What To Do If You're Desperate Index

2. Ideas that probably aren't the best for those in a truly desperate situation...ie

a. Thievery
b. Network marketing
c. CPA
d. Gambling (ie playing poker)
e. Selling your body

I tried No e....Don't try this if your a bloke over 21 on a street corner at 3 in the morning.....The only thing the police officers said to me as they laughed themselves into breathlessness is "That I couldn"t even give my body away"......I now am still broke and have a fear of laughing coppers.

Good post though..

Hm, this is a pretty vague post...

Goals need to be taken into consideration.

If I was a single guy, I'd rather make $20,000/per year online, then $100,000/per year working a job.

There's a lot of wealth found in being your own boss.

Hey RS-

Thanks for all the valuable feedback.

I've answered each of your concerns below

NO - the post that was linking out to was not valuable in the least. That was an error. I didn't include any posts like that without value, unless perhaps like the one you found which was completely by accident. That link now goes out to the correct post:

Offer to do dull and time consuming online services

Now, perhaps you could still make the argument that that particular post isn't valuable because it doesn't have a ton of actionable information.

To that, I would answer in 2 ways:

1. You are correct. Lots of detailed step by step info is not present in that post, but does that make it any less valuable?

2. Length and detail of post was not a qualifier to be included in this index, similar to the original 'What to do if you're desperate' thread. However, unlike the original thread, what I did try to do was only include posts that I thought added value and I didn't link out to the hundreds of duplicate posts that added no additional value to the original (first posted) idea.

I happen to think that even though that post is quite short, the idea is quite good, and that is the general spirit of the original thread - to act as an idea generation mechanism


Please see my reply above. Posts that I felt had a usable idea, even if there was no 'step-by-step' were still included because I think they could still be useful to people.

If they hit that post, they might decide they like that idea and already have a good working knowledge of the process.

If they don't know the process, and still like the idea, that is when research mode is supposed to take over if the author didn't include a step by step plan. They could start with the search function right here at WF to gather more information.

RS, your post WAS very good, and I absolutely did include it in the index. It's in the "Offering Online Services To Local Businesses" section and the post is linked out as follows:

Produce videos for local high-end service businesses

Nice work on that post BTW. I liked it a lot.

I actually did more filtering than you think. A LOT more...

The process went like this:

- Go through and read all the posts one by one

- Decide if what was in the post was at all useful

- If the post was useful, was it a duplicate idea already presented?

- If the post was a duplicate idea, did it merit inclusion because it had a new take on the idea, or a new spin?

- For the posts that qualified (as above) extract the main purpose or idea presented in the post so that could be used to link out the the post in the original thread.

- Once I had all the threads I wanted to use and all of the Anchor texts set, I then went in a grabbed all the links to each of the posts.

- Once I did that, I started working on structure, formatting and linking in the test thread making sure they layout was reasonable and made sense.

This was a ton of work for a thread that contained over 1000 posts.

Yes. Again, posts with thanks vs posts with NO thanks was not the only qualifier for inclusion. I do believe I did include nearly every single post that did receive a lot of thanks though.

And you are right. Some of the posts with zero 'thanks' I did see lots of value in, particularly later into the thread.

Remember, as a thread grows and develops, especially to the point where is more than 20 pages long, fewer and fewer people venture to those later pages and 'Thanks' start dying out - even for really great contributions to the thread.

That is another reason a thread like this one here that indexes everything inside the main thread is a good idea. It will improve the original thread as well going forward.

Why?

Who wants to read through 20+ pages of posts just to see if an idea they have has already been presented before posting it?

No one!

That is why the original thread has 30-40 different posts suggesting people go to Fiverr and offer a service.

30-40 of them are duplicates offering no additional value whatsoever.

People can come here (if they should so choose) and take a look and in under 5 minutes know whether or not an idea they have for the 'What to do if you're desperate' thread has already been presented.

If it has, and they have no additional value to offer, they might just decide to save their breath.

Short on time? Well, you are right, I didn't really want to spend 3 days putting this thread together, but as it was, it did take me an entire day. Some of the work was fun, but some was a total pain.

I feel the end product is very useful and will be a huge benefit to Warriors.

I will make changes/improvements here as well when new ideas are added to the original thread from time to time.

I don't feel it's my place to delete the entire spiritual/motivational section. There were lots of Warriors who found value in many of those ideas.

Thanks again for all your thoughts. Very much appreciated. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Alex

Thanks Paul. Much faster and easier than chasing down 100's of individual threads per months.

Best,
Alex

Great list Alex! this will help a lot of people.
Enough ideas to pick from.

This is fantastic! I had always thought those long threads need to be better organized. If your desperate you don't want to spend and entire day reading what to do. Great job.

No, he couldn't. At least not without getting permission from every person quoted. According to the WF TOS, each individual poster retains copyright to their posts, granting a pretty wide license to the WF. Freelancer could publish the thread or an edited version of it, but a random member couldn't.

Not to take anything away from Alex or his post. He definitely did yeoman's work sifting through that monster and culling out the dupes, link drops, promos, etc.

Hello Friend,

I have checked the link you are referring to, the Peephole Installation link, and it's working
just fine.

It doesn't go to a 'blank' page, it links to a post that references the original idea as posted in the "What to do if You're Desperate" thread. The post it's linked to also describes one Warriors' success with the peephole installation method.

Again, you can see that post Here

In case it's not clear, the What To Do If You're Desperate Index (the thread you are on now) puts all of the most useful posts from the What To Do If You're Desperate (original thread) in one place.

A brief description of each original contribution is given in this index, and then the original post is linked to if you would like to explore the idea further, get more information or find the specifics of each idea (if applicable).

It was built to make navigating that monstrous thread fast and easy. Nearly all 'duplicate' ideas have been removed. Each idea is presented in a relevant category with a brief explanation of what it's about. You won't need to waste a bunch of time reading through duplicate posts or methods/ideas that aren't of any interest to you.

Now, if you are looking for more in-depth information on any particular topic, you have 2 choices:

1. Contact the original poster and ask for clarification and/or further information

2. Conduct your own research into the idea presented, and learn everything you think you need to in order to get started, then simply start taking action

Nothing you do will be perfect the first time you try it, but you will get better with practice and patience.

The really good news is that with many of the ideas presented, you are still able to make money with a 'less than perfect' finished product. Just takes getting out there and giving them a shot and finding a method that fits you!

Since you seem to be interested, I did some legwork on your behalf, and found that Warrior Martin Buckley has put together a complete guide explains in detail exactly how to get started in the peephole installation business. It's called 'Electric Drill Profits'.

I'm not sure where he sells it at right now, but if you PM him, I'm sure that he would be happy to help.

Best,
Alex

P.S. - I checked through dozens and dozens of other links on the index, as you seemed to suggest that 'many other links' weren't working as advertised. I didn't find a single link that wasn't working correctly.

Warriors - if you find a link in this thread that isn't working correctly, or needs updating or something, just shoot me a PM and I will be happy to fix it. Please be specific though!

Just telling me that 'a bunch of links' aren't working isn't very helpful, as I would need to spend time wading through hundreds of links to find the culprits!

P.P.S - As I've been getting a bunch of requests recently, I am planning to update this thread within the next couple of days to completely index all of the new ideas that have been added to the What To Do If You're Desperate thread since my last update over a year ago. There have been some fantastic ideas generously shared by Warriors since then.

Thanks!