Why $100 Per Day?

Well I think for most people it's a good starting figure. A lot of people don't even make that much with their jobs.

That was my first goal online, and I did it in about 2 weeks, so as soon as I hit it I raised my goal to $200 then $500 a day.

My current goal after taxes and expenses is $2500 a day, which I am sure as soon as I reach that I will move it up to $5,000 a day.

But I think for so many people it is a good realistic starting point in their minds as it was for me when I first started.

Almost 50% of the people in the United States over 25 personally make less than $25K per year. 75% make less than 50K. $100/day (or $36,000 / year) is a life changing amount and seems 'real' and 'obtainable' ...

I'm not a fan of this approach at all as people tend to construct business models to reach their specific income goals.... those who set higher income goals such as $10,000 / mo are certainly not going to write articles for people at $20 or less a pop, for example, while someone going for $100 a day would consider it.

If your goal was $100,000 a month, all of a sudden you start focusing more on outsourcing, building lists, product creation w/ affiliates, etc. Not true in every case, but I'd say some or all of those activities are part of the model for the highest earners online.

Anyway, $100/mo hits home for most people, at least in the US...

US Household Income Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona..._United_States

Michael - I think its just meant as a starting point, not the final destination. Like Nicholas said it was the beginning for him and it crystallized how to get to $200, then $500 etc.

For most biting off $500 a day is TOO unrealistic and therefore not achievable so why try. But $100? ...pfft.

As with the preceding posters, I believe it is in the eyes of the beholder. If this venture in in conjunction with your current means of income, an additional $100 a day can be significant. If this is your sole source of income, while it not being completely insignificant, it is not something I would be content with.

Beleive me, 100$ a day is a lot. When I had my full time job, sometimes I just wanted to stop because it's so long and tiresome. People are working 8-5 for 10$ an hour, if you told them you make 30k a year sitting at home in front of your computer, they would probably smash you with a baseball bat.

I think it also depends on your lifestyle, right now I currently live on about $12,000 a year. I do live with my parents though so that is a huge help I never saw the point in leaving home just for the sake of leaving home, which certainly helps me and them out.

But I can see how someone living and supporting themselves fully could find themselves in a less than ideal situation.

I think as long as one doesnt work each day just to get to $100 (where $100 per day is the end of the road) but instead looks at it as the $100 per day is just a rest-stop along the way, then they will be fine.

That is what I am doing, its just a reachable and not so far way goal that I can attain, and then build upon to reach the next goal.

(I know you mentioned particularly for the US but just wanted to point out that kind of daily income is considered phenomenal in some countries.)

Though you're right $100 a day may not be a lot but setting a goal is what's more important and we all have to set some targets along the way. It isn't always wise to aim straight for the big bucks when you don't even have a system in place.

By the way love how this thread ironically (or maybe intentionally? ) is so close to "Want to make $100 a day"

Because the goal of making $100/day is usually set in order to entice those that work full time in other positions to get into online marketing, or by the people themselves that have full time employment.

$100/day on top of a full time salary is life changing. That is the goal that I set for myself when it all began.

The key is to never look back..and keep pushing forward, is it not?

That's assuming that people who are wanting to make $100 a day online are unemployed or are sick and/or living on welfare, etc. As nicolas, Scott and others on here have said, it's a great starting point for those wanting to make a living online. Some start at making their first dollar and then scaling up. $100 a day is a great goal and then trying to scale up from there...
I guess as long as one is careful with their spending habits, they'd be fine with 36K. Not gonna live the great life but you can still survive on it.

Do self employed IM'ers really get taxed that hard?

Remember Michael some will be shooting for $100 per day on top of what they are already making at a day job.

If you're already making your bills with what you make at your day job, that extra money would seem a lot more substantial because it would be "disposable income".

The income distribution for Internet marketers follows a bell curve, and the top of the curve seems to be, from my observations, slightly less than $100/day

My first question is why is it either/or? Not everyone needs to quit their day job. Some people actually like their job - not everything of course - e.g. I had a pretty bad week last week but all in all running my own business with my 2 partners is fun. Personally I'm just looking to make some extra money and also slowly enter into marketing instead of support/development. I'm good at what I do so now I have another hill to climb.

Note I agree with most folks here - especially starting with a goal, but it should not be your end all and be all. IF your goal is to quit your day job - then you need at least to earn 1.4x what you do now (to cover the extra taxes) and more if you have to replace benefits. Its pretty hard to hit a target if you don't know what it is.

For myself I do a yearly goals and then followup on them quarterly and sometimes monthly (and sometimes I just sit on my rump and do nothing ). We do the same for our day jobs too - in January we set goals and quarterly we asses were we are and what we need to do - including changing the goal if need be.

respectfully,
--Jack

In Hungary, $100/day is four times better than most people's payment.

I agree with the fact that its a nice goal to set for yourself AND that its not much after you break it all down. Bottom line is you have to start somewhere and that usually comes from just making the first sale.

I'm just starting out so $100 a day would be wonderful. That is my current goal and I think I can get there. Of course I do work full time and I do freelance development/design work so I have less time to devote than I want. Still $100 isn't enough to make me consider going full time IM. $250 would be and thats going to be my second goal when I make it to $100.

As Ed Dale was proving for some time with 30 Day Challenge - $1.00 a day (or was it a month?) is enough of a target to get you to know the necessary systems, methodologies and give you confidence to make money online.

However, as a business goal, I agree with Michael, $100 is a not enough.

Whilst every journey starts with the first step you would be better aiming somewhat higher. Get comfortable with bigger numbers. As long as you can handle the days that you don't quite reach your targets and get even more inspired each time you miss them, you'll get used to setting goals that are just outside your comfort zone and your business will have a chance of growing.

Impotent goals can be the death of any business.


Peter

Wow!

I go to pick up my kid from school, and look what happens!



Anyway, don't get me wrong. I think $100 a day, or any amount is a worthy goal. My main point is in the bolded sentence of the post.

Perhaps a better way to word would be don't limit yourself to $100 per day if that isn't enough for you. And don't shoot for $100 per day if it seems completely impossible to you.

Everybody is different, and we all have different needs, so, please don't think I'm trying to sound high and mighty or looking down on anybody, that was not my intent.

That being said, there have been some excellent points made so far in this thread.

All the best,
Michael

Like a lot of people have already said, I think its just a good starting goal.

If you start too low- say $10- that really probably won't change your life very much. Even if you only make $70-$80 a day, that extra 10 bucks wont be much.

But for someone who makes $9 an hour, the idea of something like $500 a day seems outrageous and unreal- especially on the internet.

$100/day is good. Sure its not really easy to live on, but if you're making that on top of your day job income, you're doing pretty good.

Its amazing whenever anyone makes income disclosures its to the cent $4233.33 an hour , but no one wants to make such specific amounts it's always $100, $200 $1000 a day.

My goal is $123.33 a day.

You can have any goal you like I just think 100$ is a good number to start off with. It really can be anything. I could say I'm going to make 1000$ per day as my goal and never stop working till I achieve it.

100$ just seems easy so I think that's why people like that goal so much.

As a single man with no children, my expenses are pretty minimal when it comes to survival, but $100 a day was the ideal figure for me because it was enough money for me to be able to pay survival expenses, have a fun time at least once a week, and enough left over to put back into my business to have an effect.

Once I hit a $100 day, it took a matter of weeks before I was at $200. I knew that was going to be the case too. It's so much easier to do this stuff when you actually don't have to do it and you can just hire others to do it.

Depends on where you're coming from. I find most IMers coming from three basic places.

1. I am young and can't get a job making much over than minimum wage. $100 a day is better than that, and I wouldn't have to get a "real" job.

2. I need a second income in my household, but would rather not work outside the home due to illness/family/housework/transportation. $100 a day would make our lives much better.

3. I've recently had my income reduced, and it was already barely enough. $100 a day would return me to a comfortable lifestyle.

Your example seems to come from a fourth place, which I do see, but not as often... the people in this fourth place simply make a lot more noise:

4. I lost my job completely. I have a family, a mortgage, and no savings. I need to restore my status as sole breadwinner of the family.

Another name for (4) is "I screwed up really bad."

No you are not off base. Why do we have limit ourselves and think a 40k or 50k annual salary is what to shoot for. Many of us have this ingrained in our heads since being kids by our kinfolks who say you go to college , study hard, get out and if you get a job paying 50K a year or more you are a Success.

Why not 50K a month ?? Why are we so bent on making a annual salary on this level ?

If we dont expect more then we will NEVER get out of this mediocrity.

Nuff said and Good Post !!

I think Caliban is right on the money, you are completely right, when you are making $50k a year in a job, and lose said job, $100 is no where near enough money.. I think what you really meant to ask is "Why $100 a day, when a $100 a day is not enough to live comfortably in the United States" That narrows it down much better, because I know for a fact if I was making $100 a day and living in Phuket, or even Mexico, it would be closer to making a true $100 a day here.

What I want to know is, who is paying only $500 for rent/mortgage

While I agree that 100$ a day is not enough to live on, I think the phrase probably targets people who are looking to supplement their income not replace it entirely.

It is certainly better than working at a 'job' for more than 1 reason. For me, it's all about being able to stay home all day and not having anybody but myself to be responsible to.

$100 a day can also be a preliminary/short term goal. Once one gets to that point, they can/should readjust their goals.

Also, many people are happy in their jobs and are just looking for some extra spending money. Every poll I've done finds most of my marketing customers just want to make enough extra to pay some bills and improve their lifestyle a bit. Despite all the hype, most aren't looking to get rich.

I think I read a long time ago that just an extra $200 a month would keep most people in the US from bankruptcy (or something like that - don't quote me).

$33 a day, or 1/3 of the $100, is $1000 a month. To most American families, that's a disctinct increase in life style and a lot of families can use an extra $1000 a month.

IM success for some really needs momentum. It's very hard to get the ball rolling if you're starting out from scratch, but once you start making $50-$100 a day, you now have the "bankroll" to invest in the software and outsourcers and resources needed to grow and at this profil level you're starting to go from spending to earning, a huge difference.

I say $1000 a day....thats my target:-) $30gran per month would be life changing especially being your own boss and making that amount. no matter what economy you are in....just got to do alot of groundwork to make it happen

For me $100 would be great and that is my goal for now and would certainly be enough for us to be able to comfortably pay our bills and mortgages.

Long term, it would be nice to earn more, but for now I'd be happy with $100 a day. It's a good goal to start with and then move on from there!

2739.72/day aka 1 million in passive income per year.

As others have stated, it is the milestone that we all must hit on our way to wealth. For many of us, the first $1 online was a milestone. From that we can build, and each nominal milestone brings about another smile. I can only imagine what the One Million Dollar Day must have felt like

in indonesia it's 10x, average IM revenue considered equal to manager salary here

Don't think about limiting yourself to $100 a day. Think about how many times you will do what it takes to earn $100/day. So if you'd like a nice 6-figure income, do it 10 times, giving you $365,000.00 per year. That'll easily cover all of your current expenses.

PS. Uncle Sam doesn't HAVE to take about 1/3 of that. How much you pay for taxes is up to you...

$100 / day was a big goal and
a big achievement for me. It really
launched my online business and
I'm forever grateful for the training
I received from my first IM course.

$100 per day is just a starting goal that most people seem as attainable.
Isn't that common sense?

Hmmm... $100 a day isn't life changing, but the thing about Internet marketing is that almost everything is scalable. If you can make $100 a day, it's likely you can make $200 a day and so on.

Like a couple people said, I'd recommend shooting for $1,000 a day. Why? Well, it's considerably more money, and--to make that kind of money one must think outside the box a bit.

Yes, you can pick a niche, write some articles, create a squeeze page with a bonus and start growing a list. You will get some traffic, you will likely make some affiliate sales down the road. Or, you could develop a product and run a WSO. Some make much more than $100 a day.

But the big guys, I mean the very big guys, don't sit at their keyboard hacking out 40 articles a day. And they don't create pre-sell pages hoping to SEO them to the front page of Google all day either. And the big guys, the really big guys don't run WSOs day after day. There is a reason for this.

Article marketing, pre-sell pages, and WSOs are missing one key ingredient required to become a guru, super-affiliate--whatever you want to call them. These techniques don't utilize LEVERAGE--using others assets to enhance your own position.

If your sales techniques don't employ leverage, they are severely limited in what they can do for your goals. I'm not here to give you answers, because the answers I would give would involve work and not many are interested in actually working to meet their goals. But here are some questions you might ask yourself.

Why are the gurus, gurus? If you believe it is because they have a list of 100,000 names, tehen you'd better figure out how to grow a list of 100,000 names yourself. Better yet, how could you leverage such big lists others have to your own advantage? Reverse engineer the thing. If someone else has something you need, teen find a way to commandeer it to your advantage. Such things can be done.

Virtually all of the gurus mastermind several big product launches a year. If you want to be in the super-affiliate status you need to find out how to do the same, if even on a smaller scale at first.

I've got an online course (it has nothing to do with Internet marketing, so I'm not promoting it) but in the welcome message, the very first post registrants see is the following quote from the group Evanescence where lead singer Amy Lee sings...

Now that I know what I'm without,
you can't just leave.
Breathe into me and make me real.
Bring me to life.
Bring me to life.

The problem with little dreams is that you might achieve them. Breathe into your great ideas of moment and purpose. Listen, they will whisper in your ear. Bring them to life.

--Mike

LOL

You never know where these threads will lead. I have never paid more than $500 month for rent. Ever. It really is possible, but, that's me...

So, it's a function of what the renter's market is like wherever you choose to live, but that's why I keep stressing the importance of figuring out your own numbers based on your goals and situation.

$100 may be a round number, but it's so arbitrary. It's either too low, or too high for the vast majority of people. The danger of making such claims is that you may not really be appealing to as many people as you think.

All the best,
Michael

Hi Michael,
I would like to share my thoughts about making $100/day.

Before I make any money online, I always thought that there must be this latest blogging system or Affiliate Marketing System to make money fast in less than 24hrs.

And after I bought the products, guess what? It didn't help at all.

After struggling in IM for almost 3 years since 2007, I decided stop buying products and start building a business system.

I understand the concept abt list building and I thought I know everything.

But the fact is that, I know nothing as I didn't make any money online.

So I began searching for a willing mentor to help me.

And on 29th June, I signed up to my first and last mentoring program.

I am glad that I made the right decision.

Before I signed up, I made a decision.

That I will do whatever it takes to succeed.

I will implement everything that my mentor taught me.

I will make sure I get my marketing system up asap even if I need to burn midnight oils.

So I work real hard for 2 months.

And on 29th Aug, everything was up. For the past 4 weeks, I build a list of 2200 subscribers and make $757.56 as of today.

So this is what works for me.

My first goal for Sep 2010: $1000
Income made: $757.56. (not too bad)

I make monthly goals, instead of daily goals.

I feel better and less discourage that way.

At least if I don't make any sales today, I still got tomorrow to work hard.

This is my take.

Winson

Unfortunately, $100 a day doesnt even make a dent in my nut.

I think that one of the reasons that most people here shoot for $100 a day is that 99% of people here try to do it all on the cheap. Nobody is willing to risk $5k or $10k or $20k on PPC and other paid traffic... It is a for a variety of well documented reasons, but the bottom line is that most people are content to play small ball... And that means small goals.

$500/month? :S I could live on $100/day quite easily if I could get mortage and rates (or even rent) down to that level. I know Australia is dear but geee! I'm in a $2400/month house built 70 years ago lol. We do actually have interest on our loans here though :p

I think the $100 mark is just an obvious milestone. $1, $10, $100, $500. It does depend on your motivation too. Once you know what's possible it can really snowball.

My goal is to replace my current income while knocking off the debt and then being able to switch over full time.

Yes - $100 is a starting point. Most people have a day job to start with, so $100 represents an attractive, "Yes, this would make a difference" goal.

James

Really good question.

I think it is (at least partly) because 100 is a round number - it is often used as a way to describe things when an arbitary amount is needed.

Also, $100 to most people seems like it must be really easy to achieve. this is ture. What will come as a surprise, however, is the amount of work required to ahcieve the goal.

I think the $100/day is a starting point. when I was doing the MLM thing, research showed that an increase of $300.00 per month could change a life style. I don't think the point is to quit a job and live on $100/day but to generate a 2nd income. If the wife works, that $100/day could retire her to stay home with the kids and get the income up to $300.00/day.

If you have to start somewhere, 100/day is a great goal. Not the amount you need to retire.. I know but it is enough to provide that expendable income that everyone needs today.

they have to start small, and set more realistic target Michael...

it will grow after the first 100, hmm..why am i telling you this..-- you already have this in mind... lol

start small

The unconscious mind think, when i will make $100 per day, i will hire bunch of guys from phillipines and double my earnings. So, now it wil be $200 per day. I dont think anyone care its $100 per day or $10 per day. Everyone want it to work to some extent and think to scale it up at later stage. Because believe it or not, everybody here got Entrepreneur spirit.

i am an single guy with an low rent etc..
so making a $100 a day would be fantastic

for a single male living in europe 3000$ (2200€) a month will keep me well
I aint going to be rich but I will live quite fine

I would need a minimum of 1500€ A month to have decent standard of life

I could like on $100 a day if I was living somewhere like Bulgaria, where everything is so cheap. But not here in the UK. Not even £100 a day.

There's a huge difference from $100 in passive income and $100 in online income.

I suppose most people could live on $100 a day, which leads me to..

"Wealth is measured in time, not in dollars".

I think that's a quote from Koyisaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad). If you have passive income enough to cover your living expenses then your are by all accounts financially independent.

Think about the freedom to try new things when you are really financially independent, not chasing that paycheck.

If your $100 is from actually just 'working' online then those $100 are worth far less since it doesn't give you financial freedom.

Can someone please teach me how i can make $100 per day online ,

Please send me mail at samson.james132 at gmail dot come

I'm currently aiming to make £100 a day while at uni that would be great for me... then double up and double up so im miles away from the rat race when I finish

$100 per day is great target for people to make. It can be very hard when you are starting out so its a nice thing to aim towards then increase your goals from there

Anyone who has a problem living on $30k+ a year needs to take a look at their lifestyle. You don't NEED a car payment. You don't NEED a huge mortgage. You don't NEED the latest in technology. And if you're working for yourself online, you don't NEED to live in an expensive area. (I know, sometimes this can be avoidable.)

Now, if you were married and had children, I could see the argument. But even then, chances are, your spouse has a job so your incomes can be combined.

I've always targeted at least £100 a day here in the UK from all of my different income sources, which is much more than $100. I'm not really sure why $100 per day is so aspirational, because as you say that's not very much at all, and less than the average wage over here.

Hi Michael,

I haven't read the entire thread. But I wasn't sure of the context of your original post. Did you mean as far as an end goal? A first goal?

My first initial goal was to make my first sale. From there it was $100 a month. I had a mentor at the time who taught me to take "baby steps" and, for me, it worked like a charm. Those baby steps have help my partners and I build a multi-million dollar corporation in less than five years.

I think in context of some people's posting that's their initial goal and once they see themselves making money they adjust their goals accordingly.

Speaking only for myself, when I first got started I couldn't fathom making six figures a year from an online enterprise, let alone $100 a day. So I started off really small. Once my mind and subconscious believed it was real, I adjusted my 5 year business plan and it grew from there.

I don't think you're off base, sounds like you're giving sound finanical advice (I used to be in that business remember?), though I am making some assumptions on where you're coming from.

Lastly, if you can make $100 per day, you can make $1,000 per day, even $10,000 per day; it all boils down to scalabilty, channels of distribution, effective marketing systems, and the vision and perseverance to see it through.

RoD

$100 a day and 2:30pm can't get any love.

$12.50 an hour isn't too shabby for most as a starting point. I think most people would be pretty satisfied with reaching that goal after a year of internet marketing.

$200 a day and you're doing better than most while sitting around the house in your PJ's. Hit that goal by year two and I'd consider it an IM success story.

Let's be realistic, most people are not going to be internet millionaires but reaching an income level that matches what most people are working 9 to 5 for is something to be proud of.

There are very few jobs that allow you to work from home, don't require a formal education or involve manual labor that pay better than 50k a year.. actually, I can't think of any jobs outside of internet marketing. Life is rough

As someone who spent all last summer living on only $600-$800 a month, I can safely say that I have live very easily and comfortably on $50 a day.

My rent would be paid. My insurance paid. Loan payments paid. Food bought. Addictions satisfied (I'm a caffeine junkie). Also, I'd have money to have fun and not worry about a damn thing.

$1500 a month is the minimum amount I want to make. By no means would I settle on it, but to live with no worries at all, that's the minimum I have to make.

Technically, the minimum is $800, but I do love being able to go play when I want.

It's been said before, but that little bit of money can really change a life.

-Sean

I think $100 a day is a good starting figure. you shouldn't believe anyone who says they can get you from 0 to $1000 a day in 24 hours.

For most, $100/day would be welcome especially if they are online earnings.

I do have to agree with you that $100/day for you or me some months could basically be pocket change.

Some succeed, some don't. That's life as you know, but I get your point.

In US it's not much, true, but it is a lot of money in Russia and other similar countries. There are IM'ers all over the world on WF and furthermore - 100$ is such a nice, round number. $1000 is as well, but that's just too far up for start (being realistic).

Good thread. Since you asked.. (!) I think all of us are capable of much more. As long as we can run our own minds, find the HEAVY HITTERS (the actions that seriously make the difference) and consistently plug away on the little things (rolling the snowball down the hill until you get an avalanche), I believe you can make a ton of money IMing!

I think everyone should shoot for an unrealistic figure, because realism is the fastest path to mediocrity. Great thread!

I feel that it is a good starting point and a believable, realistic figure that average people can grasp.

Bear in mind that the average person starting out with IM is probably not looking to quit his or her present job, only wants to work 1-2 hours a day on IM at most, and just wants some extra spending money to use after covering bills and other obligations.

Of course, if someone wanted to do IM full-time, chances are they'd be shooting for a much higher figure. In many cases though, the target market is someone who is already working a full or part-time job, and just wants some additional spending money on the side - and a steady $100/day would make a pretty big impact on their lives. I doubt that many people in this target market are really wanting to get into IM on a full-time basis.

I think that arbitrary number depends on where in the world you live.

As some have pointed out, that can be a very high income in some countries. Even here in Canada it is a good monthly amount.

I mean, for a family of 7 all our monthly bills total $3200. That's every expense for the month, so just over $100 a day and we are living quite comfortably.

$200 a day and we're really living it up. And like I said, that's for 7 people.

So I think that number to many is just what they need. And instead of aiming for $104.33 or something odd like that $100 seems like a nice round number that anyone can reach with some time and energy.

Best wishes,
Sylvia

That is true OP but you have to take in to account that many warriors also have other jobs.

$100 per day is a good base goal for any starter or newbies in marketing. But of course it is better to have it as a thousand per day or two per day, it all depends on who is talking, really.

In other countries, $100 is actually a good amount to earn per day wespecially that there are no transportation costs involved.


Andrea

I don't think it is particularly the amount that is what leads people to the $100 day goal. I think making any amount of recurring money with minimal ongoing effort is what appeals to most people. Fair enough it might not be as much as you could earn in a day job but the hours worked to money earned ratio is ugly compared to making $100 / day online!

If you make $100 online you can make $1000 just as easy.

So the US has a 50% tax bracket for those earning under 40k a year? I thought it was more around 20%. Otherwise you'd have higher taxes than the socialist hellhole I live in - UK. And I doubt that to be true.

I want to reach $100/day net, and although I'm not even close to that yet, I think that if you can make $100/day, there's no reason why you can't expand that to $200, $400, $800/day.

$3000/month income is well over minimum wage here and above average for where I live, and working from home means you avoid expenses like putting gas into a car to get to work, etc.

I would love to make $100.00 per day. Doing so would be quite life changing for me.

I don't necessarily think you are off base on this, but this is a goal of mine right now. I just started writing for others again and taking it much more seriously. I serve at a restaurant and basically make $100 a shift 4 days a week so my goal is $400 a week from my writing to replace that income for good. Now I also have other forms of income online that will put me right around $100 a day if I can get to $400 a week with my writing.

This is enough for a college student like myself and what it would do for me is allow me to buy time. Time is very precious especially since if I cut out the 30+ hours I work at a job each week I could use half that time to write more or work on my other online businesses and I could build form $100 a day to much more, hopefully.

$100 a day is a great starting goal, but once that is achieved it is time to go for $150, $200, $500, and so on.

On another note, if you are smart about your taxes, know how to write off the space you use for your business (your home office), write off the depreciation on your computer, all your expenses, and many other things you can write off on your taxes, then you will not give up anywhere near 50% of your cash to the government. You will surely have to pay some money in taxes, but if you are smart or even hire a company to do your taxes you can keep about $26K to $30K of your cash depending on your situation, which is about equal to an Entry Level position with a Bachelor's degree in many industries.

Benjamin Ehinger

I agree with what some of the others said that $100/day is a good starting point, especially if it's only a couple of hours in front of the computer. We all have to set our own realistic goals based on the time we have to devote to an online job.

A person has to have multiple income streams these days, suppose there is a..oh I don't know.. a RECESSION maybe. You get layed off from your day job. That $100 a day could keep you alive till things return to normal, or make a car payment or whatever. I will take that $100 a day thank you.

am still dreaming of making this per day

Like tons of people before me, $100 is just my first goal. It will actually change my life, considering I am a student making $0 from a "real" job at the moment. I'm sure when I have tons more time to devote and I'm making $500+ a day I will laugh at that $100 number. For now I am sticking with my $100 a day goal.

Great post considering everybody is thinking about their New Year's resolutions. I think it is very subjective how much is enough but $100 is nothing to sneeze at especially if someone is able to pull this off online.

I think everybody should rethink their earning goal for 2011 and for some it might be more than $100 and for others it might be less. It is important to get a consistant success rate and scale it up from there. This is by the way how people are able to make $100 and more.

Once you can make $100 you can set higher goals. I think one should always have a monetary goal in mind but it is more important to organize yourself and fulfill all the daily tasks that bring you there. It is all good and well to want to earn $100 but without any organization and strategy this will be very hard to achieve.


My goal for 2011 is to get back to the real basics of online marketing and stop wasting my time with all these copy and paste scammers that promise the sky and pollute the IM space. I think that it is still possible to make some easy money in 2011 which is going back to the basics and stop trying to find all these fancy easy push button solutions that really do not exist.

Stick to a daily task plan that can easily be acomplished on a daily basis either by you or your outsourcer and that is where the easy money is going to be in 2011. I hope this clarifies the $100 a day myth a bit and helps newbies stick to realistic goals.

t is not possible to make $100 overnight and if you still believe these type of promises you will be disappointed big time in 2011. Just stick to an easy plan that you can fulfill every day without hyping it up.

I hope this helps everyone who still thinks that an easy push button solution exists.

It depends a lot on where you live too.
I live in Romania, the rent for an apartment in my city is 250-350$. Electricity, phone, internet an other expenses alike go up to $150.
The minimum wage here is $250 and the average one is 300-400$ per month.
Imagine now making ten times the average wage from you bedroom.

I'm 20 years old, still a freelancer and not making anything close to $100 per day but I moved out, traveled 8 countries last year, and live on my own money. Getting to $100 per day would make me 10x richer than the average man here.

Last week I made $50 in a day and $100 the next day but since then I didn't made anything.
Now I'm starting with adsense and my first goal is $1/day, I know that if I can make 1 I can make 100 or more.

If you are a Stay at Home Dad who values spending quality time with his one and 2 year old daughters then $100 a day is not a big deal it is a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE deal !!

I agree when you factor in all the household bills $100 may not seem that much, but for someone trying to get a foot in, in Internet Marketing, it is a goal, that can be built on

Because new IM'ers need to have realistic goals to aim for.

Ideally, you'd want to shoot for $274/day which equals exactly to $100,000/year... which is already the beginning of a good solid income by anyone's standards, but at the beginning I think it's totally OK for new IM'ers to set themselves a realistic job-replacement goal because... well, because that's everyone's goal when they first get into this IM business: to quit your day job, right?

It's a good and solid goal for the starters But yes indeed, aim higher!!!!


~Alex Nash

i think 100 USD per day is a good amount. and is marketing impact is high. you also can earn 100 USD per day without quieting your day job. So total sum of your earning will make you solvent for a smooth life. by the way how much u earn per day ? Cheers!

Hi All,

I am just starting out and I have set my goal at $50,000 ($136.98 per day) for the first year.

Once this is achieved I will then be able to set new goals for the 2nd and 3rd years.

Jay

This is big cash for guys in Africa, maybe India too

If your paying 50% of your income to uncle Sam, you better do yourself a favor & find another tax man/women that knows what their doing. That's not a realistic tax percentage example.

No way is anyone paying a 50% tax rate.

I don't have any mortgages or car payments. I learned about 8 years ago that car payments are the dumbest thing anyone could ever do, it's a huge money pit, don't fall for it.

If you can't pay cash for a car, forget it!

$36,000 per year is more than enough $$ for a small family in most US states (outside of large cities).

It's not only what you earn, it's also what you spend & how you spend it.

BTW, I live in South Carolina [US], & own my home + 3 vehicles (no payments on anything), 100% of my income is from online business.

This is a great topic! I view what I make from IM from the point of a fixed annuity. About three months ago an investment banker told that I would have to bring him $25,000 cash in order to receive $107 a month from a plain vanilla annuity with Met Life (low interest rates these days!).

So, from the perspective of passive income three thousand a month would require a whacking amount of cash in an annuity.

Of course, IM requires more attention than an annuity, but that's how I look at it these days.

Yes, something is very wrong with your analogy of earning $100/day.

Money cannot and should never be ones goal! Millionaires and Billionaires alike don't have money goals. You should all know that if you have been in this business long enough.

Instead , they have purpose and goals that are somewhat more talent oriented. They have dreams of a better place, a better world for all. They are creative, have talent in certain fields and apart from Warren Buffet which is the exception to the rule, they do not dream of making money all day long, for those that do are almost sure to fail.

I won't hide the fact that I too fell in this trap when I started. My goal was to earn $100/day and you know what? I didn't achieve it after trying endless hours daily for quite a few years! Yes, "years"!

I only started becoming truly successful once I had found myself "purpose".

I rarely even look at how much I earn anymore. In fact, I don't want a single dime I earned myself as I don't need it to be happier. I have like many here on WG fun doing what I do best which is to network and help people.

I teach folks how to better themselves and live a happier and more fulfilling life. Sure I teach how to earn online, but that isn't my primary purpose and vocation.

If you want to earn $100/Day or Millions/Day, you better have "purpose" and/or some level of talent to achieve it. If you don't, you need to educate yourself

Bernard St Pierre