The Lazy Stoner

Ok, here’s the golden chrondo. I’ve seen entire e-books/e-courses that outline this process, yet cost hundreds to thousands of dollars, so you can thank me later. :D Anyway, this technique is one that has worked for me time and time again, and once again, it’s fairly common sense.  Why people don’t start doing this right off the bat, instead of trying to figure out what will work for them or whatever is beyond me, but most people do.  This concept is so basic it kills me more people don’t get it! It’s the way business works: you get (or have) a product, and sell it to people, it’s that simple!

Why do most people NOT do this from the beginning? Well I think there is more than one reason, off the top of my head I can think of a few that might make people try other methods of earning first:

1. They don’t have a product.

2. It seems like a lot of work.

3. You don’t see immediate results.  

Those reasons are weak and here’s why:

1. I don’t have a product

Not true.You are literally filled with products without even knowing it. Even a LAZY STONER like me has skills that are profitable! I have launched MANY successful products that were nothing more than an ebook guide or a series of videos I created on a topic a topic I am an ‘authority’ on. Now don’t get discouraged by the word authority. Do you have hobbies? Of course you do… Well this makes you more of an authority on this topic than most people are, which is more than you need to know to sell them a product For example, before Google banned running ‘pass your drug test” type keywords in AdWords, I made around $30,000 in under 2 months by selling a simple $20 ebook telling people how to pass drug tests everytime without using any $50 system cleaners or anything…. It’s that easy! Another great example of one of these types of products is this one:

http://www.secretsofskateboarding.com/main.php 

This guy has simply made some videos of him showing people how to skateboard and is selling them for $27 each, if he pushed 500 of them in a month, he’d make around $13,500.  Are you starting to understand? Take what you are good at and think about how you can sell it… And remember one thing: Information is the #1 selling product on the internet!

Maybe this isn’t your thing though. Maybe you don’t want to sell stupid ebooks or videos and want some real products to sell. Well this is just as easy, but it will take a bit more of an investment if you can’t create the product yourself. If you’ve got some cash, then the next thing you need is a decent (or profitable, rather) idea. Good ideas for selling products are usually technology related, but you could definitely apply this concept to what we just discussed above as well. I know people who use this process to have the ebooks and videos they sell created for them. The reason I like technology-related products is because they’re cheap and easy to make money with.

I know a few people who have started up either Joomla template sites or Wordpress theme sites, and been very successful with them. The best part is that these people didn’t know shit about Joomla or Wordpress or templates when they started doing these sites! They simple paid a freelancer to create a site for them, and then also paid them to make new templates each month. One guy was paying around $50-$100 to have the templates created, and then turning around and selling 1000 or so copies of them for $40 or $50 bucks a piece. That’s the kinda stuff you wanna do.

If that’s what you’re after: head to a site like Guru.com, Scriptlance.com or one of the many other sites like this that exist. Find someone here who can create your product for you! Do be careful here, as you can easily waste tons of time and sometimes money by choosing the cheapest bid on your project when the person bidding may not have the skills to do the job to your expectations. Do your research on the companies/individuals you hire when taking this route!

OK, enough about that.

2. It seems like a lot of work.

It can be a lot of work, depending on what you decide to do, and whether you hire some of it out or not. You should know that in must situations, outsourcing the job in it’s entirety will still entail a decent amount of work for you. This is especially true if you’re going to be particular about what you accept. It can also be difficult to find good freelancers to work with. Once you find some good help, treat them decently, because like I said, good help can be hard to come by.

The reason I like earning this way, is because once you’ve done all the hard work, you can continue to benefit from it each month. Imagine if over 4 months you setup 5 businesses that were each doing $1500 in sales each week. That’d be $30,000 a month, or $360,000 a year. And those numbers are very achievable. Keep in mind that this would also enable you to have the free time to launch even more businesses, or make investments elsewhere…  As long as you maintain a digital inventory, maintaining the businesses from month to month could be as simple paying someone $500 per month to handle all the customer service issues for you with you carrying a Blackberry for emergencies and maybe running some advertising when necessary, which you can also pay someone to manage if you want. Bottom line: is this is the way to do it if you want to earn some serious cash that’s recurring and dependable. Take it from the laziest dude around, putting in the little bit of work required at the beginning is well worth it. You may take a hit at first as you take the time to build the business and get it going, but once it’s going you’re good to go.

3. You don’t see immediate results

No, in most situations, you don’t. It can take a month, or it can take four, it all depends on what you’re trying to do. The important thing to keep in mind is that by taking the time required to setup a successful business, you may lose a few days worth of trying to find work a day at a time, but the end result is a financial security that makes it worthwhile.

Believe me, I tried many different methods of earning when I started working online back in the day, and nothing else has come close to making so much money so easily. 

Remember, time IS money. But if you don’t have the knowledge to utilize your time to the fullest, then your time isn’t worth much.