Damn! I Want To Make Money ALREADY!

Everyone on the web has heard that you can clean out your garage or dust off some things from the basement or attic and make a few bucks by selling it on eBay. I’m not going to dispute that because that is 100% true. Back in the day I took it a step further and sold popular used magazines that I picked up for a song at used book stores, made screen savers based on the hottest trends of the day and a few other like ideas and was able to generate enough extra cash to buy a hot tub and a big screen TV! Now it was some work but I was able to run auctions about every two weeks and make on average $1500 per auction. This was working a few nights a week as I had a full time gig as well. Not bad huh? I’m sure I could have made more but that was all the time I cared to put into it. The return is directly proportional to the effort you put in.

There are tons of methods out there that 'tell' you how to make money, you just have to take action.

If you take action you will make some $$$

If this doesn't sound pathetic I don't know what does.... but that is my situation. At over 50 and back home with my mom and sister and her 2 teenagers is killing me for the last 3 years - that's when I lost my business, home and sold all of my belongings worth anything!! UGH! I'm not ready to accept this as my fate!

I honestly feel that you need to be more confident from reading your post. That's what business is all about...taking some risk. If you fail you try again. You just have to find something that you are really good at and market it. I hope that you are able to figure it out soon and wish you the best. Try having a little more confidence and you will attract positivity.

I really do appreciate all of your replies and for taking the time to help a fellow out.

@JEasy + infinityplr + chill_007 + Miguelito203 - My writing IS fine! If you want me to write about natural healing, nutrition, holistic health, detoxification, my life..... I can right just fine. But to research something that I have no clue about and put in my own words would take me forever. The time it would take to make a measly $5-10 on just one article doesn't seem like time well-spent - $5-10 a day is more than nothing, but I feel there has to be something better and more lucrative. It's not an excuse.... I have tried this!

I already have a website up and have worked mainly Yahoo Answers, LinkedIn and others to promote it..... still no signs of Google ranking it. I even paid for SEO services from Matt LaClear a few months back! I think that my writing is ok - HealingDetoxDiet(dot)com???? Like I said, this is something I am passionate about and have 8+ years in learning it!

@TomBuck - Taking action is, of course, what it takes. I have put hours upon hours in work - writing, backlinking, learning from the pros and following their action plans to a tee, researching keywords, etc.

I got the review site courses from Jan Roos and Michael Franklin and put my heart and soul in them for at least 3 months each... that was a year ago. I bought Pot Pie Girl's squid course and did 5 niches. I did the 30 Day Challenge twice, building a handful of sites with that. Still, averaging $25 a month. Paying my hosting every month cuts that back to $15/ month. I don't know how much longer I can even afford to keep that going.....

@Michael55555 - I want "some" money, not "more"!

@deckman - You got $48 I can borrow? (jk!) I will look deeper into that - if it will work for me and see if I can somehow borrow money.

@scrofford - I know what you're saying.... a VOID can be anything. For instance, someone won't go to sleep unless they find that digital voice recorder that they just got to have! Boom! There's my site. But how can they find it when it's buried in Google's 12th page ... all because you could not afford to keep a good SEO program going and keeping up with all the algorithmic changes?

I have the secret (only because not too many people know of it) to healing naturally your body, mind, emotions and spirit! Many people want that info and it would definitely fill that void of great health!

@FrankMiller - I said at least 4 hours. My mother is handicapped and depends on me to help her at all times of the day. I have put in upwards of 10 hours working on projects some days.

@louie6925 - 4 sites = $40 about... ain't got it! I have 6 review sites already.... just sitting there. I have put MUCH time and energy working SEO for them in forums, profile links, quality commenting, Yahoo Answers, etc. I seriously don't understand how a person can have luck with this - it is beyond my comprehension being that I've done that for a long time!

Basically, I'm done with IM! I have put well over $2,000 into IM only to get a return of about 15% of that over 2.5 years time. The time has come that I must draw the line and realize that this isn't working for me. And, considering that I no longer have the income of state assistance any more I cannot spend any more.

@moneymakersguide - Confidence has left the building with IM!

@ Wantrepreneur - pm sent!

Totally agree. I got started on eBay years back very simple especially if you have stuff sitting around that you don't use

Wow! - the meanies come out late!! I'm just kidding! Actually, I just reread my original post and boy did I sound like a big cry baby! Thanks for the slaps in the face - they were all reality checks! Seriously folks, you are all right and some with great ideas. I guess it was a cry for help so that I could pick your brains coz mine is just not creatively thinking lately and the depression and staleness was overwhelming me.

@scrofford - I don't have the resources to tide me over to build a business, I need to start bringing in real money and now. I don't want things placed in my lap - I worked hard at putting together my business and so far, it's not been lucrative. I'm not quitting, I'm relocating!!

Show me one person on here that has made a decent income who did not put money into learning the ropes of some good program or bought an SEO service and such!

@kindsvater - The word can't was not allowed in our household either when I was young! Did you ever think that people come up with so-called "excuses" because they have hit a wall or 2 and suddenly everything seems so obscure? And, no, I haven't heard of the infamous what to do when you're desperate thread but will surely check it out.

I do appreciate all the advice - see, I would've never thought of some of those things. A quick fix? How about something that can bring me in some income right away - doesn't have to be much at all. That's basically what I'm looking for right now and I can work on my healing site daily to build that up.

I have signed up just recently with an occupational therapist, but like I said, it is very tough for me to leave home. There's gotta be something out there that isn't a scam or that doesn't involve writing that will let me draw checks.

@webpeon - I'm going to take you up on that!!

@Cheryl Low - Thanks for all your advice on building up my healing business! Someone just ordered a book for me as a "get out of my gloom" gift. It's called, The Prosperity Secret - it looks very enlightening and am excited to start feeling whole again without the depression that has recently veiled over me.

I hope you didn't think I was being mean I think it is good sometimes to get told straight tho, no? I have it done to me many times, it is just if you take it and grow or get annoyed by it. Sounds like you are growing!

Good luck in whatever you do!

Kirsty
xxx

*raises hand*

The systems that I've put money into haven't worked. The systems that I taught myself or were taught for free have worked wonders.

I've been paid very well to learn IM due to strategic placement and maneuvering. You can do the same thing...it's just a matter of looking at things differently and looking for opportunities where they seem least likely.

-- j

OH MY! I thank you all for your supporting words of wisdom! In my desperate cry, I am blessed with true inspiration! I'm going to get off of my keester and get cracking at writing my own articles on health. @nasuryono - I'm going to do just what you had suggested, first! @webpeon - You will be hearing from me momentarily, also, so don't forget who I am when you get the pm with 20 articles!

Then, after I begin to see some income generated, I will be taking action on Joseph Then's advice to do Ether. @Joseph Then - I will be happy to help you out with your health condition!!! When you're ready, just pm me.

Starting this thread was done by putting my ego aside and humbly asking for help, which I don't like to do too often. But, I'm so glad that I got tons of brainstorm activity from the lot of you! This is graciously one fantastic forum filled with amazing people - you are all gems!

Sincerely, thank you all!

I understand what you are at, I have been there too and I have figure much what the problem is.

I used to have the same problem and i was looking for any money making on the internet, any affiliate program or data entry.
My answer is Stop searching, pick one method and just stick with it.

You can build a couple of websites niche related like computer related stuf or something. I did well in the weight loss niche after a couple of months i have earned some good money. I also did some dataentry, in like freelancercom, the problem is most of them are scams.
What i did i have one online job, but it was by accident by some legitimate company and i financed some software. and also PPV like directcpv.

Stick with one method, what I liked where methods like onehourjobs or google sniper. Remeber any blue prints work, but don't get too distracted! If you are looking and searching for any other method, you are only losing time. Just stick with one method it will work. for a beginner i don't suggest paid traffic


When i was searching for any other method i only built websites, but somehow i couldn't push my self to do linkbuilding socialbookmarking and etc.

What really helped constantly worked on some of my blogs, some of the programs can go down or some niches go well in certain period of time, but it is best to build multiple kinds of income streams.

Me about articles:

I couldn't even write proper english or dutch or whatever language there is.
I had this one dayjob once that i had to write some articles for, that kept me going a little bit, somehow I learned to write articles with CTR and seo and stuff.

I don't do seo articles anymore, the aren't that effective i think, I have some curation software that i bought from this forum..

I curate and write and add my own stuff.


Just take a simple action plan and strategy, decide what you want to promote. Maybe something you are familiar with. For example my fiancee knows a lot about guitars amplifiers and tubes, he tells me all this stuff that are all related in that niche that he knows a lot about. He only is in that niche, with the methods that I teach him. Sticking only with a few affiliate program.



And promote promote promote.

I really pushed myself hard in learning everything since 2010.
I started out in learning seo tricks etc.


One other reason to stick with just a few methods: You can easily get overwhelmed which will leave you doing nothing.


Build the site promote and take constant action. try to find out what you can promote...

Stay away from dataentry, they can be all scams, not everything perhaps. You can do some online jobs like to get some money to it.
But you need to focus main on your business.

Good luck!


look in linkshare or share a sale for some products you can promote perhaps cj if digital products niches are too hard for you

So then just about EVERY WSO, and other IM product creator/vendor/affiliate is simply lying?

I am not being sarcastic.

I don't think you, or anyone else - not to pick on ANYONE here, can show even ONE ad copy, of ANY type that says you will have to work their idea/system/product/WSO(!!!) for MORE THAN 8 hours per day, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK!!

And here is a person with a WAR ROOM membership, that is admitting to NOT making any income, WAR ROOM membership not withstanding.

Anyone care to explain what is going on here?

I don't know if your problem with writing is about writer's block or lack of patience with typing, but you might try DNS (Dragon Naturally Speaking) - If you haven't heard of it, it's a speech dictation program that can transcribe your speech into a Word document (or any other text editor file). Some folks find it easier than typing, if you're already used to typing you might not get along with it. But it might be worth a shot...

Search the WF - there are several threads discussing it.

Here's one: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-products.html

OMG how funny, i just followed your instructions, create a profile and a guy just send me a message with a picture, the problem is what do I write back. I have my adult affiliate link already but when he visits it he is not going to sign up and see that I am just someone trying to promote a sex site, so how do i make it convert following my affiliate link?

Also I am confused about something, is asking me for webmasters codes, pay per sign up, revshare, and broker. Which one of those do I choose?

You asked about a theme. I am using atahualpa with an eCommerce child theme. It is quite flexible and it is free. Google atahualpa theme with ecommerce. This will give you a good example of what you can do with this theme.

There are some really good ideas posted. I thank you all for this info. I also am struggling to make money.

I think so many marketers miss what you're saying here - they look at it as a set of steps to be performed, like a recipe. "If I get your recipe and do exactly what you did, I'll get the same results". That's great for cooking, not good for IM.

Like you said - the customer should be the first concern - it's all about finding value for him, or matching him to a solution.

Kindle books: That's one of the other areas I've been focusing on. Lots of potential there. Good luck!

seems like a bit of a harsh comment, especially if the guy is terminally ill....but i must say you have a point. think of it this way: EVERYONE hates going to the doctor. So if you can give them a way to actually cure something herbally (using your personal results as proof) this can be a very valuable thing...