Is It Realistically Possible To Be Making $1,000 PER WEEK Online By The End Of My First Year Online?

Hi Stephen,

I think it is possible for you to do this in a year. I would strongly recommend you create a plan of action for the year and even break it down into actions each day, e.g. niche research, article writing etc.

You're in a great position with the redundancy pay to give it a shot with a nice safety net. Heck, you can give it 6 months, see where you are and then go looking for a job as a worse case scenario.

I don't see any reason why you couldn't be doing this in a year. Focus on building valuable real estate, products and sites. Create multiple streams of income, e.g. clickbank, your list, adsense, your own products, etc.

With that you should do very well indeed - particularly if you can focus your full attention on it.

Good luck with it!

Jason

p.s. remember - get a plan together so you know what you are doing!

Steve,

Jumping from one thing to another without
following through in a consistent manner
will lead you nowhere.

As Jason has already said, you need a plan.

Choose one and only one business model to
begin with. Set out clear objectives, decide
how you will achieve those objectives and
then implement your plan.

Do not allow yourself to be distracted by
anything that is not compatible with your
plan.

Do not invest in anything unless it will help
you to operate your business more effectively.

A target of $1,000 per week is certainly realistic
as long as you stick to your plan and put in the
required effort.

The starting point is finding a niche market in
which you will enjoy working and where people
are willing to spend money.

John

Again John great great info. as everyone is this thread, and everyone in this forum actually. I am working towards a $1000 a week goal myself and this thread had some great info for us new to the field.

I would say that if you put the effort in and dont waste money on pointless advertising and gradually build up your business that it is very easy to make $1k a month in the space of 6mths if not more.

You have to find something in internet marketing that you are good at. Once you have an income stream with say $30 a month make 100 more of the same thing and build build build.

The build some more....

I met a warrior member recently that was not making a profit 3 months ago now hes getting a reputation for his skills as a professional blogger. see what you are best at and only buy software ebooks etc that you actually need and only when you need them.

Dont buy an article writing ebook unless you will use it this week not for six months down the line.

kind regards


sam
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Yes it's possible.

Avoid the "idea of the week" club and get good at just one thing.

Put all your time and resources into developing your skill in that area.

When you're really good at something it gets a whole lot easier to make money.

Possible areas:

Pay per click
SEO
Copywriting
Affiliate sales
social networking
helping local businesses
article marketing
creating information products
marketing with online video
etc etc

And expect to work your arse off for a year.

It does take some time to develop the skills and resources you need but 1 year is a realistic goal if you stay focused and work hard.

Also be strict with yourself.

Ideally get a mentor and do EVERYTHING they tell you to do for 1 year.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

To everyone referring to $1000/month, if you read the OP he says per week. Four times the work.

I'll weigh in on this one...

Get a mentor. There are a LOT of possible mentors right here in this forum. If you're going to be going at anything in IM full-time, a mentor will be invaluable.

If getting mentored isn't your cup of tea, at least build some strong relationships with some of the more seasoned Warriors. See who's replies in threads you most enjoy and get useful information out of. Track some usernames for awhile. Then PM a few and see if they're open to having some discussions about these shared issues.

You won't believe how much you learn and how much the people you really get to know here will help you advance toward your goal.

John

Yes, it's certainly attainable. The best part is this - you seem to already be taking the correct approach: that you are building up a business over the next year. This is a much better mindset then the typical "I want $1500 next week" type

$1,000 / month is highly achievable and you've certainly got the incentive to make it work.

I completely agree with a couple of the other Warriors on this thread - find something that works (such as the $30/month Squidoo lens that you've already made work) and replicate it multiple times.

Following a plan is also important - with the plethora of IM techniques, products and ways to market available, it's so easy to try a dozen things at once and get nowhere. If you follow a plan, it's easier to keep your focus and develop your business steadily without going off on a tangent.

I would have jumped at the chance of taking a year's income to concentrate fully on IM like this but it might be wise to get a mentor to help you in the first few months, just to make sure you take the right course.

In the grand scheme of things, $1,000/month is not a huge amount and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how quickly you can ramp up to this with the right advice and direction.

Good luck.

Steve.

1000 a week? you should a very warm list if you want that kind of income

The key word here is "possible". Yes, it's possible, but look at how many fail. Who can really say who will succeed and who won't?

It took me longer than a year to be really successful, but I got there. Had to change everything more than once until I got it down and I still learn and change or adapt.

Thing is ... you are the one who has to decide whether or not to take the risk and that's exactly what it is ... a risk. How much will it cost you if you don't succeed? A house? A family?

What's the job situation like in your area? Would you be able to fall back on an emergency plan and replace your full time job if the online stuff doesn't work out for you? The economy is so incredibly tough right now that I personally wouldn't recommend to anyone to give up a full time job unless they were already making enough money online to survive.

If you have the right information and take the right actions you should start to see results in 90 days. I'm working on some free material that will outline this for beginners.

Great thread. I wish I had found this forum a few months ago. It's my own fault, thinking I could go it alone. I was too eager to get in and do. Now I realise you should take your time, read, study, follow forums like this one and then create a plan before you start signing up to this or that. Unfortunately I have wasted a lot of time and money jumping around from one thing to another :-(

There are many good resources out there and it is easy to get distracted from what you are doing if you don't have a plan, or mentor to guide you. I realise that now.
I guess it's a good learning experience :-)

Best advice:

If you are going to work online... Treat it like a business. Although some people make great money setting up affiliate sites, that is not a business.

I'm not saying you have to create your own products (which i highly recommend), but you need to start collecting leads (email addresses) ASAP.

It is certainly possible. See my thread on how I made approx. $3000 in my first money making month over the Internet: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...0-dollars.html

I'm a newbie too, but one thing that I can say with confidence is that if you haven't already, you should join the Warroom. For the price of a modest ebook, you'll get the cream of the crop of useful info.

Every OP has to pass Alan Says' judgement that it's offering something of real value to the other members. There are no threads that start with "So and so ripped me off", or "I'm ready to give up". The thread has to start with helpful advice, a useful piece of software, or something else (fr**), that Alan agrees is helpful to other members.

There is one small section for thread starters to ask questions; otherwise it's all people that know their stuff, offering something to the members for fr**. It's quite common for new members to post something like "if I'd known what I was missing, I would have joined much sooner", or "just a single thread is worth the price of admission!"

Good luck, and for what it's worth, I think you can do it, and so can I.

It's hard to say. How much do you know now? How fast do you learn? I DON'T think that it's realistic to get to that point on Squidoo and bum marketing. However, it is definitely achievable with ppc. Just one strong winner would get you there.

Or create one decent product for Clickbank and that would get you there too.

I am in similar position to you (without the large payout). I have been doing IM for my bricks and mortar company for years but have not been on the affiliate end of the deal too much before.

I need to be earning that sort of money within 3 months. My plan is outsourcing all repetitive jobs and getting a large volume of blogs out there.

In a day you can easily do some keyword research and write a landing page. Then simply order a few articles for your keywords, add them to the blog and then build links and advertise.

This is my plan anyway. I hope to be able to produce 2-3 blogs per day that average $50/month each. This might be unrealistic, I am not sure yet as I have just started, but the plan is to create a volume of blogs over the next 3 months then after that go back over them and keep working on them to increase profit.

This will be long days of work and I need my system perfectly refined. Right now I am still running into annoying technical problems and having to take time out for research but in a month I should be at full speed and producing a minimum of 2 blogs per day.

It is possible, but you have to be very dedicated, spend a lot of time growing your sites, you'll have to put in a bit of money to get the site going, and build traffic. But if you take the advice on this forum, it is highly achievable.

Are you a business person?

The most important thing is operating this as a business.

If you have a hostage employee mindset you may fail.

If you have an entrepreneurial bent you will be fine.

"Start as you wish to continue"