How Many of You are Making $100k+ Per Year Really?

I guest that there are only few. So far I have know only three bloggers who are making that much. JOhn Chow of johnchow.com, Jeremy Shoemaker of shoemoney.com and Darren Rowse of problogger.net.

are you talking about 100K/yr from blogging only?

i don't know if i make 100K from blogging alone, but I make 100K/yr
from affiliate marketing as a whole.

I will fall a little short of 100k this year, but with my earnings now I am on track to make 120k next year.

the last few months have been really good, I have met new people in my life that have allowed me to, increase my earnings so rapidly.

I am very business minded, and I used my first 10 thousand I made to re invest in many different things.

Everything is going well, I even have a sales team in california.. Im near chicago by the way.

I used the internet to make my money but I do have offline businesses as well,

It was a long journey and I have made many failures along the way.

Once again, I can't believe that people ask such questions of others - or that others stumble over themselves to answer (as if anyone can verify the veracity of the answers.)

Must be a cultural thing ...

Thank you for allowing me to do as I feel.

Do you have any idea how many times this same question comes up here? Seeing as you just joined recently, I guess not. Believe me, I could set my watch by threads like this being started.

It always comes down to the same thing - the b.s.'ers who throw numbers around like confetti, and those who believe that it's nobody's freakin' business how much they earn (except for the tax man, of course.)

Wait, let me run outside and take a picture of my Jaguar sitting in the driveway of my Victorian Mansion. Oh heck, it's cold outside - I'll get the butler to do it.

"Jeeves, come hither. When you go out to the stable to feed the horses, do stop and take a few pictures of the Jag. Make sure you don't get the helicopter in the photo, though - I'd hate to appear to be bragging."

Dude, if you're into this because someone told you that you can make an easy boatload of money, you're setting yourself up for failure."

I am 10% lower...

Shafiq if you need someone else to motivate you you are perhaps missing the one ingredient that will cause success for you.

If you work on the probability there must be somebody out there doing pretty good.... then the answer is clear.

If you choose to be that person no matter what, and you are motivated from within you will be on the right track.

This will mean you will learn and gather experience and achieve a result that you can develop and hone into a great result.

There are plenty of people making 100k a year. There are a lot of people who will never make that...

YOU choose.

If anyone feels offended with the question, why bother to answer it? Replying or not replying to the question won't make one anyone poorer or richer than he was before stumbling upon this thread.

Hey Shafiq,

My best recommendation for newbies, spend some time reading some old posts in the forum. You will automagically be able to recognize the successful ones. And please remember that even after short listing your possible mentors, some of them may be too busy to help you. Keep following the wso section, they frequently have coaching offers.

Hope that helped

Sam

$100,000 per year is just over $8k per month.

This is very achievable if you have the right product.

I have been making over $10,000 per month for the last 3 months now, simply through having just under 400 members paying me $27 per month through my membership site which teaches newbies how to make money online.

Like I said - it IS achievable.. but you gotta take ACTION!

If you are looking for a mentor then say so, don't go demanding people tell you how much they make.

You have completely the wrong mindset to make a lot of money online. Do you think all lecturers in economics and business make huge incomes? They know the systems, they know how to do they work, they chose not to.

It is rude to ask someone their income, but not from where you live, that would be the first question to ask. So why not share your success story and tell us how much you have earned, it shouldn't be a problem because you tell your friends and neighbours because that is done in your part of the world.

Shafiq,
There are any number of legitimate reasons why your question might not be answered. And if someone says, "Yes, I make $$$$$ per year" -- how do you know if they are telling the truth?

Have you noticed how many people on here sell e-books and courses teaching how to make large amounts of money, and then a week later put up a WSO stating that they need fast cash to pay their rent?

You can take this or leave it, but I have no doubt that some are making not only 100K a year, but much more than that. I also have no doubt that there are a lot who are faking it. I guess it is up to you to figure out who is for real and who isn't.

Barry

Here's some inspiration for you:
Best Warrior Threads

Don't thank me - thank the warrior who came up with this site

It WAS an interesting question about inspirational stories of people that succedeed on IM. But some turned it into a train wreck.

Why should I care about (general) you consider or not polite?

One nice thing about threads like this - they separate those who have been in real businesses in the real (brick-and-mortar) world, from the poseurs who are online "playing" at business and pretending they have a clue.

It's an interesting dynamic, how almost all of those who propose to tell us how to do things here are newcomers to IM and this forum - some with as few as four posts.

I'm NOT saying you're not entitled to an opinion or expressing it. I am saying that perhaps it's wiser to listen and learn to those whom you are supposedly here to listen to and learn from. You may want to do business with them someday.

Hi, True great question, wrong platform.

Just imagine, the security risk far out weigh the pat on the back.
Not everyone has great motives when they read how much you make. You may come home and find your family held for ransom for some of it. The warrior way is based on mutual respect.

Like I said the platform is wrong. If someone where to send me an email with 15 questions explaining that it was to be used as research for a book on how to make $$$$$$ per year, I would answer the question.

Most Internet marketers are very private individuals who would answer a question when asked in the right environment like ... on Oprah ... Everything is marketing... marketing is everything.

Like I say great question ....

On this platform I would please the 5th.

Brian

I don't think there is anything wrong asking that question on a business forum...

Shafiq,

Most people in forums like the Warrior Forum will *NEVER* answer questions (like the one you asked) because of their belief system and upbringing.

A lot of westerners are brought up being told it's rude to ask how much a person earns, how old a lady is, what presents are going to be given out at Xmas time etc.

You mightn't find it offensive, so of course you feel bewildered when people fire these kind of comments back at you - but just remember, that some people do find it out of order and are offended, so it's perfectly fine for them to air their belief (or disbelief) back at you. Get my point Shafiq?

I tour the World teaching Internet Marketing... I've got the largest 'newbies' coaching program in the World with over 700 students from 9 countries... they've ALL paid me quite a few dollars to coach and mentor them... but I never disclose how much I've earned to any of them (nor have any of them ever asked me). It's not how much *I've* earned that they're really focused on.

One question I feel you need to ask yourself is this:

Do you really want to know what people earn? Or did you mean to ask something like "How many people in here have earned a very good income from internet marketing, do it exclusively without having to work 9 to 5 for a boss, and can show others how to duplicate the same system quickly and easily with proven documented results?"

Is that the kind of wording that you might have been thinking when you first posted your question? I think it probably was... let me know!

Good luck with whatever you do online,

David Cavanagh

PS... A few things for you to consider:

Results don't come from information... they come from the correct implementation of the information you've received from your coach, mentor or whoever.

Knowledge isn't power... it's the correct knowledge and implementation of it.

My words and thoughts today are being written to help you... not to put rubbish on you... they're being written to suggest you might like to ask better questions in order to ascertain better answers. I know you'd agree with me here right?

Last thing - I've earned a LOT more online than most internet marketers you've ever spoken to (verbally or written)... it's very easy to make 6 or 7 figures... that's not the hard part... what do you really feel the hard part is Shafiq?

Last last thing - (so it must be the last thing) - I've just started a group in the Warrior Forum called 'Getting Started On The Internet with David Cavanagh'. Maybe you'd like to join, participate and gain insights into discussions that could literally change your life? You'd be one of the first members because I've only *JUST* put in online (and it's for free).

( http://www.warriorforum.com/groups/g...-internet.html )

I wouldn't be suprised if there were a few hundred members making 6 figures, and perhaps a few dozen making 7 figures.


Andrew

Shafiq,

When I was a boy, I asked my father what a Fireman earned.
My Dad looked at me and said, "I don't know. I once asked one,
but he told me I was rude, so I left him alone."

Then I asked him what a Plumber made. He said, "I don't know.
I once asked one of them too, but he told me I was rude, so I
left him alone"

"How about a Doctor?" I asked.

"Don't know that either son. Sorry. Years ago I asked a few of
them what they made, but they also told me I was rude, so I left
them alone."

Then I asked him about Lawyers, Airline Pilots,
Anesthesiologists, Surgeons, Orthodontists, Pediatricians,
Nurses, Chief Executives, Flight Engineers, Psychiatrists,
Dentists, Engineering Managers, Marketing Managers, Air
Traffic Controllers, Financial Managers, and Bank Tellers.

"Sorry again son. I stopped asking people about what they
earned, years ago, because it was rude."

I said, "Geez Dad, didn't anyone ever tell you how much they
were making?"

"Of course..." he said. "... but you'll have to give me a
minute before I tell you who. The buzzer you just heard
means the fries are done - and the boss gets angry when
I don't salt them right away."

Dudes: Some smart psychologists call it 'unresolved issues'. If you're posting crappy stuff to a question like this guys then you've definitely got 'em going on.
Sort it out boys..
There's no need for hard feelings, this is only a forum on the intranet..

I AM FROM INDIA... So hear me out.

Every now and then comes along a person asking me my income... Most of these are my relatives, and to be honest none of them have cleared high school.

Look, well-mannered people here in India never talk about incomes, its considered downgrading.

I am an Indian, and I hate when people say that in India we openly ask about other peoples' incomes.

We never do... Just to OLD AUNTI-JI's do when a "KAL KA BACHCHA" (Kid yesterday, today earning) starts earning or gets a job which happens to be the most popular source of income for a majority of Indians.

But no one else does this kind of a thing.

-Lakshay

There's an old philosophy I like to follow.

"Only take advice from those who have successfully done what you are seeking to do."

So, based on that wise philosophy, I think Shafiq's question is smart and to the point. Why beat around the bush? This is a forum about making money, isn't it?

We're here to network and form alliances which are stronger than the sum of the parts, aren't we?

I would love to network with a mastermind group of people who are making $100k+ in my field. The formation of such a mastermind group seems to me to be a brilliant objective.

I am not yet making $100k per year, but am working with warrior-like determination and persistent study to be able to do so.

I am not their personal accountant, of course, but rumors say that:

Brian Clark, Yaro Starak, Darren Rose, Steve Pavlina, Amit Mehta and many others earn far more than $100K per year.

Shafiq,

I'm glad to see your thread has now 'changed' whereby people are giving you some advice and assistance, rather than jumping on you and seeing who's post can look sexier than the previous.

I sincerely hope you make a lot of money online... I trust you'll meet a lot of well meaning Warriors in here who can help and motivate you to move to the next level.

Internet marketing is great - you can make a LOT of money - you will make a LOT of great online and offline friends all around the World as well.

One small tip that might help you:

When I stopped focusing on how much money I could make, how many sales at an event I was going to generate, who I thought could afford my program, what other marketers were making.... you know what happened?

I did my first ever 7 figure year online - and I've now got several well named 'gurus' who turn to me for help every time they're about to launch something online (or offline).

Interesting don't you feel?

Good luck my friend,

David Cavanagh

I love the way most here crying over the OP's question will happily take pictures of their income cheques and post on the WWW as proof?

I read the OP and thought "yeah right I'm not giving away my info" but the question in hand does not offend me in the slightest of ways. I'm sure (judging by responses) the OP has offended some of you.

Just curious as to why? it's a question on a marketing discussion board, what kind of questions are you expecting?

I respect all that have been hurt/offended by the OP's question and my statements above are only my opinion. Maybe I've missed something?

Louis

Warriors,

This thread is now turning into a bunch of people all saying what's right, wrong or indifferent... this is absolutely stupid... what's the need for any of this, now that it's all been said over and over again? Sometimes enough is enough don't you agree?

I don't normally talk figures (as I mentioned before) but here I go for the people going on and on in this thread:

Today, I made $39,783 USD online.

May I suggest it might be better if we all focused on helping others, putting the spark back into old customers who need to be 'brought back to life', and start generating new opt-ins from new suspects who hit our websites (in order to convert them into prospects, then customers, then affiliates), then we'd all be making a LOT more money online?

It really amazes me to see people making stacks of posts, and yet I guarantee most of the 'post makers' are struggling to make money online!

This isn't to boast... this isn't to say 'I'm better than you'... I'm just me... but focus on what is important... (have your say by all means)... but if you dislike what anyone says, why don't you just move onto a thread that you DO like?

It's so easy to slag someone off... so easy to yell and scream... simple to say it's 'my way or the highway'... but is what you're saying said to help someone, or is it just to inflate your ego?

One thing: Your ego ain't your amigo... just get onto what helps and not hinders!

David Cavanagh

My biggest inspiration is john reese when he made $1000000 in a day selling 1000 copies for $1000, a internet marketing video course.

That is a great question, I have seen so many click bank views of people's account whether it is true or not I can tell you that I have and one thing I suggest is that you have your own product and then have other ways to create additional income depending on what niche is hot. Check out the video and see one way to do it.

I make plenty more than that. I hate talking about my income, but I think it's acceptable for me to do so, since people rely on me to teach them how to make money online.

shafiq- I read this whole thread because it was a question I wondered about also.

no realizations.. but I think some were a little harsh on you.

Sorry, man. I'm saving that for my own tea bag. If I get a pretty good second-hand one, it could last for a few cuppas. Just have to squeeze-dry it after each use.

Hi Shafig,
Thank you for this thread. I'm not sure you got the answers you were looking for, but if you take just one thing from all this, let it be.....that you found out who you would ask advice from...and who NOT to ask.
I know I have...

Well I honestly dont know how much money I made this last year. Thats one of my goals this year to keep better books for myself instead of letting someone else do it.

But when someone asks this it shouldnt be something that looked at as a bad question. I know I had this same quesiton when I first started off in Internet Marketing. The truth is that everyone has this question in their minds when they first start off. Its this just another scam or are people really making a living?

I would have to say there are a lot more people making 50k a year than 100k. This is not saying that 100k is not achievable but it takes time. Unless you are a programer or something that wrote a program everyone wants its going to take time and constant action.

Whats more of a reality if you have not skills at all but just learning what internet marketing is all about you could easily make 3 to 5 thousand a month after your first few months just by article marketing and promoting affiliate products. But the probelm with all of this is that most people give up to quickly and never still with a schedule and in return never make good money.

I once was in this same boat until I made a schedule and a goal for each day and before I knew it I was making around 3k a month just writing articles promoting products. Now I have reinvested that money and built a business. when you can start outsoucing you can start making the big bucks because then you can take on more.

Anyway more people who actually take action everyday I would say make between 50 to 100k and then the guys that have been doing it for several years now would be above the 100k mark.

My 2 cents,
Jason

End of the day if the 6 figures is not going into your pocket...does it really matter?. Do I really care that someone half way around the world I dont even know just by a online screen name is making 6 figures a year? Not really because im more concerned about my own income and how I can better it.

I wouldn't think that many people make this amount but im finding out that alot of people actually are. Wish i was :/

Thanks for this thread Shafiq Kamal, i now know to stay away from some of the people in the 1st page. Recognizing if people are REALLY making loads of money is a great 1st step. I "believed in myself", i "took action". I researched for hours, weeks on ways to make money online only for it to be a waste of time. Truth is theres scammers out there and theres outdated information.

From my experience the best thing i did was find out who the REAL money makers and follow their step by step courses and then implement it in your own way of course. I bought some teaching programs from Tristan Bull, hes legitimate and it's been a good starting point for me....

Hi

A large part of business success (online or offline) is down to luck.

I find the harder I work the luckier I get!

Good luck

Me lol hardly working man

sad to say, not for me currently

Blimey ! as a terrible newbie I feel like I've stumbled into a right punch up. I can understand why Shafiq asked the question.

If your starting out along the road to freedom (as I like to imagine it when I'm reenacting it with my action men) then you soon realise that there's more to this internet marketing malarky than just trying to sell lumps of cheese over the internet (unless your a dairy producer of course). I guess Shafiq figures what's the point in putting in all this work if all the claims about income (and income is what we all seek let's be honest) are worthless.

Similarly, as an English man, I understand that a persons income is entirely their own business and no one elses. . . . .usually.

However in an industry where ClickBankk accounts and wild income claims are common place can any of us really be offended when somebody wants more 'proof'.

My advice for you Shafiq is to believe half of that which you see and nothing of that which you hear and make your own decisions based upon your own beliefs.

Now that's freedom. . . . . (ooh look I've gone all mystical)

I hear there are people faking pictures of their clickbank and paypal accounts in order to get sales.

What I love about doing business on the net is...

- If you can earn $100 per month you can earn $1,000 per month

- If you can $1,000 per month you can earn $10,000 per month

An internet based business is the Magna Carta opportunity of the 21st century.

Get busy and create another source of income for you and yours!

Hope This Helps!!

TL