How hard is it to make $1,000 per month?

mixelplik · 06-08-2009, 02:25 AM

A grand is easy to make if you are organized. You need to really decide what you want to focus on. I would start out by doing blog posting so you can understand the nuts and bolts that drive the web mainly traffic and backlinks. Once you're comfortable with paid posting then you can start $5 articles. I'd read any book you can on copywriting to build up those skills as well. I find that people like my articles alot and I'm really just following basic college essay writing format.

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honestbizpro · 06-08-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by apc01

Never, ever use words like "hard".

Your question should be "how easy is it to make "$1000 per month"?

The answer is very easy.

If you make it hard it will be hard - and this is reflected in your results so far.

In life, be it sport, IM or anything, 95%+ is in the Mind, everything else is application.

I know I keep saying this, but IM is gazillions times easier than bricks and mortar.

When I started in business 33 years ago, I was 24 years old with nothing.

I sold my car - all I had - and started a national computer business against many established huge companies and I succeeded.

I succeeded for one reason - I never doubted that I would succeed.

Making $1000 per day is as easy as making $1000 per week or month - only you decide whether you can or not.

Never use words like: hard, try, hope etc.

As Yoda said: "do or do not - there is no try".

Wise and true.

Yoda? I guess that is why they call them Jedi WARRIORS!

Adrian Cooper · 06-08-2009, 01:17 PM

I guess so

The Star War movies are full of wisdom - whether it was intentional or not who knows?

Chris_Willow · 06-08-2009, 03:52 PM

In my opinion it's pretty hard to get started (at least was for me), but when you have something to work with (aka a project like membership site, product, report etc) you can invest your time to make that one thing you're working on profitable. And in time it will (sometimes very fast) explode in a big moneymaker. You'll look back and think "Damn, I never thought this was so easy"

To sum up- you need to have something to work on and focus on making that one project successful.

Chris

Clint · 06-08-2009, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mm365

Very easy. TOO easy in my opinion.

Membership sites are the way forward in my opinion. It's a recurring income on autopilot.

If you sold membership spots at $27 per month, you would only need 38 people signed up to surpass the $1000/m barrier.

However, running a membership site isn't easy. You have to update it with content, keep in touch with your members and worry about all the payments much more.

I can help you get started. If you want my advice, PM me

Daniel

remember when you start a membership site that must be something you love or have a interest in. this is something I learned 4 too late

StevenWood · 06-08-2009, 07:33 PM

Honestly I found that the 1st 1000.00 per month is the hardest to make. It's all about the education my friend. I chose network marketing as my path and struggled for about six months because I didn't know how to get free leads on the internet.

Now, I've learned how to get lots of free leads and recruit without ever having to talk to a single person. I'm not making 100k, but I'm extremely happy with my system and now I'm able to show my downline a proven path to making money online.

Really, I would ask myself what I enjoyed to do! 1000.00 a month is not worth doing something that you don't enjoy. Besides, that's why we all wanted out of our jobs in the first place. We didn't enjoy it!

honestbizpro · 06-09-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris_Willow

In my opinion it's pretty hard to get started (at least was for me), but when you have something to work with (aka a project like membership site, product, report etc) you can invest your time to make that one thing you're working on profitable. And in time it will (sometimes very fast) explode in a big moneymaker. You'll look back and think "Damn, I never thought this was so easy"

To sum up- you need to have something to work on and focus on making that one project successful.

Chris

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenWood

Honestly I found that the 1st 1000.00 per month is the hardest to make. It's all about the education my friend. I chose network marketing as my path and struggled for about six months because I didn't know how to get free leads on the internet.

Now, I've learned how to get lots of free leads and recruit without ever having to talk to a single person. I'm not making 100k, but I'm extremely happy with my system and now I'm able to show my downline a proven path to making money online.

Really, I would ask myself what I enjoyed to do! 1000.00 a month is not worth doing something that you don't enjoy. Besides, that's why we all wanted out of our jobs in the first place. We didn't enjoy it!

I think especially when you incorporate some list building into your promoting then it's like a snowball effect that just keeps growing as you go.

You will establish great relationships and your product line will grow with a great headstart at launch time.

Kurt Henninger · 06-10-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by highrider21

In you opinion how hard would it be to make $1,000 per month? How soon can this be achieved and how many hours per day do you think it would take?

I want to quit my job and I only need $1,000 per month to quit (I still live with my parents). I've been wanting to do this since the beginning of this year but I still haven't received one check. (Haven't reached $100 in adsense or 5 sales in clickbank yet). I have only written one article and can't seem to motivate myself to write any more. How can I motivate myself to consistently work on building an internet business? Should I start with a smaller goal? Should I try something else besides article marketing?

$1000 a month isn't that hard yet. I would try building a list of subscribers in whatever niche you are in. Get leads, build trust...and then profit.

This creates customers for LIFE, not just the one time sale.

In this way, if you find a good new affiliate product in your niche, you could send out a promotion, and make $1000 a day with just that one product.

jitendrakbharai · 06-11-2009, 06:38 AM

Hello,

For a newbie breaking the $1K barrier is a great task.But if you stick to the basics and have patience you will soon see the results of your labor.

jitendra

graphic_designer · 06-11-2009, 07:09 AM

you have to work consistently for this..

06-11-2009, 07:13 AM

The challenge here seems to be this. Thoughts are things. If you are thinking that it is "difficult" or you are "trying" to make $1000.00 a month, you will never do it.

Change the thought pattern. "This is going to be easy!" "Just a stepping stone to 10,000 a month".

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them." George Bernard Shaw

Love that quote...and very relevant here.

Change your thoughts and you will change your life.

Live the Dream!
Tim

monster11 · 06-11-2009, 08:44 AM

higerider21,

Why not use weebly.com and squidoo lens to start your affiliate marketing. (It's FREE)
After you set up a lens or a weenly.com web page, you can write articles to link to it.
I have seen a lot of people doing this, and they are in huge success.
I hope this helps

Steve

Paul4180 · 06-11-2009, 08:55 AM

Thats right everytime you see an advert saying I 10000's per month it doesn't happen over night you have to be consistant at anything you do to make money.

danmiranda · 06-11-2009, 09:20 AM

Very hard. Ton of work and much consistence is needed to make $1,000/month.

Clint · 06-12-2009, 02:37 PM

Earning $1000 a month will only be as hard as you create it within your own mind. We are all guided by the limitations and held back by her opportunities. Make sense of that statement you make sense of a lot.

Some of the hardest things to see are the blocks within our own minds.

I hope you can understand and decipher this message
Clint

Adrian Cooper · 06-12-2009, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Clint

Earning $1000 a month will only be as hard as you create it within your own mind. We are all guided by the limitations and held back by her opportunities. Make sense of that statement you make sense of a lot.

Some of the hardest things to see are the blocks within our own minds.

I hope you can understand and decipher this message
Clint

Exactly - people create their own limitations.

The big IM'ers do not know the meaning of the word "limitation". I heard Frank Kern made around $5M in a couple of days not so long back, and it isn't the first time. Plenty of people make millions in days and plenty more makes millions in a year.

If you think $1000 is hard it will be. If you think $10,000 is easy it will be.

There are no limits.

A thousand dollars per month is absolutely nothing - believe me.

honestbizpro · 06-12-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TimStephens

The challenge here seems to be this. Thoughts are things. If you are thinking that it is "difficult" or you are "trying" to make $1000.00 a month, you will never do it.

Change the thought pattern. "This is going to be easy!" "Just a stepping stone to 10,000 a month".

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them." George Bernard Shaw

Love that quote...and very relevant here.

Change your thoughts and you will change your life.

Live the Dream!
Tim

I know anyone struggling does not like to hear that it gets easier as it goes along but........

sorry...it's true.

Those little steps you take every day add up.

But if you are smart you think about re-curring income.

If you are smart you think about building a responsive list.

If you are smart you think about oursourcing.

You think about stores that are working for you in your sleep.

Over time it really does get easier from your initial efforts you will see.

I didn't even mention the partnerships and JVs that will present themselves to you like a magnet.

Your business may compliment another product or service and you will see huge returns from just the send of an email.

Get ready for a great ride....but we have to get to work.

BrandonLee · 06-12-2009, 06:58 PM

When you are first starting out your first few hundred is a struggle, along the way you hit milestones, $1000, $5000, $10,000, $25,000, $100,000, $250,000 and the funny thing is that at each point, if you love what you do and stay engaged, it becomes even more of a challange and so you keep going to find the next level.

jitendrakbharai · 06-12-2009, 10:50 PM

Hi,

Yes it takes a lot of hard work initially to get going and gain some momentum with your online business.That will take some time and this is where patience is a must.

Once you are through this initial period things will improve considerably.

jitendra

marmo · 06-13-2009, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by highrider21

I have only written one article and can't seem to motivate myself to write any more. How can I motivate myself to consistently work on building an internet business? Should I try something else besides article marketing?

ok if you have only written one article and your focused on articles that could ( IMO is ) why your not getting the level of success you want. Picture your destination in your mind, become what you desire to be and then assert yourself. I make 4k a month just off one tactic every single month without having to do a thing..... passive income.

Think outside of the box. read online and get the gears going in your mind. Innovate. Be a trend setter. Create and explore differing options. I found one nice tid bit and expanded on it to make 4k a month passive income , granted it took me 6 months to get there but I got there. You can too if you have faith and motivation but.... no one can motivate you but yourself. That my friend has to come from within.

marmo · 06-13-2009, 01:24 AM

one more thing , it's not just the money but what the money represents that should be motivating you ... more money equals more freedom , power to do things you could not before, higher income can instill pride in being self made ect.... its more then just a state of mind but a state of being.

Adrian Cooper · 06-13-2009, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris_Willow

In my opinion it's pretty hard to get started (at least was for me), but when you have something to work with (aka a project like membership site, product, report etc) you can invest your time to make that one thing you're working on profitable. And in time it will (sometimes very fast) explode in a big moneymaker. You'll look back and think "Damn, I never thought this was so easy"

To sum up- you need to have something to work on and focus on making that one project successful.

Chris

Exactly.

Focus on one niche and make it work.

Forget the products and strategies.

One niche, one domain, one site and complete commitment.

Adrian Cooper · 06-13-2009, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by honestbizpro

I know anyone struggling does not like to hear that it gets easier as it goes along but........

sorry...it's true.

Those little steps you take every day add up.

But if you are smart you think about re-curring income.

If you are smart you think about building a responsive list.

If you are smart you think about oursourcing.

You think about stores that are working for you in your sleep.

Over time it really does get easier from your initial efforts you will see.

I didn't even mention the partnerships and JVs that will present themselves to you like a magnet.

Your business may compliment another product or service and you will see huge returns from just the send of an email.

Get ready for a great ride....but we have to get to work.

Words of wisdom.

Yes - that is how it is.

It is important to have focus and stay focused - not flit from one thing to the next, be it a niche, product or strategy.

Adrian Cooper · 06-13-2009, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jitendrakbharai

Hi,

Yes it takes a lot of hard work initially to get going and gain some momentum with your online business.That will take some time and this is where patience is a must.

Once you are through this initial period things will improve considerably.

jitendra

But only if you stay with it. Most give up at the first hurdle.

Business is like a snowball on a hill. At first you have to keep pushing it as it gets bigger and bigger, but then when it reaches a certain size it achieves its own momentum, and it is impossible to stop it rolling.

Successful IM'ers could not stop making money if they tried - which they wouldn't.

JamesHughes · 06-13-2009, 05:14 AM

Interesting Post, can you summarise?

JamesHughes · 06-13-2009, 05:17 AM

Good Advice

Realdeals228 · 06-13-2009, 06:19 AM

1,000 a month is only about $33 a day. I would guess that at most you only want to work 1 or 2 hours a day. If is a short term income you could create and sell content websites or ebook sites. If you want a long term income you could create a product during the first week of the month and then sell it and build your list for the next 3. There are a ton of ways to make the money, just read some of the forums and pick a method you like and stick to it.

Fabian Tan · 06-13-2009, 07:33 AM

It's all in the six inches between your head.

Think outside of the usual generic platitudes like...

"Take action"

"Don't work hard, work smart"

"Get a job"

...if one can remove themselves from this white bread advice, they'll be way ahead of the pack.

Instead think...

"Take aggressive action"

"Work hard AND smart"

"Don't get a job; create a business, create jobs"

Fabian

moonshane · 06-13-2009, 08:01 AM

Well, i make $1000 per month by article writing. Being a freelance writing you need motivation-planning to get ahead from your competition (what makes your service unique?)-take action, it only means hard work, diligence and patience to do service for your clients.

Good luck on your endeavor

Mark 2 · 06-13-2009, 10:30 AM

When I first read this thread, I was thinking that earning $1000 is not a hard target. But would you believe... Even I am working very hard, researching but my daily output comes out to be less than $500 per month.

Mark 2 · 06-13-2009, 10:31 AM

I guess I am working hard in the wrong direction. Horse should always be in the front side of the cart... ;-)

Adrian Cooper · 06-13-2009, 11:28 AM

$1K per month is only hard if you think it is. It is a self imposed limitation.

I suggest you re-phrase the question to "how hard is £10,000 to make" or $100,000.

highrider21 · 06-18-2009, 05:03 AM

Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm still having trouble deciding on a business model. what business model would be good for someone who is more of a programmer type instead of a salesman? I think my biggest problem is learning how to sell. How do I learn this skill? I've realized that learning how to start an online business is nothing like school or learning to program. That is what I am good at, reading material and understanding the logic behind it and then applying that logic, like in math or accounting. I'm not good at all at persuading people. I'm wondering if starting an internet business is really for me or not.

As for the $1,000 per month, that is all I really need to quit my job, I've tracked my expenses and they come out to be about $500 per month. I'm making about $700 per month at my job but I ABSOLUTELY HATE my job! I feel more like a slave than an employee and it's extremely intense physical labor that I am just sick of. I sometimes would rather be homeless than work there. I'm looking for another job but I can't seem to find anything that I an qualified for and would enjoy, the only jobs that I seem qualify for are either warehouse or door-to-door sales.

I don't want to continue on ranting but I think I have severe depression and I think this might be effecting my ability to start making money online.

I have a few more questions though. I have about 50 ebooks that I have bought and about 100 free ebooks that I have downloaded, how do I sift through all these ebooks and make a business plan? Should I just choose one to follow religuosly and delete the rest? Also, I have a few business ideas but they require a few hundred dollars and I'm scared to risk my savings, should I just take the plunge and invest the money or should I try to make an initial $500 or so with article marketing even though I hate writing articles? And one last question: how much capital do I need to start making money with PPC?

Thanks.

gus89 · 06-29-2009, 11:32 AM

I believe that you should focus on small sites. Your intention should be to create small sites that go after long tail keywords and do some seo to rank them. Focus on products...ebay is good for that. I wouldnt recommend using adsense for a beginner.

Joe Blitzer · 06-29-2009, 09:35 PM

When trying to be successful in internet marketing, as well as any other challenging task, you have to have faith. You won't always see results within the first few days, or the first few weeks for that matter, but you have to have faith that it will work out for you.

After a week or so you'll start seeing a sale here or there and that will really help keep you motivated.

With each new sale you'll stop having to rely so much on faith to keep you motivated and start saying to yourself, "Hey, there really is something to this whole internet marketing thing."

Hope this helps

cyberblade · 06-29-2009, 09:43 PM

The most important thing is to do and to promotte what you like in life. If you like sport and your good at it, try helping other people getting better at whatever sport your good at. If you have a talen in cooking, you can do exactly the same thing. Just spread your knowledge man. People will pay for knowledge or good informations. We are living in a new world where information is golden, you just have to learn how to use it...

Global Greg · 06-29-2009, 09:44 PM

Find what you excel at and offer it to as many
people as possible.

The use of postcards, cold calling, fliers and other
offline marketing tools are great to market to an
offline market.

If you can design blogs - start pitching the idea
of relationship marketing to local businesses and show
them how to utilize these offline marketing techniques
I just mentioned to drive traffic!

Another great tool is classified ads in local magazines and
newspapers!

That will bring you in 1k in your first job.

In the offline marketplace 1k is like paypaling someone
$10 online!

Ciara Mac Mahon · 07-02-2009, 05:49 AM

So interesting to see the different approaches & indeed the different mindsets about what is & what isn't possible! Thanks for the great info folks, fantastic to see so many willing to help us newcomers.

EmmaJames · 07-02-2009, 06:21 AM

You can do it...you can make more than that
if you put into action the tips given here in
this thread.

You will have to take action. That's the key.

I'm a ghostwriter...fresh out the gate and in
one week of looking for work, I made $740.

Now, I worked like a dog, but I knew I was on
to something. I started learning more about
outsourcing...just by reading threads on
forums and today I can pull in $1,000 a week.

And all that is working from scratch...learning
from others...listening...taking action. That's it!

So go for it...IF you REALLY want to quit your job.

Mr. Thiago · 07-04-2009, 05:03 AM

I've got a better idea.

People are going to kill me for telling you this, but here it goes...

Find freelance web designers and web designing companies (at least 100) who can design top quality websites.

Next, go and hang around the rich. If if any of them need a new website get them one and charge commision on top.

Say they need a smashing website and they're willing to pay $10,000 for it.

Find a company who can give them what they want for $8,000 and receive your $2,000 commision.

Simple!

You only have to do it once a month and you have double what you asked for already.

I say you need to read some sales books and MLM marketing books. Amazon is a perfect place to find them.

Remember to think big. You have the power to achieve anything.

NijThinkIt · 07-09-2009, 11:10 AM

Most people seem to go on about emails, autoresponder etc, but people forget about direct mail and mobile. You can create a product and sell it via those channels by buying existing mailing lists of targetting people very cheaply and legally.

If you get a list of 10,000 people into body building for example, you can send out an offer with a monthly subscription such as a supplement or newsletter with a price of $47 a month. Say you get 1% conversion, that is 100 people buying. That means you get $4700 recurring income. Put some of that into buying bigger lists and you are laughing. Obviously you need a decent product and know where to get the lists from.

You can PM me for more details.

super.affiliate · 07-09-2009, 09:47 PM

Dude, $1000 per month is EASY. Of course, I say that because I am successful, but those who haven't been successful will tell you that's it's hard (obviously).

I'd recommend you forget everything you know, like article marketing and stuff.. and start using CPA networks. Everyone starts off on level ground and $1000 per month is ridiculously easy.

Btw, I'm running a JV where I make people 1-4k per month per account in their CPA account and give them 25%. So basically if you got 4 accounts and I made you 1k per account per month and you got 25%, that's $1000 a month right there. Number of hours for you = 0. Or maybe 1 to send me a check?

Hope this helps.

emofree · 07-10-2009, 12:36 AM

well lastly earning 1000 $ per is very hard and tough it ain't really easy at first ... If you plan on achieving your mark I suggest you start small. It takes time and a lot of effort my suggestion there is to strategize and plan every move and step of the way.

whoismarktaylor · 07-10-2009, 02:59 AM

Imagine your starting out in a brick and mortar business, you wouldn't rent a premesis, buy a tonne of stock, hire staff and etc until you have done your homework!

Internet business is no different do your homework and identify a market!!!
A lot of people just starting out will jump in two feet and chase their tail for months and months before standing back and making one of two decisions

1) Give up!

2)Invest in some training, coaching and tools.

Assuming your going to choose number 2 ( I hope so) your first few months can be considered a baptism into the IM world. I have never met anyone online ( or in the business world) that started their business and made a profit overnight. The set up costs for any businesss will take time to pay off.

Example if I was to set up a conventional dry cleaning business, lets say £25,000 total investment it's gonna take a lot of pound coins to clear the initial investment before I ever truly see a profit!

In IM your going to spend some money on tools ( the right ones) and a whole bunch in time. Yes you can outsource a lot of the work but starting out it's always good to learn some skills yourself so you have a fundemental grasp of the basics.

Identifying a market is all about research, research, research. You can get a tonne of information straight from google for free using their keyword tool, find related products on clickbank and look to create a website/ blog based around the niche. Do your homework and look what offers the competition are doing. Make your offer stronger.

There are a few short cuts, get a great mentor!, build some strong relationships, become a great student! Act on what you learn!

I reccommend starting out with adwords, the reason why is simple. It's the cleanest traffic out there and super controllable. If it all gets out of control you can switch it off immediately.

Assuming your driving traffic using adwords start out just on the Google search only. There is an argument that using a broad keyword initially can allow google to determine other profitable keywords using its fuzzy logic. If you want to be more cautious start with exact match only and build your campaign into themes. Grouping keywords into themes gives google a better chance at expanding out to other relevant terms later on.

Never Never Never drive traffic to a replicated website, build a capture page and drive traffic to that, look to capture the visitors details and send them on to your offer. Whether they decide to buy or not you can look to market to them later on through an autoresponder series. Super Cool

By building a list your RoI can be significantly increased, you can look to monetize your list with related offers and later on once you have a campaign running that is working you can build your own better product and offer it to your list.....

To Your First $1000 then

Mark

clubvikram · 07-13-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by theinfomaven

Are you kidding me?

That's one sale per day.

You're basically asking "Can I just catch one fish per day in the entire ocean on this planet?"

Choose a great product to sell, Pick your marketing flavor and stick to it.

A SMALL money making review blog with 5 product articles, and one opening article that tells your story.

"Hi my name is ___ and I ____. I still live with my parents and even I can make an income online. Because of this I've decided to expose the money (product topic) scams and review legitimate (topic) opportunities. If I can do it, so can you. "
And put up a picture.

It doesn't really have to be you, it just has to look as natural as a myspace page or some other nice blog.

Then set up a Twitter page of the same name. Start adding people and making posts. This takes minutes. MINUTES.

Now you have a blog you can promote, with products and articles.

To motivate yourself you need to create long term assets, such as a blog or a website. Something you can "own" that serves as a bedrock.

If you're leaping into the ocean do you swim all by yourself with nothing but a fishing pole, or do you get a boat and a net?

Your website is your boat. Your marketing (twitter, ads, whatever) is your net. Web traffic (millions) are your fish.

Now go fishing. Do it daily. Be patient.

P.S. Ditch adsense and focus on sales. It takes the same amount of effort and pays more.

This was the best advise on the internet marketing i got during the entire time i was surfing this forum.it makes so much sense create your website make it strong content wise and update it.moreover use social networking websites as your weapons to succeed.wow!

johagulo · 07-14-2009, 10:08 AM

it will take some time in the beginning..

Daredevil Marketing · 07-15-2009, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by johagulo

it will take some time in the beginning..

It doesn't have to.

I can't get over why so many people subscribe to the belief that it will take time.

Now, don't get me wrong internet marketing has a steep learning curve but it's a learning curve that's much easier to climb when you're constantly learning by DOING as much as by reading.

Get my drift? You can read all day and not make a dime.

Or you can read how to put up a website and then go make an attempt.

An ugly, broken website has the possibility of making a sale. No website has no possibility.

Always be doing. Always be acting. Always push forward. Never succumb to "analysis paralysis." It can cost you days, weeks, months, and even years of your life.

You learn by doing. You profit by doing. Do, do, do, do.

You won't break the internet if you mess it up. You get unlimited do-overs. Use 'em.

Combine this habit of doing with the habit of learning from your mistakes as well as the habit of constantly testing and you'll be at $1,000 a month and beyond in no time.

-DareDevil

aihamshujaa · 07-15-2009, 02:04 PM

I'm beginning to come round to the idea that membership sites are the way to go too.

patlondon · 07-15-2009, 04:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by falcon_warrior

Just wondering, how hard is it to make this amount with article marketing (say writing articles and submitting them to directories) alone? Im also a newbie and not making much

I starting making this with 1 site in Adsense 6 months or so in. I wrote probably 400 articles by then and had only a couple dozen submitted to directories linking to that site. Even today that same site 5 years later makes me over 20,000 per year.

I'm not talking about bum marketing here per se..that could be about any topic at all..but using articles built around a niche of your choice.

06-08-2009, 02:25 AM	#51
mixelplik Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Fresno , USA. Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? A grand is easy to make if you are organized. You need to really decide what you want to focus on. I would start out by doing blog posting so you can understand the nuts and bolts that drive the web mainly traffic and backlinks. Once you're comfortable with paid posting then you can start $5 articles. I'd read any book you can on copywriting to build up those skills as well. I find that people like my articles alot and I'm really just following basic college essay writing format.

06-08-2009, 03:15 AM	#52
monsur www.merchantparty.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 350 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 17 Thanked 16 Times in 14 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Thanks for all who has given valuable advice to "highrider21" .I hope you can easily reach your income goal by following this/these advice.However,if you like to start your own independent business like me ,you can consider the program lised in my blog by which I am making more than that of your expectation.It is so powerful and so honest program. Thanks Monsur
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06-08-2009, 01:17 PM	#54
Adrian Cooper Veteran Marketing Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 612 Thanks: 21 Thanked 78 Times in 62 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? I guess so The Star War movies are full of wisdom - whether it was intentional or not who knows?

06-08-2009, 03:52 PM	#55
Chris_Willow Killer Video Dude War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Europe Posts: 536 Thanks: 20 Thanked 25 Times in 24 Posts Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? In my opinion it's pretty hard to get started (at least was for me), but when you have something to work with (aka a project like membership site, product, report etc) you can invest your time to make that one thing you're working on profitable. And in time it will (sometimes very fast) explode in a big moneymaker. You'll look back and think "Damn, I never thought this was so easy" To sum up- you need to have something to work on and focus on making that one project successful. Chris
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06-08-2009, 07:33 PM	#57
StevenWood Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mississippi Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Honestly I found that the 1st 1000.00 per month is the hardest to make. It's all about the education my friend. I chose network marketing as my path and struggled for about six months because I didn't know how to get free leads on the internet. Now, I've learned how to get lots of free leads and recruit without ever having to talk to a single person. I'm not making 100k, but I'm extremely happy with my system and now I'm able to show my downline a proven path to making money online. Really, I would ask myself what I enjoyed to do! 1000.00 a month is not worth doing something that you don't enjoy. Besides, that's why we all wanted out of our jobs in the first place. We didn't enjoy it!
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06-11-2009, 06:38 AM	#60
jitendrakbharai jitendra bharai Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: India Posts: 48 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Hello, For a newbie breaking the $1K barrier is a great task.But if you stick to the basics and have patience you will soon see the results of your labor. jitendra
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06-11-2009, 07:09 AM	#61
graphic_designer Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? you have to work consistently for this..

06-11-2009, 07:13 AM	#62
TimStephens Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? The challenge here seems to be this. Thoughts are things. If you are thinking that it is "difficult" or you are "trying" to make $1000.00 a month, you will never do it. Change the thought pattern. "This is going to be easy!" "Just a stepping stone to 10,000 a month". "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, they make them." George Bernard Shaw Love that quote...and very relevant here. Change your thoughts and you will change your life. Live the Dream! Tim
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06-11-2009, 08:44 AM	#63
monster11 Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? higerider21, Why not use weebly.com and squidoo lens to start your affiliate marketing. (It's FREE) After you set up a lens or a weenly.com web page, you can write articles to link to it. I have seen a lot of people doing this, and they are in huge success. I hope this helps Steve
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06-11-2009, 08:55 AM	#64
Paul4180 Evsy Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: coventry Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Thats right everytime you see an advert saying I 10000's per month it doesn't happen over night you have to be consistant at anything you do to make money.
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06-11-2009, 09:20 AM	#65
danmiranda Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 16 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Very hard. Ton of work and much consistence is needed to make $1,000/month.
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06-12-2009, 02:37 PM	#66
Clint Senior Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: MI Posts: 326 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 15 Thanked 81 Times in 22 Posts Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Earning $1000 a month will only be as hard as you create it within your own mind. We are all guided by the limitations and held back by her opportunities. Make sense of that statement you make sense of a lot. Some of the hardest things to see are the blocks within our own minds. I hope you can understand and decipher this message Clint
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06-12-2009, 06:58 PM	#69
BrandonLee HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 112 Thanks: 4 Thanked 23 Times in 13 Posts Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? When you are first starting out your first few hundred is a struggle, along the way you hit milestones, $1000, $5000, $10,000, $25,000, $100,000, $250,000 and the funny thing is that at each point, if you love what you do and stay engaged, it becomes even more of a challange and so you keep going to find the next level.
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06-12-2009, 10:50 PM	#70
jitendrakbharai jitendra bharai Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: India Posts: 48 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Hi, Yes it takes a lot of hard work initially to get going and gain some momentum with your online business.That will take some time and this is where patience is a must. Once you are through this initial period things will improve considerably. jitendra
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06-13-2009, 01:24 AM	#72
marmo Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New York the over taxed state Posts: 87 Thanks: 29 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? one more thing , it's not just the money but what the money represents that should be motivating you ... more money equals more freedom , power to do things you could not before, higher income can instill pride in being self made ect.... its more then just a state of mind but a state of being.

06-13-2009, 05:14 AM	#76
JamesHughes James Hughes Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sunderland Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Interesting Post, can you summarise?

06-13-2009, 05:17 AM	#77
JamesHughes James Hughes Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sunderland Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Good Advice

06-13-2009, 06:19 AM	#78
Realdeals228 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 29 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? 1,000 a month is only about $33 a day. I would guess that at most you only want to work 1 or 2 hours a day. If is a short term income you could create and sell content websites or ebook sites. If you want a long term income you could create a product during the first week of the month and then sell it and build your list for the next 3. There are a ton of ways to make the money, just read some of the forums and pick a method you like and stick to it.

06-13-2009, 07:33 AM	#79
Fabian Tan DayJobAnnihilation.com War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,298 Thanks: 98 Thanked 85 Times in 43 Posts Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? It's all in the six inches between your head. Think outside of the usual generic platitudes like... "Take action" "Don't work hard, work smart" "Get a job" ...if one can remove themselves from this white bread advice, they'll be way ahead of the pack. Instead think... "Take aggressive action" "Work hard AND smart" "Don't get a job; create a business, create jobs" Fabian
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06-13-2009, 08:01 AM	#80
moonshane Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: , , . Posts: 15 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Well, i make $1000 per month by article writing. Being a freelance writing you need motivation-planning to get ahead from your competition (what makes your service unique?)-take action, it only means hard work, diligence and patience to do service for your clients. Good luck on your endeavor
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06-13-2009, 10:30 AM	#81
Mark 2 Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? When I first read this thread, I was thinking that earning $1000 is not a hard target. But would you believe... Even I am working very hard, researching but my daily output comes out to be less than $500 per month.
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06-13-2009, 10:31 AM	#82
Mark 2 Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? I guess I am working hard in the wrong direction. Horse should always be in the front side of the cart... ;-)
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06-13-2009, 11:28 AM	#83
Adrian Cooper Veteran Marketing Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 612 Thanks: 21 Thanked 78 Times in 62 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? $1K per month is only hard if you think it is. It is a self imposed limitation. I suggest you re-phrase the question to "how hard is £10,000 to make" or $100,000.

06-18-2009, 05:03 AM	#84
highrider21 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 57 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm still having trouble deciding on a business model. what business model would be good for someone who is more of a programmer type instead of a salesman? I think my biggest problem is learning how to sell. How do I learn this skill? I've realized that learning how to start an online business is nothing like school or learning to program. That is what I am good at, reading material and understanding the logic behind it and then applying that logic, like in math or accounting. I'm not good at all at persuading people. I'm wondering if starting an internet business is really for me or not. As for the $1,000 per month, that is all I really need to quit my job, I've tracked my expenses and they come out to be about $500 per month. I'm making about $700 per month at my job but I ABSOLUTELY HATE my job! I feel more like a slave than an employee and it's extremely intense physical labor that I am just sick of. I sometimes would rather be homeless than work there. I'm looking for another job but I can't seem to find anything that I an qualified for and would enjoy, the only jobs that I seem qualify for are either warehouse or door-to-door sales. I don't want to continue on ranting but I think I have severe depression and I think this might be effecting my ability to start making money online. I have a few more questions though. I have about 50 ebooks that I have bought and about 100 free ebooks that I have downloaded, how do I sift through all these ebooks and make a business plan? Should I just choose one to follow religuosly and delete the rest? Also, I have a few business ideas but they require a few hundred dollars and I'm scared to risk my savings, should I just take the plunge and invest the money or should I try to make an initial $500 or so with article marketing even though I hate writing articles? And one last question: how much capital do I need to start making money with PPC? Thanks.

06-29-2009, 11:32 AM	#85
gus89 Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? I believe that you should focus on small sites. Your intention should be to create small sites that go after long tail keywords and do some seo to rank them. Focus on products...ebay is good for that. I wouldnt recommend using adsense for a beginner.

06-29-2009, 09:35 PM	#86
Joe Blitzer Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? When trying to be successful in internet marketing, as well as any other challenging task, you have to have faith. You won't always see results within the first few days, or the first few weeks for that matter, but you have to have faith that it will work out for you. After a week or so you'll start seeing a sale here or there and that will really help keep you motivated. With each new sale you'll stop having to rely so much on faith to keep you motivated and start saying to yourself, "Hey, there really is something to this whole internet marketing thing." Hope this helps
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06-29-2009, 09:43 PM	#87
cyberblade Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? The most important thing is to do and to promotte what you like in life. If you like sport and your good at it, try helping other people getting better at whatever sport your good at. If you have a talen in cooking, you can do exactly the same thing. Just spread your knowledge man. People will pay for knowledge or good informations. We are living in a new world where information is golden, you just have to learn how to use it...
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06-29-2009, 09:44 PM	#88
Global Greg Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 70 Thanks: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 5 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Find what you excel at and offer it to as many people as possible. The use of postcards, cold calling, fliers and other offline marketing tools are great to market to an offline market. If you can design blogs - start pitching the idea of relationship marketing to local businesses and show them how to utilize these offline marketing techniques I just mentioned to drive traffic! Another great tool is classified ads in local magazines and newspapers! That will bring you in 1k in your first job. In the offline marketplace 1k is like paypaling someone $10 online!
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07-02-2009, 05:49 AM	#89
Ciara Mac Mahon Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 31 Thanks: 7 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? So interesting to see the different approaches & indeed the different mindsets about what is & what isn't possible! Thanks for the great info folks, fantastic to see so many willing to help us newcomers.

07-02-2009, 06:21 AM	#90
EmmaJames Autoresponder Expert Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 140 Thanks: 17 Thanked 39 Times in 16 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? You can do it...you can make more than that if you put into action the tips given here in this thread. You will have to take action. That's the key. I'm a ghostwriter...fresh out the gate and in one week of looking for work, I made $740. Now, I worked like a dog, but I knew I was on to something. I started learning more about outsourcing...just by reading threads on forums and today I can pull in $1,000 a week. And all that is working from scratch...learning from others...listening...taking action. That's it! So go for it...IF you REALLY want to quit your job.
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07-04-2009, 05:03 AM	#91
Mr. Thiago Mr. Thiago War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 41 Thanks: 4 Thanked 27 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? I've got a better idea. People are going to kill me for telling you this, but here it goes... Find freelance web designers and web designing companies (at least 100) who can design top quality websites. Next, go and hang around the rich. If if any of them need a new website get them one and charge commision on top. Say they need a smashing website and they're willing to pay $10,000 for it. Find a company who can give them what they want for $8,000 and receive your $2,000 commision. Simple! You only have to do it once a month and you have double what you asked for already. I say you need to read some sales books and MLM marketing books. Amazon is a perfect place to find them. Remember to think big. You have the power to achieve anything.

07-09-2009, 11:10 AM	#92
NijThinkIt Think It Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 79 Thanks: 6 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Contact Info	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Most people seem to go on about emails, autoresponder etc, but people forget about direct mail and mobile. You can create a product and sell it via those channels by buying existing mailing lists of targetting people very cheaply and legally. If you get a list of 10,000 people into body building for example, you can send out an offer with a monthly subscription such as a supplement or newsletter with a price of $47 a month. Say you get 1% conversion, that is 100 people buying. That means you get $4700 recurring income. Put some of that into buying bigger lists and you are laughing. Obviously you need a decent product and know where to get the lists from. You can PM me for more details.
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07-09-2009, 09:47 PM	#93
super.affiliate Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Dude, $1000 per month is EASY. Of course, I say that because I am successful, but those who haven't been successful will tell you that's it's hard (obviously). I'd recommend you forget everything you know, like article marketing and stuff.. and start using CPA networks. Everyone starts off on level ground and $1000 per month is ridiculously easy. Btw, I'm running a JV where I make people 1-4k per month per account in their CPA account and give them 25%. So basically if you got 4 accounts and I made you 1k per account per month and you got 25%, that's $1000 a month right there. Number of hours for you = 0. Or maybe 1 to send me a check? Hope this helps.
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07-10-2009, 12:36 AM	#94
emofree I'm who I'am Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 72 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? well lastly earning 1000 $ per is very hard and tough it ain't really easy at first ... If you plan on achieving your mark I suggest you start small. It takes time and a lot of effort my suggestion there is to strategize and plan every move and step of the way.
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07-10-2009, 02:59 AM	#95
whoismarktaylor Warrior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 22 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: How hard is it to make $1,000 per month? Imagine your starting out in a brick and mortar business, you wouldn't rent a premesis, buy a tonne of stock, hire staff and etc until you have done your homework! Internet business is no different do your homework and identify a market!!! A lot of people just starting out will jump in two feet and chase their tail for months and months before standing back and making one of two decisions 1) Give up! 2)Invest in some training, coaching and tools. Assuming your going to choose number 2 ( I hope so) your first few months can be considered a baptism into the IM world. I have never met anyone online ( or in the business world) that started their business and made a profit overnight. The set up costs for any businesss will take time to pay off. Example if I was to set up a conventional dry cleaning business, lets say £25,000 total investment it's gonna take a lot of pound coins to clear the initial investment before I ever truly see a profit! In IM your going to spend some money on tools ( the right ones) and a whole bunch in time. Yes you can outsource a lot of the work but starting out it's always good to learn some skills yourself so you have a fundemental grasp of the basics. Identifying a market is all about research, research, research. You can get a tonne of information straight from google for free using their keyword tool, find related products on clickbank and look to create a website/ blog based around the niche. Do your homework and look what offers the competition are doing. Make your offer stronger. There are a few short cuts, get a great mentor!, build some strong relationships, become a great student! Act on what you learn! I reccommend starting out with adwords, the reason why is simple. It's the cleanest traffic out there and super controllable. If it all gets out of control you can switch it off immediately. Assuming your driving traffic using adwords start out just on the Google search only. There is an argument that using a broad keyword initially can allow google to determine other profitable keywords using its fuzzy logic. If you want to be more cautious start with exact match only and build your campaign into themes. Grouping keywords into themes gives google a better chance at expanding out to other relevant terms later on. Never Never Never drive traffic to a replicated website, build a capture page and drive traffic to that, look to capture the visitors details and send them on to your offer. Whether they decide to buy or not you can look to market to them later on through an autoresponder series. Super Cool By building a list your RoI can be significantly increased, you can look to monetize your list with related offers and later on once you have a campaign running that is working you can build your own better product and offer it to your list..... To Your First $1000 then Mark
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