OK, I am new here - in my 10 day trial and am blown away by the sheer volume of information. BUT, I am learning.  I have decided to track my progress by noting the steps I am taking and the trainings I am reading as well as the interactions and articles and blogs that I am reading of other WA affiliates.  If nothing else I hope this will help me sort through all the information - but perhaps some others new to WA may find a topic here that interests them too. 

First day - I went to IveTriedThat's article on navigating the process here at WA.  It was very helpful and nice to find the person who recommended the site to me somewhere accessible.  I followed his advice to get a profile of some sort up right away and checked out some people who were posting to start to get connected to the network.  If I invite people to come check out WA I will follow IveTriedThat's example and find a way to welcome them with some guidance once they arrive...Well Done Steve!   I also read through "Learn How WA Works" in the Recommended Training section. 

Somewhere in this first day I connected to an article by PotPieGirl that was an interview about her career in internet marketing  - which I now have to locate again so I can log the name.  Loved the information and the sheer enthusiasm of PotPieGirl and will be "following" her. 

I know I checked out several other articles and trainings til my head was spinning and then went to the meat of the training - just to make this real!  Getting Started led me to the 30 Day Course where I dutifully read day one and once again am agonizing over my choice of niche.

Day Two - Back into the fray.  I am not about to let the volume of information do me in...it is too exciting!  So I start this day with a WAbinar that sounds tailor-made for day 2 - "Fast Attack Guide to Online Marketing".  HOW FABULOUS!  to my delight there is a rather long discussion about niches...just what I needed.  I loved the holiday idea.  I will be using that one.  There was also great information about keywords and how to select them.   I will be living  L plus T times F equals S.  This was the first time today that I heard the advice "write for the people - not the search engine". 

I then saw an article/blog post by Manov about holiday top ten lists , which reinforced the suggestion from the Wabinar. 

I then got very bold and joined the live chat and had the pleasure of getting some niche questions answered by Kyle.  This was actually a stretch for me as I am not accustomed to asking for help...especially "in front of" people who I am certain must all know MUCH more than I do.  No one laughed - at least not AT me - and I got great advice and learned from some of the other conversations as well.  My final training for the day sent me to the WA Super Affiliate Training  which I am part way through.  I have to complete the "homework" on the Research and Finding Keywords page. 

I suspect I will be dreaming about niches and keywords...