making money to live
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what do you do now
I'm researching things I can do online, but I have no idea where to start. I could really use some advice to help me begin my journey
- May 2, 2010
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Things take months to learn, and years of doing to make work. The work is mostly unpaid to begin with, but if you have talent and skill, you can find niches to make money from that are worth more than $10. Every $300-$1k a day business I had started with me investing time and money up front, and starting from zero. Then, it first reached $10 a day.
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You can find some VA jobs depending on your skills. $10 to $20 is fairly easy to achieve once you land a gig.
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Do you think that if someone dedicates themselves for at least six months, it could be life-changing? Most people I know have spent years without making real progress, but then you see others who work hard for just a year or two and completely change their lives—earning $5K or even $10K a month.
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Its pure roll of the dice. You need the right mix of skill, motivation, admin, understanding of the market you work in, and the right niche/approach.
Take for example the niche i'm involved in, I'm a digital artist/programmer. I upload designs to merch sites. (I made a killing many years ago with this, which is why i'm motivated to do it again, [the reason i stopped was becucase of copy right bans, i was pinching other peoples ideas]) Now i got now going forward I'm determind to publish the best original content i can draw (ahem trace, ahem! lol )
But rewind back to the original point. Something that is hot right now in the merch world, don't know if people are exploting it, but if i didn't have already enough things to draw, i would do it, is this dude dancing in ibiza, called final boss with the funny hair. Look him up if you havn't seen him. Thats an example of an opportunity i can see for someone to make some cartoon art of him, and list them on various sites, under "final boss ibiza"
Thats just a small example one. There are many things like that everyday you can see, once you understand creativity MULTIPLIED BY opportunity.
You DEFINTLY want money, then best get a offline job. You also want to make a living at some point in the future, you don't know when but your sure as hell going to stop wasting spare time, and instead work on goals. Then internet marketing is a great step for this.
My niches that I only work in now are YouTube animations, which means I create original art & graphic files automatically to upload to merch and commerce sites. What i like about this, is that i can get paid eventually for easy, but dedicated work of regular animations, and through brand recognition, once i start getting traction, i can make more sales through my links and promotions.
There is a million ways to make money online. There are also unformaticly a billion places to get scammed, so watch what your doing. Don't trust fake stuff, and things that promise quick riches. Everything worthwhile takes hours of work. Just look at the careers of athletes, and see if there is any way to become a top dedicatd athelete if you go to the gym for 6 months? lol you'd be laughed out olympic medals hall so hard it would hurt! lol
I think I understand now — it's about learning through experience and focusing on real value, not chasing 'get rich quick' schemes. I also see that I need to stay focused and put in serious effort, rather than wasting time just because I’m young. Your whole explanation was really clear, and the advice you shared gave me a great starting point. It also made me realize some traps I could’ve easily fallen into. Thank you so much. And if you have any more advice, I’d truly appreciate it — I wouldn’t want to miss an opportunity to learn from it