How I Made $332 Passive Income Alongside My Day Job
By giving stuff away I’ve made more money in the first 60 days on Twitter than I did on Medium for the first 18 months.
I made $332 in the first 60 days on Twitter.
Here are 4 ways you can do exactly the same (even if you don’t have a big following).
There is no better time to create than right now
And you don’t need to quit your day job.
I can’t imagine there is a better time to start a business.
By working from home, with an internet connection and a laptop, you can make money on the internet. No huge investment. Not buying assets to sell later. No money needs to exchange hands for you to make money on the internet. It’s actually wild.
Instead, what you need is two things: time and resilience.
If you can find 1-2 hours a day and learn to weather the storm, you can be making a decent side hustle income in as little as 12 months.
Here are the models I see working (and the one that has worked for me).
Before we get into it, somethings to point out
There is no right or wrong way to do things.
Different strokes for different folks. But there are some rules that I see working time and time again for content creators and it’s worth making a note of them. Here’s the breakdown:
1 platform
1 persona
1 product
The trick is to commit and not dance between platforms, niches and offerings. Don’t offer too many things. It gets confusing. The aim is to get the positioning right and then go from there.
Don’t move platforms or build another product until you hit 10k followers or make $10k. Dem’s the rules.
Let’s work on how (and there are several ways).
1. Write on Twitter and build a product
Find something you could talk about forever:
Fitness
Dogs
Kids
Whatever it is, and start tweeting about it. Do that for 30 days. Then once you’ve figured out what resonates the most, write more about that. Once you’ve done that for a while, create a digital product around one of the biggest problems for your audience.
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Whatever it might be. Create a digital product around it and give it away for free. I’m serious. Free. That’s what I did, and I made $332 by people paying me for the stuff I’d made.
Yep, I gave it away for free, and they paid me. It’s wild.
2. Write on Twitter and offer a service
Let’s say you’re big into copywriting. Tweet often about copywriting tips and tricks. Things you’ve learned. Case studies you have. Copy you’ve recrafted.
Then at the bottom of every thread or tweet write a simple CTA that pulls clients in.
This is perhaps an easier route to go down but take into account the time that you need to spend on client work if you take this route. Many creators make the mistake of swapping one job for another. Be careful not to do that if that’s not what you want.
3. Medium
Although Medium is slower than many platforms, I still think it’s one of the best platforms to create on. Why?
Because it’s long-form content (depth with the audience) and it allows you to properly explore your ideas and thoughts. That’s important when you are trying to explore your niche.
I wrote about 600 articles before I found my niche. Without Medium, I wouldn’t have been able to make any money in the other things.
4. A newsletter
Let’s say you’re like me and love dogs.
You could talk about dogs all day, and in fact, you know so much about dogs your friends always come to you with dog-related issues, and you seem to be up to date with every new product and news in the dog world.
You’re the ‘dog person’.
Here’s what I’d do:
Start tweeting about dogs
Review what works and do more of it
Build a newsletter for your raving fans
Make a paid product that solves a problem
What paid product you might ask? Easy, there are sooooo many options. E-book, course, starter pack, the list goes on and on. Plug the paid product at the bottom of your email, and off you go.
The best bet is to test with digital products, why? Because the only cost is time to make them.
Final words
There are infinite ways to make money on the internet. If you’re just getting started, really, there is no better time to get going on the internet.
Happy creating.
If you liked this, you’ll love the paid version where I dive into stats, revenue and lessons I learn from building the Part-Time Creator Club.