making consistent income online

Been reading the forums over here for quiet awhile but i've only created my acc today since I realized I could you guys consulting.

in this era what are your views on making money online? it seems like the golden standard for creating such income today would've to fit under the saying of "once you hear about on the news its too late", since every single business is being ran today by 1000s. yesterday i've seen a video on automating YT drawing explanatory videos using Claude and higgsfiled mcp and i've gotten this quick understanding that this business would've been good for starting about a week ago since by now everybody knows about it, the same goes for selling website with cold calls, the same goes for dropshipping, the same goes for SaaS. it seems like finding the edge is nearly impossible. I know that if you have a winning method you wont share it in this public forum but I'm just wondering if someone as a way of navigating through this complicated time and maybe share it.

thanks.

nah the whole "too late once you hear it" thing is mostly copium for people who don't want to put in the work. even if 10k people saw that Claude and Higgsfield video yesterday, maybe 100 of them will actually try to set it up. and out of those, 95 will give up next week when they don't make money instantly.

the edge isn't finding some magical untouched method because those don't really exist for long anyway. the real edge is just taking what's already working and adding a small twist, or just executing it better than the lazy crowd. like instead of doing standard YT automation with it, maybe you use those videos to drive traffic to a high-paying affiliate offer on a different platform.

saturation is kinda a myth. most people copy paste the exact tutorial and wonder why it fails. if you actually stick to one thing, tweak the angles, and put in some actual testing, you'll pass 99% of the competition pretty fast.

SMM Junction said:

nah the whole "too late once you hear it" thing is mostly copium for people who don't want to put in the work. even if 10k people saw that Claude and Higgsfield video yesterday, maybe 100 of them will actually try to set it up. and out of those, 95 will give up next week when they don't make money instantly.

the edge isn't finding some magical untouched method because those don't really exist for long anyway. the real edge is just taking what's already working and adding a small twist, or just executing it better than the lazy crowd. like instead of doing standard YT automation with it, maybe you use those videos to drive traffic to a high-paying affiliate offer on a different platform.

saturation is kinda a myth. most people copy paste the exact tutorial and wonder why it fails. if you actually stick to one thing, tweak the angles, and put in some actual testing, you'll pass 99% of the competition pretty fast.

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But would you jump to any tutorial or idea like this you see? If saturation ain’t your issue then what may raise you a red flag?

SMM Junction said:

nah the whole "too late once you hear it" thing is mostly copium for people who don't want to put in the work. even if 10k people saw that Claude and Higgsfield video yesterday, maybe 100 of them will actually try to set it up. and out of those, 95 will give up next week when they don't make money instantly.

the edge isn't finding some magical untouched method because those don't really exist for long anyway. the real edge is just taking what's already working and adding a small twist, or just executing it better than the lazy crowd. like instead of doing standard YT automation with it, maybe you use those videos to drive traffic to a high-paying affiliate offer on a different platform.

saturation is kinda a myth. most people copy paste the exact tutorial and wonder why it fails. if you actually stick to one thing, tweak the angles, and put in some actual testing, you'll pass 99% of the competition pretty fast.

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pretty much nailed it imo…

the edge isn’t finding some secret method nobody knows. that disappears fast anyway. the edge is taking something that already works and doing it better or in a smaller niche.

same with seo. “blogging is dead” until someone builds a niche site in a small market, gets traffic, builds authority, then monetizes with affiliate/guest posts/leads.

most people quit when it doesn’t work in 7 days. that’s usually the real opportunity.