$30k a month in 15 minutes a day blogging

[Ron Douglas]

I just saw a sales page by a respected marketer that says you can make $30k a month in 15 minutes a day blogging. And you can do it in just 6 months using free traffic.

Honestly, I don't really spend much time blogging these days and I certainly don't make most of my money from it. But before I blow this off completely as BS, I'd figured I'd ask successful bloggers here. Do you think this is possible? Please enlighten us.

I believe it can be done, but not in 15 minutes a day. If it's possible, please tell us - what you would do in that 15 minutes each day to make it happen?

[Drew Castle]

I'd believe 15 hours a day, but 15 minutes seems laughable.

[Dan C. Rinnert]

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

I believe it can be done, but not in 15 minutes a day. If it's possible, please tell us - what you would do in that 15 minutes each day to make it happen?

Send payment via PayPal to the people you're paying to write content and build links for you.

[bhopkins]

Well I saw this too but did not actually read it. I'm guessing its about CPA through that network. its possible but you are need to be spending a crapload on PPC and manage your campaigns throughout the day. I do a fair amount of CPA both from an article marketing perspective and from PPC and while I do quite okay from this I spend more than 15 minutes a day managing it.

I would not buy it personally, but I don't subscribe to what the same marketer said was an impossible task of getting into CPA networks. I get in all the CPA networks I want to be in and I'm not part of the good ole boys club.

Bruce

[Ron Douglas]

It said it was done using FREE traffic methods. Although I like Dan's approach much better .

[avenuegirl]

Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

Send payment via PayPal to the people you're paying to write content and build links for you.

Yes, and this does not say you are just making these funds on one blog - did it?

You can easily bring in a hundred a day on a blog and just make 30 of those. But you'd have to outsource to keep up the maintenance.

Or, you need to build them and flip them like mad.

[Anonymous Affiliate]

A clear example of yet another overly hyped IM product that claims what's simply impossible to achieve.

Scroll down the website and you'll see a photo that reads "me and my supermodel girlfriend on holidays at the Bahamas". That in itself made me stop reading. Seriously, that crap (along with photos of Ferraris, flying dollar bills and lux villas) is so 2004! Now a days this market is more sophisticate.

No wonder IM gets bad press

[tomw]

Instead of simply parking domains names (whilst awaiting sales - nothing more) we have created around 200 autoblogs. Literally set and forget ones that pitch affiliate products.

They're not even part of our business model nor is the income considered in our main accounting - just petty cash beer and lunch money - but even these make over £10K per month, which I guess converted to dollars would be around $16K.

I guess if we added some more or a couple of our developers messed around with them for an hour or so a week they'd make more, but it's just not cost effective for us.

So yeah, Ron. I think it is a pretty easy target.

Tom

[WeddingDances]

"15 minutes" gives it away as "BS" .. no such thing as fast or quick money on internet

[Johnathan]

Yes, it is possible.

I do know of a few bloggers that are doing that (and more), specifically from blogging (and promoting other products), but this is more the exception rather than the rule. But it took them 3-4 years to build a system up to the point where they could afford to do that. (They put all the other pieces together/promoting other products, etc -- now they just need to maintain it with probably an 'average' of 15 minutes/day).

But realistically speaking -- if this individual is *only* writing an article a day (say 15 minutes), not doing any other promotion other than organic, then his claim is not realistic. More realistic would be anywhere from $100-$500/month only using free traffic methods, and spending max 15 minutes/day.

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

I just saw a sales page by a respected marketer that says you can make $30k a month in 15 minutes a day blogging. And you can do it in just 6 months using free traffic.

Honestly, I don't really spend much time blogging these days and I certainly don't make most of my money from it. But before I blow this off completely as BS, I'd figured I'd ask successful bloggers here. Do you think this is possible? Please enlighten us.

I believe it can be done, but not in 15 minutes a day. If it's possible, please tell us - what you would do in that 15 minutes each day to make it happen?

[lakshaybehl]

Can someone Please PM me the URL. I'd like to see it for myself.

Thanks
-Lakshay

[Ron Douglas]

Originally Posted by tomw

Instead of simply parking domains names (whilst awaiting sales - nothing more) we have created around 200 autoblogs. Literally set and forget ones that pitch affiliate products.

They're not even part of our business model nor is the income considered in our main accounting - just petty cash beer and lunch money - but even these make over £10K per month, which I guess converted to dollars would be around $16K.

I guess if we added some more or a couple of our developers messed around with them for an hour or so a week they'd make more, but it's just not cost effective for us.

So yeah, Ron. I think it is a pretty easy target.

Tom

Tom, that's a lot of beer and lunch.

[yourreviewer]

Ron, if you just skim through the WSO section, you will find a lot of unbelievable, hypey and B.S. claims being made. There are some very strong words like 'Guaranteed Income' used in some of these WSOs. Everytime I see those titles, I can only scratch my head.

[tomw]

Originally Posted by Ron Douglas

Tom, that's a lot of beer and lunch.

Depends how many employees you have...



Tom

[Gene Pimentel]

I can do it in 5 minutes a day if I'm outsourcing it all

[Drew Castle]

Yeah, I found the sales page too - nice sales page, but obviously hyped.

15 mins/day would take a huge amount of startup time to get running on autopilot to the point where you could just maintain something 15 mins/day.

[Adam Carn]

I've never really done blogging for profit before but it's something I'm considering. So your 200 or so blogs are auto-blogging and that's it? No promotion?

Thanks,
Adam

Originally Posted by tomw

Instead of simply parking domains names (whilst awaiting sales - nothing more) we have created around 200 autoblogs. Literally set and forget ones that pitch affiliate products.

They're not even part of our business model nor is the income considered in our main accounting - just petty cash beer and lunch money - but even these make over £10K per month, which I guess converted to dollars would be around $16K.

I guess if we added some more or a couple of our developers messed around with them for an hour or so a week they'd make more, but it's just not cost effective for us.

So yeah, Ron. I think it is a pretty easy target.

Tom

[tomw]

Originally Posted by Adam Carn

I've never really done blogging for profit before but it's something I'm considering. So your 200 or so blogs are auto-blogging and that's it? No promotion?

Thanks,
Adam

Nope. I don't get involved in the day to day nonsense but as far as I know no time is expended at all apart from the initial set up...and there better not be or there'll be trouble!



As far as I know the income is used basically for Friday night beers, other essential jollies and one of the offshore places is out in the sticks so every employee gets some cash in an envelope every week for travel and lunch is brought in every day.

Tom

[Adam Carn]

Originally Posted by tomw

Nope. I don't get involved in the day to day nonsense but as far as I know no time is expended at all apart from the initial set up...and there better not be or there'll be trouble!



As far as I know the income is used basically for Friday night beers, other essential jollies and one of the offshore places is out in the sticks so every employee gets some cash in an envelope every week for travel and lunch is brought in every day.

Tom

That's pretty cool, do you think something like this would work on free blog sites like blogger.com? Not that getting domains is a problem. I'm just lazy.

Adam

[lakshaybehl]

Originally Posted by tomw

Nope. I don't get involved in the day to day nonsense but as far as I know no time is expended at all apart from the initial set up...and there better not be or there'll be trouble!



As far as I know the income is used basically for Friday night beers, other essential jollies and one of the offshore places is out in the sticks so every employee gets some cash in an envelope every week for travel and lunch is brought in every day.

Tom

So that's cool.

And these autoblogs can be set up in less than how many hours each?

-Lakshay

[tomw]

Originally Posted by Adam Carn

That's pretty cool, do you think something like this would work on free blog sites like blogger.com? Not that getting domains is a problem. I'm just lazy.

Adam

Like I said Adam, I don't get involved in the day to day or technical stuff and I don't really know enough about Blogger to give you a definitive yes or know, but I guess (haha based on stuff I picked up on the WF) if it's a blog, allows automated drip feed type posting and you can set up your pingers(?) I don't see why not.

However, I know Griz uses Blogger sites to rake it in using Adsense, so I presume if he added some affiliate promotions he'd probably make a lot more...

Tom

[SeanSupplee]

Could but there are many factors. I think the big one is this. While 6 months after you might only have to spend 15 min a day. However those 6 months leading up to it I would imagine a few hours a day. Until you get your methods down pat. If you can optimize your blog post for certain keywords and get them ranked on the first page. Then that's thousands of free visitors a month. Which if they subscribe to your blog turn into repeat visitors and repeat buyers. Many factors and much to learn until you get the system down pat that you can do it in 15 min a day.

[tomw]

Originally Posted by lakshaybehl

So that's cool.

And these autoblogs can be set up in less than how many hours each?

-Lakshay

Hey, hey Lakshay, how are you? How long till you're up to your knees in naughtiness in Vegas?

OK, to you and Adam;

I got the idea for the autoblogs from Keith and simply got some of my developers to build some. Keith made a post detailing a step by step model of how to build them some time ago here it is..

Check out my automated niche blog business model (it really works)

I don't know how closely my guys followed it, but they built some nontheless.

Tom

[ScottTMc]

I do believe its absolutly possible, but i bet he is paying people to do that stuff for him.

I guess as time goes on a blog will gain more and more intrest and even become a site people come back too time after time.

[lakshaybehl]

Originally Posted by tomw

Hey, hey Lakshay, how are you? How long till you're up to your knees in naughtiness in Vegas?

OK, to you and Adam;

I got the idea for the autoblogs from Keith and simply got some of my developers to build some. Keith made a post detailing a step by step model of how to build them some time ago here it is..

Check out my automated niche blog business model (it really works)

I don't know how closely my guys followed it, but they built some nontheless.

Tom

Now, now Tom.

I've this Bachelor's degree that I will be getting in Technology in 2011. And let's just say- that's when I'll take the big Vegas plunge.

Having said that, I must say this- I am not too un-naughty here in India as well. You know what I mean

But thanks for that link man, sounds awesome. I am totally oging to rip some of it apart. Do you mind?

-Lakshay

P.S. And chicks are chicks... wherever they come from. Indian, American, French... done them all. Too bad I am not in touch with many British or Australian chicks. Heck- Not even one at the moment. That's like SAD man.

[tomw]

Originally Posted by lakshaybehl

I am totally going to rip some of it apart. Do you mind?

It's Keith's post not mine. Go for it. But before you do why not try it out?

The thread got a record number of views and thanks. It goes on for about ten pages where some of the real gold is revealed.

Good luck with the studies as well as the businesses.

Haha! Chicks...no wonder you're single!

j/k

They like to be called ladies and even more so when prefixed by beautiful, intelligent, wonderful etc... oh and don't forget to throw in a few surefire winners - things like,

"Wow, you look so wonderful in those. They really slim your hips and thighs. Let me get them for you as a gift. My treat."

[smile, then deliver that killer "naughty" look].

You could then follow up with...

"I saw a pair of shoes about eight hours ago in the first shop we visited that would really go with those. Let's go take a look and you could try them on."

Finally, bowl her over with something like,

"Why don't you invite some of your friends for dinner tonight? Or maybe we could visit you parents."

Usually this will result in a,

"No. I'd prefer to stay in. Maybe have an early night."

Followed by a tight clasp of your bicep and a purr.



Tom

[Richard Odell]

Once your established yes...

...but before - expect nothing less than 18 hours days in front of the keyboard doing nothing more than data input.

Its what we all do but don't admit to - cos we are wind swept and interesting, living the dream of not working in an office anymore!

Live the dream - type some more - one day it will all settle down because you have walked the walk. Its what residual income is all about.

Hard, mind numbing sacrifice!

-Rich

PS. At the end they give you the book and the T-Shirt!

[TelegramSam]

Why does he bother selling his course or ideas if he can truly make $30k in 15 minutes a day blogging.

Just think what he could make if he did it full time !

(Maybe I already know the answer to that one.)

[tomw]

Originally Posted by Richard Odell

Once your established yes...

...but before - expect nothing less than 18 hours days in front of the keyboard doing nothing more than data input.

That's probably true. Like I said, I didn't do any of the work myself nor do I know how long it took them to set everything up. Maybe a couple of weeks? [shrugs and scratches head]

Tom

[JohnMcCabe]

As a married man of 28+ years, I know there's one mistake no sane man makes more than once...

When asked, "do these make my butt look big?", gag yourself before you blurt out "Compared to what?"...

When I survived that, I knew it was true love...

[Razer Rage]

15 minutes a day for 6 months? That's the equivalent of 45 hours of work. I think it's possible. But I'm an optimist like that. :P

[Richard Odell]

Originally Posted by tomw

That's probably true. Like I said, I didn't do any of the work myself nor do I know how long it took them to set everything up. Maybe a couple of weeks? [shrugs and scratches head]

Tom

A lesson to us all - the law of leverage...

Archimedes certainly taught us a real lesson!

Tom give us some insights - perhaps you really do know how to move the world!

-Tich

[TelegramSam]

Originally Posted by Richard Odell

A lesson to us all - the law of leverage...

Archimedes certainly taught us a real lesson!

Tom give us some insights - perhaps you really do know how to move the world!

-Tich

Like I always say, if your pole is big enough you can make the earth move!

[tomw]

Originally Posted by Richard Odell

A lesson to us all - the law of leverage...

Archimedes certainly taught us a real lesson!

Tom give us some insights - perhaps you really do know how to move the world!

-Tich

It's funny you should say that Rich...

On Sunday, I had a PM chat with a very esteemed Warrior - someone I and most others admire greatly. He talked about the notion of "paying it forward."

This got me thinking...

Then I noticed the fact that despite my best efforts to avoid it, my post count appears to be accelerating, quite disturbingly, towards the dreaded 1000 posts "celebration."

I've been a Warrior (on and off) since about 2004 I think. I spent most of my early time here reading, learning, adapting and implementing. It's easy to throw numbers around, particularly on a web forum like this, but the things I've learnt here have been *directly responsible* for millions of pounds of income. There are too many people to thank and I seriously owe them a debt of gratitude. Although maybe too late for paying it forward, I think that giving something valuable back to this place is more appropriate in my case.

As such, I've decided to share my complete business model with everyone for my 1000th post. I've even started planning the document out.

What I have built and what it does is *completely* unique. Of course, there are many of the tried and tested tactics but they are used to profit from a business model that is so simple yet totally one of a kind. Even if the whole world knew about it. Few would be able to replicate it in its entirety. Even if they did, they wouldn't even be competition for me. Nor I for them. Not really. However, there is so much that the astute would be able to take away from what I do and create something for themselves. And I'd be delighted if they did.

The whole thing is built on leverage in one way or another. As you'll see when you read it.

I'm no writer, as my "effort" in Allen's recent competition clearly showed - as did some of the comments by many of the great guys in the copywriting forum - but I'll give you a sneak peak by revealing my work in progress title for the document...

"How I consistently make multiple 7 figures per month online, most of it tax free, whilst travelling the world, cocking around and generally having tons of fun without ever having created a product, without the sanity sapping slog of building a list, without the tedium and the toil of talking to a single intolerable customer, or even wasting my time whiling away hours and days making a single website."

This is not a joke. Look out for my 1000th post.



Tom

[Oscar D]

Originally Posted by Drew Castle

I'd believe 15 hours a day, but 15 minutes seems laughable.

Now that is a little more realistic compared to $30k a month in 15 minutes a day

[lakshaybehl]

Originally Posted by tomw

It's Keith's post not mine. Go for it. But before you do why not try it out?

The thread got a record number of views and thanks. It goes on for about ten pages where some of the real gold is revealed.

Good luck with the studies as well as the businesses.

Haha! Chicks...no wonder you're single!

j/k

They like to be called ladies and even more so when prefixed by beautiful, intelligent, wonderful etc... oh and don't forget to throw in a few surefire winners - things like,

"Wow, you look so wonderful in those. They really slim your hips and thighs. Let me get them for you as a gift. My treat."

[smile, then deliver that killer "naughty" look].

You could then follow up with...

"I saw a pair of shoes about eight hours ago in the first shop we visited that would really go with those. Let's go take a look and you could try them on."

Finally, bowl her over with something like,

"Why don't you invite some of your friends for dinner tonight? Or maybe we could visit you parents."

Usually this will result in a,

"No. I'd prefer to stay in. Maybe have an early night."

Followed by a tight clasp of your bicep and a purr.



Tom

Tom...

Thanks for that... I'll delve into that thread one of these days... I'll need to put it up on my planner. Its a long one, and one could do well with a

Now with the chick thing... I beg to differ. Your thing works for you... awesome. Mine works for me.

I AM the man in my conversations. So I simply tell them where we're headed. I do NOT look for permissions- its not my thing. I want to go to the loneliest road in the city next to the old pre-independence army graveyard... time for some adrenaline rush. Plain and simple. I am going where I want to. No matter what time it is.

Do I respect their beauty and personality? Sure.

Do I respect them as human beings? Absolutely.

But then I also respect them for their choice... ME. ;-) But I also respect their other choices. If they say NO to me... O.K.

Here's the thing- I feel it doesn't matter if call them a chick or a lady... It's about what I feel for them. And how I love making them smile... How I love it when they laugh for me- with me or without me.

Gawwd I love that. Been trying to figure out a way to have so much fun that she'd literally end up in tears laughing.

Its not about planning and bowling her over with that... I am not a salesperson here. I am THE hot stuff. I shop around and look for girls that I can get along with and have fun while they can do the same. I want them to be interested in me- and I am surprised to see how many really are!!!

Do I buy them anything? Yes. But its what I think I would like them to have. Not something they'd be interested in- in most cases anyway. If I see a beautiful necklace which I'd like Jane to wear, I'd simply get it for her. Plain and simple. And no- I do not always comply with their demands (or I'd be broke lol)... reasonable or unreasonable.

Finally, I'm single- yes. But by choice. There are four girls, however, who'd be particularly upset at this sentence. LOL.

Alright... That's my game. And I will stop now!

But I'd love to talk to you one of these days... you game?
-Lakshay

P.S. Can you speed up your next 99 posts? Would it make a difference if I said PLEASE? Would it make a difference if I said you look like someone nice... someone who's name I forget at the moment but I really admire?

Alright then, let it make a difference. ;-)

[jitterbug978]

lol... not gonna happen if ANYONE could make 30k a month with only 15 minutes each day they ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT be sharing how they do it.

[lakshaybehl]

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

As a married man of 28+ years, I know there's one mistake no sane man makes more than once...

When asked, "do these make my butt look big?", gag yourself before you blurt out "Compared to what?"...

When I survived that, I knew it was true love...

LOL.

Funny how things change for people in love.

I'd say "Let's just get that unnecessary clothing out of the way for my inspection...

-Lakshay

[Dan C. Rinnert]

Originally Posted by TelegramSam

Why does he bother selling his course or ideas if he can truly make $30k in 15 minutes a day blogging.

Just think what he could make if he did it full time !

(Maybe I already know the answer to that one.)

Maybe he can make an extra $30k a month spending 5 minutes a day selling his course.

[Mark Dulisse]

I'm getting emails on this too by marketers.

Trust me..it is a sheer "you email for me, and I'll email for you" promotion. It has nothing to do with the quality of the product, but the size of the list.

My advice back to these marketers is, and always is: "protect your list from hypey products." It only hurts your integrity with your list.

What happens is that these marketers lose integrity, and the customers end up coming to me for real value. So, I benefit greatly.

Thus, keep on emailing these type of products...lol.

[mohammad111]

Dude, I have been blogging my ass off from the last 9 months and I haven't seen that kind of money and the 15 minutes thing is totally wrong. I don't think you can even come up with a useful post in 15 minutes. It can be a 500 word blog post but it won't be useful.

One way it can be possible is that you are really passionate and serious about it and you have the right tools and information and you don't waste your time doing the stuff newbies do all the times and they finally realize that's not what they should've been doing.

[Andyhenry]

This is funny.

There are so many people making negative skeptical comments based purely on the fact that they don't believe this is possible.

The reality is - YES it IS possible.

Sure, there's a lot of BS around - and maybe the product the OP refers to is among them, but that's nothing to do with whether it's possible or not.

I've run WSOs here in the past showing exactly how to do this - and yet here we are with people saying it's not possible again.

Of course you can do this in 15 minutes a day - how long does it take to set up a blog? not even 15 minutes - then what about the other 364 days of the year?

There are an unlimited number of ways to do things online and there are thousands of tools, scripts and resources for helping many of those ways get faster and easier.

Anyone who's posting here saying its impossible obviously just doesn't understand scale and leverage.

Please - don't say such crazy things when it's been proved time and time again that such things ARE possible.

Just because YOU haven't done it or don't know how.

15 minutes is enough time to get a lot done.

If you started with 50 articles and the right tools, you could have 100 blogs setup being drip-fed your articles and content from 5 other places, and set up for the next year, being automatically pinged, bookmarked, tweeted, posted to Facebook etc....

THEN you could also do some promotion with the other 364 days of the year.

This isn't hard.

It's not the right model for everyone - but don't trash it just because you don't do it.

Andy

[MikeLantz]

Hey Warriors,

While there is a great chance that the product that got this thread started is full of hype, I don't think the numbers are too far off...

I have a single blog that I have never once down any advertising for. All traffic has been free, referral traffic and later from search engines.

The blog has now been around for over 3 years and brings in about 15k per month. After 6 months, this blog was doing very well, and I wasn't following any kind of formula to make it happen. Now that I know how to do it, I believe I could duplicate the success of this blog, all while working on it 15 mins per day, in 6 months or less.

So, it is quite possible to do just about anything. If you have the right knowledge - and understand leverage - you can make it happen.

Don't set your sights too low - and provide a ton of value - and you might just surprise yourself.

Mike

[tomw]

Originally Posted by lakshaybehl

Alright... That's my game. And I will stop now!

But I'd love to talk to you one of these days... you game?
-Lakshay

Haha! I was just pulling your leg, man! Raising a smile. Do you really think any sane guy would voluntarily even think of shoe shopping without a shudder?

As for the talk - anytime...just PM me and we'll go from there.



Tom

[lakshaybehl]

Originally Posted by mohammad111

Dude, I have been blogging my ass off from the last 9 months and I haven't seen that kind of money and the 15 minutes thing is totally wrong. I don't think you can come up with a useful post in 15 minutes. It can be a 500 word blog post but it won't be useful.

That's my say so I don't know about you but that's all I gotta say.

Whats your traffic strategy?

[lakshaybehl]

Originally Posted by tomw

Haha! I was just pulling your leg, man! Raising a smile. Do you really think any sane guy would voluntarily even think of shoe shopping without a shudder?

As for the talk - anytime...just PM me and we'll go from there.



Tom

Just been making a point- really. LOL.

Look for my PM already.

:-)

-Lakshay

[Thomas Belknap]

Originally Posted by tomw

Haha! I was just pulling your leg, man! Raising a smile. Do you really think any sane guy would voluntarily even think of shoe shopping without a shudder?

As for the talk - anytime...just PM me and we'll go from there.



Tom

Man, I was dripping in sweat with worry. I am back in the dating game and you scared the heck out of me.

[Mark Dulisse]

I read the post by Andy, and starting with 50 articles, and starting 100 blogs, and drip feeding them with content.

Okay, the adsense method.

Does anyone realize how long it takes to build a adsense empire of $30k a month?

And Mike, thanks for your income statement on your blog. That is great. But that still is not 15 minutes a day. I know, I have a blog that makes that kind of income, and it takes a heck of a lot more than 15 minutes a day to run a business. And trust me, I got every automation tool on this planet.

I assure you, if you are making $15k a month, it is not from a blog. It is from a list AND a blog, it is from JV partners AND a blog, it is from personal branding techniques AND a blog.

Anyone making executive wages online has discovered the AND factor. It is not simply blogging.

Mark Dulisse

[Intrepreneur]

A rich man only method.

Outline:

Team Brief: 9 am

Spend 15 mniutes briefing the team on setting everything up.

Job done.

For the average guy it's not possible.

[tomw]

Originally Posted by Intrepreneur

A rich man only method...For the average guy it's not possible.

Unless born with a silver spoon in their mouths, every "rich man" started off as an "average guy."

All it takes is self belief and productivity. You're surrounded by people just like this right here...

Tom