I'm going to give you the quick and dirty of it, and share the raw, real truth behind making money online. My experience at least.

Yesterday's $1,000+ day came from:

• Building my online business and brand
• Diversified income streams
• Hard work

one of the payments from yesterday

How did I make money?

I sold digital products, like ebooks and courses.

I sold services, like brand partnerships where a brand pays me to feature them on my social media or I'm paid to make them content for their socials.

How it works?

This does not happen overnight, but it can happen quickly.

For me...

• I made about $500 within 2 days of starting
• I didn't figure it out myself, I took a course
• There were ups and downs, inconsistency until I was more experienced

While I was building my business, I felt like giving up many times.

I would have wild swings in income, making $600 one day and nothing for a week and a half, then a few hundred dollars then 4 figures, then nothing.

This became consistent over time.

The breakdown

My business is multifaceted and I have diversified income.

If you were to start, I would recommend starting with one income stream, master it, then add more.

You could start with:

1. Creating and selling your own digital product, like an ebook
2. Becoming an affiliate for a product and marketing for affiliate commissions
3. Making content for brands and getting paid as a UGC creator
4. Starting an AI influencer social media account and monetize it

Yes, I took a course. I wanted a shortcut.

I'm not here to sell you on a course. You can start without one but, if you're struggling, don't know where to start, or need a step-by-step walkthrough.

Also, if you don't want to waste your time, I'd recommend it.

What's next?

I have a free digital marketing guide to learn more. Comment FREE or DM me FREE and its yours.

I do website flipping on the side. I made around $30K from it last year and I do this every year, started about a decade ago.

Here's how it works...

1. I make a website with no-code tools
2. I grow it and then flip it (sell it) on a marketplace

First thing is I pick a niche and make a website about that thing. I choose something I like.

Some of my past sites that I've made and flipped:

• Gardening
• Coffee
• Homesteading
• Budgeting
• Parenting
• Business

I create the site with no-code tools like WordPress. Now, I'm exploring AI builders to create my websites.

Next, I grow the site. I'll do a starter site and sell it over the short term for $100 to $500 each.

Or, I'll build the site over a few years, monetize and traffic-build, add SEO and sell it for 4-5 figures.

My last established site I flipped was over 3 years old and sold for $26,500.

That's it

I don't no coding. I'm not a web dev or computer programmer. Yet, I can make these websites and sell them over and over again.

I call this a quiet side hustle. No heavy selling. No social media. Independent work you can do in your spare time.

You do need time (it'll take up to 1-3 hours to make the website) and money (each site will run $20 to $50 to build).

Examples:

• Build a finance blog with $35 and flip it for $400
• Build a parenting blog over 2 years with $100 ($50 each year), monetize it to $200/mo and flip it for $5K
• Build a gardening blog with $40 and flip it in 2 weeks for $550

I call it website flipping, creating and flipping websites.

Have you done this before?

Would you?

I have done a few of these roundups, and they seem to be enjoyed so here are the sites that paid me during April. Let's go...

Here's the list of sites...

Medium ($XX) - I write on Medium.com. I ended with over 1,700 followers and over 1,100 email subscribers.

I just started a second Medium page and I want to launch a 3rd more niche one. I attract A LOT of sponsors on Medium. I also grow my email list and sell products plus make affiliate referrals. The income shown $XX doesn't count all that, just from the Medium Partner Program.

Wanna do it? Go to Medium.com and click Write (upper righthand corner) to signup free

Facebook ($XX)- I was less lazy with Facebook. I hit 7 figure views and got my monthly Ppal drop from posting. I'm in the Content Monetization program for this page. It started about a year ago, grew from zero to 17K followers in about 4 months and I still run it.

P-hip ($XXX) - Over $600 in April. I sell digital products and services. My free guide.

Proof...

https://preview.redd.it/krlx5crci00h1.png?width=728&format=png&auto=webp&s=4a5b86c613cc4e1c9e3de8b78a748ae039aa1b5a

TikTok ($X, XXX) - Brand deals and selling digital products.

Reddit ($X,XXX) - I do lots with Reddit: sell products, sell services like coaching and audits, etc. There's so much money to be made on this platform.

I see entrepreneurs and startups thrive here so I decided to make it a more serious income stream and it has paid off. Yes, I have a Reddit course (code DIGITAL for 50% OFF)

Instagram ($X,XXX) - One of my largest income streams. My Instagram is where I earn affiliate commissions and sell digital products. I do it 100% faceless.

Threads ($XXX) - I refer products on Threads through making Thread posts and it helps me sell products and services.

For example, this post got over 3,000 views and attracted people to my DMs to connect. These connections turned into sales.

https://preview.redd.it/cww0ksc7j00h1.png?width=632&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb838928e6a24120f9857b6790a01eb704e05bfa

PP ($X,XXX) - This is a mix of affiliate commissions, and miscellaneous one-off projects and payments during the month, including services for coaching and consulting. I get passive income payments too, like from affiliate commissions (example below)...

https://preview.redd.it/fm3c2b0lj00h1.png?width=456&format=png&auto=webp&s=4caf208bae6fbbaf13370a5ccef70dbfbbd5f43a

That was my April!

What do you think?

What websites paid you this month?

This came from running a sponsored brand deal in a hybrid sponsored/affiliate campaign. The first 2 weeks made about $15K and it's grown by $5K to $10K per month since then.

My takeaways

1. Boring offers can make the most money
2. Audience alignment matters
3. Education converts
4. Evergreen is the GOAT

Boring offers

At the end of the day, regardless of how boring your offer might be, if it's a solution for your audience, it can be a win.

Whenever I start a new campaign with a brand, I think deeply about my audience.

What are their pain points?

How can I help them?

How can the product be a solution to their problem?

This is where audience alignment comes in.

The right product, the right audience

The audience is so important and the product you offer needs to be the perfect fit.

It helps them. It solves their problem.

Education converts well and evergreen wins!

Hard selling really isn't needed. You can even skip the soft sell, honestly. Come from a place of wanting to educate your audience.

Tutorials and storytelling are my secret sauce for this.

Then lastly, evergreen content that can last forever, always wins.

Photo proof in first comment.

What’s the most surprising affiliate product you’ve seen make money?

I wanted to share this $1,000 side hustle I’ve been doing for the past few years that hardly anybody talks about.

Let’s get into it!

My $1K Underground Side Hustle

It’s really not underground but, it’s not often talked about.

• No phone calls
• No paid ads
• 100% faceless

DM selling!

I have made over $1,000 from sending messages!

There’s two ways to do this…

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