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 "C’mon
Jim, $300,000 working
part-time with no employees?"
OK, let me cut to the chase here. I
mentioned a specific figure of $300,000 and that's how much I
average a
year online. (Actually, my best year produced more than $500,000
in revenue!)
But let me clear something up right now... I
did NOT do that my first year online, and you probably can't
either. (Contrary to what lots of other "marketers" will
have you believe!)
But before you get too disappointed,
let me say this... you can do quite well
your very first year. I'll share some of my own hard figures with
you in a moment so you'll know how well you can do. I'll
even show you the step-by-step process I took, so you can copy it
if you would like to.
But
$300,000 a Year?
"Does your simple, web-based business really pull in that much money?" ...
In a word, YES!
And
that figure could be much higher if I weren't so lazy. (Many
weeks I work as little as 12-15 hours - especially during golf season!)
I realize many of you reading this
right now may have a hard time believing it is possible for
one person to make six figures a year, from the comfort of home.
(Although many of you who have been with me as a BizWeb Gazette
subscriber since the beginning may have no problem at all believing
it.) But it is exactly what I have been able to accomplish.
And sure, those figures represents gross
income. Uncle Sam gets his hands on a nice chunk too. (Actually,
I now pay more in taxes each year than I took home annually at my
old job.) But considering I really do work when I want and have
no one to answer to, I'm pretty happy with the results so far. A
six-figure a year business from your basement may seem outrageous
to many, but it really is "par for the course" for lots
of new cyber-business owners. (The few who do it right anyway.)
Now
you may be wondering...
"How is all that money made?"
It's all pretty simple actually...
A good chuck of it comes from direct sales at my website, where I
promote my small selection of manuals. Customers place orders using
their credit cards and the money goes into my bank account.
Another sizable chunk of income arrives via commission checks. Every month
I receive a handful of checks in the mail. These checks
come from a small group of carefully selected affiliate programs
I've joined on the web. Some checks are small and some are for
thousands of dollars.
But the best part is this... all this "money-making" happens whether I'm working
or not.
Now I am NOT telling you all this to
brag, and no, I am certainly not "filthy rich." Although
six figures a year may seem like a lot of money to some folks, I
consider this income just a mere step in the right direction. I
plan to increase my income while decreasing my workload even further
over the next few years. (Hmm... what a crazy concept... "work
less, but make more"... too bad
most people do it the other way!)
But let’s talk about right now,
not a few years from now.
Right now, I can think of lots of folks
who could use an extra three or four thousand bucks every week.
Maybe you’re one of them. Or perhaps you’d be happy making
even an extra $1000 bucks a month? Whatever your goals
are, I'd like to help you reach them.
But I must caution you before we continue...
I will not guarantee that everyone reading this right now will have
the same success I've had. Many people get all the information
they need, then do nothing with it. Different people have different ambitions.
But I can promise one thing…
I will reveal every key step I’ve
taken to get here. If you're interested in trading your job for
"making a living online," you just got started on that
path. And all you have to do is read on, discover the
steps I've taken, and copy them! (By the way... you don't
have to quit your current job to earn money online. Heck, I wouldn't
even recommend that. You should never quit your job until your online
income surpasses your current job!)
Now before I reveal those steps to
you, I'd like you to listen to a few more details about my own story.
Only then will you realize that I really am just an average, ordinary
guy. Actually, years ago I never even dreamed I'd ever have my own
business. I never sold a thing in my life and had no desire to.
I was pretty content working 40-50 hours a week for the same company
for 10 years. I had even made it up to service manager, just before
my contentment was shaken by an ugly word -- perhaps you've heard
it before...
Downsize
The mid-1990s was not a good time to
be a new manager in an old company that had too many employees.
As downsizing reared its ugly head, I began to wonder when my number
would be up. What would I do without my $400 salary every week?
I had zero money in the bank and all my credit cards had somehow
gotten close to their limits. I didn’t realize it, but I truly
was living from paycheck to paycheck.
If I was next to get that famous pink
slip, I was in trouble. I had no "plan B" to go to. Moving
back in with my parents at 30 was not something I was prepared to
do. (I doubt they would have embraced the idea either!) I figured
it was time to find another way to make money.
Money
Does Not Always Come From Money…
Now for some odd reason, I had always
believed that people who had money were born into it. Although this
is true in some cases, these days it is becoming less true all the
time. I’m living proof that you can also make your
own fortunes in this world.
In early 1996 I took my modest tax
refund ($300) and bought my first computer. It was an old beat up
386 - slow as molasses. I fired it up every night when I got home
from my job, and started researching ways to make money online.
I bought dozens of books and read everything I could get my hands
on. And I failed miserably for three months...
That's
right, I failed big time before hitting pay dirt.
The fact is, many now successful entrepreneurs,
have failed repeatedly before hitting on something that works. So
if you've been trying without success, you're in good company!
My first failure?… I figured I
would make my fortunes at mail-order. Unfortunately, I had no idea
what I was doing. I made exactly $50 in sales during the first two
months and my expenses enormously outweighed my income. A total
flop, right?
Well… not completely. I experienced
some very valuable lessons during that short "discovery
period" – as I like to call it. And within the
next few months of this "awakening" I started my rapid
ascent. The biggest lessons I learned:
How you market something is what matters most.
Sure, you need a solid product or service, but you can locate
those anywhere. (I'll explain that later.) It's the actual marketing
that makes or breaks small businesses and I had no idea of the
importance of that when I got started. Once I learned the techniques
that really work, I was on my way.
The real world is no place for a small or home-based business.
At least not if you want to double or triple your income every
year. There is only one place that this type of rapid income growth
can perpetuate – in cyberspace. Only online can
a "tiny-budget business" experience rapid growth in
income. There are lots of reasons for this. Among them are
the tiny operating costs, a global customer base, and more. Take
my word for it. I am a living, breathing example of just how powerful
a force the Internet is for small and home-based businesses.
So
how did you get to where you are today, Jim?…
Well, as I mentioned above, it was
not an overnight process. If you're looking for overnight riches,
even online, you can look elsewhere. And you'll find plenty
of marketers offering just that. Unfortunately, they won't
be able to deliver on it. Folks looking for overnight riches had
better stick to playing the lottery. Because your odds of hitting
the lottery are better than overnight success in any business.
But that's not to say you can't grow an income source online, and
do it much faster than you can anywhere else...
With my first failure behind me, by
my fourth month in my online business I was up to almost
$750 a week in sales. Then after eight months, I hit $1700 a
week. And by the end of that same year I started, I was making enough
money on my own, part time, to render my once "cherished"
9-5 job unnecessary. Actually, keeping my job was costing
me money by the end of that first year. I knew I could make
far more if I spent more time in my home business!
I
beat my boss to the punch! You should have seen his face.
He probably thought I was coming into
his office that morning to ask if I was next in line for the ax.
What he got instead was my resignation letter. And by dedicating
more time to my home business, my income did continue to
rise.
At the one-year mark it went over $2000
per week. And in my third full year, the income from my site and
the affiliate programs I had joined surpassed $200,000. Each
year, even when I work less hours, the income just keeps coming.
In fact, it's no longer just about the
money. Sure, the money is great, but working only when I want and
spending more time with my family is the best part. The beauty of
it is that I now have the freedom to do whatever I want with
my time. Not many people can say that and really mean it.
And the most important thing to remember
from my example is this: There is no way, you or I or anyone else
in the world can attain pay increases like those described above
when you are working for someone else. It is impossible. Unless
you are a professional athlete with skills that match the greatest
players in the world, you just can’t do it.
However, in your own business, once
you get started on the right path, your income can grow indefinitely.
Oh sure, you’ll have to do some work. I never said you
could make six figures a year without putting in some effort.
But hey, if you run your own online business the right way, you
can automate most of the work and still get
richer all the time.
And
remember: Just about anyone can do exactly what I'm
doing. All you have to do is follow the steps I’ve taken...
Now let's get into
the specifics of how you can copy my simple,
step-by-step formula and make your living online...
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