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[Income Report] How I Made $1.7 Million Online in Only 2 Years (and Why I Was Scared to Tell Anyone)

November 17, 2016 by Caitlin Pyle 42 Comments

[Income Report] How I Made $1.7 Million Online in Only 2 Years (and Why I Was Scared to Tell Anyone)

(Psst! This is our very first blogging income report ever!) CONFESSION: My name is Caitlin Pyle, and my husband Ben and I have been making major bank on the Internet for two years and counting. Major. Bank. In fact, we went from earning a combined $70,000 per year to grossing that much or more every … read more

Filed Under: Blog, Digital Nomad, Featured, Income Reports

3 Ways to Find Affiliates for Your Online Course

October 20, 2016 by Caitlin Pyle 4 Comments

3 Ways to Find Affiliates for Your Online Course

This post may contain affiliate links. Do you have an online course? Me too! In fact, I’ve been selling online courses since February 16, 2015, and as of October 2016, my courses have generated more than $1.5 million in sales. Everyone wants to know the secret to my success, and although I have to say that … read more

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How to Get a Blog or Website Up and Running — Quick and Easy!

October 19, 2016 by Benjamin Pyle Leave a Comment

How to Get a Blog or Website Up and Running — Quick and Easy!

Stick with me throughout this tutorial, okay? You’re going to learn a lot. Take it step by step, and trust me — it’s way easier to build a website nowadays than it used to be. Thank goodness we’re not in 2001 anymore, amiright?! A Step-By-Step Guide to Setting Up Your First Website Step 1: Choose a hosting provider. … read more

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Why Your Customers Don’t Care About You…and That’s a Great Thing

October 11, 2016 by Benjamin Pyle Leave a Comment

Why Your Customers Don’t Care About You…and That’s a Great Thing

Your customer thinks about him- or herself A LOT. And basically never thinks about you. I know you think about your customer… like A LOT. Helping them. Selling them your service, course, or product. But when it comes to you, your customer will flee your unclear website faster than a cat jumps when it sees a cucumber behind … read more

Filed Under: Blog, Starting Online Business

How This Father of Three Created an Online Course with NO Technical Know-How

September 7, 2016 by Benjamin Pyle Leave a Comment

How This Father of Three Created an Online Course with NO Technical Know-How

This case study focuses on one of our very good friends, Robbie Stephenson of Flea Market Flipper. Robbie and his wife Melissa were one of the very first students to go through our Monetize Your Genius™ (MYG) program. They’re hard workers and a joy to be around. Keep reading to learn about the results they’re getting. Tell us about yourself, … read more

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Student Stories

What Pokémon Go Can Teach You About Writing Customer Testimonials

August 20, 2016 by Benjamin Pyle Leave a Comment

What Pokémon Go Can Teach You About Writing Customer Testimonials

This morning I downloaded Pokémon Go and played it for the first time. It’s a funny and fast-moving world we live in. Here I am writing this post at the end of August 2016, and I feel slightly “out-of-the-loop” that I haven’t jumped on the Pokémon bandwagon yet. It hasn’t even been 90 days since its release! … read more

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FAQs

Do I need an idea?

You don’t necessarily need an idea, but you do need a skill (or “genius), or someone close to you needs a skill/genius that fits the bill.

What fits the bill? Something you are really, really good at, something that people often ask you to show them how to do.

If people ask you to teach them or help them with something you’re good at, it’s a very good sign you’ve got something people will pay for.

If you want to (briefly!) run your idea by us, send us an email.

How can I benefit from a mastermind community?

8 Things You’ll Get as Part of the Monetize Your Genius Mastermind Community:

  • Answers and ideas from brainstorming with the group
  • The ability to tap into others’ skills and expertise
  • Increased confidence you’re taking the right actions to achieve your goals
  • Strong accountability in both your business and personal life
  • An instant and high-value support network
  • The assurance you are not alone — there are others out there sharing in your journey!
  • The freedom to design things to be the way you want them to be, not as you’ve been taught they “should” be
  • An inspirational boost to your everyday outlook and attitude
How do I find a profitable idea?

Brainstorm at least 15 ideas — they could fall into one of three categories:

1) Things you’re good at (i.e. public speaking)

2) Knowledge you have (i.e. astrology or fitness)

3) Personal challenges you’ve overcome (i.e. getting rid of your kid’s head lice, clearing up acne, etc.)

Try to get at least five ideas in each category.

3 Steps to Test Your Idea(s)

1) Find one (one!) person interested in your idea. You can do this via FB message, email, phone, or in person. If you’re not sure, ask ANYONE remotely close to the idea, even your parents. We’re not aiming for perfection right now, just a start.

2) “Test” your idea using this script: “I’m thinking of starting some kind of website around [IDEA]. When you talk to your friends about it, what do they say? What’s the biggest pain or problem around [IDEA]?”

3) Write down exactly what that person says. Did they say, “I want a quick fix”? or did they say, “I am so tired of feeling tired all the time.” Chances are, they’re communicating some kind of pain to you, not a desire for a cure-all.

How much money do I need to start up?

In addition to your investment in the Monetize Your Genius eCoaching program, we suggest at least $500 if you’re building a web content-based product like an online course or eBook. That will give you quite likely more than enough to build both your website and product.

What you’ll need the most of in the process is time: at least two hours a day. Chances are you’re going to spend a lot more than that if you really want to see this happen — once you get the hang of things (having a vision/plan plus guidance and accountability makes it so much easier), you’ll find yourself looking for ways to create more time to finish your website and product, and new ideas for content on your site/product will start popping into your head on a regular basis. You may even find it fun as you see your vision, or your “puzzle” take shape.

Ben and I built ProofreadAnywhere.com from scratch with less than $500 — that was for three years of hosting, the theme, and all the programs and plugins we needed to build what you see now, PLUS build our product. We looked for coupons and discounts for everything we bought, and used free plugins whenever possible. There are a lot of free plugins on WordPress that are really robust and add amazing functionality to our site.

We did about $500 of paid advertising on Facebook in the very beginning, before we realized that wasn’t going to get us very far (lots of clicks and no buys). If we could go back, we would probably not have invested in any paid advertising and stuck with affiliates instead. We dabbled in Google ads with some free credit we received from our hosting provider, but did not pay for any out of pocket.

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