Whats the fastest way to supplement my income?

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Im 18 and have been suffering health problems all throughout high school, Im now sitting in the hospital realizing this is my best option!!! I have no other escape, I can't work right now so I need to be able to bring in at least 2k per month. Honestly any income would help me tremendously

I have multiple domains that are just sitting, for the last 2 years I have done nothing but procrastinate by reading books on others entrepreneurs or studying courses. I never really learned any solid skills and now understand I need to implement in order to learn the most. I could start by doing some simple things like affiliate products or writing my own ebooks on popular subjects.

I don't know the best approach and thats why I'm coming here - If I write multiple ebooks and can get up to 100 sales per month at around 10 dollars thats already 1k per month. If anybody can give me some solid advice I'm all ears!! Thanks for the help

Your boy, AvarageBro
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  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan Vodini
    what i suggest you is to stick with one business only and master it asap, i would advice you list building because is the most profitable, but it requires a little of investment.

    writing e-book can help but i actually do not see it as a real online business... just my opinion
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    • Profile picture of the author AverageBro
      Creating my list is a must! Thanks for the input
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  • Profile picture of the author Big Al
    Mate... get started and start getting results.

    Being honest here... I have several PLR products, several Kindle books and a couple of affiliate sites.

    Something that only dawned on me (... a proper 'doh!' moment) is that the PLR products are in one niche, the Kindle books are in another niche, the affiliate sites are in different niches (to the products and each other).

    Which means I constantly working to appease different markets. With hindsight I should have picked a market -- the same demograph of people -- so I wouldn't have to find new prospects every time. I could have used the same people to cross pollinate (... for want of a better word) the others.

    Anyways... get going. And that Gary Halbert quote 'Motion beats meditation' is a cracker.
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    • Originally Posted by AverageBro View Post

      Im 18 [...]
      That sounds like a lot of pressure at 18 for someone with health problems. Do you really have to do this now? Is living with one or both parents or family without any financial pressure like that not an option? Can you go to college on financial aid? Can you get disability income (SSI)?

      At some point you do have to just jump in and try things. But really, it would be better to try to find something that genuinely interests you and genuinely seems like a true calling which you can do despite any difficulties or limitations you may have to deal with. That may turn out to not be IM at all.

      Originally Posted by Big Al View Post

      I have several PLR products, several Kindle books and a couple of affiliate sites.
      So Al, are you saying you are actually making money selling books you wrote through Kindle direct publishing? I was just suggesting that in another forum though I've never tried it myself.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tyler Pratt
    You have the right approach with getting an ebook,

    As you sell your ebooks you build a buyers list. The bigger your list grows the more ebooks you can sell them.

    Plus you will have JV's promoting for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author icoachu
    You can buy and sell services you see on AM/IM forums

    Basically, you arbitrage

    The most sustainable online income doesn't happen QUICKLY though

    You have to build a credible online brand-that should be your long term strategy
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    • Profile picture of the author dana67
      I think the free money making niche is one of the best ways to supplement your income. Affiliate marketing in general can also be good.
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  • Profile picture of the author namehero
    Originally Posted by AverageBro View Post

    Im 18 and have been suffering health problems all throughout high school, Im now sitting in the hospital realizing this is my best option!!! I have no other escape, I can't work right now so I need to be able to bring in at least 2k per month. Honestly any income would help me tremendously

    I have multiple domains that are just sitting, for the last 2 years I have done nothing but procrastinate by reading books on others entrepreneurs or studying courses. I never really learned any solid skills and now understand I need to implement in order to learn the most. I could start by doing some simple things like affiliate products or writing my own ebooks on popular subjects.

    I don't know the best approach and thats why I'm coming here - If I write multiple ebooks and can get up to 100 sales per month at around 10 dollars thats already 1k per month. If anybody can give me some solid advice I'm all ears!! Thanks for the help

    Your boy, AvarageBro
    Sorry to hear of your health problems, that always sucks, but I definitely send you the best of wishes.

    As for starting an immediate profitable business, that's what we all want to do. It will and can come, but you're going to have to get to work.

    Selling eBooks can be a great way to get started, here's some tips:

    * Write about subjects that interest you but are helpful to others.
    * Don't make them to short and not too long but packed full of QUALITY information
    * Set a goal to produce 10 eBooks a month.
    * Set a sales goal of 10 copies of each book per month.
    * Publish across MULTIPLE distribution platforms (Amazon KDP, Clickbank, iTunes, etc.)
    * Have a blog or central website where you can offer downloads or link to your downloads.
    * Blog daily to the audience and general and upsell your eBooks at the bottom of your posts.
    * Setup a Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN targeting an audience interested in your books.
    * Share your blog posts daily along with a couple of inspiring images / helpful content that your audience will re-share.

    Get going on all this and you'll be well on your way to making that $2K a month! Keep costs low and produce A LOT of content.

    Best of luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
    What is different now than the last 2 years? Why will an online business work now?

    What have you learned from all your learning? What kinds of things resonate with you?

    Surely you have some ideas about which direction sounds like it might work for you. What is it?

    Mark
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  • Profile picture of the author hitman007
    If you have been around the game for a couple years you already know enough to start making money. Stop allocating time and money buying products and start focusing 100% of your time selling your products. Also, whatever resources you have the most of start in that direction, for example if you own your own products start selling them or if you have a network of a few JV partners leverage them in their specialized markets. Use what you have and start taking action.
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  • Profile picture of the author CaptainKevin07
    I believe the best way to make money yon line is to find a niche market that has a need that you can fill... a problem you can solve i.e. losing weight , or even making money from home for example . do some soul searching and find something you are passionate about . from there , find out if others are interested in the same thing and determine what problem you can solve for them in that arena . For example .. weight loss..or making money on line . You have studied this subject for longer than most people , if you can focus on teaching people how to make money on line you will have a ready made audience .. share your journey with them and offer solutions via e books. Best of of luck to you !
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  • Profile picture of the author FreedomBlogger
    You will make it happen!!

    Believe it!!

    Once you believe in yourself, then it is time to go to work!

    When it comes to making money online, it all comes down to TRANSACTIONS. Right?

    That is what you are after, SELLS.

    You trade something for money. And how do you do that?

    You find what people are already paying for, and simply get in the middle of these transactions. Just keep it simple, so you don't get information overload.

    You have done a lot of studying and reading, as you mentioned, now it is time to put in the necessary work. And by understanding this simple concept I just shared with you, there is no doubt you can accomplish your goals online!

    Find the demands online, and supply them!

    This is where Niche Marketing comes in. Find a Niche you are passionate about, or one that you are very comfortable working with in the long run.

    You need passion in this business. And a lot of energy. So, working with something you are very passionate about, makes a huge difference!

    Once you know you what niche you want to work with, and profit from, it is time to create a daily action plan!

    I highly suggest you to keep investing in your internet marketing education. At the end of the day, you want to build up a lot of targeted traffic online, and this is where internet marketing strategies should be implemented with a lot of massive consistent action!

    The main 3 things you need, to build a successful business online:

    1 - A high converting funnel (landing page & capture page) with a high converting offer
    2 - Your own self-hosted blog
    3 - An Email Marketing Tool (auto-responder)

    These are the fundamental tools you need, to build an income stream from the internet.

    Once you have all of these tools and resources, you need to implement multiple internet marketing strategies with massive consistent action - to build up the daily traffic flow to your pages.

    You want to start building a targeted email list.

    I don't really recommend you to try to sell your own ebooks just yet - there is a lot more work behind all that. What you should actually do, since you are starting out, is learn about affiliate marketing and make some good money selling other people's products first.

    Once you have a good amount of money, then you can go big launching your own infoproducts online. And you can scale up a lot faster, and bigger with some capital coming in.

    What you can actually do, with your ebooks, is use them as Lead Magnets to help you build a targeted list.

    You should also keep learning about email marketing, and how to build a great relationship with your leads. The money is not just in the list, it is actually in the RELATIONSHIP you have with your list.

    In other words, the money is in the quality of your list! ...

    I have met people making a few thousands from email list that are in the 900+ ... How? ... well, they truly understand this simple concept - the money is the relationship you build with your list!

    This is why you have to keep it real with your leads. And be as genuine as possible. Truly care about them, and lead with value. Offer more value than sales pitches. If you do this, you will get very good conversion rates.

    Most people online, just sell sell sell to their list - and get very low conversion rates. You have to flip that around!

    I mean, would you rather make 5 sales out of 1,000 people or 5 sales out of 100 people?

    The answer is pretty obvious! ...

    It would take you a lot less time to build a list of 100+ people - than a list of 1,000.

    Knowing this, you should focus a lot on driving traffic to your capture pages. And be very consistent, every single day. How bad do you want this, after all?

    Learn different internet marketing strategies to drive traffic. If you don't know them yet. You can use this Forum as a guidance. There is a lot of great knowledge on internet marketing here!

    Just make it happen kid!!!


    I believe in you already!

    I hope this helps!

    Get better, and get moving!
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  • Profile picture of the author Miguelito203
    Originally Posted by AverageBro View Post

    Im 18 and have been suffering health problems all throughout high school, Im now sitting in the hospital realizing this is my best option!!! I have no other escape, I can't work right now so I need to be able to bring in at least 2k per month. Honestly any income would help me tremendously

    I have multiple domains that are just sitting, for the last 2 years I have done nothing but procrastinate by reading books on others entrepreneurs or studying courses. I never really learned any solid skills and now understand I need to implement in order to learn the most. I could start by doing some simple things like affiliate products or writing my own ebooks on popular subjects.

    I don't know the best approach and thats why I'm coming here - If I write multiple ebooks and can get up to 100 sales per month at around 10 dollars thats already 1k per month. If anybody can give me some solid advice I'm all ears!! Thanks for the help

    Your boy, AvarageBro
    I'm sorry about your situation. As someone born with a disability (Cerebral Palsy), I know those medical bills (and all that goes with it) can be insane. The fastest way to get something going is by preforming some kind of service like ghostwriting, where you're able to get paid via Paypal. You can either get paid for publishing content to sites or by being a ghostwriter for other marketers. Writer Help Wanted (.com) by Ron Douglas and Alice Seba is good for this.

    After you get steady money coming in from that, you can focus on getting some sites up and running. The review site model works best, especially for this time of year when there are gong to be lots of products coming out. You could start out by promoting a product that you already own and know about. Just make sure that it gets some searches.

    Wishing you the best,
    Joey
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  • Profile picture of the author tiffanymika
    Sorry to hear about your health problems... but the first step you have thought of which I think is awesome that you have decided to take action... well done to you!

    I believe you need to work on a particular niche... just writing lots of e-books hoping to sell them online won't be the answer for you unfortunately, but here are some suggestions below.

    You will define a niche.

    Just focus on that one niche. I have done a number of various things all at the same time over the past few years... all different niches. All require time, effort, energy and lots of marketing.

    If you just focus on one niche become an expert at that.

    With your chosen niche, research what your niche's problems are. That's there where lies the answer. Get good at solving your niche's problem. Get good at communicating with them. Put yourself in their shoes and start thinking about what is it that they are looking for... and how can you be the go to person to solve all their problems. Speak in their language if you know what I mean. What do they talk about... what words do they use to communicate?

    For example; golfers they all talk about their handicaps, the speed of play on the course, their frustrations, why are they shanking their shots. Duffing a shot. They top the ball.

    You see what I mean I am referring to their jargon.

    So then you want to be able to communicate at their level.

    Then once you have established that... start building a list. Your list is the one where they will spend money with you.

    It's not as easy as just putting something up on the web and hoping people buy it... you have to be strategic.

    If you want to bounce some ideas off me then just send me a message.

    Happy to help

    Tiff
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    • Profile picture of the author The Niche Man
      Hello AverageBro:

      First of all I admire your courage. Despite your many set-backs you're not just laying around looking for sympathy or feelng sorry for yourself. A lot of adults could learn a lesson from you and your example. You're obviously mature way beyond your age.

      So, understand the spirit in which I say this. Your question concerns me.
      You asked ... What's the fastest way to supplement my income? Many people come here with that question. And it usually results in the fastest ways to lose income instead.

      If you had asked "What's the Fastest Way to Learn Internet Marketing? I would have felt a little better. Here's why.

      Despite the exciting ads you may have read that got you fired up.
      It will take time, effort and in most cases patience. Putting an "I have to make $2,000 quick" pressure on yourself is not the best way to start this venture. You're putting yourself at the mercy of every fast buck con, scam and hack in the business.

      The good news? You've picked a good place to learn the trade. But don't pen all your hopes on making Fast money. Take your time and learn it right, develop a core skill or niche. Then follow other suggestions in this thread that resonate with you.

      Keep your head up, stay focused and things will work out. Keep coming back to the Warrior Forum and let us know how you're doing.
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  • Profile picture of the author sophiaholmes55
    Great thought..I would suggest you to do content writing as it get good income on yearly basis. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author Woodsusa
    You're not much older than my son...I can't imagine having that pressure on your shoulders! Firstly, I hope your health improves so you can enjoy the work you do. That's a big reason why most online marketers fail...they just don't like what they're doing.

    If it's quick money that's needed, I can recommend offering a service. Whether you write, draw, make videos, or handle social media for someone else, it can get you some money without waiting too long.

    While you're working your 'service' job, figure out what it is you want to do. Do you want to write books? Do you want to be an affiliate? Do you like any particular aspect of marketing better than the others? Once you have an idea of what you want to do, work at becoming the best in your chosen niche. Network with others in that niche, watch what they do, learn from their successes and failures, but always do what's right for YOU.

    I think beginning any venture from a place of need makes it harder to succeed. Focus on what you can provide the world, spread goodwill, and it'll come back to you.

    Keep us posted on what you decide to do...you may find that you get some great, supportive friends here on the forum, and that is really important when trying to grow a new business!

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author expressg
    Selling ebooks will work. I'd suggest writing 3 all related to one another in some way. Choose one as your cheap front end sale, then upsell the other 2 at higher price points in that funnel. I.E. if they buy front end product A they're then shown product B, then C and so on. Driving traffic with free methods is not recommended. Your sales will drip in (if at all). I suggest testing FB ads with a few dollars a day budget.

    Also, you can search through the MANY joint venture (JV) facebook pages to look for an already established partner who is selling a product similar in topic to your ebooks. Put both your names on it, and have your partner help you cover traffic costs. Or, if your partner already has a number of affiliates who can promote you can work out a deal for who gets what percentage etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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      Why would you ask others what you could or should do to make money? All you are going to hear is what others do to make money and the choices they have made for their own lives. Good for them. How does that apply to you, your interests, your desires, your skill set and YOUR future?

      Just another way of procrastinating. If you're laying in a hospital bed you should have nothing but time to evaluate your place in the universe and what you want, going forward. Stop looking outside of yourself. There are no answers for you here. Just meaningless drivel from folks with have nothing to offer that can truly help you unless you are interested in living their life instead of your own.

      Your answers lie within. Time for some soul-searching.

      Cheers. - Frank
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