How Would You Make $10,000 in 72 Hours Starting with Nothing?

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So, late last night, I happened to come across a "make money online" infomercial and watched some of it.

It was one of those ads--not dissimilar from many "make money online" sales letters on the web--where people are making tens of thousands of dollars a month, and some of them barely knew how to use a computer before starting to use the system. You know, you can make money while you're sleeping, while you're on a luxury cruise, etc. You really don't have to do anything, and the cash keeps rolling in, straight to your bank account. And you can work as little as two or three hours a day.

One guy was broke when he started. Don't know how he could afford to buy the system when he was broke, but he's making thousands of dollars a week or something now.

Another guy made several thousand dollars within 72 hours of getting started, which was the inspiration for the title of this post.

So, how would you make $10,000 online within 72 hours (that's 3 days for the mathematically challenged) starting with nothing? The system comes with cookie-cutter websites, so I'll cut you some slack to build your own website(s) first (up to 10), but, within 72 hours of putting the website(s) online, you must make $10,000.

How would you do it? PPC is out; you're broke. Article marketing probably isn't much of an option, since some article directories may not even get your articles approved in that short of time, plus, writing articles is work and this is supposed to be an effortless system. Press release? Probably same problem as article marketing. Video marketing is out; you can barely work your own computer, so how are you going to make a video? You have no list; you're just getting started. SEO is out.

So, what does that leave you? Social networking and submitting posts to the WF asking how to make money online while your signature link points to a site where you'll show people how to make $10k in 72 hours?

Maybe that explains a lot of the social networking and forum spam...
#main internet marketing discussion forum #$10 #hours #magic peanut #make #starting
  • That is too funny Dan. I imagine if the ad was legitimate (with verified proof that the guy was actually starting with nothing and not the creator's father-in-law or family member), then it would have been the equivalent of winning the lottery and chances are pretty good that the system couldn't be duplicated....

    ....and if it could, it sure wouldn't last given the fact that everyone would jump on it and totally inundate the market with the crap...
  • You could still use PPC. Credit cards, anyone?
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  • Wait, is this even possible?

    I can't see the posibility.

    I started out with nothing. No cash, no knowledge.

    I'm about 40-50 days into IM and still made no cash.

    Maybe it's me, but getting $10,000 in 3 days for a technologically-challenged average guy is totally impossible.
  • Simple... sell my house for 10 grand!

    It might be possible but I doubt average Joe could do it consistently
  • Johns right, to make that kind of money I would have to do a large media buy and put it on the same platinum credit card I used to buy the product sold on tv lol
  • Run a commercial on how to make $10,000 in 72 hours ... but,
    wait, that's not starting with nothing. You need money to make
    the commercial.

    -Ray Edwards
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    • Remove the paid ads and do free traffic...

      I won't enumerate free traffic sources here..some sick dudes might abuse

      Still $10,000 for me is not a reachable goal for those starting. Unless of course if you have a GIANT list
  • Course if your "really" broke, you probably wouldn't have credit cards either, or they are maxed out. Wouldn't be broke if you had credit.

    But those ads hit the hot buttons, everyone wants to make money now. No one wants to wait. How many of those threads have we seen, I need 1K by Tuesday or I lose my house? Or how many people "try" IM, don't make money in a week and quit.

    Isn't that one of the major problems, people want it right now, they don't want to wait.

    Like a vicious circle.

    Sadly few people even take enough action to do what the last ebook told them to, let alone get to the point of making any money, let alone 10k.
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    • Not if you maxed out your card to buy the program.

      Possible, yes. Likely, no.

      And while reading your post, a radio ad came on for a credit card debt solution saying that your credit card debt is not your fault...

      Assuming they read the last eBook they bought.
    • $10,000 in 72 hours... triggering that marshmallow effect --> YouTube - Joachim de Posada says, Don't eat the marshmallow yet

      But really, I would launch a 72 hour live webinar and name it "Watch Me Get Rich - LIVE"... charge $99 and have a multitier affiliate network...
  • I would put on my walking shoes and walk down Main Street USA (there is one in every town)

    Day one.

    I would sell a brochure site to 10 businesses for $500 each and make 3000. This would be such a stupidly fantastic deal no one could refuse. I would build 3 or four sites a day to stay in the 3 day limit. (otherwise I'd take a couple of weeks to do the actual site building. 3 days is Challenging but possible)

    Day two.

    I would run a WSO for the eBook 3kIn3days on the site by the same name.

    Day three.

    I would flip the site along with copyright to the eBook for the difference in what I made from the offline sales and the WSO. Probably about $1k or $2k.

    Each step above could be adjusted money wise. I.E. sell 15 sites more or less, sell 50 eBooks more or less, Flip the site for $1k more or less.

    A plan like this, at least in my reality is reserved for "We have your family and you must pay $10k in 3 days if you ever want to see them again."

    In other words, yes, it could be done but what would make it worth the effort involved?

    George Wright, P.S. or maybe I'd just sell 20 sites @ $500 each and be done with it. There is a gillion variations. (or is it there are a gillion variations?)
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    • Wouldn't work, at least not for the advertised system. No selling is required. You just load up your website and the money starts pouring in.

      Your plan requires selling.

      Good ideas, though.

      It's going to be tough to make $10k in 72 hours with minimal effort.

      What we'd need to do is find an affiliate program that pays a $10,000 commission on a sale, then find a forum populated by rich people and convince someone to buy whatever the product is.
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  • OOPs I forgot. No selling. I'm dead.

    George Wright
  • find free plr articles and sell them. then play blackjack with the money you earned from your articles all day long. but doesn't look very possible though..

    ok no selling.. no idea
  • great cynical post, loved it, funny one, feel sorry for their targeted audience and most of all about the poor ones that fall into it as basically those who really hasn't the money for anything are buying those programs
  • Hi Dan,

    I like the situation when a blind guides sightless one. But what with and where to? IMHO this is nonsense the way. And unfortunately, many people fall for it after all.

    Many want to get $thousands or $millions overnight, because they believe that 'everything is possible if you want it' -- without any preparation, knowledge base, starting fund, business plan, business mindset, credibility, perseverance, connections and suches. That's the reason I do not wonder that more than 90% of the beginners fall.

    Everybody's right to believe in it, in which he wants. I haven't problem with that if someone want to get rich quick, but it is necessary to take notice of the fact that to start and operate successfully any business needs money, work and time. The majority doesn't like hearing this.

    I taught this to those who asked me for business advice always. There were who took that and successfully operate his/her business. But there were many, who wanted easy money as soon as possible and without work. They are already not in the business life today. But they whining and are green with envy. I used to say they need to buy a lottery ticket.

    LOL...your last sentence holds the right.

    All the best,

    Sandor
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    "Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain." Aristotle the Greek
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  • I enjoyed your post. I don't think you could make that much money online without stealing some one's identity or otherwise scamming some one. I like these ads that tell people they can do these things without work, because many of the wannabe's will falter, and that leaves the best markets wide open for us.
  • Write a seriously good WSO and post it on this forum and pray that you sell enough in 72 hours.

    Aside from that I think you would have to do something illegal like sell your testicles on the blackmarket or rob a bank.
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    • I sure hope I would get a LOT more than $10 Grand for my Testicles :confused:

      Then again, I hear a good Kidney will only snag $500 in Bangkok these days.
    • Yeah - but you could only do it once!

      Will
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    • Is it another question possibly whether a customer would apply for them at all?

      Cheers,

      Sandor
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      "Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?" Dennis and Wendy Mannering
  • You would use Jeff's um I mean, the uh, infomercial guru's list in exchange for a killer testimonial.
    Something along the lines of making "$10,000 in 72 hours".

    Matt

    p.s. I can show you how to make $20 with my Magic Peanut. I hand you the Magic Peanut and tell you to repeat these words "please Magic Peanut make $20 appear in my hand". Then, I hand you $20 and get a testimonial.

    Look for the "Magic Peanut" WSO coming to a forum near you.
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    • Hi Matt,

      LOL ... that may be a fruitful business, I like it. Would you be kind enough to invite me as a JV into it?

      Cheers,

      Sandor
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      "Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain." Aristotle the Greek
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  • All you really need to do is:
    1. Find a skill that you are good at that is in high demand.
    2. Set your rate at $150 per hour.
    3. Find someone who will pay you for 1 hours work and collect the money in cash immediately.
    4. Use the money to advertise your services via PPC.
    5. Do 67 more hours of work at your $150.00 rate.
    6. Collect your $10,050 and get 5 hours of sleep!

    Seems easy enough to me!
    :rolleyes:

    Bill
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  • I've learned over the years with all this is that almost always...in some how, shape or form...the people who claim to make that amount of money...know the people promoting the product.

    Or

    The product company goes out and gives them all the training for free in return for their testimony.

    So when you have nothing...that's how you "did" it...but they'll never tell you that part...

    That's why they can claim that...but in reality, they had that company/product maker holding their hand step by step!!! But you will never get the same treatment...

    Then later after it's not working like said...they call you up to sell you the advanced training (that the other guy got for free) for $2000 and you will become their student.

    That's how that most generally works.

    I've been a part of some of those...and it's all about making it look so easy when it really isn't...
    Most people then just don't want to deal with trying to get their $35 bucks back and call it a loss...which is a complete gain for the company who just sold 100,000 units.
  • Ten grand in 3 days; no skills; no work... hmmm. It's doable but there are 3 considerations. One, you gotta be ready to be unconventional. Two, you may need to set aside ethics and honesty for 72 hours. Three, there may be consequences.

    * become an heir...
    * Slip a little arsenic into rich Aunt Agatha's tea and make yourself an heir...
    * Rob a bank or two...
    * Steal a pair of rollerblades and take up purse snatching (oh wait, that takes considerable effort - scratch that one)...
    * Go partners with a 3-card monte shark and take him on a cruise with you...
    * Turn a hundred tricks in 3 days (if you enjoy the work, maybe this isn't work)...
    * Be lucky and find money on the street...
    * Borrow a friend's metal detector, then send your kid down to the beach to find lost diamond rings...
    * Go halves with a pro panhandler - take them to the airport with a bandage around his/her head - they beg for money to make it home while you stand lookout - try to prevent them absconding...

    Definitely doable, but as I said, there could be consequences.

    Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
    Charles
  • Stick a banana in my pocket and walk into the nearest bank...
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    • I know how to do it - put $10,000 into my PayPal account by Thursday and the secret is yours...

  • Well, that would be a very challenging thing that you could ever do in your 72 hours that starts with nothing. Everyone should be resourceful enough to achieve that $10,000 in a little span of time.
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    • I know just place ads and ask 10,000 people for 1 dollar. Naw you got to have the money to place the ADS.
  • Well, the $10,000 within 72 hours is a piece of cake as everyone knows. I'm sure I could do it if I had to.

    That was until you mentioned it was only 3 days. God, I'd have to work nights as well as days to do that.

    Are you sure you've done the math right on this one :confused:

    KJ
  • Lottery and daytrading is all that comes to mind... It is possible with IMing though. But I dont think newbs are likely to do it.
  • Come on, all you internet marketers out there pushing FOREX products. FOREX is the answer :rolleyes:

    Even better, there are no risks
  • I can't really think of any honest ways to do this. If you had no ethics you could come to a forum like this one and create a thread on how you just made a million bucks using some simple method, then charge $10k to teach it to someone.

    I'm sure someone would take you up on it. Also, the guy who suggested selling his testicles made me laugh out loud. I guess you'd have to be pretty desperate to do that, but I used to work at a place where a guy cut a finger off to get $5000 in compo, so anything's possible.

    Sean
  • Get 20 local businesses to invest $500 each for setting up their websites for them.
    You can have the payment up front which meets that 72 hours deadline
    and you'll have your $10,000.

    Of course that's just the basic package. If they want you to set up and run
    their autoresponder series, etc. then even more money for you.

    On top of the $10,000 you just made in less than 24 hours,
    you can set up some extra services for them like their 'marketing system'
    with autoresponder series, etc. and charge monthly to manage it for them.
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    • Ahem***

      Making $10,000 and producing $10,000 worth of sales are "night and day'.

      I think this is where most newbies screw up in their thinking. At this stage of the game you've made Jack Squat. What you are on the hook for is $10,000 or the equivilent amount of work yet to be performed or paid for if you farm it out.

      But I get your idea...

      KJ
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  • Anyone who writes an "{insert illegal act here}" post and thinks its funny ought to shampoo my crotch.


    When people are struggling, answer them.
  • This thread gave me an idea for a quick $10,000.

    Check out my sig.

    Edit: Thought I'd better change this as I changed my sig. Tho' if you're wondering I was offering my services as a gigolo. I hear I'm pretty good.
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    • I'm sorry, but such claims really frost my petunias big time.

      I get emails like that all the time....and what is NEVER revealed to the newbies is the slick trick they had up their sleeves.

      ie, a suddenly rediscovered list of 395,372 optins they had forgotten about from 7 years ago, or the remarkably odd fact that oil was discovered in their landscaping foundation or ....

      Case in point. Look at this copy:

      Half a million, 1 niche with CPA...copy copy copy....Also, to show you how you too can make this kind of money.

      Bullsh*t! Unless you have the big dogs network at your fingertips OR you ALREADY have a couple grand to spend on CPA OR you are Bill Gates heir....there is ZERO (as in ZERO) way the ORDINARY individual can achieve what is claimed.

      But wow, does it sure sell the dream.

      Blah. 'Nuff said.
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  • If the fellow behind that infomercial is who I think it is, he and a couple other fellows recently found themselves in a whole boat load of trouble from the the FTC.

    The government now wants to see their proof of claims. Also there have been such a large number of complaints about the "coaching" company that does back-end sales (expensive coaching programs) for these three infomercial products, that the government "watch dogs" had to get involved.

    Again, if this "make a qazillion dollers in three days" program is by the person I think it is, I bought his original course some 12 or more years ago. The techniques he taught worked well - very well - yet it did take me more than 72 hours to reach $10,000 in sales.

    :-Don
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  • i'd just set up a paypal button for $25 a pop and start a chain email where you switched the payment names...

    might work, especially if repeated a few times the first day...
  • Sounds like you have seen the same stupid ad I have, it runs over and over again at night. By some guy called John Paul or something. He has hot chics pitching the cookie-cutter junk though, so I guess it's not all bad ha ha!
  • I'd send an email to Dad asking for the $10K. Then kill time surfing till he sends it

    PS : If you don't have a rich dad to give you the 10K, try Robert Kiyosaki...
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    • I have read your blog but confused, I never understand the matter given because black text entered on the blue border and could not be read clearly may be the setteing of blog is distrubed or my system is in truble. In both case I will wait for your response.

      your thread is very encourging especially for newbies. But looks very hard to achieve.
  • What I'd like to know is why the FCC and FTC do not shut down these phony televised scams. Supposedly internet marketers will soon be shut down by the FTC for phony or even real testimonials that are not documented correctly.
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    • I personally do not believe it`s possible at first... Well if somebody knows here how to get to that $10.000, please share
    • I've got a programme that makes 10,000 in 4 hours.. Only jokin I'm with bobsstuff, they all should be shut down..
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  • Think big.

    Can you say gm.ebay.com, anyone?

    Ok, maybe not $10,000 commission each, but when moving cars and other big ticket items it is a lot easier than trying to sell $50 ebooks.
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    • Find a website for sale in the $250,000 to $500,000 range.

      Talk with the seller and work a deal where you'd get 10% if
      you sell it for him. (a typical broker commission). See if he/she
      would let you do a camtasia video on the site...sales...income...
      etc...

      Make a compelling video and sales page. (Do it on a blogger blog if you
      have to.)

      Now where to get buyers?

      Find LIST OWNERS that cater to BIG INVESTORS or RETIRING
      baby boomers that are fearful that there nest egg won't be
      big enough to live on...and are looking at franchises. Which aren't
      attractive because most folks retiring don't want to spend 60 hours
      a week managing a McDonalds.

      There are lots of...

      1. Forex lists
      2. Expensive stock advisory lists
      3. Commodity traders lists
      4. You might even try lists of IM'ers that have
      spent $2k or more on a product.
      etc...

      Now go to the list owner and offer them HALF of
      your 10% when you sell the site to one of their subscribers
      ...(be sure in your videos and dealings you don't
      give out the exact website name or details for sale.)

      So if it is a $250,000 website...

      10% is $25,000

      Your take is $12,500
      partners is $12,500 (VERY ATTRACTIVE and you'd surely get a few
      list owners to put the word out.)

      Imagine if the site was $500,000??

      OOOH....

      Can you do it in 3 days?

      Maybe huh?

      If it took you 7 days...would you be cryin' to momma?

      No way...

      Is it possible? Hell yes...

      Peace,
      Travis

      PS This wouldn't cost you a dime either. How's that for Bum Marketing? :-)
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  • I think that licensing might be a good approach here. Find one company with some need or potential product / market space and then find another company to connect with who can provide something you can license or value add.

    Or you could broker a deal directly between the two...

    I've seen this work before, but it is hardly the easiest thing in the world to do..
  • Go door to door and ask people if they have pennies they'd like to get rid of.
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    There are 2 options here:

    1. Rob a bank for 10K.
    2. Steal a highly targeted email listed with atleast 100k subscribers.

    I know exactly what infomercial you are talking about, it is the one they show in the nice little paradise theme with the two girls talking to random people.

    You could call it a fake testimonial? That is what I see it as because not a darn word they say is true, 100,000 in one day my freaggin arse.
  • Sell 4 packages of service for 2500, or 2 for 5000 ...
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    How Would You Make $10,000 in 72 Hours Starting with Nothing?

    So, late last night, I happened to come across a "make money online" infomercial and watched some of it. It was one of those ads--not dissimilar from many "make money online" sales letters on the web--where people are making tens of thousands of dollars a month, and some of them barely knew how to use a computer before starting to use the system. You know, you can make money while you're sleeping, while you're on a luxury cruise, etc. You really don't have to do anything, and the cash keeps rolling in, straight to your bank account. And you can work as little as two or three hours a day.