I run more than fifteen websites monetized by products, ad networks and affiliate programs. Adsense, Tribal Fusion, Clickbank, Commission Junction… I tried em all. They consistently deliver the goods and allow me to bum of royally. One can definitely live off the internet!
But occasionally, I need a spike of cash (like when the gf wants to go on a shopping spree or a family emergency comes up). To solve this problem, I simply turn to my cash cow… Digitalpoint. I snap my fingers and bam! A grand flows in. Well… not always a grand. Sometimes just 4.95 grand. Sometimes less. <grin>
Want to know how I do it?
It’s very easy, really.
If you don’t know, the DigitalPoint forums is a massive marketplace of people selling online expertise. Check out this link:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24
Any given second, you’ll find people selling one page ebooks to 200 page behemoths. Anywhere from $2 to $99. Then there are also blokes selling reviews, links, content and the like. You can peddle a PR6 link for $50. You can also peddle copywriting skills for $10. It’s a magical haven to make money if you have expertise.
What’s that I hear? You don’t have any? OF COURSE YOU DO. For as long as you know something the next joe doesn’t, THAT’S EXPERTISE.
Starting early last year, I started producing little info products of systems I use to build traffic, to generate content, to attract readers…. basically stuff I took for granted. Adobe Professional helps me compile these into little ebooks which I then market off with a little NLP expertise. Then pow! I get queries. Then orders. Paypal fills up…. and I fill up my girlfriend’s shopping cart.
You don’t need to spend money to make money. Simply convert your expertise into a marketable product. Brush up on your copywriting skills then post it.
Have a look at one of my threads
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=763712
7,961 views as of 5/2/08. 296 replies. Most of them paid the $19 for content they loved.
You can do the same. It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s empowering.
Go for it!
