Hi Wealthy Affiliates,

It's hard to believe that it's only been 4 days since I started out here! I've learned so much and more importantly have been applying what I've learned step by step. 

In the past, I would have spent so much time trying to figure out everything and get it all 'perfect' before actually going about implementing it. Thus I would have all these great ideas but never actually reaping the rewards of putting them into action. The great thing about WAU is that even though there's such a wealth of information on here, it's all split up into actionable-sized modules that I can apply as I go along. I'm understanding more and more that I don't need to KNOW everything, I just need to move forward one step at a time!

So I've done my research and dug down into the niche level of the industry I want to do business in. This was absolutely critical, because previously I would cast my net too broadly and end up not really knowing who my audience was and what they wanted to achieve. We really can't assume that we know what people want - we've got to go to the sites and the forums to see what the hot trigger topics are, and that's where passion and involvement in the industry helps as well.

Right now I'm making strong progress - I've done some research (and to me this is really an ongoing process, not a one off activity), I've nailed down the keywords I want to start out with, I've bought my domain name and done the WP install, and now I'm building my landing page complete with the opt-in form. I still have some way to go to make my first sale, but I know I'm on the right track here and I'm going to continue to take action to see that success!

Thad