5 Years Later and Still Struggling

Leith said:

Sorry, but I just think the above is quite contradictory. You don't want a "magic sauce" or a "secret formula" but you want to know how to make true passive income. In other words, you want to know how to make money online - consistently.. which to me, just sounds like all the other threads I've seen on here in the last few months asking the same question "how do I make money online?"

I didn't read all the replies on this thread so apologies if this was already addressed.

You want to know how to make a true passive income?

You can make true passive income with Amazon. I do, and I know plenty of others who do. But that didn't work out for you, right?

...you can also make passive income with CPA. But there is no guarantee that will work for you either.

Similarly, you can also make passive income with FB ads, dropshipping, ecommerce, buying/selling sites, and so on...

But there is no guarantee they're going to work for you. So no matter what "direction" any of us give you - it's not going to be 100% certain that you'll be make passive income from it. What might work for me certainly and probably won't work for you and vice versa.

Therefore I, personally, think your question of wanting to find out how to make a true passive income is pretty broad. I can tell you exactly how I make my income just now (SEO [both selling + my own sites], affiliate sites [Amazon], CPA [content locking] and more).. but I doubt that's going to be of much help. Even if I told you I make $1K/day with CPA and you attempt to try it out, there is no guarantee it's going to work for you.

So again, no matter what advice anyone gives here, it's never going to teach you how you can make a true passive income. I was going to say something similar to @netmoney1 - if you've exhausted several methods (over several years) and still struggling, then maybe... just maybe.. this isn't for you? But from what you're saying, you certainly seem to have the drive(?) and passion for it and to be honest, that's all that counts. I've seen guys with just determination bust through and hit the jackpot with a method after several years of making nothing so it's certainly possible.

My point I guess is - no one here is going to point you to a guaranteed way to hit the jackpot. I know you're not asking to be spoon-fed, but what you are asking is for a direction to making passive income. However, that "direction" may not even help you. Like I said, I can tell you to go ahead and do CPA (you can make lucrative ROI with CPA).. but there is a strong possibility that you might come back next year and ask for another direction because CPA failed for you.

What I will suggest is to go with @BreaknBrix' advice. Keep trying, keep learning and if you do have any specific questions about particular methods or practices, make a thread and I'm sure many members would be happy to help. I'm sorry I wasn't of much use but I don't think anyone is going to point you in the "right" direction - everyone has different skills here and I just think you'll hit the jackpot eventually, just keep trying and don't be afraid to experiment/ask us for help. A lot of us do like trolling threads like these, but that's mainly because we see stuff like this on a daily basis so it's hard to tell from the genuine members who need help/advice over the ones who are just looking for a quick free spoon-feeding session.

Good luck and hopefully something works out soon buddy!

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iBrazilian said:

You're looking for a direction - niche authority sites are the consistent money makers now. Most other sites are going to be burn and churn. No matter what, if you can find a good niche and create quality content, the traffic will come. Do this for 6 months, 12 months, 18 months - you're making a solid passive income.

I'm not actually mad that you declined the work, I was more frustrated that you couldn't see the opportunity (especially with what the OP was about). My idea of success is authority niche sites (as I've made hundreds of thousands passively in this) which can take over a year to see returns from depending on market.

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AboveAll said:

What you must do is to stop thinking about your past business failures. Create a new website, focus on lucrative niches with good commissions, don't use Amazon as they give you pennies comparing to other networks. Don't create many sites, don't do many things, search engines love authority sites now. Write long, high quality reviews, not the usual short article people used back in the days. You can make way more than 100 USD per day without a problem, the one thing you must do is to clear your mind from your past BS. Also, don't think in hours, this is not a government work, you are not paid for your time, you are paid on conversions! You can work 30 minutes per day by outsourcing all of your content and other work, you can work 20 hours, it doesn't matter. Only people with regular job thinking are paid on hours, don't think like them! Also in terms of design - don't create old looking sites with design trends and techniques which were fashionable before, use trendy and modern design, things that kids will convert from their mobile devices.

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AboveAll said:

You are talking about hours again, you are not even reading what people are saying to you. Nobody cares how much hours you work, with Amazon sites you are going nowhere, you don't have any killer keywords ranking if you don't make 100 USD per day! You need to move on, create a new website with high quality long article, forget about backlinks, get on social media and stop thinking about spending tons of hours in front of the computer as it was your mistake in the beginning. Don't work hard, work smart! You DON'T get paid for spending hours in front of the computer, you get paid on results, Amazon commissions suck!

You are ignoring what people are saying to you and you will be on the same spot because you are ignoring us, just want to feel better by sharing. Being on your age you must be once again a child and start listening to others in order to re-shape your thinking and mindset, "working hard" is a dated propaganda from your generation, it doesn't work today! Maybe it will be relevant in the future again, but not now, not at this moment. You must work SMART, not HARD! I already told you what will make you successful and you start talking about tweaking sites which will make pennies.

Rather be a slave on content writing services, use the slaves, rather be the worker, be the boss! Rather talking how much hours you put, make someone else spend these hours for you! Reshape your mindset, be the boss, not the worker!

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FA925 said:

If you have sites that earn passively make 100 more - problem solved.

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Punisher said:

FA925, can you and AboveAll understand my frustration though??? You say if a site is passively making $1 a day, make 100 more, AboveAll says ignore those penny making sites and amazon and go authority only! Just wanted to point out that this is one of the issue I had trying to get rolling, I had to make my decisions based on half the field saying go left while the rest said go right. That was the point i tried to make to Above All about me having a bunch of sites making $10 a day, but some people feel that road is a waste. I know what works for some doesn't work for others. I am reading and rereading this entire post from beginning to end to try and gather as much helpful information to get me to where i need to be. Thank you for you input FA925

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ibmethatswhoib said:

While you're looking for other things, get dragon speak and get used to it. I'm sure there is a torrent version or a free one to try until you can buy a legit version. It will make your writing WAY faster and easier by just talking into the software. If I was just writing all day I would definitely do that.

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