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She taught herself this software and earned $200,000 😎
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$200K in 3 Years Helping People With Notion
Free 5 Day VA Challenge
His 77-Page PDF = $90,000 This Year
$12K Profit in 1 Month Making Ads for Social Media
Latest Momentos
Insights From His $1.3 Million Sales Page
From VA to $600K In Only 2 Years
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$200K in 3 Years Helping People With Notion
Molly Jones is a Notion consultant who recently tweeted…
As a Certified Consultant, I've earned over $200,000 working part-time, prioritizing flexibility over money.
She started in 2020, so that's $200K over ~3 years 🤑
In case you're unfamiliar, Notion is a popular productivity and note-taking app.
Sounds like Molly taught herself how to use Notion, then started picking up freelance work…
I came across my first client by accident. There were hardly any people doing Notion Consulting and a girl in a Facebook group just asked if anyone knew anything about Notion. We started talking and I made her an epic workspace for Pennie’s on the dollar and the rest was history!
💬 She also tweets…
within 5 months I made my first $10k/month on client work.
At some point Molly got certified as a Notion Consultant, and now most of her clients come via the Notion Consulting Partners directory…
When I first started I was all about niching to help me FIND clients (design and creative studios were my jam). Now I let the clients come to me (via the certified directory) and I choose not based on industry but who I feel most aligned with
You can see Molly's directory profile here.
It's worth noting that, as of this writing, there are only 66 partners listed in the entire directory. And apparently there are ~30 million Notion users, including ~4 million paid users.
So there's room for plenty more certified consultants methinks 🔥
Molly's advice for working as a Notion consultant…
Don’t take on more than you can handle. I had dreams of building the Notion Consulting empire, hiring loads of help and taking on more than I needed. It’s actually quite easy to run your consultancy with a small team (or by yourself) and easily take in $10k months.
And…
Avoid overcomplicating your build. While you might believe that the client wants all the fancy features & tricks you know, if they are new to @notionhq, it's best to keep things simple.
I like Molly's approach of learning how to use some complicated software and then offering to help others as a consultant 😎
Similar stories we've featured before…
Are you already a power-user of certain software?
Or is there software you'd enjoy mastering? 🤔
If so, you could try doing something similar to Molly and co.
Probably worth prioritizing software that has some kind of certification you can get, and a directory for certified consultants so clients can find you easily 🎯
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Free 5 Day VA Challenge
Today's email is brought to you by The 5 Day VA Challenge.
This is a free challenge by Hannah Dixon to help you get started as a virtual assistant 🚀
You'll learn…
What skills to focus on
How to find clients
How to sharpen your entrepreneurial mindset
It starts Monday, October 23.
One person who went through it before wrote…
I met super cool people and got a client by the end of the challenge!
His 77-Page PDF = $90,000 This Year
Kyle Asay is VP at MongoDB.
He also teaches sales skills via digital products and runs Sales Introverts, which earns him $20,000/month 💰
He recently tweeted…
My most popular product is a 77-page PDF.
It brought in over $90,000 this year and led to 10s of thousands more in upsell revenue.
The product he's referring to is Hit My Quota, which he describes as…
Frameworks that can transform you from bottom of the sales floor to #1 AE [Account Executive] in your company
(yes, even in a recession)
How he created it 👇
I looked at:
- Trainings I had given
- Questions I frequently answered
- Fundamentals I had used to create success
There was a lot of crossover in these three categories.
I created “mini-frameworks” off of those areas.
Then…
I shared the mini-frameworks with my small (but growing) LinkedIn audience.
Then, I documented the mini-frameworks that earned the most positive feedback.
So he used his LinkedIn as a testing ground, sharing bits and pieces and seeing what resonated with his audience 👂
(I bet sharing such material also helped grow his audience)
Later…
I took the top mini-frameworks and organized them into an eBook.
Only 77 pages, but 77 pages of my most proven, actionable, and replicable sales insights.
Initially, Kyle expected the product to earn around $10,000, enough to cover his expenses with some extra spending money.
But the PDF – which sells for $97 a pop – has instead become...
the pillar of a $20k/month internet business I can run while working full-time.
Simple business, real earnings.
And sure, Kyle sounds like a seasoned sales professional with lots of great info to share.
But you could replicate his approach without much experience in your field 👍
For example, as a freelancer with 2-3 years of experience, you could share all you’ve learned that you wish you knew starting out.
Test out your nuggets on social media, build an audience and learn what content is most helpful.
Then package your best tips into a PDF like Kyle did 📝
You probably won't earn $20k/month doing this, but it could easily bring in a few $100 per month in passive income, especially if you keep building your audience.
$12K Profit in 1 Month Making Ads for Social Media
🗂 From the archive, published April 2023…
Dave Giovacchini shares on Reddit that he's 50 years old and recently started a new side hustle…
I make UGC (user generated content) ads for advertisers on social media. Video ads.. short 15, 30 or 60s ads that most look done by an amateur.. (Because they are).
Most easily explained.. the ads you see while scrolling tiktok or Reels. That look like any joe schmo made an ad. The good ones you don't know IF they are an ad until you see the link...
He started back in October 📅
Then in February…
It grossed over $16k and i took home $12k and change in Feb. from it. My original start up cost was $0.
Apparently he spent 6 hours per day working on this in February, and he reckons you could earn up to $25k/month doing it full-time on your own, in your house and around your neighborhood.
Looks like Dave is mainly getting clients via Fiverr, and you can see some samples of his work on his main job listing here 👈
Back on Reddit, he says that being older than most people you see on social media can be an advantage in this line of work…
I also think there is a large market for people over the age of 30. Since the vast majority of 'influencers' trying to make UGC content are young females for beauty and home decor. While the big money advertisers like financial products, insurance, supplements, home improvement, software, apps etc need middle aged or at least over age 30 people as their creators.
Also, it's not like you need a big following on social media to do this…
I started with ZERO followers and advertisers do not care. They simply want video ads made by real people because they have a MUCH higher conversion rate than high polished ads. They are almost always just used in PAID ad campaigns and not for viral or tiktok account holders followers.
That said, Dave is building up his own following on TikTok, where he posts a lot about the business side of things.
Here's a behind-the-scenes video of him creating an ad for hot sauce.
🤣 Key quote from that…
This is part of the script, dance a weird dance, so here I am. I have no pride or shame.
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Latest Momentos
My latest batch of personal ramblings is here if you fancy a look 👀
From October 12, 2023…
When things are going well in my business, I start thinking this won't last forever, better work hard and make hay while the sun shines. When things are going poorly in my business, I start thinking I'd better work hard so I can turn things around. A friend tells me this way of thinking is akin to a gambling addict at a casino.