How would you invest $15 000?

I'd invest it in augmented reality apps

I'd invest it in shares if you are looking for a sure thing.

Be very careful if you are contemplating buying something on Flippa. There is a lot of crap on that website nowadays so you must be VERY careful. I've seen many people burnt.

With $15,000 budget, Start a blogging + list building with PPC marketing. Choose one niche and focus it for long term.

I'd invest it in a product creation and building a buyer's list.

PPC testing, testing, testing with list building.

With $15,000 you should be able to double or triple that with the right funnel. No joke.

What PPC networks you guys recommend?

15k is quite a big numbers.

For me I would ignore
-Buy Good solid investment on Flippa
-Build allot of mini niche sites

because i don't think it work .
Flippa not a good choices to invest due to lot of poor service and bad review fromthere.
Build lot of mini niche sites is good but it would be great to take the time to blog more content for your site might help in SEO. Focus one work better than focus too much .

Unless you make money with adsense then you might create lot of sites.

I would recommend CPA marketing. But since you have some background with SEO and social media. Why not just build a authority website.

I would invest in building profitable niche websites for massive online profits in the long-term.

Lol. "Solid investment" and "Flippa" should not be used in the same sentence together.

As for investing your $15K, I would say focus on a single business model that has potential to pay off big time, and put all your effort and energy into that. Maybe make a high end product and just focus on selling it.

Create 2-3 HUGE Amazon affiliate sites packed with reviews. Or create small Amazon sites focusing on products with very low competition Both can work

I think you should be something that you are strong at instead of venturing out on something you are not sure.

Or do something that's related to your current business model and grow along the way?

But definitely a 'no-no' to use this sort of money to take some break.

Spread out 5k of it, and use it to test all your favorite ideas for a few months.

Then put the next 10k into your best idea.

If you're looking for a long term business then try to make an autority site
It will take time yes, but you will make money with it
hire a good seo compagny to do seo work for you

Fastest way to lose $15K
Ask complete strangers for investment advice on a forum where a small percentage are actually making a substantial income...
Check your inbox, you'll be getting a lot of "private offers"...

You can outsource your works and get into mobile apps. That would be the future.

Personally, I would consider investing some of that in a quality coach, to take it to the next level.

There are too many specifics about any one plan of action for a forum to come up with the answers you need.

Unless of course you are just looking for suggestions... and already have all the knowledge you need to move up fast. In which case ignore everything I just said.

I only say this because I used to pay good money to learn taiji from an expert... I paid good money to learn drums from an expert.

I am now an expert in both. And I still pay for more coaching when I want to raise my standards.

It took me a long time to realise it was worth me doing the same to learn how to build a business.

Just be very careful who you choose as a coach though.

This way you are armed with someone's experience to save you time and money... and then a bunch of cash left over that you will actually spend wisely (provided of course you have chosen your coach wisely... which is another conversation all in itself).

Good luck.

I wouldn't go investing it. The only thing that you might do if say I had just 15k to my name and I was desperate to use it to get some income coming in is this.... if you want to get a quick ROI, just go buy a cheap pickup truck for say 500 dollars from an auction. Then post ads all over the net for stuff like: Junk removal, deliveries, dog walking, house siting, landscaping, handyman... and really there are tons of services that with a cheap truck or a van you could go and do. Avoid ones that you have to get a ton of tools. Just simple services. I know this is way off IMing stuff, but worse case scenario you don't lose anything but some time. The truck will still be worth roughly what you paid for it. So you lose nothing. Where as if you go trying to invest that money online it's almost a guarantee that you'll lose your money. I would avoid that like the plauge. Most any website can be started online for ultra cheap or free. You certainly don't need to spend 15k on a start up that you can do for next to free by being ultra frugle about the ways in which you start you site. But ya go buy a truck and try that out. The ROI could be incredible if you really put your mind to it and aren't affraid of some honest work.

I would invest part of it in List Building and Forex Trading as both are my specialties.. My both options help in generating good income with one time investment.

In List building if you generate a mailing list of let's say 10,000 responsive subscribers which could be done by investing just around $2000 to $3000 you can start generating income of at-least $100 to $500 a day with selling solo ads and promoting affiliate offers..

And in forex trading you can start with let's say $5000 (as you have good budget) and generate about $100 to $500 a day from the day one by spending few minutes a day. (Forex trading is a risky market this is suggested only to experienced guys. You can generate income only if you do it right way.)

If you need any help in any of above two things you can contact me anytime.

Pay off debt first - even if you have more than $15k worth of debt. Your income is your greatest tool for building wealth, and if your income is going out the door in the form of monthly payments your overall working capital is reduced. You can do a lot more with that than you can with a $15k lump sum.

Thanks for all the replies and advice and tips! Im just trying to get ideas on what other IMers would do with 15K ammo.

@ronrule, the 15k is pure profit, as my business has no real expenses other than hosting etc..

- build a list (I would build a smaller list and test it first, if you like the return, go for it, ROI depends on your list's quality + your relationship with your subscribers)

- create a quality product / service, build huge customer base

- try PPC with CPA (just wisely)


# Flippa: 90% of the sites are garbage, don't let them scam you, build your own business, forget Flippa!

# Mini niche sites: I wouldn't say it is the safest way for a long-term business.

for making a good profit through that, yeah go for flippa if you have a good adsense account. Keep updating the sites and bring some cool visitors too

Do not buy ready made sites with possible fake statistics. If you want to run your own business, hire experts. $15k is a lot of money so be careful. By this moment or sooner, I am sure your inbox will be flooded with possible offers. Think 1000000 times...

Thanks again WF members! I have decided to invest a portion of the money in PPC + CPA, List building... Going to Invest majority of the $$$ into a niche that is not IM related, but have done some research and im pulling the trigger! thanks for all the suggestions and advice!

Hi Rudz69, I hope my suggestion is not too late so here it goes. I'd create a solid product and affiliate tools with $1000 and get affiliates to promote it.

I'll use the a couple of thousands for media buys only after I've exhausted my list of affiliates and JV partners.

The rest of the money, I'll keep aside for future projects or just invest it in the share market.
Goodluck with your project , I hope it turns out well for you.