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Hi all,
Yesterday I was browsing this forum and found @Lex DeVille 's gold thread (this one) and I think it's exactly what I need to do right now. I joined the forum today and will document everything in this thread to stay accountable.
THE MISSION
I need to figure out a way to sell digital products before it's too late! I only have 5 months worth of living expenses.
BACKGROUND
A few month back my main source of income has ended abruptly. Basically I had an income-generating website that got hit by a Google update. I wasn't an expert at SEO or anything, but it worked fine. Now I don't trust SEO anymore, so in the past few months I tried a variety of new ideas with no immediate result.
My other sources of income are very low, so I won't be able to pay the bills. I could go back to freelancing but that's the last resort because I haven't done it in years and my skills aren't sharp (I know a little bit of everything but not good at anything in particular).
THE PLAN
I will create a digital product and market it with a very little budget. So I won't focus on Google Ads at first because I never used it and I don't have much money to spare, maybe I'll spend $100 at most. I will focus on free traffic generation methods (facebook groups, reddit, twitter, etsy). I will look for free ad credits like Bing/Twitter and whatever I can find to bring additional traffic.
I want to convert the traffic into email subscribers to sell them later, so I will need a lead magnet and a digital product. At the same time I will cut my expenses as much as I can and hopefully I will save another month of expenses before the 5 months run out. No more going out. No more movies (I just disabled my Netflix). I uninstalled Tiktok (although I could use it for free traffic at some point).
ACTION
While reading Lex's thread, I started doing research and here is what I did so far:
GOING FORWARD
I'll do my best to keep it up. I will try not to read the forum too much (unless there's something very specific that I need) because I get easily distracted and will start trying other methods instead of continuing this one.
Yesterday I was browsing this forum and found @Lex DeVille 's gold thread (this one) and I think it's exactly what I need to do right now. I joined the forum today and will document everything in this thread to stay accountable.
THE MISSION
I need to figure out a way to sell digital products before it's too late! I only have 5 months worth of living expenses.
BACKGROUND
A few month back my main source of income has ended abruptly. Basically I had an income-generating website that got hit by a Google update. I wasn't an expert at SEO or anything, but it worked fine. Now I don't trust SEO anymore, so in the past few months I tried a variety of new ideas with no immediate result.
My other sources of income are very low, so I won't be able to pay the bills. I could go back to freelancing but that's the last resort because I haven't done it in years and my skills aren't sharp (I know a little bit of everything but not good at anything in particular).
THE PLAN
I will create a digital product and market it with a very little budget. So I won't focus on Google Ads at first because I never used it and I don't have much money to spare, maybe I'll spend $100 at most. I will focus on free traffic generation methods (facebook groups, reddit, twitter, etsy). I will look for free ad credits like Bing/Twitter and whatever I can find to bring additional traffic.
I want to convert the traffic into email subscribers to sell them later, so I will need a lead magnet and a digital product. At the same time I will cut my expenses as much as I can and hopefully I will save another month of expenses before the 5 months run out. No more going out. No more movies (I just disabled my Netflix). I uninstalled Tiktok (although I could use it for free traffic at some point).
ACTION
While reading Lex's thread, I started doing research and here is what I did so far:
- Went on Etsy (for the first time ever) and researched ideas by sorting trending listings.
- I found a product that I'm confident I can sell.
- Bought a suitable domain (used a promo and got it cheap).
- Setup Wordpress with a free theme.
- Added content to essential pages (about, privacy).
GOING FORWARD
I'll do my best to keep it up. I will try not to read the forum too much (unless there's something very specific that I need) because I get easily distracted and will start trying other methods instead of continuing this one.
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