blog about a technical update we have been working on for quite some time. As many of you that have built websites at WA in the past know, image optimization is incredibly important to the success of your business. Slow loading images on…

  Often new members to Wealthy Affiliate are surprised to see that writing is a requirement to the business model we teach. Yes, writing well was important in school, but it’s also important in your new affiliate business. Here’s why… Think about everything that is involved in what we do.…

  The first very important question you need to be asking yourself is What is a Niche? You cannot build a successful website, until you know what a Niche is. A Niche is a product, service or interest that applies to a specific group of people. So to answer the…

  Today is the day I told myself I would write another post. You see, I have a colorful bunch of sticky notes in my head and they’re all being filled with microscopic writing. New goals and aspirations fill those little sticky notes and the only way to clear room…

  Today I want to talk about a very simply idea, but one that is very important to put into perspective in particular for aspiring entrepreneurs. It is the difference between a “guess” (and often times an educated one) and no guess at all. Let’s use an example that applies…

  Are you just getting started with affiliate marketing or have you been going for a while and still not seeing the results you would like? What would you say if I told you that you could sell more — a LOT more — from one short and simple fairy…

  I want to highlight the true POWER of search engine marketing, specifically SEO. A member said to me, that you can’t just set a site up & stop adding content. They said “sites simply disintegrate if you stop adding new stuff”. But is this true? I mean, admittedly it…