$30k a month in 15 minutes a day blogging

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

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

I believe it can be done, but not in 15 minutes a day. If it's possible, please tell us - what you would do in that 15 minutes each day to make it happen?
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    • Profile picture of the author Oscar D
      Originally Posted by Drew Castle View Post

      I'd believe 15 hours a day, but 15 minutes seems laughable.
      Now that is a little more realistic compared to $30k a month in 15 minutes a day
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
    Originally Posted by Ron Douglas View Post

    I believe it can be done, but not in 15 minutes a day. If it's possible, please tell us - what you would do in that 15 minutes each day to make it happen?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert View Post

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

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

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

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

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

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

    No wonder IM gets bad press
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    • Profile picture of the author TommyBussey
      I totally agree with you! I'm so sick of seeing stuff like that. I remember seeing two separate products from the same marketer and that "luxurious life" section of his sales page was identical in each page for the separate products. Anyways, good observation!

      Just a side thought here, but I like the idea of sales pages being interlaced with some actual content and examples or product demonstration or "sneak previews." Something that lends itself to becoming more transparent with your customers, therefore, gaining more trust and more sales and happy customers

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

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

      No wonder IM gets bad press
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  • Profile picture of the author tomw
    Instead of simply parking domains names (whilst awaiting sales - nothing more) we have created around 200 autoblogs. Literally set and forget ones that pitch affiliate products.

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

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

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

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    • Profile picture of the author Ron Douglas
      Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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

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

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

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

      Tom
      Tom, that's a lot of beer and lunch.
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      • Profile picture of the author tomw
        Originally Posted by Ron Douglas View Post

        Tom, that's a lot of beer and lunch.
        Depends how many employees you have...



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    • Profile picture of the author Adam Carn
      I've never really done blogging for profit before but it's something I'm considering. So your 200 or so blogs are auto-blogging and that's it? No promotion?

      Thanks,
      Adam


      Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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

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

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

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

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      • Profile picture of the author tomw
        Originally Posted by Adam Carn View Post

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

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



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

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        • Profile picture of the author Adam Carn
          Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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



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

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

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          • Profile picture of the author tomw
            Originally Posted by Adam Carn View Post

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

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

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

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          • Profile picture of the author discrat
            Originally Posted by Adam Carn View Post

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

            Adam

            Adam, absolutely. I know I am making well over $400 every month with Free Blogger Blogs and it just keeps increasing.
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        • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
          Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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



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

          Tom
          So that's cool.

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

          -Lakshay
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          • Profile picture of the author tomw
            Originally Posted by lakshaybehl View Post

            So that's cool.

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

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

            OK, to you and Adam;

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

            http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...lly-works.html

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

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            • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
              Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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

              OK, to you and Adam;

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

              http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...lly-works.html

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

              Tom
              Now, now Tom.

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

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

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

              -Lakshay

              P.S. And chicks are chicks... wherever they come from. Indian, American, French... done them all. Too bad I am not in touch with many British or Australian chicks. Heck- Not even one at the moment. That's like SAD man.
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              • Profile picture of the author tomw
                Originally Posted by lakshaybehl View Post

                I am totally going to rip some of it apart. Do you mind?
                It's Keith's post not mine. Go for it. But before you do why not try it out?

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

                Good luck with the studies as well as the businesses.

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

                j/k

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

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

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

                You could then follow up with...

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

                Finally, bowl her over with something like,

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

                Usually this will result in a,

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

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



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                • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
                  As a married man of 28+ years, I know there's one mistake no sane man makes more than once...

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

                  When I survived that, I knew it was true love...
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                  • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
                    Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

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

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

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

                    Funny how things change for people in love.

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

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

                      One way it can be possible is that you are really passionate and serious about it and you have the right tools and information and you don't waste your time doing the stuff newbies do all the times and they finally realize that's not what they should've been doing.
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                      • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
                        Originally Posted by mohammad111 View Post

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

                        That's my say so I don't know about you but that's all I gotta say.
                        Whats your traffic strategy?
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                        • Profile picture of the author Mohammad Afaq
                          Originally Posted by lakshaybehl View Post

                          Whats your traffic strategy?
                          My main traffic source is Google but the problem is that my blog just dropped from PR3 to No PR.

                          Now my page is indexed but it's not get me any traffic so I just dropped the plan right now. I am just thinking of getting a .com domain and then transferring my blog to a self hosted blog. I know I will have to do all the link building and stuff once again but I think I don't have a choice.
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                • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
                  Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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

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

                  Good luck with the studies as well as the businesses.

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

                  j/k

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

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

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

                  You could then follow up with...

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

                  Finally, bowl her over with something like,

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

                  Usually this will result in a,

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

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



                  Tom
                  Tom...

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

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

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

                  Do I respect their beauty and personality? Sure.

                  Do I respect them as human beings? Absolutely.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                  Alright then, let it make a difference. ;-)
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                  • Profile picture of the author tomw
                    Originally Posted by lakshaybehl View Post

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

                    But I'd love to talk to you one of these days... you game?
                    -Lakshay
                    Haha! I was just pulling your leg, man! Raising a smile. Do you really think any sane guy would voluntarily even think of shoe shopping without a shudder?

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



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                    • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
                      Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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

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



                      Tom
                      Just been making a point- really. LOL.

                      Look for my PM already.

                      :-)

                      -Lakshay
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                    • Profile picture of the author Tom B
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                      Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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

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



                      Tom
                      Man, I was dripping in sweat with worry. I am back in the dating game and you scared the heck out of me.
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              • Profile picture of the author tomw
                Originally Posted by Richard Odell View Post

                Once your established yes...

                ...but before - expect nothing less than 18 hours days in front of the keyboard doing nothing more than data input.
                That's probably true. Like I said, I didn't do any of the work myself nor do I know how long it took them to set everything up. Maybe a couple of weeks? [shrugs and scratches head]

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                • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
                  Originally Posted by Richard Odell View Post

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

                  Archimedes certainly taught us a real lesson!

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

                  -Tich

                  Like I always say, if your pole is big enough you can make the earth move!
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                • Profile picture of the author tomw
                  Originally Posted by Richard Odell View Post

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

                  Archimedes certainly taught us a real lesson!

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

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

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

                  This got me thinking...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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  • Profile picture of the author WeddingDances
    "15 minutes" gives it away as "BS" .. no such thing as fast or quick money on internet
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnathan
    Yes, it is possible.

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

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

    Originally Posted by Ron Douglas View Post

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

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

    I believe it can be done, but not in 15 minutes a day. If it's possible, please tell us - what you would do in that 15 minutes each day to make it happen?
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  • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
    Can someone Please PM me the URL. I'd like to see it for myself.

    Thanks
    -Lakshay
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  • Profile picture of the author yourreviewer
    Ron, if you just skim through the WSO section, you will find a lot of unbelievable, hypey and B.S. claims being made. There are some very strong words like 'Guaranteed Income' used in some of these WSOs. Everytime I see those titles, I can only scratch my head.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    I can do it in 5 minutes a day if I'm outsourcing it all
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  • Profile picture of the author DrewG
    Yeah, I found the sales page too - nice sales page, but obviously hyped.

    15 mins/day would take a huge amount of startup time to get running on autopilot to the point where you could just maintain something 15 mins/day.
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  • Profile picture of the author SeanSupplee
    Could but there are many factors. I think the big one is this. While 6 months after you might only have to spend 15 min a day. However those 6 months leading up to it I would imagine a few hours a day. Until you get your methods down pat. If you can optimize your blog post for certain keywords and get them ranked on the first page. Then that's thousands of free visitors a month. Which if they subscribe to your blog turn into repeat visitors and repeat buyers. Many factors and much to learn until you get the system down pat that you can do it in 15 min a day.
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  • Profile picture of the author ScottTMc
    I do believe its absolutly possible, but i bet he is paying people to do that stuff for him.

    I guess as time goes on a blog will gain more and more intrest and even become a site people come back too time after time.
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  • Profile picture of the author TelegramSam
    Why does he bother selling his course or ideas if he can truly make $30k in 15 minutes a day blogging.

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

    (Maybe I already know the answer to that one.)
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    • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
      Originally Posted by TelegramSam View Post

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

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

      (Maybe I already know the answer to that one.)
      Maybe he can make an extra $30k a month spending 5 minutes a day selling his course.
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  • Profile picture of the author jitterbug978
    lol... not gonna happen if ANYONE could make 30k a month with only 15 minutes each day they ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT be sharing how they do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Dulisse
    I'm getting emails on this too by marketers.

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

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

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

    Thus, keep on emailing these type of products...lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    This is funny.

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

    The reality is - YES it IS possible.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    15 minutes is enough time to get a lot done.

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

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

    This isn't hard.

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

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  • Profile picture of the author MikeLantz
    Hey Warriors,

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

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

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

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

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

    Mike
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Dulisse
    I read the post by Andy, and starting with 50 articles, and starting 100 blogs, and drip feeding them with content.

    Okay, the adsense method.

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

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

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

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

    Mark Dulisse
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    • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
      A rich man only method.

      Outline:

      Team Brief: 9 am

      Spend 15 mniutes briefing the team on setting everything up.

      Job done.

      For the average guy it's not possible.
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      • Profile picture of the author tomw
        Originally Posted by Intrepreneur View Post

        A rich man only method...For the average guy it's not possible.
        Unless born with a silver spoon in their mouths, every "rich man" started off as an "average guy."

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

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        • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
          Originally Posted by tomw View Post

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

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

          Tom
          I thought people with that mindset aren't average...
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          • Profile picture of the author tomw
            Originally Posted by lakshaybehl View Post

            I thought people with that mindset aren't average...
            Maybe so...but I like to think those astute enough to join The Warrior Forum have already got that far.

            However, I'm not sure whether you're attempting to bait me into upping my post count or genuinely seeking a response. Either way it worked.



            Tom

            [update] I am, of course, referring to a p.s. you made in a post about asking me to hurry up and get to 1000 posts *not* because you like the cut of my jib and are a stalker as you refer to below...haha!
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            • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
              Originally Posted by tomw View Post

              Maybe so...but I like to think those astute enough to join The Warrior Forum have already got that far.

              However, I'm not sure whether you're attempting to bait me into upping my post count or genuinely seeking a response. Either way it worked.



              To
              I don't agree with the first part. People can be sitting right in the same room with Allen Says and Jack Duncan And Andy Henry and John Taylor and Paul Myers and you... and still be average due to their belief systems. However I do agree beliefs can be changed. And so can be the reality.

              Second Part... What? You think I am going to forum stalk dudes in UK who misspell their 3 letter first name? ;-)

              Neither... I was trying to say people with stud beliefs aren't average people.

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    • Profile picture of the author MikeLantz
      Originally Posted by Mark Dulisse View Post

      And Mike, thanks for your income statement on your blog. That is great. But that still is not 15 minutes a day. I know, I have a blog that makes that kind of income, and it takes a heck of a lot more than 15 minutes a day to run a business. And trust me, I got every automation tool on this planet.
      No, really. I spend about 15 mins per day.

      I used to spend an hour a day when I was doing all of the writing, but now I hired someone to write the day-to-day posts, and so I just do occasional posts and maintenance.

      Mike
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    • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
      Originally Posted by Mark Dulisse View Post

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

      Okay, the adsense method.

      Mark Dulisse
      I never mentioned Adsense - I don't use Adsense as the main monetisation for any of my sites.

      I love Adsense for testing and research - but there are much better ways to make money when you have traffic.

      My point was just that - actually making blogs, feeding them content, and getting links - is quick and easy to do in many ways, so the arguments about the amount of time are only valid in a context that means you do them yourself in real time.

      We're past the point where people really believe making blogs is hard aren't we? - you don't HAVE to have crap blogs just because you have a lot - outsourcing makes this a no-brainer.

      It's all about outgoings vs income - if it costs you $10 to make $30 - who cares what the number of blogs or articles is - you'd want to do more of it.

      If money was your goal..
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    • Originally Posted by Mark Dulisse View Post


      Okay, the adsense method.

      Does anyone realize how long it takes to build a adsense empire of $30k a month?
      The learning curve is pretty long. However, once you have a working formula - IF you can develop a working formula - it borders on 'easy'.

      DISCLAIMER: 'easy' means 'repeating your formula'. While that product in question is probably way over-hyped and over-exaggerated, and I certainly make no claims of doing it in 15 mins. per day, I can offer this scenario:

      Keyword research - 60 mins. to come up with a small (5-10) group of related keyword/phrases with the following properties: combined search volume 300/day, EPC = $1/click (Adwords cost $4+), reasonably "rankable".

      Setup - 1 hour to find & register exact-match keyword domain name, install Wordpress, configure theme, plugins, etc.

      Article outsourcing - costs: $150 for 25 decent 500 word keyword/phrase articles.

      Ranking - Article submission, automated linkbuilding (Onlywire, SocialBot, RSSBot): 2.5 hours/week (appx. 20 mins. per day).

      In 60-90 days, you'll have Page 1 listings for most or all of your keyword/phrases, provided you did your keyword research well. At that point, you are getting appx. 100 visitors per day. With a good, 'properly-matched' theme, you'll get a CTR of 20%. At $1/click, you are netting $20/day.

      You launch 1 site per week. You are now spending spending appx. 1.5 hours/day (excluding initial setup). 120 days after reaching & holding at $20/day, you can get appx. 10x monthly for the site. That's $6000. Multiply times 4.5 (1 per week) comes to $27k/month.

      Mark
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  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Originally Posted by Ron Douglas View Post

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

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

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

    Yes, absolutely possible but come on 15 minutes a day for 6 months. I guess if you really outsourced you could.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Cabral
    Originally Posted by Ron Douglas View Post

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

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

    I believe it can be done, but not in 15 minutes a day. If it's possible, please tell us - what you would do in that 15 minutes each day to make it happen?
    I must of gotten several emails today promoting this.... Sound too darn good to be true if you ask me.... But then again what do I know I am not making any money yet :-(
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    • Profile picture of the author TLTheLiberator
      Originally Posted by John Cabral View Post

      I must of gotten several emails today promoting this.... Sound too darn good to be true if you ask me.... But then again what do I know I am not making any money yet :-(
      Have you ever tried another niche besides "teaching/showing someone how to make money"?


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      • Profile picture of the author John Cabral
        Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator View Post

        Have you ever tried another niche besides "teaching/showing someone how to make money"?


        TL

        Hey TL you lost me there but I didn't get get my quota of caffeine...
        so I am a bit slow today.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheGodfather
    well unless you have a product that you sell @ $30k a month and the conversion is so that at least one sale is made a month then it's possible... XD
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  • Profile picture of the author GCostanza
    I'd kill if someone would teach me how to make $400 a week on a blog. Any takers?
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    • Profile picture of the author tomw
      Originally Posted by GCostanza View Post

      I'd kill if someone would teach me how to make $400 a week on a blog. Any takers?
      Do we get to select the target?

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    • Profile picture of the author TheGodfather
      Originally Posted by GCostanza View Post

      I'd kill if someone would teach me how to make $400 a week on a blog. Any takers?
      Heck, I'd kill for fun.... but $400 a week sound good to
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      • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
        Originally Posted by TheGodfather View Post

        Heck, I'd kill for fun.... but $400 a week sound good to
        Now I have to ask... Who... or rather What do you kill, really?

        Is it that four lettered word that starts with a 'T' and rhymes with 'slime'?

        -Lakshay
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        • Profile picture of the author GCostanza
          Yes, any target is fine.

          Killing time is funny.

          I'm serious though. Someone teach me this stuff and I'll love you forever. Or find a nice girl for you that will.

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          • Profile picture of the author keyaziz
            Originally Posted by GCostanza View Post

            Or find a nice girl for you that will.

            Mike
            From the looks of some of the comments made in this thread about women, I think they are going to need that, so you might have yourself a deal.
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  • Profile picture of the author drwynn
    I just started in the Internet business and I usually just pass on by this type of thing. I'm looking for a more complete system that actually teaches and SHOWS you from start to finish. I also realize that beginners would have no such luck with this type of thing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Video Rob
    Of course it's possible. Work harder and smarter, pick an untapped niche and you can rake in the profits.

    Send $500 to my address in nigeria and i'll tell you how.
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  • Profile picture of the author MavisAA
    Hi Tom,

    Thanks for the valuable info in this thread alone.

    I can hardly wait for your 1,000th post! Could you send an alert of some sort? Just a thought!
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  • Profile picture of the author DogScout
    200 blogs making $16,000 is only what? $80 a blog?:confused: That is not much. make 400 auto blogs and the hype lives (assuming you can make 400 blogs in 6 months)

    Does auto blogging make a blog that is readable? I have seen many selling auto blogging software and giving examples. Looking at the examples, I can't imagine why they are even indexed because a human from Google or other search engine couldn't have personally visited. I have yet to see one that is not almost humorous in it's content, as those I have seen are practically unreadable by humans. I would click an adsense ad to get out of there as fast as I could. Lol.

    I hear (ear to the ground) that the powers to be are trying to automate a way to auto detect auto blogs and auto de-index them:rolleyes:. Is there an auto blog poster that can mimic a human so well that another human cannot tell it is an auto blog? (It seems to me, if the auto poster was any good, a PR4 blog with tones of posts and affiliate links would bring in more than $80/mo?)

    Twitter is 90% one bot trying to sell to another bot unless you spend time choosing carefully who you follow, but even if you do and your 'click is a good one, that doesn't mean 90% isn't crap and just automated and spun twits. Will blogging become the same way soon? If there is an auto-blogger that doe make it look human (a I have seen one that just spins and re-posts RSS feeds from other blogs that 'looks' OK from the surface... until you read at the bottom every post was 're-posted from...' disclaimer.)

    Just rambling random thoughts

    As to the offer, it may or may not be that a system worked for him. As to whether it will work for me or not, I am generally turned off by pictures of beaches and the beating of chests, so I'll take my chances and pass. 98% that buy the product won't use it, so why not sell it, even if it can work .
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    • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
      Why is everyone so skeptical?

      What you're doing is presupposing that only a certain number of 'blog posts' or a certain amount of 'time' is required to make money online.

      But when you think about it - that's bunk.

      On the other hand, that sort of nonsense is implicit in the pitch about 15 minutes a day - which rightly is why people are ripping it. I saw that in an email and deleted it without even bother to look at the product.

      I think everyone here knows, or will realize when they think about it, that one can blog 24 hours a day and not make $30k a month. The money has little to do with the time involved.

      Simple example: could Allen on this forum spend 15 minutes sending out a forum-wide PM promoting a product and make $30k a month? You bet. Am I going to get similar results on my little blog? Nope.
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  • Profile picture of the author zapseo
    Kinda reminds me of how would you make a small fortune on wall street...

    Well, first you start with a big fortune.

    As I said in your other thread, Andy -- people SHOULD ask questions. This is a GOOD sign. Limitations DO HAVE A PLACE. Recognizing one's limitations is not a bad thing unless it's done incorrectly. The problem is, as you point out, people limit them beyond what they think is truly possible.

    Reminds me of some articles I read a while back about the "possibility" thinking of Jack Welch and Mark Phelps. I think someone was analyzing one of those "getting things done" type of things, which said something along the lines of "setting achievable goals." And the proceeded to point out -- who in their right mind would think that Phelps and Welch's goals were achievable?

    I mean, I have sometimes wondered if Bandler didn't get himself thrown in jail to prove a point to himself about his own "behavioral flexibility." (And such behavior I don't condone in the least.)
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Money Maker
    I don't think so....but hey how about this one.....Make $1,000,000.00 in only 7 minutes online.....yes I saw this also.....2 years ago. The guy claims everytime he creates a domain name he get a million.....and he does it 3 times a week...yeah right.........oh well dream on people and make money online the fast easy way...LOL
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  • Profile picture of the author csc4u
    Originally Posted by Ron Douglas View Post

    sales page by a respected marketer
    I'm curious what's considered a respected marketer. Most of the more well know marketers I've subscribed to or bought from have turned out to be huge disappointment. Sending different products and programs to their lists everyday with each promising to be better than the others. I have a word for them but I wont use that kind of language on this respectable forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author JaniG
    Ll, my friend John Chow makes $30k + per month from hos blog and spends like 15 mins a day writing a blog post

    but it took him over a year to get to that level

    so I know it can be done

    Jani
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    • Profile picture of the author zapseo
      Originally Posted by teamfire View Post

      Ll, my friend John Chow makes $30k + per month from hos blog and spends like 15 mins a day writing a blog post

      but it took him over a year to get to that level

      so I know it can be done

      Jani
      It can be done. (C'mon...what was that crazy book everyone was reading ... 4 hour work week?)

      Do I do it? No.

      Do you do it? Well, from the sounds of it, no.

      Can it be taught with reasonable success to others?

      Ah, now there's the crux of the matter.

      I used to follow this mad-man around (well, okay, I ponied up a lot of 1980s dollars to attend his seminars -- got certificates saying I could do this and that -- ...and sorta stalked a Congelese Dance Class he attended -- which was good for me in many ways. The dance class, that is.) His bailiwick was/is modeling behaviors of excellence. Point being, people who do things well frequently don't know what are all the ingredients necessary to make up that excellence, so that it can be taught to someone else.
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  • Profile picture of the author jimlovingu2
    I'm very new at this game, but at first I was excited about the whole idea of making money online. Tho I'm sceptical about the thousands per day claims and other such hype, I was hoping that I could at least be able to generate 1 or 2 K per month. However, after reading a few forums, I'm getting a little discouraged. So, I'm glad you asked that question and will be reading all the replies. I'm also wondering if you are making a decent money and if so, did it take you a long time to do it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alican Yenidogan
    Originally Posted by Ron Douglas View Post

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

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

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

    I know people that make more than 30k/month by spending 15 minutes a day blogging. The one for example I know of is a software blog. He is a well-known software developer and writes about programming most of the time. The problem here is, you have to be on the top, or be one of the first in the niche to achieve this.

    Someone new and someone with no knowledge can not do this. Also the person that I know posts 1 post in every 3 days, so it is less than 15 minutes/day. He has over 100k rss readers and lots of ads on his site.

    But the point is, it took 30years + 15 minutes to achieve this..

    Alican
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    • Profile picture of the author Martin Luxton
      It would be more helpful if we knew two things

      1. How many hours a day did the person work to enable them to get that point where they can claim this kind of income from 15 minutes a day "maintenance".

      2. How many hours, if any, do outsourced workers put into the project?

      It's like people who do a big launch claiming one million dollars in one day. The fact they worked 24/7 for the previous six months, paid out $300,000 in wages and $600,000 in affiliate commissions mean they made the equivalant of about $6,000 a month for a 40 hour working week. Still decent money but it doesn't have the ring of one million in one day. On the other hand, it's only about half the salary of a marketing manager employee (taking into account company benefits)
      Marketing Managers

      As Steven Wagenheim pointed out in another thread, people don't want the hard work option. They want the fantasy lazy version.

      Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author dspa72
    It's possible but:
    1) you need great content for less searched keywords
    2) you need SEO traffic (i.e. backlinks for starting)
    3) you need the right tools

    I'm making good money every month from blogging
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