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$20K per month from reading Reddit posts out loud š±
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$20,000/Month Reading Reddit Posts Aloud
Coffee Website Replaced Their Full-Time Income
Helping Local Businesses = $800K Per Year
She Makes $240K/Year Writing Resumes
He's Earned $2+ Million From Selling Blogs
January Finance Report
$250 Giveaway
$7500/Month Hunting Gear Website
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$20,000/Month Reading Reddit Posts Aloud
Check out this video on YouTube š
It's basically 15 minutes of someone reading out this popular Reddit thread with video game footage in the background.
The video has almost 10 million views in less than 2 years š¤Æ
It's on a channel called Am I The Jerk?, described asā¦
Voice actors acting out Reddit stories and adding insight / commentary
The channel only started in October 2021 and already has more than 1.1 million subscribers š
Hereās their first video, same idea.
They've pumped out 3400 videos like that so far, which is an average of 4.1 per day šŖ
They have a podcast with the same content, and that somehow has racked up 9900 ratings on Spotify so apparently a lot of people are listening to it.
Social Blade estimates the YouTube channel to be earning as much as $100K/month from ads, but that's best-case scenario.
I'm guessing they're earning more like $20K/month on average š°
They also have a sister channel called Am I The Genius?, which follows the same model but for different types of Reddit posts.
That one could easily be earning $5K/month š¤
Next, check out this video from coder Lewis Menelawsā¦
He noticed the popularity of these types of videos on social media and created Reddit Video Maker Bot, a free tool that lets you easily create such videos yourself.
The voice that the tool outputs is computer generated š¤ so it doesn't sound as good as a voice actor.
But even videos with the obvious bot voice can get a lot of views, like this one posted a couple of weeks ago on TikTok, 3.4 million views alreadyā¦
Hereās an idea if youāre a developer š
Create a version of Reddit Video Maker Bot that uses the latest AI voice solutions from Eleven Labs. Sounds way better than the typical bot voice.
Or if you're really ambitious: let people create a voice model using their uploaded voice samples, so the bot sounds like them reading out the text š¤
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Coffee Website Replaced Their Full-Time Income
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Helping Local Businesses = $800K Per Year
Daniel Thompson is a co-founder of Vancouver-based Saltwater DigitalĀ šØš¦
They provide ādigital marketing solutions for small businessesā ā¦ so services like web design, SEO, paid ads, etc.
š¬ In a recent interview, Daniel revealsā¦
We generated $800,000 in revenue and ~$150,000 in net profit in 2023.
Might not seem like a ton of profit, but that's likely after paying the salaries of the 2 founders, plus they have several employees and contractors.
Daniel againā¦
My partner and I got started in 2011 building niche sites. We would rank websites, put affiliate links on them, and earn a commission.
Butā¦
In 2014, we made the switch to start serving local businesses.
The main reason, it was a lot easier to rank a local business than it was for lucrative affiliate terms.
I'm sure that still holds true for most places. Might be worth doing some keyword research for your local area, see what you could rank for š
Daniel reckons local businesses are always looking for helpā¦
Most businesses need some form of digital marketing. Trying to find solid providers at a reasonable cost is difficult. Bigger agencies tend to be very expensive and working with freelancers can be a coin flip in terms of quality.
š¤ How Saltwater got their first clientā¦
In 2013, we signed up our first client who was a referral from a friend. I think we charged him $400/month, and I spent a ton of time working on his campaign. And we grew from there.
He addsā¦
The beautiful thing about service businesses is they are incredibly simple to launch. There are virtually no upfront costs outside of our own time.
Plenty of services you could try this with š
Web design
SEO
Paid ads
Google My Business listing
Social media management
Email marketing / Newsletter service
Etc.
Last words from Danielā¦
Starting a side gig has never been easier. There are so many good ways to make money and learn a new skill or two. And once you start you never know where itās going to take you. I never imagined that learning SEO would lead me down the path Iām currently on.
My first site sucked, and whatever you do at first also wonāt be very good. But you just need to start and start practicing.
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š She Makes $240K/Year Writing Resumes
From the archive, published January 2023ā¦
Mary Southern is the founder of Resume Assassin, a resume writing service š
Starting out, Mary didnāt think she had many skills to start a business, and had narrowed down her list of business ideas toā¦
dog walking
dog poop cleanup š©
alcohol delivery service
resume writing
Fortunately, she decided to give resume writing a go, and one of her first āgreat decisionsā was to reach out to a resume-writing company in her local area (Austin) and ask them for some adviceā¦
The company that I reached out to was willing to set up a phone call and chatā¦ they gave me some great advice and pointed me in the direction of a professional organization created specifically for resume writers and career coaches.
IMO, this is a severely underrated and underutilized tactic when starting a business.Ā
What if you reached out to 5 people who have created a successful business that youād like to emulate? Even if only one of them agreed to have a quick chat with you, that could be a game changer.
Also of note from Maryās story: she found her first clients by keeping her prices low. Her packages started at just $100 and some projects would take her 8+ hours to complete š©
Five years later, having grown her business from $32K per year to $26K+ per month, her prices look like thisā¦
$499 for an entry-level resume, $549 for a mid-level resume, $599 for a leadership resume, $649 for an executive resume, $150 for a cover letter, and $349 for LinkedIn optimization.
Mary mentions that she struggled with confidence when starting out, but she didnāt let that stop her from building a successful business šŖ
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He's Earned $2+ Million From Selling Blogs
Marc Andre is the founder of FlipMySite, who started his first blog as a side project in 2007.
He's since started and sold several blogs š
In a recent interview, he revealsā¦
In total, I've had six different six-figure exits, totaling over $2 million.
In 2023 alone, I sold three blogs for a combined total of about $800,000.
š” His big "aha" moment happened back in 2008-09ā¦
a blogger I knew sold his blog on Flippa for $40k and it really opened my eyes. Ever since then, I've built my websites and blogs with the intention of selling them at some point.
Marc eventually sold the blog he'd started in 2007ā¦
I would end up selling it in 2013 for $500,000. By the time I sold it, it was making about $25,000 per month in profit.
Unfortunately, he doesn't reveal what the site was, though this article in Forbes backs up his story š
And Marc reveals here that he started three photography websites from 2012-15, and had sold them all by 2018 for ~$700,000 š¤
His unusual advice for starting a blogā¦
a lot of people say you should focus on low-competition niches. But all of my successful blogs and websites have been in popular, crowded nichesā¦
The monetization possibilities in popular niches are usually a lot more significant than what you'll find in lower-competition niches.
I don't attempt to become an industry leader. I just try to take a small part of a bigger pie.
Marc's favorite monetization method is selling digital products, for several reasons š
ā Your income is much less dependent on traffic levels.
ā Your products can generate revenue for years.
ā Growing and scaling is easier and more lucrative.
ā There are lots of opportunities for collaboration.
ā You donāt need a huge audience or high traffic to make good money.
ā More of the details are in your control (compared to affiliate marketing or monetizing with ads).
He started off monetizing with display ads butā¦
I hated the fact that I was constantly chasing traffic. Creating and selling products allowed me to make money without being so dependent on traffic.
š¬ Last words from Marcā¦
I don't think I'm an outlier. Blogs are very viable options for indie hackers [solo operators].
But it does take a lot of work. Most people want quick results and it usually doesnāt happen that way.
Think about Marc's first blog: started in 2007 and he got it to $25K/month in profit before selling in 2013.
That's 6 years of constant effort, or 312 weeks. And he probably earned very little from that blog his first 2 years š³
That's the kind of dedication and discipline it takes to make millions online.
January Finance Report
My latest monthly finance report is here š detailing everything we earned and spent in my business last month.
$22,519 income
$15,535 expenses
It was my most expensive month ever in business š±
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š $7500/Month Hunting Gear Website
From the archive, published March 2022ā¦
The site is Hunting Gear Deals š
Camron Stover bought the site for $100,000 a few years back and says in a recent interview that he earned that amount back in 14-15 months. Last year the site pulled in $90,000, primarily via affiliate marketing.
Lots of great stuff in the interview and accompanying text, but something that really stood out to me is how Camron repurposes other peopleās YouTube videos into written content for his blogā¦
Another outreach tactic Camron has found success with is reaching out to YouTubers who are reviewing hunting gear but do not have blogs. He asks if he can turn their review into a blog post and will embed their video into the post.
This is a win-win as it generates Google traffic for Camron and also puts more eyeballs on the video and the ownerās YouTube channel.
Also worth noting that Camron has built up the site while working a 9-to-5 job with a daily 1 hour and 40 minute commute š¤Æ
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Thanks to Fardeen Khan for helping me write and research today's newsletter.
Hasta la prĆ³xima, rock on with your legendary self šŖ
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