Earning Supplemental Income

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Let's see if I can do this one without rubbing anyone the wrong way.

I have been offline for a bit over a year, but back online now for just over a month. However, I lost all of my existing clientele when I "disappeared" on them. Unlike other people who are asking for aid, I am asking for actual help being able to earn my own way. Unfortunately, this seems to have led to some bad feelings here and some very snide remarks. Nonetheless, this remains the greatest forum on the net today for getting reliable and valid information so I am returning once again to try to get a hand up and not a hand out.

I am once again working my way up from the bottom ... but I AM working! That being said, I am also struggling to make ends meet.

I have recently seen a number of advertisements for products ... generally including web pages ... that offer certain results. If I could generate an extra two to three hundred dollars in relatively hands-free income, I could commit the vast majority of my time to rebuilding my VRE, re-establishing my online presence and actually making a living instead of working to survive.

Unfortunately, most of these relatively cheap programs will only work if you buy their amazing back end offers and many of the original "guarantees" for income. Now I do not want or expect any guarantees but I am wondering if anyone knows of any programs of this nature that are available and will work as a means of generating enough supplemental income to help me make it back to where I need to be.

I am not looking for get-rich quick schemes or guaranteed roads to success with this, but only a method for generating an additional two to three hundred bucks a month ... probably (and most wisely if they are a keen marketer) with a small monthly fee. If I had the money to pay for all sorts of outrageous back end deals and other "needed" programs to get their assistance, than I would have the money to reinvest in my business ... which unfortunately I do not.

Please only tell me what types of programs like this you have seen, used, liked or disliked and why ... if I like the program, I can send you a PM to use your affiliate link if you would prefer.

In the meantime, whoever I upset, I do apologize but it seems to me that it is much better to look for a hand up than a hand out and I really do not know any better place to do that than right here.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Ward Tipton
AKA Anomaly1974

Soon to be The Eclectic Ward
#earning #income #supplemental
  • Profile picture of the author KateD
    Ward,

    I feel for you buddy. But you need to understand that the solution that you need, you already have. I know that you are not asking for a "handout", but people tend to help those who they see are taking action.

    That doesn't mean: "I need to help. Tell me what to do/program to buy" etc.

    It does mean: "Hey guys. I registered a domain name and got some hosting. But now I have a question about using a Wordpress theme. Anyone know how to...."

    People are MUCH more likely to offer you help in the second example, but you seem to be stuck in the first example mindset.

    And don't worry about buying the latest and greatest IM system/ebook/software/etc. There is MORE THAN ENOUGH freely available information on the Warrior Forum to get you started.

    Pick one income strategy (article marketing, youtube marketing, etc), use the WF Search feature, and learn as much as you can about it.

    And then immediately start to take action. And I mean immediately, like from day one. If you choose to go the article marketing route, write an article on day 1. Do this WHILE you are learning.

    Too many people get stuck at the "research a strategy" step. Pick one and then take steps every day with it. Reading a thread is not action. Creating content is a highly valuable action.

    Once you start making a little extra income, re-invest it back into your business to purchase time-saving tools or to outsource parts of your business.

    Just don't wait for someone to hold your hand. Because that hand will most likely never come.

    Much Success,

    KateD
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    Your intent seems honorable, and it sounds like you are just looking for an honest program to start get back into things. Have you thought about starting a local directory? That would give you a great opportunity to make friends both online and in your area.
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  • Profile picture of the author KateD
    Ward,

    Hey, Its me again. I just ran across this great thread that details a very simple (but powerful effective) that he is using to generate a growing monthly income.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/ad-netwo...money-cpa.html

    If you get stuck or have a question about something, be sure to ask the Warriors. But you need to start taking action. Like right now.

    KateD
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomaly1974
    Thank you both for your feedback. I have opened the other thread in a new tab but wanted to take a moment to respond to it first.

    As for taking action, I am writing as much as I can on the freelance sites ... but the rates there are horrible and even finding steady customers is a bit difficult for anyone wanting to charge more than a buck or two for an article.

    I had a friend helping me with the web hosting but he shut his company down to move on to bigger and better things. Unfortunately I did not know about it until I tried to renew my sites ... only to find out that I can not move them or reroute the DNS entries so I just lost them.

    I am rebuilding them together on a new site (kinda seen in my signature) and I have one other site that I am working on with e-junkie. Since I do not have an autoresponder or affiliate software it is a bit difficult to make anything much of it at the moment but it has some great potential.

    I am also re-releasing a book (With about twice the content the original had so far) on a free safelist autoresponder and again with e-junkie. I do not hope to make enough sales to retire, but perhaps enough to buy me another month to work on my projects, outsource a few tasks or buy some software to automate the tasks I currently need to accomplish.

    The first edition of the book can be seen at lulu.com where another former warrior (for a reason LOL) was "helping me" and I found out after I got back online that he is selling it commercially ... and not responding to my emails oddly enough.

    On a personal note, I have gotten some great help from some of the Warriors here including Bev Clement, Suthan (AsianLunatic), Elmer Hurlstone and others. However, I cannot afford any of the software I need to work on those projects ... or to begin any of those programs.

    Thus, the need that I found myself in a position to ask if anyone knew how I could make a couple of hundred bucks a month with a minimal investment ...

    To revert to my more natural hillbilly persona for a moment ... I reckon as I got bout as firm a grip as I can on both my bootstraps but dagnabbit, ever time I fetch em up, it just don't quite pull me outta this hole to get a danged start movin forwards!

    Also in a more humble moment, I hope that you will forgive me Kate D but I did take the liberty of sending you a slightly more detailed private message so as not to be construed as shamelessly promoting what little I do have going on here!

    Thanks again!

    Ward Tipton

    (Now dangit, I gotta go git me some coffee, that post bout plumb wore me out ... I think I am done with long-winded for the day)
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  • Profile picture of the author Sandi Valentine
    If you're looking to get started as a ghostwriter, I'd recommend Jenn Dize's coaching. She has a 4 week coaching program teaching writers how to start from the beginning and build up to a full time income.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomaly1974
    I will definitely look in to it. However, does it pertain to actual markets or focus more on the writing? If it focuses on getting in to new markets, that would be more akin to what I am looking for. I actually built a decent list of clients a couple of times but disappearing on them (due to literally losing everything in storms) has certainly done nothing to help my reputation or my capacity at earning a decent living.

    If it focuses on the writing, I doubt it would be much use as I have worked as an AP editor for one news agency and two smaller papers. I also taught both creative and technical writing courses in the US and in Mexico.

    Then again, I suppose I will find out when I look in to it.

    The funny thing is, I started writing web content to get me out of the hole and back into writing as a profession. When I was a kid it was easy to get published. However, I have been turned down for a number of jobs now because I have been working providing web content for the last five years. It has been an interesting quandary to say the least. Throw in the personal difficulties and I have to admit, I am about ready for success. I doubt it will be in the IM niche however LOL

    Ultimately, all I want to do is generate enough passive residual income so that I can sit at home, take care of the animals and write my science fiction ... but that is another story LOL

    Thank you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mary Green
    What kind of program are you looking for? Contact me through pm, maybe i can help.

    Mary
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  • Profile picture of the author Sandi Valentine
    She covers how to set up a website and market your services, where to look for clients, that sort of thing. The assumption is that you already know how to write - this is more about organizing and promoting a ghostwriting business and getting the clients you need to stay afloat.

    I've been writing on the web for 2.5 years, and am getting quite a bit out of the course -especially the email coaching.

    It's at powerghostwriting.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomaly1974
    Hehe Thank you. One of my primary niches is (or at least used to be and one day will again be) how to write well.
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    • Profile picture of the author J smith
      Why not post in the warriors for hire section and offer to write articles for people? The going rate seems to be 3-10$ which seems better than what you are getting at freelance sites (at least going by your post) you are also likely to find repeat clients here as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    Ward,
    What about a membership website .... Since you obviously are versed well in writing there are several products you could create to build a membership ...

    I am doing no self promotion here but can offer you that handup if you are honestly willing to take action and work...

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomaly1974
    JSmith, I am actually finishing up my sales copy to do a WSO and re-release one of my books ... at a crazy price even lower than the special offer I am making available for others. However, the ultimate goal there is to get some feedback, create the next generation of the book, offer out some link love and some shout-outs and re-release the third edition in a couple of new formats ... with more public awareness and more umph if you will. I am actually looking at two WSOs but for now, I just want to get anything going so I can take some time off my writing. The problem with the lance sites is that I have built up to some (what they consider to be) expensive rates there and if I drop my rates back down to a competition level, it will be extremely difficult and time-consuming to build them back up while I work hard to simply pay the bills. If I do not drop them down, I get much less work. Here, there are many different types of Warriors and some of them are willing to pay and some are not but they all do what works for them and there is no shame in that. I will be posting a classified, but only after the two WSOs are out. Unfortunately, my copywriting is pathetically average so while I do not expect to get rich, I am hoping that I can offer enough incentive to make enough to buy me a month or two.

    TheRichJerksNet, The membership site is an interesting idea and one I have pondered since even before I got knocked offline last year. I have even seen some free membership scripting making the rounds and while I am hesitant about anything that is free (That is rather like associating "Professional Writer" to "Western Union Payment" to my client base when I still had one) for professional purposes. The only drawback I see at the present time is that I am spending so much time struggling to survive that I do not have the time or the money to make a living. It seems to me that I would need at least three months worth of quality content. As to the number of subjects, one of the reasons I have literally thousands of pages to re-populate my new site with is because I have five different subjects I cover there. While they could be considered as niche markets to a degree, their primary purpose is to associate my name with a certain number of niches rather than to directly profit from them at the moment. However, with the new layout of my site, I should be able to segregate them better and actually monetize the content I do have as well as confirm my status as something of an authority in those respective fields. Segregating them will also allow me to target more traffic towards individual areas of my site rather in addition to sending them to my front page which is something of a central processing center for all of my content. I am currently awaiting a response from someone who says that I can create a csv file for my content and greatly reduce the amount of time that it takes me to repopulate those sites. Given my current connections and my limited system, each page takes me about fifteen minutes to upload and set menus for right now. Again, my objective is to be able to fully automate as much of my work as possible so that I actually have time to earn a living instead of just struggling to survive.

    I am finishing up the sales page for my book now and if it does sufficiently well, I will only be running the one WSO and then placing a classified ad here as well. In the meantime, I have sent you a private message as well. As far as hard work or long hours? I may be starting to turn into an old man at 44 but I have never been knocked down in a mosh pit yet and I can still cowboy up with the best of them. My problem is not with the work but with automating or outsourcing so that I have time to do productive work ... and being able to get a jump start so that I can afford some of the software to outsource everything.

    Again, with my very sincere thanks and appreciation.

    Ward Tipton
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  • Profile picture of the author TheRichJerksNet
    Ward,
    Will read your PM in a bit and if you do not mind me asking a personal question - What does it cost you to be online for 1 month ??

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author Anomaly1974
    I pay roughly twenty-two dollars (1000 PhP) to stay online every month. That gives me what should be broad band connections and for the most part, it gives me pretty decent connections. On the weekends I generally have single digit connections from Friday night til late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. I just paid 36 dollars a year for my new web site with a pretty decent amount of bandwidth. The reseller also allows affiliate marketing so that helps ... or may help too.

    And no, I do not mind. I will gladly open all my accounts to you if you want to see proof. Just don't get mad if I change my passwords after you look

    I am a hillbilly, I was never good at hiding anything other than myself when I was hunting. When it comes to words and punches, I have a hard time holding back ... and maybe that is part of the reason I seemed to raise such a ruckus here.

    I just got a reply from the guy about the CSV files but he forgot to attach the file but that alone will save me a couple of months worth of work. I am waiting for his second reply now.

    I am also in the last stages of setting up a sale for my book and while I do not have great expectations, I am hoping that will buy me a couple of months to work for me instead of working to pay my bills.

    The account at E-Junkie is still free until late June.

    The autoresponder I use is a freeservice (For now ... and still debating on using some money from the sale to get getresponse or not ... I can host my own but I am not very savvy when it comes to scripts. However, AWeber will not allow me to import my list ... though it may prove that it is not worth saving ... have to see how the sale goes)

    If you want a copy of my budget and expenses, just let me know. I ain't scared of work, ain't scared of being honest and ain't scared of success. Just gotta find a way past struggling to survive and buy me a little time to work on making some money. That really was the entire idea of this post. Just finding some program I can use to buy me some time.

    Again, with sincere thanks for all of the responses here and to the many people who have been so kind here at the Forum

    Ward
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