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CareerHow To Be An Innovative Person by Wealthscheme(op): 3:43am On Feb 08, 2019
Innovation is a “new idea, creative thoughts, new imaginations in form of device or method.

However, innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs.

Such innovation takes place through the provision of more-effective products, processes, services,technologies or business models that are made available to market, governments and society. An innovation is something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that “breaks into” the market or society.

Innovation is related to, but not the same as, invention, as innovation is more apt to involve the practical implementation of an invention (i.e. new/improved ability) to make a meaningful impact in the market or society, and not all innovations require an invention. Innovation often manifests itself via the engineering process, when the problem being solved is of a technical or scientific nature.

Innovation is not only about technology. You can innovate in any field of work or every aspect of your lifestyle. For example, Facebook and Google treat their employees better than any other company. Management invented a unique way to motivate employees.

We see the word innovation often, and it’s amazing sometimes what qualifies for innovation as this buzz-word is being bantered about. Those of us who are creative and innovative know our prospects for success are greater than those without such talents and attributes. Perhaps this is why so many people seek to learn how to innovate themselves. It sure looks good on a resume, and most job descriptions do have a phrase or two in them such as; looking for an innovative self-starter. Let’s talk about innovation a little bit and see if you can figure out how to reposition yourself better as someone known to be innovative.

Innovation is Just Combining Observations and Solutions from Other Domains

Many who’ve thought about it long enough realize that most good innovations in any particular sector come from borrowing ideas or portions of ideas from other sectors or domains. Most innovators I know admit that most of their new original thought concepts come to them in this way. If this is the case, then we don’t need to teach innovation at all, rather we just need more polymaths and people with vast arrays of experience in many fields.

Unfortunately, that would mean all the ‘Innovation Gurus’ would be out of work and teaching very few seminars because until their enrolled students had more experiences in more areas of life and work, the seminar attendees wouldn’t be ready to use the methodology taught or have enough knowledge to be a future contender in the top ranks of innovators.

Of course the scary part of this theory of re-combination to create innovation means that it’s pretty easy to teach and if so, anyone can do it, so maybe that’s why everyone is trying to specialize in this “innovation coach” generalist category today. Once someone has experience and knowledge and understands how to use information in one area in another, they can become innovators, at least proficient at the most common type of innovation that is.

If you’ve played sports, you might take some of the strategies and tactics used to win and use something similar in a business situation to better a product or sell a service. Perhaps you had a short stint in a summer job, and realize that some of your observations there could be used at the organization you work or volunteer at now. Maybe you use a utensil in the kitchen that might also be good for doing a task at work, with only a little modification. There’s your chance to innovate. Take it. Think about it, both early and often.

So how to become more innovative – Here is how

Surf the web:i advise you to always the web to get loads of innovative ideas

Observe and ask questions

Make this a habit. Whenever you discover something new, observe and answer three questions.

Why would anybody use or buy this service/product?
Would you ever purchase this service/product? And why
How can improve it?
By answering these questions, you are developing your mind to be more innovative. Don’t be afraid to sound stupid when you answer. You will learn along the way.

Be critical when answering these.

Aim to solve problems

The invention is useless if it cannot solve problems. Every invention in history had a purpose, a way to solve problems.

How to find problems?

Talk to people
Think about different ways to make life easier
Research failed projects and the intention behind it
Once your mind is set to solve problems then you will start generating quality and new ideas. This exercise will make you more innovative.

Think about problems you tackle every day.

List 10 ideas every day

I list ten ideas every morning because that’s when my brain can unleash its full power. You should do it at the time best suits you.

Here is a trick: Don’t think you can’t do it, Just do it. Grab a pen and paper, and start writing your ideas.

It can be anything you like or want to change such as:

How to make life easier
How to sell more products
How to improve business contacts
How to improve SMEs profit
How to improve health with little spending on personal coaching
List all the ideas you can think of even it has been invented. You might want to improve on an exciting idea.

Let’s do the maths ten ideas a day for the whole year

10×365 = 3,650 ideas a year

If you have over 3,000 bad ideas, 500 ideas are already out there you still have over 100 ideas to choose from.

You only need one idea to take you where you want to be.

Change your attitude
for more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2019/02/04/10-reasonswhy-you-need-a-website-for-your-small-business/
BusinessHow To Be An Innovative Person by Wealthscheme(op): 3:33am On Feb 08, 2019
Innovation is a “new idea, creative thoughts, new imaginations in form of device or method.

However, innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs.

Such innovation takes place through the provision of more-effective products, processes, services,technologies or business models that are made available to market, governments and society. An innovation is something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that “breaks into” the market or society.

Innovation is related to, but not the same as, invention, as innovation is more apt to involve the practical implementation of an invention (i.e. new/improved ability) to make a meaningful impact in the market or society, and not all innovations require an invention. Innovation often manifests itself via the engineering process, when the problem being solved is of a technical or scientific nature.

Innovation is not only about technology. You can innovate in any field of work or every aspect of your lifestyle. For example, Facebook and Google treat their employees better than any other company. Management invented a unique way to motivate employees.

We see the word innovation often, and it’s amazing sometimes what qualifies for innovation as this buzz-word is being bantered about. Those of us who are creative and innovative know our prospects for success are greater than those without such talents and attributes. Perhaps this is why so many people seek to learn how to innovate themselves. It sure looks good on a resume, and most job descriptions do have a phrase or two in them such as; looking for an innovative self-starter. Let’s talk about innovation a little bit and see if you can figure out how to reposition yourself better as someone known to be innovative.

Innovation is Just Combining Observations and Solutions from Other Domains

Many who’ve thought about it long enough realize that most good innovations in any particular sector come from borrowing ideas or portions of ideas from other sectors or domains. Most innovators I know admit that most of their new original thought concepts come to them in this way. If this is the case, then we don’t need to teach innovation at all, rather we just need more polymaths and people with vast arrays of experience in many fields.

Unfortunately, that would mean all the ‘Innovation Gurus’ would be out of work and teaching very few seminars because until their enrolled students had more experiences in more areas of life and work, the seminar attendees wouldn’t be ready to use the methodology taught or have enough knowledge to be a future contender in the top ranks of innovators.

Of course the scary part of this theory of re-combination to create innovation means that it’s pretty easy to teach and if so, anyone can do it, so maybe that’s why everyone is trying to specialize in this “innovation coach” generalist category today. Once someone has experience and knowledge and understands how to use information in one area in another, they can become innovators, at least proficient at the most common type of innovation that is.

If you’ve played sports, you might take some of the strategies and tactics used to win and use something similar in a business situation to better a product or sell a service. Perhaps you had a short stint in a summer job, and realize that some of your observations there could be used at the organization you work or volunteer at now. Maybe you use a utensil in the kitchen that might also be good for doing a task at work, with only a little modification. There’s your chance to innovate. Take it. Think about it, both early and often.

So how to become more innovative – Here is how

Surf the web:i advise you to always the web to get loads of innovative ideas

Observe and ask questions

Make this a habit. Whenever you discover something new, observe and answer three questions.

Why would anybody use or buy this service/product?
Would you ever purchase this service/product? And why
How can improve it?
By answering these questions, you are developing your mind to be more innovative. Don’t be afraid to sound stupid when you answer. You will learn along the way.

Be critical when answering these.

Aim to solve problems

The invention is useless if it cannot solve problems. Every invention in history had a purpose, a way to solve problems.

How to find problems?

Talk to people
Think about different ways to make life easier
Research failed projects and the intention behind it
Once your mind is set to solve problems then you will start generating quality and new ideas. This exercise will make you more innovative.

Think about problems you tackle every day.

List 10 ideas every day

I list ten ideas every morning because that’s when my brain can unleash its full power. You should do it at the time best suits you.

Here is a trick: Don’t think you can’t do it, Just do it. Grab a pen and paper, and start writing your ideas.

It can be anything you like or want to change such as:

How to make life easier
How to sell more products
How to improve business contacts
How to improve SMEs profit
How to improve health with little spending on personal coaching
List all the ideas you can think of even it has been invented. You might want to improve on an exciting idea.

Let’s do the maths ten ideas a day for the whole year

10×365 = 3,650 ideas a year

If you have over 3,000 bad ideas, 500 ideas are already out there you still have over 100 ideas to choose from.

You only need one idea to take you where you want to be.

Change your attitude
for more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2019/02/04/10-reasonswhy-you-need-a-website-for-your-small-business/
HealthLearn The Natural Cures Used To Treat Menopause by Wealthscheme(op): 12:53am On Feb 01, 2019
If you are reading this page then it is very likely that you are already experiencing some of the more uncomfortable symptoms of menopause.

Although menopause is supposed to be a natural occurrence it is clearly distressing for many women to go through.

Normally a condition that causes the following symptoms might have you worried that you are suffering from a serious or even fatal disease…

The cessation of the menstrual period
Menstrual spotting
Irregular or sporadic periods
Increased incidence of yeast infections
Increased incidence of bladder infections
Headaches
Hair loss
And more
Part of winning the battle against the symptoms of menopause is getting over your fear of going through it in the first place. Part of being able to do this is recognizing that this is a process that every woman goes through and being able to identify exactly what is going on in your body.

That is why in Natural Cures For The Menopause I give you a crash course in just exactly what Menopause is as well as a crash course of the different stages that you go through as you experience menopause.
Natural Cures For Menopause Ebook Table Of Contents

Natural Ways To Overcome Menopause Symptoms ……………………………………….. 1

Discover the Best Ways to Deal With Menopause ………………………………………. 1

Introduction: ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3

Stages of Menopause ……………………………………………………………………………. 4

Premature Menopause ……………………………………………………………………….. 4

Menopause And Climacteric …………………………………………………………………. 4

Premenopause …………………………………………………………………………………. 5

Perimenopause ………………………………………………………………………………… 5

Postmenopause ……………………………………………………………………………….. 6

Symptoms of Menopause ………………………………………………………………………. 7

Confirmed Menopause ……………………………………………………………………….. 9

Increased PMS symptoms …………………………………………………………………. 10

Dealing with Menopause………………………………………………………………………. 11

The effects of Menopause on a Woman‟s Body and the Remedies for Control ……… 13

Natural treatment for Menopause …………………………………………………………… 15

Why should one go for natural treatment? …………………………………………….. 15

Restore Energy Levels …………………………………………………………………… 15

Restore your sexual urge ……………………………………………………………….. 16

Keep yourself in the pink of health ……………………………………………………. 16

Yoga for Menopause …………………………………………………………………………… 17

Hormone Yoga Therapy- Natural Menopause Therapy ………………………………….. 19

Hormone yoga therapy …………………………………………………………………….. 19

Why should you go for hormone yoga therapy? ………………………………………. 20

Go for Meditation during Menopause ……………………………………………………….. 21

Try out Aromatherapy during Menopause …………………………………………………. 22

Herbal Remedies for Menopause ……………………………………………………………. 24

The Best Herbs for Menopause ………………………………………………………………. 27

Black Cohosh…………………………………………………………………………………. 27

Chaste Tree Berry …………………………………………………………………………… 27

Red Clover ……………………………………………………………………………………. 28

Menopause Tea …………………………………………………………………………………. 30

Natural Menopause Estrogen Cream ……………………………………………………….. 32

Juicing and Menopause ……………………………………………………………………….. 33

Menopause and Diet …………………………………………………………………………… 35

Conclusion: ……………………………………………………………………………………… 37
FashionBalenciaga Shoe For Sale by Wealthscheme(op): 3:21am On Jan 23, 2019
Nice and exclusive Balenciaga Shoe for sale at affordable price
Size 45, to be delivered anywhere in Lagos
Price-#10,000
Call 08179041348

CareerHow To Make Money Streaming – 6 Ways To Monetize Your Video by Wealthscheme(op): 12:13am On Jan 14, 2019
How to make money streaming – 6 ways to go live and get paid

In this article, we are going to see how you can make money by video streaming or in other words monetize your live video stream.

1. Run ads

Running ads is one sure method of monetizing your live video stream. There are two types of video ads – In-Stream (Linear video ads) and In-Display (non-linear video ads). The ads that are displayed before the video are called linear video ads while the non-linear ads are the ones that the viewers see concurrently while watching the video.

Ads are a great way to monetize your video content, but it’s tricky. You need to play the ad, get the viewer to click on it, and at the same time ensure that the viewer doesn’t get bored and leave your live stream. Plus, major platforms like Facebook and YouTube have different regulations for video streaming and running ads.

When to run the ads – the best time would be when the creator or the person doing the live streaming wants to take a break. Time the ad correctly – don’t leave the viewer hanging in the middle of a sentence!

When you’re running a live stream on YouTube, you can play the ad at any point of time in your live video. However, do try to keep your audience informed that a break would be coming up.

On Facebook, not every video streamer will have the option of taking a break. If your Facebook page displaying the live stream has more than 50,000 followers and more than 300 concurrent viewers in the last live video, you can take a break after 4 minutes.

If you want to maximize the earnings from your live video stream, you need to build traffic to your website or your Facebook page. When you have higher number of visitors, the number of concurrent viewers increase, so the chances of ads converting are higher, which translates to increased revenue.

2. Subscriptions/Pay per view

The other way to make money from your videos is to get your audience to subscribe or pay for your video. You could release a teaser, giving the audience a taste of what is to come. If the viewers want to watch more, they need to subscribe to your page or pay for the video. Streaming platforms such as Vimeo Live and IBM Cloud have in-built subscription features.

3. Donations and Crowdfunding

A recent study by Deloitte Global found that “Donations are also an emerging element of the business model for other live-streaming platforms, including platforms used for streaming video game play.” Many live streams are asking their fans for donations and in return giving them virtual gifts.

Crowdfunding is another method to monetize your video stream. Indiegogo, Kickstarter and Patreon are a few of the popular crowd-funding platforms. You need to create an account on these platforms, build your project, specify your goals, and then promote your project on other platforms, so people visit your project page and contribute to it.

4. Affiliates

Setting up an affiliate program is a sure way of monetizing your video stream. It could however take time to establish and give you the returns you expect. The best part is that once you have set it up, you can passively earn money as your video gets more popular.

You need to first link up with affiliate platforms like Amazon and Flipkart. You can create videos about products sold on the platforms. If you have a video stream that focusses on technology, then you can choose such products. For example, a mobile phone – you can create a video about the features of the mobile phone, trouble shooting tips, best ways to customize the cell phone, and lot’s more. At the end of the video, direct the viewer to go to the product page on the affiliate platform. Every time a viewer clicks on your video and goes to the affiliate site, you earn a commission.

5. Sponsorships

If your live stream channel is popular, then you can confidently approach the larger players in the market for deals and sponsorships. Brands don’t come forward to sponsor your video stream, you need to take the first step and approach the right people. However, when you’re doing that make sure you stay within your niche. The theme of your video should be in accord with the brand that is sponsoring you.

6. Sell your products

Live videos are a great opportunity for subconscious selling. For ages, marketers have been using this technique to sell products and services to their audience. However, you should remember that subconscious selling only happens when you have already built the trust in your viewers. Market research shows that a person is more likely to buy a product when someone in his/her social group has already purchased it. That’s why influencers play a huge role in promotions. However, you don’t have to directly sell your product when you’re streaming the live video. Use the product and then casually talk about its features and where one can buy it and then go back to your video’s main theme. This could subconsciously encourage viewers to check out the product and buy it.

Live video streaming gives you plenty of scope to explore your passion, share your views with your fans, and still get to earn money. To make the maximum earnings from your live video streams, you can use a mix of the above 6 ways. Competition on the internet is very high, so you need to continually work to keep your fans’ attentions so that they keep coming back to you. To keep your fans interested, your video content needs to be interesting, useful, and clear. Create great videos and build a loyal fan following – you can surely see returns on your investment.
For more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2019/01/13/how-to-make-money-streaming-6-ways-to-monetize-your-video/
BusinessHow To Make Money Streaming – 6 Ways To Monetize Your Video by Wealthscheme(op): 12:03am On Jan 14, 2019
How to make money streaming – 6 ways to go live and get paid

In this article, we are going to see how you can make money by video streaming or in other words monetize your live video stream.

1. Run ads

Running ads is one sure method of monetizing your live video stream. There are two types of video ads – In-Stream (Linear video ads) and In-Display (non-linear video ads). The ads that are displayed before the video are called linear video ads while the non-linear ads are the ones that the viewers see concurrently while watching the video.

Ads are a great way to monetize your video content, but it’s tricky. You need to play the ad, get the viewer to click on it, and at the same time ensure that the viewer doesn’t get bored and leave your live stream. Plus, major platforms like Facebook and YouTube have different regulations for video streaming and running ads.

When to run the ads – the best time would be when the creator or the person doing the live streaming wants to take a break. Time the ad correctly – don’t leave the viewer hanging in the middle of a sentence!

When you’re running a live stream on YouTube, you can play the ad at any point of time in your live video. However, do try to keep your audience informed that a break would be coming up.

On Facebook, not every video streamer will have the option of taking a break. If your Facebook page displaying the live stream has more than 50,000 followers and more than 300 concurrent viewers in the last live video, you can take a break after 4 minutes.

If you want to maximize the earnings from your live video stream, you need to build traffic to your website or your Facebook page. When you have higher number of visitors, the number of concurrent viewers increase, so the chances of ads converting are higher, which translates to increased revenue.

2. Subscriptions/Pay per view

The other way to make money from your videos is to get your audience to subscribe or pay for your video. You could release a teaser, giving the audience a taste of what is to come. If the viewers want to watch more, they need to subscribe to your page or pay for the video. Streaming platforms such as Vimeo Live and IBM Cloud have in-built subscription features.

3. Donations and Crowdfunding

A recent study by Deloitte Global found that “Donations are also an emerging element of the business model for other live-streaming platforms, including platforms used for streaming video game play.” Many live streams are asking their fans for donations and in return giving them virtual gifts.

Crowdfunding is another method to monetize your video stream. Indiegogo, Kickstarter and Patreon are a few of the popular crowd-funding platforms. You need to create an account on these platforms, build your project, specify your goals, and then promote your project on other platforms, so people visit your project page and contribute to it.

4. Affiliates

Setting up an affiliate program is a sure way of monetizing your video stream. It could however take time to establish and give you the returns you expect. The best part is that once you have set it up, you can passively earn money as your video gets more popular.

You need to first link up with affiliate platforms like Amazon and Flipkart. You can create videos about products sold on the platforms. If you have a video stream that focusses on technology, then you can choose such products. For example, a mobile phone – you can create a video about the features of the mobile phone, trouble shooting tips, best ways to customize the cell phone, and lot’s more. At the end of the video, direct the viewer to go to the product page on the affiliate platform. Every time a viewer clicks on your video and goes to the affiliate site, you earn a commission.

5. Sponsorships

If your live stream channel is popular, then you can confidently approach the larger players in the market for deals and sponsorships. Brands don’t come forward to sponsor your video stream, you need to take the first step and approach the right people. However, when you’re doing that make sure you stay within your niche. The theme of your video should be in accord with the brand that is sponsoring you.

6. Sell your products

Live videos are a great opportunity for subconscious selling. For ages, marketers have been using this technique to sell products and services to their audience. However, you should remember that subconscious selling only happens when you have already built the trust in your viewers. Market research shows that a person is more likely to buy a product when someone in his/her social group has already purchased it. That’s why influencers play a huge role in promotions. However, you don’t have to directly sell your product when you’re streaming the live video. Use the product and then casually talk about its features and where one can buy it and then go back to your video’s main theme. This could subconsciously encourage viewers to check out the product and buy it.

Live video streaming gives you plenty of scope to explore your passion, share your views with your fans, and still get to earn money. To make the maximum earnings from your live video streams, you can use a mix of the above 6 ways. Competition on the internet is very high, so you need to continually work to keep your fans’ attentions so that they keep coming back to you. To keep your fans interested, your video content needs to be interesting, useful, and clear. Create great videos and build a loyal fan following – you can surely see returns on your investment.

For more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2019/01/13/how-to-make-money-streaming-6-ways-to-monetize-your-video/
BusinessHow To Tell If Someone Is Actually An Entrepreneur by Wealthscheme(op): 11:46am On Jan 07, 2019
One thing defines an entrepreneur – constructive action.

Typically, they’re the salesman – doing *everything* to get people to buy their stuff. We all have the image in our heads; the “wheeler-dealer”, picking any opportunity to try and exploit (and other people) for profit.

Indeed, the term “entrepreneur” seems to have drifted around the present lexicon – from “something you did” (typically to improve people’s lives) into a blend of “money mad hustler” and “someone who doesn’t ‘follow the rules'”.

The reality is the modern meaning could not be further from the truth.

Entrepreneurship isn’t a vocation or job. It’s not a label which you apply to yourself in order to make yourself more endearing to a particular party, or clientele… it’s a way of doing things.

Many “entrepreneurial” types actually have jobs. They’ll never admit they are “entrepreneurs”, although they exhibit all the traits of one. The question is what these traits are, and whether you – or someone you know – has them.

What Is An “Entrepeneur”?

Entrepreneur is a word derived from French – loosely describing a “problem solver”.

Whilst its connotation has changed over the years, the premise persists – an “entrepreneur” is someone who creates a “widget” and has the ability to encourage other people to buy it.

What this “widget” is can be a commercial product, service or idea.

It’s actually interesting… some of the greatest “entrepreneurs” of history actually had nothing to do with money. They were completely focused on the development of a particular “result” and committed themselves whole-heartedly to its realization.

Whether this meant conquering the Persian empire (Alexander), developing the light bulb (Edison) or creating stable PC systems (Gary Kildall), conquering the Aztec empire (Cortez), the term “entrepreneur” really denotes someone who wants to build something.

The BIG difference between “original” entrepreneurs and the swathes of new-age idiots (who typically aggrandize a hedonistic lifestyle + seem to have an infatuation for “crypto”) is that the former were typically committed to a single profession, and manage to “leverage” that through the development of increasingly ambitious “projects”.

These projects could be anything… but they all had a core “reason” to exist. This reason was what drove the originator to pursue the endeavour, and continue even when it was questionable whether it was even “possible” or not. Obviously, the reason we remember them is that they not only discovered it was “possible”, but entirely feasible… hence their success.

How To Tell If Someone Is One

The typical sign is they will do strange things…

interest in esoteric ideas
pursuit of interests not directly correlated to the accumulation of wealth
strong displays of passion for particular subjects
immersive nature with different ideas (trying to recreate historical events etc)
The point is that REAL entrepreneurs are not typically concerned about money at all.

Their primary concern is the creation of a “thing”. What that thing is, is determined by either their character or interests… but in every instance of someone who’s achieved a large amount of success, they were completely and utterly focused on doing “their” thing no matter what.

This is actually important.

The modern world seems to have every 18 year old male wanting to be an “entrepreneur” – like it’s a badge of honour or something. If you’re not “growing”, you’re “dying”… right?

The truth is that our society has become so focused on convenience that the majority of these money-grabbing idiots have absolutely no business even considering themselves “entrepreneurs”.

They have no experience, no skills and are only latching onto the latest “fad” in order to escape the mediocrity which has come to pervade the West’s consumerist culture.

Entrepreneurship typically follows YEARS of interest in a particular subject. It typically follows HUGE investments of time & energy into the cultivation of a skill set, experience and “involvement” in a particular space.

Most importantly – entrepreneurship is about doing something “your way”.

Stay Clear Of Modern Idiots

The BIGGEST problem I continually see from the hoards of idiots is they are ALL following a “book” or some other “rules” on “how” to be an entrepreneur.

I see it all the time… guys reading all the biographies, neural studies, latest books from the big wealthy fat cat – all trying to discover the “secret” to massive success.

What’s ironic is that all of this stuff just works on the “outside” of the issue – the same people who read all the “stuff” end up with the SAME questions… “what do I sell?”- “how do I know if I’m going to make money on a product?” – “what’s the secret to getting rich?”.

If you have to ask “what do I sell”, you’re not an entrepreneur.
If you have to listen to what a “successful” person has to say on a subject, you’re not an entrepreneur.
If you have to consider all the “rules” put forward by others, you’re not an entrepreneur.
The point is that the modern world is chock-full of wannabe losers. Even the “successful” ones aren’t actually truly successful – they may have made a bunch of money, but what did they actually achieve? The answer is relatively little (or even nothing).

The truth is that if you want to “be” an entrepreneur, you have to get to work.

EVERYBODY has their own work. Some are models. Some are footballers. Some are computer programmers. Some are painters.

The “trick” is to do ANYTHING in order to get moving forward in an industry; clean the floors if necessary.

Once you start to gain some progress, the “entrepreneurial” stuff comes from leveraging any progress made within it – either to create & market a product, or to help a market better appreciate the potential of another device/product.

Traits Of “Real” Entrepreneurs

Quiet (or at least reserved)
Fully capable of embracing failure (indeed, using it as a spur to change/adapt)
Working constantly on different elements within their “industry” (again, everyone has a place)
Unafraid of social constructs (just because someone said it doesn’t make it true)
Laser focused on what “they” want to do (you want to bring sustainable farming to Africa? This is the type of thing a “real” entrepreneur will actually do)
Unafraid to give freely (most “entrepreneur” types are not attached to money at all… typically not having much until they find mercantile success)
If you haven’t worked it out, the core is purpose.

The modern world has very little emphasis on purpose; rather it focuses on productivity.

Nothing wrong with this, but it devoids most people of their passion. It’s good for GDP and McDonald’s – but bad for the creativity lying latent within a large number of people.

If you want to adopt “entrepreneurial” traits, the key is to become attuned to a particular “purpose” – through which you’re able to invest your entire life.

If you’re just looking at Ferrari’s and thinking that you “kind of want to become rich” – entrepreneurship is not going to do that. It’s a very difficult road, with only the most persistent and enduring surviving.

You need to get to work, and only then will you discover hidden opportunities into which you’re able to apply your expertise, experience or network to build something of real value to the world. This real value is then absorbed by the market, who’ll either pay handsomly for it – or reject it. This is pretty-much what determines whether someone could be considered an “entrepreneur” or not.
For more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2018/12/30/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-actually-entrepreneur/
InvestmentDiscovering The Ideas That Earns You Millions In This Digital Age by Wealthscheme(op): 10:52am On Dec 31, 2018
Digital world means inter connected through digital devices, media or we can say digital marketing services that are available to every one 24/7. It is the world full of ideas, opinions, learning and opportunities.The Internet has made it possible for all of us to connect whenever we consider it necessary.

Digital business is the creation of new business designs by digital technologies and strategies for the innovation of business.E-trade is an important and adequate depiction of computerized business today. In our perspective, it’s surely not for most associations, despite the fact that most computerized specialty units joined to the conventional undertaking have this as by a long shot the biggest income source today.

We are in a digital world where almost everything is integrated into a single system of the world wide web. We are in an era where we don’t have to have a shop to sell our products, an era where we don’t have to meet to communicate, an era where we don’t necessarily need to follow the traditional door to door method to advertise our products but rather an era where everything is done in a simple and faster way.

With the high rising level of graduate unemployment in Nigeria, I began to think of the way out as I will soon be graduating from the University. Then I recalled listening to speaker at the World leadership forum emphasizing the statement “You don’t need capital, what you need is an idea”. I began to brainstorm about the statement for the fact that I am scared to be an unemployed graduate like the millions who are yet to secured a job.

However with time, I began to understand that the leading world entrepreneurs never started with a capital but rather an idea. Bill gate the richest man in the world never did start the Microsoft with an a huge capital but rather his idea, Mark Zuckerberg the Facebook CEO who is also the fifth richest man never start the Facebook with capital but rather an idea, Steve Jobs who is also a Co-founder of Apple start the company to revolutionalize the smartphone industry with just an idea, Jobberman was created out of an idea, Linda Ikejis blog was created out of an idea and in fact every good business that developed into a multimillion dollars was created out of an idea.

To look further into it, I discovered that capital is easier to get but no matter how huge a capital is, without a good idea the capital is a waste or can be lost whereas a good idea is difficult to find and never can it be lost. so the question remains how do you discover a multimillion dollars idea. How do you break from the chain of unemployment in Nigeria. Below is a five tips to discover that business idea that will change your life forever.

5 TIPS TO DISCOVER A GOOD BUSINESS IDEA

1. OBSERVATION: To discover a good business idea, one has to observe things and circumstances around him. As you wander in the land of observations you need to be able to identify what people do often, what challenges they face on a daily basis, what they need, how they want their needs to be met, when and where. As you observe an ask yourself all this questions you must be able to identify the way out.

Steve Jobs will often go to the park to observe how people listen to music, Mark Zuckerberg possibly observed what if he and his friends don’t necessarily have to meet on a daily basis but rather connect online to gist and share pictures, JOBBERMAN knew people submit their CV and application letter directly but what if they can do it on their behalf.

So the most important aspect in discovering an idea is to observe the market you are interested in, how do they go about doing their businesses, is they anything that needs to be readjusted and many more things.

2. IDENTIFY A PROBLEM

Your observations will be futile and unnecessary if you are yet to identify a problem in the way people conduct their business. Idea can only be realised out of the desire to offer solution and better services to people. JUMIA and KONGA discovered a problem in marketing, so they create an online market where you make purchases and get it delivered to your door steps, if you are yet to discover any problem that needed o be resolved then you are far from identifying a multimillion dollars idea.

3. OFFER A SOLUTION

Now that you have discovered the problem in the way people conduct their business as an entrepreneur, you must offer a solution that fills that gap or void of unsatisfaction in the customers of such market. This can come by reading books and materials related to that niche of business.

4. MAKE A FEASIBILITY STUDY

Have you discovered that idea you think might fetch you millions, you shouldn’t just ventured fully into it but rather make a feasibility study to ascertain if that solution you are to offer is viable. This entails possibly preparing a survey or a questionnaire to hear the views of your potential customers about the service you are about to offer and how they feel about it. You must however delink your emotions from the answers you received.

5. IMPLEMENT YOUR IDEAS

This aspect has to do with the financial aspect to your idea. Don’t panic, they are a lot of people who will be willing to sponsor your idea if they found it fantastic and viable. You can obtain loan from the financial institutions here (Guaranty trust bank, Access bank, Diamond Bank etc) here in Nigeria at a minimal interest rate, but all you need is a good business plan.

In conclusion, do you have a superb idea that will fetch you money, you don’t have to wait, the time is now. Forget the fact that you need to school and come out with a good class of degree, what is important is the fact that you move out of your financial bondage and experience a world of financial freedom and independence. Remember Bill gate, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and many more business tycoons were dropouts at a point in time but today the world has written their names in gold, you can also achieve same. Good luck.

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CareerDiscovering The Ideas That Earns You Millions In This Digital Age by Wealthscheme(op): 10:17pm On Dec 30, 2018
Digital world means inter connected through digital devices, media or we can say digital marketing services that are available to every one 24/7. It is the world full of ideas, opinions, learning and opportunities.The Internet has made it possible for all of us to connect whenever we consider it necessary.

Digital business is the creation of new business designs by digital technologies and strategies for the innovation of business.E-trade is an important and adequate depiction of computerized business today. In our perspective, it’s surely not for most associations, despite the fact that most computerized specialty units joined to the conventional undertaking have this as by a long shot the biggest income source today.

We are in a digital world where almost everything is integrated into a single system of the world wide web. We are in an era where we don’t have to have a shop to sell our products, an era where we don’t have to meet to communicate, an era where we don’t necessarily need to follow the traditional door to door method to advertise our products but rather an era where everything is done in a simple and faster way.

With the high rising level of graduate unemployment in Nigeria, I began to think of the way out as I will soon be graduating from the University. Then I recalled listening to speaker at the World leadership forum emphasizing the statement “You don’t need capital, what you need is an idea”. I began to brainstorm about the statement for the fact that I am scared to be an unemployed graduate like the millions who are yet to secured a job.

However with time, I began to understand that the leading world entrepreneurs never started with a capital but rather an idea. Bill gate the richest man in the world never did start the Microsoft with an a huge capital but rather his idea, Mark Zuckerberg the Facebook CEO who is also the fifth richest man never start the Facebook with capital but rather an idea, Steve Jobs who is also a Co-founder of Apple start the company to revolutionalize the smartphone industry with just an idea, Jobberman was created out of an idea, Linda Ikejis blog was created out of an idea and in fact every good business that developed into a multimillion dollars was created out of an idea.

To look further into it, I discovered that capital is easier to get but no matter how huge a capital is, without a good idea the capital is a waste or can be lost whereas a good idea is difficult to find and never can it be lost. so the question remains how do you discover a multimillion dollars idea. How do you break from the chain of unemployment in Nigeria. Below is a five tips to discover that business idea that will change your life forever.

5 TIPS TO DISCOVER A GOOD BUSINESS IDEA

1. OBSERVATION: To discover a good business idea, one has to observe things and circumstances around him. As you wander in the land of observations you need to be able to identify what people do often, what challenges they face on a daily basis, what they need, how they want their needs to be met, when and where. As you observe an ask yourself all this questions you must be able to identify the way out.

Steve Jobs will often go to the park to observe how people listen to music, Mark Zuckerberg possibly observed what if he and his friends don’t necessarily have to meet on a daily basis but rather connect online to gist and share pictures, JOBBERMAN knew people submit their CV and application letter directly but what if they can do it on their behalf.

So the most important aspect in discovering an idea is to observe the market you are interested in, how do they go about doing their businesses, is they anything that needs to be readjusted and many more things.

2. IDENTIFY A PROBLEM

Your observations will be futile and unnecessary if you are yet to identify a problem in the way people conduct their business. Idea can only be realised out of the desire to offer solution and better services to people. JUMIA and KONGA discovered a problem in marketing, so they create an online market where you make purchases and get it delivered to your door steps, if you are yet to discover any problem that needed o be resolved then you are far from identifying a multimillion dollars idea.

3. OFFER A SOLUTION

Now that you have discovered the problem in the way people conduct their business as an entrepreneur, you must offer a solution that fills that gap or void of unsatisfaction in the customers of such market. This can come by reading books and materials related to that niche of business.

4. MAKE A FEASIBILITY STUDY

Have you discovered that idea you think might fetch you millions, you shouldn’t just ventured fully into it but rather make a feasibility study to ascertain if that solution you are to offer is viable. This entails possibly preparing a survey or a questionnaire to hear the views of your potential customers about the service you are about to offer and how they feel about it. You must however delink your emotions from the answers you received.

5. IMPLEMENT YOUR IDEAS

This aspect has to do with the financial aspect to your idea. Don’t panic, they are a lot of people who will be willing to sponsor your idea if they found it fantastic and viable. You can obtain loan from the financial institutions here (Guaranty trust bank, Access bank, Diamond Bank etc) here in Nigeria at a minimal interest rate, but all you need is a good business plan.

In conclusion, do you have a superb idea that will fetch you money, you don’t have to wait, the time is now. Forget the fact that you need to school and come out with a good class of degree, what is important is the fact that you move out of your financial bondage and experience a world of financial freedom and independence. Remember Bill gate, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and many more business tycoons were dropouts at a point in time but today the world has written their names in gold, you can also achieve same. Good luck.

visit for more info
https://wealthscheme./2018/12/30/discovering-the-idea-that-earns-you-millions-in-this-digital-age/
BusinessDiscovering The Idea That Earns You Millions In This Digital Age by Wealthscheme(op): 3:51am On Dec 30, 2018
Digital world means inter connected through digital devices, media or we can say digital marketing services that are available to every one 24/7. It is the world full of ideas, opinions, learning and opportunities.The Internet has made it possible for all of us to connect whenever we consider it necessary.

Digital business is the creation of new business designs by digital technologies and strategies for the innovation of business.E-trade is an important and adequate depiction of computerized business today. In our perspective, it’s surely not for most associations, despite the fact that most computerized specialty units joined to the conventional undertaking have this as by a long shot the biggest income source today.

We are in a digital world where almost everything is integrated into a single system of the world wide web. We are in an era where we don’t have to have a shop to sell our products, an era where we don’t have to meet to communicate, an era where we don’t necessarily need to follow the traditional door to door method to advertise our products but rather an era where everything is done in a simple and faster way.

With the high rising level of graduate unemployment in Nigeria, I began to think of the way out as I will soon be graduating from the University. Then I recalled listening to speaker at the World leadership forum emphasizing the statement “You don’t need capital, what you need is an idea”. I began to brainstorm about the statement for the fact that I am scared to be an unemployed graduate like the millions who are yet to secured a job.

However with time, I began to understand that the leading world entrepreneurs never started with a capital but rather an idea. Bill gate the richest man in the world never did start the Microsoft with an a huge capital but rather his idea, Mark Zuckerberg the Facebook CEO who is also the fifth richest man never start the Facebook with capital but rather an idea, Steve Jobs who is also a Co-founder of Apple start the company to revolutionalize the smartphone industry with just an idea, Jobberman was created out of an idea, Linda Ikejis blog was created out of an idea and in fact every good business that developed into a multimillion dollars was created out of an idea.

To look further into it, I discovered that capital is easier to get but no matter how huge a capital is, without a good idea the capital is a waste or can be lost whereas a good idea is difficult to find and never can it be lost. so the question remains how do you discover a multimillion dollars idea. How do you break from the chain of unemployment in Nigeria. Below is a five tips to discover that business idea that will change your life forever.

5 TIPS TO DISCOVER A GOOD BUSINESS IDEA

1. OBSERVATION: To discover a good business idea, one has to observe things and circumstances around him. As you wander in the land of observations you need to be able to identify what people do often, what challenges they face on a daily basis, what they need, how they want their needs to be met, when and where. As you observe an ask yourself all this questions you must be able to identify the way out.

Steve Jobs will often go to the park to observe how people listen to music, Mark Zuckerberg possibly observed what if he and his friends don’t necessarily have to meet on a daily basis but rather connect online to gist and share pictures, JOBBERMAN knew people submit their CV and application letter directly but what if they can do it on their behalf.

So the most important aspect in discovering an idea is to observe the market you are interested in, how do they go about doing their businesses, is they anything that needs to be readjusted and many more things.

2. IDENTIFY A PROBLEM

Your observations will be futile and unnecessary if you are yet to identify a problem in the way people conduct their business. Idea can only be realised out of the desire to offer solution and better services to people. JUMIA and KONGA discovered a problem in marketing, so they create an online market where you make purchases and get it delivered to your door steps, if you are yet to discover any problem that needed o be resolved then you are far from identifying a multimillion dollars idea.

3. OFFER A SOLUTION

Now that you have discovered the problem in the way people conduct their business as an entrepreneur, you must offer a solution that fills that gap or void of unsatisfaction in the customers of such market. This can come by reading books and materials related to that niche of business.

4. MAKE A FEASIBILITY STUDY

Have you discovered that idea you think might fetch you millions, you shouldn’t just ventured fully into it but rather make a feasibility study to ascertain if that solution you are to offer is viable. This entails possibly preparing a survey or a questionnaire to hear the views of your potential customers about the service you are about to offer and how they feel about it. You must however delink your emotions from the answers you received.

5. IMPLEMENT YOUR IDEAS

This aspect has to do with the financial aspect to your idea. Don’t panic, they are a lot of people who will be willing to sponsor your idea if they found it fantastic and viable. You can obtain loan from the financial institutions here (Guaranty trust bank, Access bank, Diamond Bank etc) here in Nigeria at a minimal interest rate, but all you need is a good business plan.

In conclusion, do you have a superb idea that will fetch you money, you don’t have to wait, the time is now. Forget the fact that you need to school and come out with a good class of degree, what is important is the fact that you move out of your financial bondage and experience a world of financial freedom and independence. Remember Bill gate, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and many more business tycoons were dropouts at a point in time but today the world has written their names in gold, you can also achieve same. Good luck.

visit for more info
https://wealthscheme./2018/12/30/discovering-the-idea-that-earns-you-millions-in-this-digital-age/
EducationRe: Unilag Admission 2018/2019 by Wealthscheme: 2:06pm On Nov 15, 2018
please can anyone help me with the deadline for school fees, because I will be paying by month end. thanks
Investment30 Entrepreneurs That Quit The Corporate World by Wealthscheme(op): 2:02am On Nov 12, 2018
Many of you reading this right now hope to be successful entrepreneurs.
You’re not fully there yet, you haven’t fully committed yet, but you are on the
edge, waiting for the perfect chance.
But then doubt comes into play: can I do it? How long will it take? Is it even
worth it?
You know the handful of stories of Facebook, Google, Amazon, IKEA and the
like that have made it big. But for you that’s perhaps too unrealistic.
You also know the million stories of failures that surround businesses. You
know that 9 out of 10 startup fail and that almost half of all small businesses
close down before their 5-year anniversary.
But what about that 1 out of 10 startups? What about the other half of the
small businesses? The successful entrepreneurs that didn’t fail? Where are
their stories?
That’s why we’ve brought to you today these stories of not-giving-up, the
stories of success that you won’t hear about in the evening news. The real
stories of everyday entrepreneurs who quit their jobs to pursue their passions
—and succeeded.
These are the real stories that can help you chart your course on your way to
success, to give up the fear of failing and begin your new life as an
entrepreneur.
Against the odds
These successful entrepreneurs preserved against all the odds—the constant
doubts placed on them by their friends, family and others. But they not only
survived, they thrived.
1. Daniel C. Lavery, Writer & Civil Rights Attorney
My father discouraged me from the practice of law and said I could never pass
the bar exam. My wife and I had two children with another on the way, and I
wanted to consider a major change by doing something everyone said was
impossible.
I was successful in passing the exam and I decided to open a civil rights
private practice at 40. Soon I had won the largest defamation verdict west of
the Mississippi, and established precedents in slander law.
For new entrepreneurs, I offer the wisdom I learned not to always follow your
father’s advice, or anyone else’s who does not know your motivation, passion,
and determination. If you have a passion to do something a few people don’t
believe possible, you should not be discouraged.
2. Lori Cheek, Founder of Cheekd
After working in architecture, furniture and design for 15 years, I came up with
an idea that led me into the NYC world of technology and dating with Cheekd,
a newly launched hyper speed Bluetooth mobile dating app. However, I had to
sacrifice a lot for my idea.
I sold nearly $75,000 worth of my designer clothes at consignment shops and
on eBay, doing focus groups, secret shopping, app testing, dog walking, house
sitting. I rented out my West Village Studio in NYC on AirBnB while I couch
surfed for 14 months, nearly got evicted and ultimately lost my lease of 5
years to my gorgeous apartment.
And finally, after four tumultuous years I landed on ABC’s Shark Tank and was
harshly rejected. 48 hours later, Cheekd.com received a record breaking 100K
unique visitors and our inbox filled up with thousands of emails (50 from
interested investors) insisting that the “Sharks” were “out of their minds” for
not investing.
Cheekd has been the most powerful thing that’s ever happened to me.
Building this business has been an incredible learning experience. I’ve never
been more dedicated to anything. Despite the occasional overwhelming stress,
it’s been loads of fun.
Successful entrepreneurs by accident or incident
These entrepreneurs didn’t get to their successful careers fully by their own
choices. In one way or another, a decision was made for them or discovered
by accident. So they took that opportunity to take their careers into their own
hands and become successful entrepreneurs.
3. Dan Nainan, Comedian
I was a senior engineer with Intel Corporation. My job was to travel the world
with the company’s senior executives, doing technical demonstrations on
stage at events, and I was incredibly nervous about speaking on stage. I took
a comedy class to get over the fear, and the comedy kind of took off.
Since leaving Intel to pursue comedy full-time, I have performed at two
Democratic National Conventions, at a TED Conference, at several presidential
inaugural galas, for President Obama, Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael
Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, Steve Wozniak, Arianna Huffington and for many
similar luminaries.
4. Jessica Mehta, Novelist & Founder of Mehtafor
I worked for non-profits and NGOs as a grant writer, events coordinator,
admin, etc. For a few years I was indifferent, but in my last two years I really
burned out.
In my final position, I was actually hired on as a Director and wasn’t told that
my job was *really* to finish up the year’s project before the department was
shut down. I then started working on writing and mehtafor.com, a writing
services company which serves a variety of clients including Fortune500
enterprises and major media outlets.
I was making six figures within 18 months; however, I attribute that to luck,
dogged ambition, and moving overseas where cost of living was much lower
and I had foreign earned income exemption.
5. Jonathan Whitney, Profitable Affiliate Programs
My story is a bit different. I didn’t quit my job, I was let go. I was a discovery
analyst for a law firm in Seattle. The job was alright, but I wasn’t passionate
about it.
After I was let go I started driving for Lyft and Uber. With the huge sign up
bonuses, I figured I could make some money blogging about the industry and
referring drivers. I had no experience with blogging, and didn’t even know how
to build a website. It took months to get the ball rolling. But when it started
rolling it really took off. I made significantly more than a year’s salary in a
short period of time. Moreover, I realized how much I loved blogging and web
design.
6. Kristen R. Edens, Founder of KristheScribbler.com
I quit my job as an exercise physiologist (with a Master’s degree) in 2008 to
pursue my preferred career as a freelance writer.
I loved my job, but hated corporate politics. The commute, salary, gas prices,
and scheduled hours made it more expensive to work than not to work. Lastly,
I wasn’t challenged enough.
In addition to quitting my job, I was unaware of the economic recession
building at that time and was in the process of divorce. Things were tough but
it motivated me to put all my focus in my business. I started with zero and
built it up. Every day I continue to see it grow and succeed. Success is defined
in many ways and I define it as pursuing what makes me happy and solving
problems that others dread.
7. Dana Humphrey, Whitegate PR
I started my business in San Diego in 2007. I was working full time for a
company called Muttropolis and started consulting part time as Whitegate PR.
My grand plan was to go to San Francisco, but I applied for one job in NYC
and got it!
I applied, had a phone interview, flew to NYC and moved within ten days. Two
months later I was laid off on a Thursday. That Friday, the very next day, the
one client I had been consulting for called me and asked that I be available for
more hours. I have been running my business full time since that day.
From hobby to main focus
These successful entrepreneurs had their eye on their hobbies the whole time.
But when they saw the opportunity to really make gains in their careers, they
took their side hustle and made it their main focus.
8. Chris Brantner, Founder of CutCableToday.com & Scribblrs.com
I was a teacher up until recently, and I juggled a side job as a freelance writer
and blogger. I enjoyed teaching, but after 10 years, I was ready to move on. I
wanted to be my own boss and was willing to work hard for it.
Turns out, it paid off. A year ago, I quit my day job as a teacher and went full-
time with my website, CutCableToday.com. The interesting part is that the site
was just another side gig, but then it took off. I started it in March 2015, and
by the summer it was doing really well, and I decided not to go back to
teaching the next fall. Now CutCableToday receives over a million visitors per
month.
9. Gene Caballero, Co-Founder of GreenPal
Before I started my entrepreneurial journey, I worked as a sales coach at a
Fortune 50 tech company. Having done both jobs for 4 years, I knew that at
some point I was going to have to quit my day job to pursue my startup full
time.
My tipping point was when we hit 500 transactions per week with GreenPal,
which has been described as the Uber for lawn care. What this did was prove
that our concept was something that could scale and allow me to leave with a
better peace of mind.
10. Thomas P. Nguyen, Partner & CMO at Peli Peli
I left my career as an attorney to pursue becoming an entrepreneur. I hated
my job because it wasn’t what I was passionate about. I finally quit because I
knew at 27 I had to make a move or else be doomed to my career that I
hated. It took me many years to achieve success—almost 10!
I have now opened a successful South African restaurant in Houston with
three locations and ranked in the top 3 in Houston on both Tripadvisor and
Yelp.
11. Sumit Bansal, Founder of Trump Excel
I am an MBA and worked as a Marketing Manager in a top technology firm. I
loved my job. I had a great team, good quality work that gave me enough
opportunities, and a good work life balance. But at the end of the day, I was
still an employee in a huge firm.
At the same time, I had a fledgling online business where I was teaching
people how to use Excel spreadsheets. I quit when I couldn’t see myself doing
what I was doing in my corporate job for long. Having a backup online
business gave me the strength to take the plunge. When I quit my job, my blog
was already 2 years old. It was growing fast and I was able to give it my full
attention. While success means different things for different people, it was 6
months after quitting my job that I could earn enough to think of it as a long
term business.
12. April Davis, LUMA (Luxury Matchmaking)
I was always a hard worker, working my way up a Fortune 500 company. But
if there was one thing I knew more than anything – it was how to help people
find love. I was a Matchmaker for years within my own circle of friends and
acquaintances; I just didn’t know that I was one at the time.
I often wondered why so many of my girlfriends were single – they were all
high-caliber women who were beautiful on the inside and out. The challenges
involved in singles meeting quality matches became increasingly apparent, and
it was then that I realized I needed to take my matchmaking from a hobby to
a full time career. My matchmaking service has taken off, with more than $1M
in sales last year. I have expanded the company to over 20 locations in the
U.S. and plan to expand even more in the upcoming year.
13. Dave Hermansen, Founder of Store Coach, Inc.
While working as an AutoCAD drafter for a large electrical engineering company
in the early 2000s, I started trying to learn eCommerce. My first couple of
sites were not super successful but I kept at it for two and a half years,
surfing the web for any help I could get on how to generate traffic. Once I
learned SEO and the secret to generating free organic traffic, my website
started producing real income.
I come from a family of entrepreneurs and always dreamed of having my own
business. When I started seeing real success with my website, I knew it was
time to escape the cubicle and devote my efforts full time to eCommerce. Once
I had unlocked the secret to success with one website, I knew I could do it
again and again.
We currently run more than 50 eCommerce websites of our own, in addition to
running our Store Coach eCommerce training course and have owned nearly
100 successful web stores over the past decade.
They needed more
These successful entrepreneurs just felt they couldn’t get what they wanted
from their day jobs. This is the main cause of why people quit their jobs—and
the main motivator on their road to becoming successful entrepreneurs.
14. Jovim Ventura, Founder of InoPrints
I was working as a Sales & Marketing Analyst for SurePayroll (online payroll
company that got acquired for $115M). I lived in Excel and Databases.
My Dad always told me to focus more on the learning experience than the
paycheck when looking for a job. At my age (22 at the time), with limited
responsibilities in life, his advice worked. I knew it was time to quit when I felt
I couldn’t add any more value to the company. Also, I always had a burning
urge to start my own business again (I failed at starting 7 businesses before
finally going corporate). I learned so much from so many smart people at
SurePayroll, that it was time to see if I could apply the lessons I learned to my
own venture.
The 1st year I was working out of my bedroom at my parent’s house.
The 2nd Year I was working in a freezing basement storefront (I couldn’t
afford to pay the heating bill).
The 3rd year, I wanted to quit 2 times after seeing all my friends buying nice
cars and driving up to my storefront.
The 4th year, I hired my first employee (a friend) and the company finally
turned a profit.
The 8th year, we spawned off 2 other companies: CrowdSigns.com &
SignMonk.com
15. Catherine Wood, Founder & Executive Life Coach of Unbounded Potential
After returning from four years on the Peace Corps to work as a Senior
Economist for the Federal Government, I felt stuck behind two computer
monitors and a sea of data in comparison to the adventure-packed and
rewarding work I had been doing.
For six years, I was very unhappy, although I was really good at what I did
given my background in economics.
What finally made me quit was a declaration that I made to myself. I set a
time-sensitive intention of having “x” amount of money in the bank, “x”
number of clients contracted, and giving my notice by a certain date. Walking
into my boss’ office to hand in my two week notice may be the scariest thing I
have ever done, but it was almost the most important decision I have ever
made. My practice has blossomed, and my lifestyle and level of joy are as
different as night and day in comparison to what they used to be.
16. Spencer Shulem, CEO at WeDo
I was Head of User Experience for Mobile & Desktop at Procore (a 500m
software company) and the youngest employee.
At the time I was really interested in starting something of my own. The
company wasn’t huge, it had about 200 employees, but it already started to
take the plague of a big company. Things were slow to move or change, new
ideas were often swapped for simply improvements on existing ideas, and the
urgency and passion behind the company was starting to die.
Less than a month after I quit, WeDo—the software company I started that
makes a really simple to-do list app that you can use for yourself or
collaborate with others—raised $1m from local angel investors. It was not an
incredibly easy round to raise, but it started quickly and I was able to start on
a company and product that I truly love.
17. Lisa Chu, Founder of Black N Bianco Kids Apparel
Before I started my own small business I worked as a sales agent for an
apparel company. The job was fulfilling at times, but I never had the
opportunity to become more than a sales agent. My passion has always been
fashion and I wanted to contribute my ideas and move up the ladder. The
moment that I realized I was going nowhere made me quit my job.
Being in the fashion industry for almost a decade gave me a smooth path to
creating and launching a small clothing brand. I was able to use the
relationships I established to create a high quality apparel goods at a very
generous cost.
It took me two years to build up my brand credibility and start earning a
profit. Success was not easy and passion was the only thing that didn’t stop
me. I now enjoy every second of my day because I am able to do what I love.
Expressing myself through my brand was by far the most fulfilling joy I have
ever felt. Seeing customers enjoy what I have designed and produced is the
frosting on the cake.
18. Mike Scanlin, CEO of Born To Sell
I was a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and had been doing that for 6 years.
Although it paid well, the job is a 60+ hour/week grind. I was on an airplane
3x per week for some Board meeting or conference. The first couple of years
were fun but soon it got to be more of a hassle and routine.
I had been thinking about (read: dreaming of) an online business for the last
year or so. I had seen other people do it and felt the lifestyle would agree with
me. Once I had a really good idea figured out, I quit.
I self-funded the development of borntosell.com (a web site for covered call
investors). I hired 35 freelancers to help me with various parts of it (design,
coding, SEO, affiliate program, etc) and it took 18 months. Because we had
put so much thought into the UI and features, it did well right away. Won
some industry awards. It took about 6 months to reach cash flow positive and
be profitable. For the last 4-5 years it’s been my primary source of income
and is doing well.
19. Vienne Brown, Founder of VienneMilano
I was a Program Manager at Akamai Technologies (a Content Delivery
Network business).
Although I did not love my job, I enjoyed the paycheck. To elaborate, I did
enjoy working at Akamai mainly because I felt like I was working with really
smart people and cutting-edge technology. However, I cannot say that I am
passionate about content delivery software – it was not where my heart was.
While working in high-tech, I often found it difficult to find thigh highs that
would stay up on my leg. This was the first spark of my business idea. The
other reasons are that I’ve always loved fashion and I was turning 30 at the
time, and I thought: wouldn’t it be nice to start my 30’s with a new leaf? So I
quit.
After about two years, I became successful. By our second year, it was clear
that folks had started to take notice of thigh high stockings and that our
business was growing.
20. Maureen Witten, Founder of Be Yourself Wellness
I quit my job as an Elementary School Teacher to become an Emotional Eating
Coach. I loved teaching the kids, I hated working with unsupportive principles,
uninvolved parents and using part of my paycheck each month for new school
supplies.
It took me two years to learn how to market my business online, get my
education and craft a signature program. This is my third year and I’m finally
starting to generate revenue. I have time for my kids and clients and make
more in 8 hours than I did in one month working as a teacher.
The idea just came in a flash
These successful entrepreneurs are the ones movies are made of. They live
their corporate jobs until one day an idea just hits them and they can’t shake
it off until they follow that idea. And that’s how they became successful
entrepreneurs, by taking a chance and reaping the rewards.
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Many of you reading this right now hope to be successful entrepreneurs.
You’re not fully there yet, you haven’t fully committed yet, but you are on the
edge, waiting for the perfect chance.
But then doubt comes into play: can I do it? How long will it take? Is it even
worth it?
You know the handful of stories of Facebook, Google, Amazon, IKEA and the
like that have made it big. But for you that’s perhaps too unrealistic.
You also know the million stories of failures that surround businesses. You
know that 9 out of 10 startup fail and that almost half of all small businesses
close down before their 5-year anniversary.
But what about that 1 out of 10 startups? What about the other half of the
small businesses? The successful entrepreneurs that didn’t fail? Where are
their stories?
That’s why we’ve brought to you today these stories of not-giving-up, the
stories of success that you won’t hear about in the evening news. The real
stories of everyday entrepreneurs who quit their jobs to pursue their passions
—and succeeded.
These are the real stories that can help you chart your course on your way to
success, to give up the fear of failing and begin your new life as an
entrepreneur.
Against the odds
These successful entrepreneurs preserved against all the odds—the constant
doubts placed on them by their friends, family and others. But they not only
survived, they thrived.
1. Daniel C. Lavery, Writer & Civil Rights Attorney
My father discouraged me from the practice of law and said I could never pass
the bar exam. My wife and I had two children with another on the way, and I
wanted to consider a major change by doing something everyone said was
impossible.
I was successful in passing the exam and I decided to open a civil rights
private practice at 40. Soon I had won the largest defamation verdict west of
the Mississippi, and established precedents in slander law.
For new entrepreneurs, I offer the wisdom I learned not to always follow your
father’s advice, or anyone else’s who does not know your motivation, passion,
and determination. If you have a passion to do something a few people don’t
believe possible, you should not be discouraged.
2. Lori Cheek, Founder of Cheekd
After working in architecture, furniture and design for 15 years, I came up with
an idea that led me into the NYC world of technology and dating with Cheekd,
a newly launched hyper speed Bluetooth mobile dating app. However, I had to
sacrifice a lot for my idea.
I sold nearly $75,000 worth of my designer clothes at consignment shops and
on eBay, doing focus groups, secret shopping, app testing, dog walking, house
sitting. I rented out my West Village Studio in NYC on AirBnB while I couch
surfed for 14 months, nearly got evicted and ultimately lost my lease of 5
years to my gorgeous apartment.
And finally, after four tumultuous years I landed on ABC’s Shark Tank and was
harshly rejected. 48 hours later, Cheekd.com received a record breaking 100K
unique visitors and our inbox filled up with thousands of emails (50 from
interested investors) insisting that the “Sharks” were “out of their minds” for
not investing.
Cheekd has been the most powerful thing that’s ever happened to me.
Building this business has been an incredible learning experience. I’ve never
been more dedicated to anything. Despite the occasional overwhelming stress,
it’s been loads of fun.
Successful entrepreneurs by accident or incident
These entrepreneurs didn’t get to their successful careers fully by their own
choices. In one way or another, a decision was made for them or discovered
by accident. So they took that opportunity to take their careers into their own
hands and become successful entrepreneurs.
3. Dan Nainan, Comedian
I was a senior engineer with Intel Corporation. My job was to travel the world
with the company’s senior executives, doing technical demonstrations on
stage at events, and I was incredibly nervous about speaking on stage. I took
a comedy class to get over the fear, and the comedy kind of took off.
Since leaving Intel to pursue comedy full-time, I have performed at two
Democratic National Conventions, at a TED Conference, at several presidential
inaugural galas, for President Obama, Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael
Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, Steve Wozniak, Arianna Huffington and for many
similar luminaries.
4. Jessica Mehta, Novelist & Founder of Mehtafor
I worked for non-profits and NGOs as a grant writer, events coordinator,
admin, etc. For a few years I was indifferent, but in my last two years I really
burned out.
In my final position, I was actually hired on as a Director and wasn’t told that
my job was *really* to finish up the year’s project before the department was
shut down. I then started working on writing and mehtafor.com, a writing
services company which serves a variety of clients including Fortune500
enterprises and major media outlets.
I was making six figures within 18 months; however, I attribute that to luck,
dogged ambition, and moving overseas where cost of living was much lower
and I had foreign earned income exemption.
5. Jonathan Whitney, Profitable Affiliate Programs
My story is a bit different. I didn’t quit my job, I was let go. I was a discovery
analyst for a law firm in Seattle. The job was alright, but I wasn’t passionate
about it.
After I was let go I started driving for Lyft and Uber. With the huge sign up
bonuses, I figured I could make some money blogging about the industry and
referring drivers. I had no experience with blogging, and didn’t even know how
to build a website. It took months to get the ball rolling. But when it started
rolling it really took off. I made significantly more than a year’s salary in a
short period of time. Moreover, I realized how much I loved blogging and web
design.
6. Kristen R. Edens, Founder of KristheScribbler.com
I quit my job as an exercise physiologist (with a Master’s degree) in 2008 to
pursue my preferred career as a freelance writer.
I loved my job, but hated corporate politics. The commute, salary, gas prices,
and scheduled hours made it more expensive to work than not to work. Lastly,
I wasn’t challenged enough.
In addition to quitting my job, I was unaware of the economic recession
building at that time and was in the process of divorce. Things were tough but
it motivated me to put all my focus in my business. I started with zero and
built it up. Every day I continue to see it grow and succeed. Success is defined
in many ways and I define it as pursuing what makes me happy and solving
problems that others dread.
7. Dana Humphrey, Whitegate PR
I started my business in San Diego in 2007. I was working full time for a
company called Muttropolis and started consulting part time as Whitegate PR.
My grand plan was to go to San Francisco, but I applied for one job in NYC
and got it!
I applied, had a phone interview, flew to NYC and moved within ten days. Two
months later I was laid off on a Thursday. That Friday, the very next day, the
one client I had been consulting for called me and asked that I be available for
more hours. I have been running my business full time since that day.
From hobby to main focus
These successful entrepreneurs had their eye on their hobbies the whole time.
But when they saw the opportunity to really make gains in their careers, they
took their side hustle and made it their main focus.
8. Chris Brantner, Founder of CutCableToday.com & Scribblrs.com
I was a teacher up until recently, and I juggled a side job as a freelance writer
and blogger. I enjoyed teaching, but after 10 years, I was ready to move on. I
wanted to be my own boss and was willing to work hard for it.
Turns out, it paid off. A year ago, I quit my day job as a teacher and went full-
time with my website, CutCableToday.com. The interesting part is that the site
was just another side gig, but then it took off. I started it in March 2015, and
by the summer it was doing really well, and I decided not to go back to
teaching the next fall. Now CutCableToday receives over a million visitors per
month.
9. Gene Caballero, Co-Founder of GreenPal
Before I started my entrepreneurial journey, I worked as a sales coach at a
Fortune 50 tech company. Having done both jobs for 4 years, I knew that at
some point I was going to have to quit my day job to pursue my startup full
time.
My tipping point was when we hit 500 transactions per week with GreenPal,
which has been described as the Uber for lawn care. What this did was prove
that our concept was something that could scale and allow me to leave with a
better peace of mind.
10. Thomas P. Nguyen, Partner & CMO at Peli Peli
I left my career as an attorney to pursue becoming an entrepreneur. I hated
my job because it wasn’t what I was passionate about. I finally quit because I
knew at 27 I had to make a move or else be doomed to my career that I
hated. It took me many years to achieve success—almost 10!
I have now opened a successful South African restaurant in Houston with
three locations and ranked in the top 3 in Houston on both Tripadvisor and
Yelp.
11. Sumit Bansal, Founder of Trump Excel
I am an MBA and worked as a Marketing Manager in a top technology firm. I
loved my job. I had a great team, good quality work that gave me enough
opportunities, and a good work life balance. But at the end of the day, I was
still an employee in a huge firm.
At the same time, I had a fledgling online business where I was teaching
people how to use Excel spreadsheets. I quit when I couldn’t see myself doing
what I was doing in my corporate job for long. Having a backup online
business gave me the strength to take the plunge. When I quit my job, my blog
was already 2 years old. It was growing fast and I was able to give it my full
attention. While success means different things for different people, it was 6
months after quitting my job that I could earn enough to think of it as a long
term business.
12. April Davis, LUMA (Luxury Matchmaking)
I was always a hard worker, working my way up a Fortune 500 company. But
if there was one thing I knew more than anything – it was how to help people
find love. I was a Matchmaker for years within my own circle of friends and
acquaintances; I just didn’t know that I was one at the time.
I often wondered why so many of my girlfriends were single – they were all
high-caliber women who were beautiful on the inside and out. The challenges
involved in singles meeting quality matches became increasingly apparent, and
it was then that I realized I needed to take my matchmaking from a hobby to
a full time career. My matchmaking service has taken off, with more than $1M
in sales last year. I have expanded the company to over 20 locations in the
U.S. and plan to expand even more in the upcoming year.
13. Dave Hermansen, Founder of Store Coach, Inc.
While working as an AutoCAD drafter for a large electrical engineering company
in the early 2000s, I started trying to learn eCommerce. My first couple of
sites were not super successful but I kept at it for two and a half years,
surfing the web for any help I could get on how to generate traffic. Once I
learned SEO and the secret to generating free organic traffic, my website
started producing real income.
I come from a family of entrepreneurs and always dreamed of having my own
business. When I started seeing real success with my website, I knew it was
time to escape the cubicle and devote my efforts full time to eCommerce. Once
I had unlocked the secret to success with one website, I knew I could do it
again and again.
We currently run more than 50 eCommerce websites of our own, in addition to
running our Store Coach eCommerce training course and have owned nearly
100 successful web stores over the past decade.
They needed more
These successful entrepreneurs just felt they couldn’t get what they wanted
from their day jobs. This is the main cause of why people quit their jobs—and
the main motivator on their road to becoming successful entrepreneurs.
14. Jovim Ventura, Founder of InoPrints
I was working as a Sales & Marketing Analyst for SurePayroll (online payroll
company that got acquired for $115M). I lived in Excel and Databases.
My Dad always told me to focus more on the learning experience than the
paycheck when looking for a job. At my age (22 at the time), with limited
responsibilities in life, his advice worked. I knew it was time to quit when I felt
I couldn’t add any more value to the company. Also, I always had a burning
urge to start my own business again (I failed at starting 7 businesses before
finally going corporate). I learned so much from so many smart people at
SurePayroll, that it was time to see if I could apply the lessons I learned to my
own venture.
The 1st year I was working out of my bedroom at my parent’s house.
The 2nd Year I was working in a freezing basement storefront (I couldn’t
afford to pay the heating bill).
The 3rd year, I wanted to quit 2 times after seeing all my friends buying nice
cars and driving up to my storefront.
The 4th year, I hired my first employee (a friend) and the company finally
turned a profit.
The 8th year, we spawned off 2 other companies: CrowdSigns.com &
SignMonk.com
15. Catherine Wood, Founder & Executive Life Coach of Unbounded Potential
After returning from four years on the Peace Corps to work as a Senior
Economist for the Federal Government, I felt stuck behind two computer
monitors and a sea of data in comparison to the adventure-packed and
rewarding work I had been doing.
For six years, I was very unhappy, although I was really good at what I did
given my background in economics.
What finally made me quit was a declaration that I made to myself. I set a
time-sensitive intention of having “x” amount of money in the bank, “x”
number of clients contracted, and giving my notice by a certain date. Walking
into my boss’ office to hand in my two week notice may be the scariest thing I
have ever done, but it was almost the most important decision I have ever
made. My practice has blossomed, and my lifestyle and level of joy are as
different as night and day in comparison to what they used to be.
16. Spencer Shulem, CEO at WeDo
I was Head of User Experience for Mobile & Desktop at Procore (a 500m
software company) and the youngest employee.
At the time I was really interested in starting something of my own. The
company wasn’t huge, it had about 200 employees, but it already started to
take the plague of a big company. Things were slow to move or change, new
ideas were often swapped for simply improvements on existing ideas, and the
urgency and passion behind the company was starting to die.
Less than a month after I quit, WeDo—the software company I started that
makes a really simple to-do list app that you can use for yourself or
collaborate with others—raised $1m from local angel investors. It was not an
incredibly easy round to raise, but it started quickly and I was able to start on
a company and product that I truly love.
17. Lisa Chu, Founder of Black N Bianco Kids Apparel
Before I started my own small business I worked as a sales agent for an
apparel company. The job was fulfilling at times, but I never had the
opportunity to become more than a sales agent. My passion has always been
fashion and I wanted to contribute my ideas and move up the ladder. The
moment that I realized I was going nowhere made me quit my job.
Being in the fashion industry for almost a decade gave me a smooth path to
creating and launching a small clothing brand. I was able to use the
relationships I established to create a high quality apparel goods at a very
generous cost.
It took me two years to build up my brand credibility and start earning a
profit. Success was not easy and passion was the only thing that didn’t stop
me. I now enjoy every second of my day because I am able to do what I love.
Expressing myself through my brand was by far the most fulfilling joy I have
ever felt. Seeing customers enjoy what I have designed and produced is the
frosting on the cake.
18. Mike Scanlin, CEO of Born To Sell
I was a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and had been doing that for 6 years.
Although it paid well, the job is a 60+ hour/week grind. I was on an airplane
3x per week for some Board meeting or conference. The first couple of years
were fun but soon it got to be more of a hassle and routine.
I had been thinking about (read: dreaming of) an online business for the last
year or so. I had seen other people do it and felt the lifestyle would agree with
me. Once I had a really good idea figured out, I quit.
I self-funded the development of borntosell.com (a web site for covered call
investors). I hired 35 freelancers to help me with various parts of it (design,
coding, SEO, affiliate program, etc) and it took 18 months. Because we had
put so much thought into the UI and features, it did well right away. Won
some industry awards. It took about 6 months to reach cash flow positive and
be profitable. For the last 4-5 years it’s been my primary source of income
and is doing well.
19. Vienne Brown, Founder of VienneMilano
I was a Program Manager at Akamai Technologies (a Content Delivery
Network business).
Although I did not love my job, I enjoyed the paycheck. To elaborate, I did
enjoy working at Akamai mainly because I felt like I was working with really
smart people and cutting-edge technology. However, I cannot say that I am
passionate about content delivery software – it was not where my heart was.
While working in high-tech, I often found it difficult to find thigh highs that
would stay up on my leg. This was the first spark of my business idea. The
other reasons are that I’ve always loved fashion and I was turning 30 at the
time, and I thought: wouldn’t it be nice to start my 30’s with a new leaf? So I
quit.
After about two years, I became successful. By our second year, it was clear
that folks had started to take notice of thigh high stockings and that our
business was growing.
20. Maureen Witten, Founder of Be Yourself Wellness
I quit my job as an Elementary School Teacher to become an Emotional Eating
Coach. I loved teaching the kids, I hated working with unsupportive principles,
uninvolved parents and using part of my paycheck each month for new school
supplies.
It took me two years to learn how to market my business online, get my
education and craft a signature program. This is my third year and I’m finally
starting to generate revenue. I have time for my kids and clients and make
more in 8 hours than I did in one month working as a teacher.
The idea just came in a flash
These successful entrepreneurs are the ones movies are made of. They live
their corporate jobs until one day an idea just hits them and they can’t shake
it off until they follow that idea. And that’s how they became successful
entrepreneurs, by taking a chance and reaping the rewards.
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Many of you reading this right now hope to be successful entrepreneurs. You’re not fully there yet, you haven’t fully committed yet, but you are on the edge, waiting for the perfect chance.

But then doubt comes into play: can I do it? How long will it take? Is it even worth it?

You know the handful of stories of Facebook, Google, Amazon, IKEA and the like that have made it big. But for you that’s perhaps too unrealistic.

You also know the million stories of failures that surround businesses. You know that 9 out of 10 startup fail and that almost half of all small businesses close down before their 5-year anniversary.

But what about that 1 out of 10 startups? What about the other half of the small businesses? The successful entrepreneurs that didn’t fail? Where are their stories?

That’s why we’ve brought to you today these stories of not-giving-up, the stories of success that you won’t hear about in the evening news. The real stories of everyday entrepreneurs who quit their jobs to pursue their passions—and succeeded.

These are the real stories that can help you chart your course on your way to success, to give up the fear of failing and begin your new life as an entrepreneur.

Against the odds

These successful entrepreneurs preserved against all the odds—the constant doubts placed on them by their friends, family and others. But they not only survived, they thrived.

1. Daniel C. Lavery, Writer & Civil Rights Attorney

My father discouraged me from the practice of law and said I could never pass the bar exam. My wife and I had two children with another on the way, and I wanted to consider a major change by doing something everyone said was impossible.

I was successful in passing the exam and I decided to open a civil rights private practice at 40. Soon I had won the largest defamation verdict west of the Mississippi, and established precedents in slander law.

For new entrepreneurs, I offer the wisdom I learned not to always follow your father’s advice, or anyone else’s who does not know your motivation, passion, and determination. If you have a passion to do something a few people don’t believe possible, you should not be discouraged.

2. Lori Cheek, Founder of Cheekd

After working in architecture, furniture and design for 15 years, I came up with an idea that led me into the NYC world of technology and dating with Cheekd, a newly launched hyper speed Bluetooth mobile dating app. However, I had to sacrifice a lot for my idea.

I sold nearly $75,000 worth of my designer clothes at consignment shops and on eBay, doing focus groups, secret shopping, app testing, dog walking, house sitting. I rented out my West Village Studio in NYC on AirBnB while I couch surfed for 14 months, nearly got evicted and ultimately lost my lease of 5 years to my gorgeous apartment.

And finally, after four tumultuous years I landed on ABC’s Shark Tank and was harshly rejected. 48 hours later, Cheekd.com received a record breaking 100K unique visitors and our inbox filled up with thousands of emails (50 from interested investors) insisting that the “Sharks” were “out of their minds” for not investing.

Cheekd has been the most powerful thing that’s ever happened to me. Building this business has been an incredible learning experience. I’ve never been more dedicated to anything. Despite the occasional overwhelming stress, it’s been loads of fun.

Successful entrepreneurs by accident or incident

These entrepreneurs didn’t get to their successful careers fully by their own choices. In one way or another, a decision was made for them or discovered by accident. So they took that opportunity to take their careers into their own hands and become successful entrepreneurs.

3. Dan Nainan, Comedian

I was a senior engineer with Intel Corporation. My job was to travel the world with the company’s senior executives, doing technical demonstrations on stage at events, and I was incredibly nervous about speaking on stage. I took a comedy class to get over the fear, and the comedy kind of took off.

Since leaving Intel to pursue comedy full-time, I have performed at two Democratic National Conventions, at a TED Conference, at several presidential inaugural galas, for President Obama, Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, Steve Wozniak, Arianna Huffington and for many similar luminaries.

4. Jessica Mehta, Novelist & Founder of Mehtafor

I worked for non-profits and NGOs as a grant writer, events coordinator, admin, etc. For a few years I was indifferent, but in my last two years I really burned out.

In my final position, I was actually hired on as a Director and wasn’t told that my job was *really* to finish up the year’s project before the department was shut down. I then started working on writing and mehtafor.com, a writing services company which serves a variety of clients including Fortune500 enterprises and major media outlets.

I was making six figures within 18 months; however, I attribute that to luck, dogged ambition, and moving overseas where cost of living was much lower and I had foreign earned income exemption.

5. Jonathan Whitney, Profitable Affiliate Programs

My story is a bit different. I didn’t quit my job, I was let go. I was a discovery analyst for a law firm in Seattle. The job was alright, but I wasn’t passionate about it.

After I was let go I started driving for Lyft and Uber. With the huge sign up bonuses, I figured I could make some money blogging about the industry and referring drivers. I had no experience with blogging, and didn’t even know how to build a website. It took months to get the ball rolling. But when it started rolling it really took off. I made significantly more than a year’s salary in a short period of time. Moreover, I realized how much I loved blogging and web design.

6. Kristen R. Edens, Founder of KristheScribbler.com

I quit my job as an exercise physiologist (with a Master’s degree) in 2008 to pursue my preferred career as a freelance writer.

I loved my job, but hated corporate politics. The commute, salary, gas prices, and scheduled hours made it more expensive to work than not to work. Lastly, I wasn’t challenged enough.

In addition to quitting my job, I was unaware of the economic recession building at that time and was in the process of divorce. Things were tough but it motivated me to put all my focus in my business. I started with zero and built it up. Every day I continue to see it grow and succeed. Success is defined in many ways and I define it as pursuing what makes me happy and solving problems that others dread.

7. Dana Humphrey, Whitegate PR

I started my business in San Diego in 2007. I was working full time for a company called Muttropolis and started consulting part time as Whitegate PR. My grand plan was to go to San Francisco, but I applied for one job in NYC and got it!

I applied, had a phone interview, flew to NYC and moved within ten days. Two months later I was laid off on a Thursday. That Friday, the very next day, the one client I had been consulting for called me and asked that I be available for more hours. I have been running my business full time since that day.

From hobby to main focus

These successful entrepreneurs had their eye on their hobbies the whole time. But when they saw the opportunity to really make gains in their careers, they took their side hustle and made it their main focus.

8. Chris Brantner, Founder of CutCableToday.com & Scribblrs.com

I was a teacher up until recently, and I juggled a side job as a freelance writer and blogger. I enjoyed teaching, but after 10 years, I was ready to move on. I wanted to be my own boss and was willing to work hard for it.

Turns out, it paid off. A year ago, I quit my day job as a teacher and went full-time with my website, CutCableToday.com. The interesting part is that the site was just another side gig, but then it took off. I started it in March 2015, and by the summer it was doing really well, and I decided not to go back to teaching the next fall. Now CutCableToday receives over a million visitors per month.

9. Gene Caballero, Co-Founder of GreenPal

Before I started my entrepreneurial journey, I worked as a sales coach at a Fortune 50 tech company. Having done both jobs for 4 years, I knew that at some point I was going to have to quit my day job to pursue my startup full time.

My tipping point was when we hit 500 transactions per week with GreenPal, which has been described as the Uber for lawn care. What this did was prove that our concept was something that could scale and allow me to leave with a better peace of mind.

10. Thomas P. Nguyen, Partner & CMO at Peli Peli

I left my career as an attorney to pursue becoming an entrepreneur. I hated my job because it wasn’t what I was passionate about. I finally quit because I knew at 27 I had to make a move or else be doomed to my career that I hated. It took me many years to achieve success—almost 10!

I have now opened a successful South African restaurant in Houston with three locations and ranked in the top 3 in Houston on both Tripadvisor and Yelp.

11. Sumit Bansal, Founder of Trump Excel

I am an MBA and worked as a Marketing Manager in a top technology firm. I loved my job. I had a great team, good quality work that gave me enough opportunities, and a good work life balance. But at the end of the day, I was still an employee in a huge firm.

At the same time, I had a fledgling online business where I was teaching people how to use Excel spreadsheets. I quit when I couldn’t see myself doing what I was doing in my corporate job for long. Having a backup online business gave me the strength to take the plunge. When I quit my job, my blog was already 2 years old. It was growing fast and I was able to give it my full attention. While success means different things for different people, it was 6 months after quitting my job that I could earn enough to think of it as a long term business.

12. April Davis, LUMA (Luxury Matchmaking)

I was always a hard worker, working my way up a Fortune 500 company. But if there was one thing I knew more than anything – it was how to help people find love. I was a Matchmaker for years within my own circle of friends and acquaintances; I just didn’t know that I was one at the time.

I often wondered why so many of my girlfriends were single – they were all high-caliber women who were beautiful on the inside and out. The challenges involved in singles meeting quality matches became increasingly apparent, and it was then that I realized I needed to take my matchmaking from a hobby to a full time career. My matchmaking service has taken off, with more than $1M in sales last year. I have expanded the company to over 20 locations in the U.S. and plan to expand even more in the upcoming year.

13. Dave Hermansen, Founder of Store Coach, Inc.

While working as an AutoCAD drafter for a large electrical engineering company in the early 2000s, I started trying to learn eCommerce. My first couple of sites were not super successful but I kept at it for two and a half years, surfing the web for any help I could get on how to generate traffic. Once I learned SEO and the secret to generating free organic traffic, my website started producing real income.

I come from a family of entrepreneurs and always dreamed of having my own business. When I started seeing real success with my website, I knew it was time to escape the cubicle and devote my efforts full time to eCommerce. Once I had unlocked the secret to success with one website, I knew I could do it again and again.

We currently run more than 50 eCommerce websites of our own, in addition to running our Store Coach eCommerce training course and have owned nearly 100 successful web stores over the past decade.

They needed more

These successful entrepreneurs just felt they couldn’t get what they wanted from their day jobs. This is the main cause of why people quit their jobs—and the main motivator on their road to becoming successful entrepreneurs.

14. Jovim Ventura, Founder of InoPrints

I was working as a Sales & Marketing Analyst for SurePayroll (online payroll company that got acquired for $115M). I lived in Excel and Databases.

My Dad always told me to focus more on the learning experience than the paycheck when looking for a job. At my age (22 at the time), with limited responsibilities in life, his advice worked. I knew it was time to quit when I felt I couldn’t add any more value to the company. Also, I always had a burning urge to start my own business again (I failed at starting 7 businesses before finally going corporate). I learned so much from so many smart people at SurePayroll, that it was time to see if I could apply the lessons I learned to my own venture.

The 1st year I was working out of my bedroom at my parent’s house.
The 2nd Year I was working in a freezing basement storefront (I couldn’t afford to pay the heating bill).
The 3rd year, I wanted to quit 2 times after seeing all my friends buying nice cars and driving up to my storefront.
The 4th year, I hired my first employee (a friend) and the company finally turned a profit.
The 8th year, we spawned off 2 other companies: CrowdSigns.com & SignMonk.com
15. Catherine Wood, Founder & Executive Life Coach of Unbounded Potential

After returning from four years on the Peace Corps to work as a Senior Economist for the Federal Government, I felt stuck behind two computer monitors and a sea of data in comparison to the adventure-packed and rewarding work I had been doing.

For six years, I was very unhappy, although I was really good at what I did given my background in economics.

What finally made me quit was a declaration that I made to myself. I set a time-sensitive intention of having “x” amount of money in the bank, “x” number of clients contracted, and giving my notice by a certain date. Walking into my boss’ office to hand in my two week notice may be the scariest thing I have ever done, but it was almost the most important decision I have ever made. My practice has blossomed, and my lifestyle and level of joy are as different as night and day in comparison to what they used to be.

16. Spencer Shulem, CEO at WeDo

I was Head of User Experience for Mobile & Desktop at Procore (a 500m software company) and the youngest employee.

At the time I was really interested in starting something of my own. The company wasn’t huge, it had about 200 employees, but it already started to take the plague of a big company. Things were slow to move or change, new ideas were often swapped for simply improvements on existing ideas, and the urgency and passion behind the company was starting to die.

Less than a month after I quit, WeDo—the software company I started that makes a really simple to-do list app that you can use for yourself or collaborate with others—raised $1m from local angel investors. It was not an incredibly easy round to raise, but it started quickly and I was able to start on a company and product that I truly love.

17. Lisa Chu, Founder of Black N Bianco Kids Apparel

Before I started my own small business I worked as a sales agent for an apparel company. The job was fulfilling at times, but I never had the opportunity to become more than a sales agent. My passion has always been fashion and I wanted to contribute my ideas and move up the ladder. The moment that I realized I was going nowhere made me quit my job.

Being in the fashion industry for almost a decade gave me a smooth path to creating and launching a small clothing brand. I was able to use the relationships I established to create a high quality apparel goods at a very generous cost.

It took me two years to build up my brand credibility and start earning a profit. Success was not easy and passion was the only thing that didn’t stop me. I now enjoy every second of my day because I am able to do what I love. Expressing myself through my brand was by far the most fulfilling joy I have ever felt. Seeing customers enjoy what I have designed and produced is the frosting on the cake.

18. Mike Scanlin, CEO of Born To Sell

I was a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and had been doing that for 6 years.

Although it paid well, the job is a 60+ hour/week grind. I was on an airplane 3x per week for some Board meeting or conference. The first couple of years were fun but soon it got to be more of a hassle and routine.

I had been thinking about (read: dreaming of) an online business for the last year or so. I had seen other people do it and felt the lifestyle would agree with me. Once I had a really good idea figured out, I quit.

I self-funded the development of borntosell.com (a web site for covered call investors). I hired 35 freelancers to help me with various parts of it (design, coding, SEO, affiliate program, etc) and it took 18 months. Because we had put so much thought into the UI and features, it did well right away. Won some industry awards. It took about 6 months to reach cash flow positive and be profitable. For the last 4-5 years it’s been my primary source of income and is doing well.

19. Vienne Brown, Founder of VienneMilano

I was a Program Manager at Akamai Technologies (a Content Delivery Network business).

Although I did not love my job, I enjoyed the paycheck. To elaborate, I did enjoy working at Akamai mainly because I felt like I was working with really smart people and cutting-edge technology. However, I cannot say that I am passionate about content delivery software – it was not where my heart was.

While working in high-tech, I often found it difficult to find thigh highs that would stay up on my leg. This was the first spark of my business idea. The other reasons are that I’ve always loved fashion and I was turning 30 at the time, and I thought: wouldn’t it be nice to start my 30’s with a new leaf? So I quit.

After about two years, I became successful. By our second year, it was clear that folks had started to take notice of thigh high stockings and that our business was growing.

20. Maureen Witten, Founder of Be Yourself Wellness

I quit my job as an Elementary School Teacher to become an Emotional Eating Coach. I loved teaching the kids, I hated working with unsupportive principles, uninvolved parents and using part of my paycheck each month for new school supplies.

It took me two years to learn how to market my business online, get my education and craft a signature program. This is my third year and I’m finally starting to generate revenue. I have time for my kids and clients and make more in 8 hours than I did in one month working as a teacher.

The idea just came in a flash

These successful entrepreneurs are the ones movies are made of. They live their corporate jobs until one day an idea just hits them and they can’t shake it off until they follow that idea. And that’s how they became successful entrepreneurs, by taking a chance and reaping the rewards.
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CareerTop 10 Proven Ways To Make Money From A Blog by Wealthscheme(op): 8:13pm On Nov 04, 2018
A number of people own blogs but they do not know how to make money out of them. This is mainly because they do not realize how to create attention and attraction for prospective clients to fund their blogs. A well planned and managed blog can actually offer you freedom and control over your financial future. With an effective follow-up of promises of certain blogs and following ‘how-to’ manuals, you can actually smile all the way to the bank. On that note, in the following discussion, we are going to look at 10 proven ways to make money with your own blog.

1. Google AdSense

Google AdSense is a very significant tool that was designed with blog and website publishers in mind. Google AdSense works with Cost Per Click (CPC) and Earning Per Click (EPC). Blog publishers will basically get paid for clicks on Ads that appear on their sites. Anyone who has created, and maintains his blogs, can essentially take advantage of this fantastic opportunity. If you really know how to use the tool to your advantage, you can generate a great deal of revenue.

2. Amazon Associates

Amazon associates is majorly an affiliate system of a program primarily involving an agreement between the advertiser (you) and the retailer (Amazon). The advertiser markets the involved and he is paid by the retailer based on an agreement. More importantly, the amazon associate will get some commission when an interested buyer clicks on a given link online and makes a purchase. If you can manage to market as many products links as possible in your blog and sell some Amazon products then it’s possible that you can indeed make good money on your blog.

3. eBooks

eBooks are basically books that are in a soft copy format and can be downloaded on an internet connection. There are a number of ways through which eBooks can be created. You can employ writers, write them yourself or even use a public domain content. There are always numerous ready buyers to buy your eBooks, regardless of your area of concentration. With your blog, you can actually be selling your eBooks and get money or you can opt to sell the eBooks for other writers and they will pay at a commission.

4. Sponsored Content

Sponsored content is generally a native advertising method through which brand-sponsored videos and articles appear on social media platforms and sites of influence and also publishers. When you have sponsored content, there are usually a number of things you need to keep in mind as you market it. Firstly, do a perfect timing for your content, tie the content with your targets audience, use high-quality content such images to add value to the content and keep the tone relatable and authentic. You can always find brand-sponsored articles from big brands and advertise it on your blog and through that, you can indeed raise a significant amount of money.

5. Contextual Ads

This is essentially a form of targeted advertising that features adverts that appear on websites, such as the content displayed on mobile devices’ browsers. In a nutshell, in contextual ads, the system displays ads that are closely related to the content of your site depending on the keyword targeting. With contextual ads, you are normally paid per number of clicks. If you can get a significant number of contextual ads displaying on your blog then you can actually earn relatively good money depending on the number of clicks.

6. Banner Ads

This is an advertisement that appears on a webpage in the form of a column, bar or box. The major function of a banner ad is to promote a brand or, even more importantly get visitors from the host site to advertise on its advertiser’s website. The major function of a banner is to add traffic to your site and through that, you can seal your marketing deal. The more the traffic to your blog, the better. High traffic means high income.
for more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2018/11/02/589/
Business10 Top Proven Ways To Make Money From A Blog by Wealthscheme(op): 8:10pm On Nov 02, 2018
A number of people own blogs but they do not know how to make money out of them. This is mainly because they do not realize how to create attention and attraction for prospective clients to fund their blogs. A well planned and managed blog can actually offer you freedom and control over your financial future. With an effective follow-up of promises of certain blogs and following ‘how-to’ manuals, you can actually smile all the way to the bank. On that note, in the following discussion, we are going to look at 10 proven ways to make money with your own blog.

1. Google AdSense

Google AdSense is a very significant tool that was designed with blog and website publishers in mind. Google AdSense works with Cost Per Click (CPC) and Earning Per Click (EPC). Blog publishers will basically get paid for clicks on Ads that appear on their sites. Anyone who has created, and maintains his blogs, can essentially take advantage of this fantastic opportunity. If you really know how to use the tool to your advantage, you can generate a great deal of revenue.

2. Amazon Associates

Amazon associates is majorly an affiliate system of a program primarily involving an agreement between the advertiser (you) and the retailer (Amazon). The advertiser markets the involved and he is paid by the retailer based on an agreement. More importantly, the amazon associate will get some commission when an interested buyer clicks on a given link online and makes a purchase. If you can manage to market as many products links as possible in your blog and sell some Amazon products then it’s possible that you can indeed make good money on your blog.

3. eBooks

eBooks are basically books that are in a soft copy format and can be downloaded on an internet connection. There are a number of ways through which eBooks can be created. You can employ writers, write them yourself or even use a public domain content. There are always numerous ready buyers to buy your eBooks, regardless of your area of concentration. With your blog, you can actually be selling your eBooks and get money or you can opt to sell the eBooks for other writers and they will pay at a commission.

4. Sponsored Content

Sponsored content is generally a native advertising method through which brand-sponsored videos and articles appear on social media platforms and sites of influence and also publishers. When you have sponsored content, there are usually a number of things you need to keep in mind as you market it. Firstly, do a perfect timing for your content, tie the content with your targets audience, use high-quality content such images to add value to the content and keep the tone relatable and authentic. You can always find brand-sponsored articles from big brands and advertise it on your blog and through that, you can indeed raise a significant amount of money.

5. Contextual Ads

This is essentially a form of targeted advertising that features adverts that appear on websites, such as the content displayed on mobile devices’ browsers. In a nutshell, in contextual ads, the system displays ads that are closely related to the content of your site depending on the keyword targeting. With contextual ads, you are normally paid per number of clicks. If you can get a significant number of contextual ads displaying on your blog then you can actually earn relatively good money depending on the number of clicks.

6. Banner Ads

This is an advertisement that appears on a webpage in the form of a column, bar or box. The major function of a banner ad is to promote a brand or, even more importantly get visitors from the host site to advertise on its advertiser’s website. The major function of a banner is to add traffic to your site and through that, you can seal your marketing deal. The more the traffic to your blog, the better. High traffic means high income.
for more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2018/11/02/589/
BusinessRe: 13 Ways To Actually Make Money From A Website! by Wealthscheme(op): 1:41pm On Oct 18, 2018
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Investment13 Ways To Actually Make Money From A Website! by Wealthscheme(op): 12:54pm On Oct 17, 2018
When it comes to finding ways to monetize your website and making money online, the best thing I have found, is to use a variety of different techniques and to always be testing.

However, there are a lot more than two ways to make money online.

Every site needs to be treated differently.

It can take a while to work out how to best make money from a website. If something doesn’t work, try something else. Don’t just give up. The main reason people fail with blogging, isn’t because their idea or website is bad but because they give up too soon.

Here are the 14 ways you can monetize your website:

Best Ways To Make Money Online
1. Email Marketing
This is one of my favorite things to talk about because it’s just so powerful.

Building an email list can make you a lot of money, help you build a solid brand and of course help readers come back to your site, time after time.

Email marketing can be seen to make you money in a few different ways, such as direct email promotions, to deliver free reports that are monetized and my favorite, to drive traffic back to your site where you make money from other methods.

Gone are the days of finding it hard to get people to subscribe to your website.

At the time, most websites hated the idea of using popups because of the negative association people have with them. But these popups are different. Instead of popping up in another browser window, they popup as part of the page you are on. It was a lot less intrusive. Even better, it wasn’t to promote something spammy, but rather something of value to the reader.

In order to start collecting emails, you need to sign up for Aweber, which hosts your emails, which you use to send messages, create follow up campaigns, split test etc.

Benefits:

Very direct way to market.
One email can make you thousands.
Anyone can do it.
Considered by most to be the no1 way to make money online consistently.
Can work on autopilot, if you setup a autoresponder series.
Drawbacks:

If subscribers don’t like your emails, they will unsubscribe.
2. Promote Products as an Affiliate
Another hot topic here on wealthscheme.

We earn around 30% of our income from promoting products as an affiliate. What this means is we receive a commission when you buy something.

Don’t be alarmed, we promote what works for us, not because we will earn a commission. Fortunately nearly all products that exist, have an affiliate program. If you can’t find an affiliate program for a particular product, type product name + affiliate into Google. For example: PopUp Domination Affiliate. This should bring up their affiliate page, if they have an affiliate program.

In my experience, affiliate marketing works best when paired up with email marketing. Top marketers consistently agree, year after year, that email marketing is their most important income source. Combine that with affiliate marketing and you have a winner.

There are so many ways to go about finding a product to promote, it often depends on your industry. For a fitness blog, you could go to Clickbank, find a product about six pack abs and grab an advertising banner from their resources area and put it up on my website.

You could also do a blog post such as, 7 Best Exercises To Get Six Pack Abs, then at the end, promote the product.

Benefits:

Can earn you big bucks!
Easy to setup and doesn’t require much support.
Passive income.
Drawbacks:

Earnings are not guaranteed, can earn $100 one month, $1000 the next.
Great products can have low converting sales pages.
High converting sales pages can have rubbish products.
3. Create & Sell Your Own Digital Product
Something I’m experimenting more and more with and I’m not sure if it’s just me.. but it seems like the world has gone crazy about making products, they are everywhere which has educated the market so they know they have to purchase content now. The simple version of creating a product is as followed, create a 30+ page word document about something, turn it into a PDF and sell it.

Personally I think your first steps would be to ask your audience what they want to know more about, create a product around that and sell it!

When it comes to selling any product of your own, I recommend using SamCart for your checkout page, upsells and affiliate program. They have a free trial, so make sure to try it out.



Benefits:

Affiliates send you traffic, build your business.
Passive income because of affiliates promoting it.
Great for building your brand and authority.
Big Money Earner.
Drawbacks:

Time consuming to setup.
4. Sell Advertising Space
The most popular way to make money from a website is by placing ads on it. We all know what ads look like, but did you know that they function in many different ways such as Pay Per Click, Pay Per 1000 Views or Pay Per Time Frame.

The biggest downside of website adverting, is that most people know what they look like and avoid clicking them.

When selling advertising, you typically have two choices:

1. Find and work with advertisers yourself.

or

2. Work with a middle man who takes a cut for bringing you advertisers.

It all depends on you. Is this a business for you or is this just an opportunity to make a bit more money?

I always lean towards finding advertisers myself. In my experience you get paid more, build better partnerships and can do a better job for them.

Advertising sales makes up only a small portion of my earnings but it’s nice to know that money is almost guaranteed to come in every month.

Be warned, Google does not like the practice of buying and selling text links. People buy text links because Google rank sites better based on quantity and quality of links. When you link to someone, you are telling search engines that you trust this site and you are giving them some of your authority. Google likes this to happen organically. So when you buy/sell links and get caught, Google will punish you by slapping your site down in the rankings.



Benefits:

Often guaranteed income.
Little effort to monetize.
Saves you a lot of time.
Great way to connect with others in your industry.
Drawbacks:

Takes away from user experience.
If you set a set price per month, you can’t make any more even if you double your traffic.
Advertisers come and go, you have to spend time editing, adding, deleting and finding more advertisers.
5. Create a Job Board
This works like so:

People looking to hire someone will post a job on your board and readers will apply for the job. This is a great method of monetizing a website which I have seen done by a lot of authority websites.

On the other hand, I have seen smaller blogs try to do this and completely fail because it’s competitive and if you can’t send them anyone to apply, it’s pointless for them to post a job. Jobs can be anything from, writers to trainers.

As for what software to use, I recommend you check out ThemeForest, they have a good selection of different job board plugins and themes.

When it comes to marketing your job board, you will want to use some of your advertising space to promote the job board so that readers will see it and apply for jobs.

Charge a low price at the beginning so that you can attract a lot of customers and if they get applications they will be happy to return.



Benefits:

Completely hands of, you don’t have to do anything.
Adds to credibility
Drawbacks:

Doesn’t work for small blogs
Very competitive at times.
6. Selling Services
Selling services is a very popular technique people use to make money from a website and is often the reason for them building a blog in the first place. They want to get more clients, to do that they need to get traffic and blogs are great for that!

The easiest easy to start selling your services on your blog is to create a new page within WordPress and call it services. Here you can put in the information about what you offer, testimonials and a buy now button.

To collect payments, your best two options is either PayPal or Stripe.



Benefits:

High converting, they see your blog and want more!
Highly profitable.
Easy to deliver.
Low refunds.
Drawbacks:

Exchanging time for money.
Customers are always right (which we know isn’t true).
Can be periods of time where you have no customers!
7. Offer a Membership Site or Premium Content
This technique has become more and more popular over the last few years.

The idea is simply, people come to your website because they want to read your content. They love it and want more. So you offer them even better content, for a price.

Your first step should be to work out what you’re going to offer. Then, you will want to go ahead and create a membership area for them to login and see the information you’re selling.

Once you have set it up, you will want to focus on marketing it. For best results, I recommend focusing on email marketing and adding an advert at the bottom of every page, mentioning that if they liked what they have read so far, they should take a look at your even better paid content.

Another option would be to release an affiliate program for your membership site. This not only will increase sales but will bring you even more traffic.

For billing, checkout pages, upsell pages and affiliate program software, I recommend you use Samcart..

For your membership site, again you could use Themeforest to find a good theme.



Benefits:

Continuity income, keep making money, month after month.
Can be set and forget, if you time release.
Affiliates will send you traffic!
Can be a huge earner, it accounts for over $90k a month for Tutsplus.
Drawbacks:

Can be a lot of work to set up.
Regular work to release more content.
8. Sell Paid Directory Listings
This isn’t very common but I believe it should be.

I see it as a smart way to sell advertising, you see instead of putting adverts on your sidebar, you have a directory on your blog where you link to different company’s and websites in your industry and charge a premium for the listing. If you charged a monthly fee, so for example, say you had 1000 people listed in your directory and charged $7 a month, you would earn $7000 a month in continuity.

In some ways, this is actually beneficial to the reader, say you have a website about becoming a model, in the directory could be a section for photographers, where photographers pay to list their services. Models will come and look for the right person to take pictures of them for their portfolio, helpful and profitable.

Just like a job board, I would add adverts to my blog, promoting the directory to make sure customers are happy with the number of people seeing their ad and the traffic they get. To start with, I would even advertise on other sites to get people to list in your directory, as well as reaching out to people and company’s to buy a listing.



Benefits:

Highly profitable.
Useful to readers.
Makes you stand out as your doing something different.
Nearly guaranteed income.
Drawback:

Costs to setup.
Smaller sites may not work so well.
9. Host Webinars & Sell Something
Webinars are great at selling high price products, either a the product owner or as an affiliate.

Alternatively, you could set up a free webinar that you replay once a week, teach something and then at the end you sell them into 4 more webinars. Once you complete the webinar series, you now have a product that you can sell as a home study course

Here is a great introduction to how to sell on webinars.



Benefits:

High priced, low amount of customers, so low support.
Readers want to connect with you.
Highly beneficial to those who buy.
Great way to teach.
Drawbacks:

If your doing live webinars, your exchanging time for money.
Investment for software.
People have to turn up at a specific time, hard for different time zones.
10. Write Tutorials & Promote Something
Content is what everyone is after, that’s why they come to your website, so create content which includes them buying something so that when they do buy, they buy via an affiliate link, and make you money!

What I do to create a tutorial, is I start with the product, find one that you are using and you get a lot out of, it of course needs to have an affiliate program. Then do a tutorial about doing something using that tool.

So for example it could be a post about Photography and take a specific type of photo but you need this lens to do it.



Benefits:

Makes great content.
Good for search engines.
Profitable long term.
Quick to produce.
Drawbacks:

Finding enough products that have affiliate programs.
Some people may not be interested because they don’t yet have the product.
for more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2018/10/17/13-ways-to-actually-make-money-from-a-website/
Career13 Ways To Actually Make Money From A Website! by Wealthscheme(op): 12:46pm On Oct 17, 2018
When it comes to finding ways to monetize your website and making money online, the best thing I have found, is to use a variety of different techniques and to always be testing.

However, there are a lot more than two ways to make money online.

Every site needs to be treated differently.

It can take a while to work out how to best make money from a website. If something doesn’t work, try something else. Don’t just give up. The main reason people fail with blogging, isn’t because their idea or website is bad but because they give up too soon.

Here are the 14 ways you can monetize your website:

Best Ways To Make Money Online
1. Email Marketing
This is one of my favorite things to talk about because it’s just so powerful.

Building an email list can make you a lot of money, help you build a solid brand and of course help readers come back to your site, time after time.

Email marketing can be seen to make you money in a few different ways, such as direct email promotions, to deliver free reports that are monetized and my favorite, to drive traffic back to your site where you make money from other methods.

Gone are the days of finding it hard to get people to subscribe to your website.

At the time, most websites hated the idea of using popups because of the negative association people have with them. But these popups are different. Instead of popping up in another browser window, they popup as part of the page you are on. It was a lot less intrusive. Even better, it wasn’t to promote something spammy, but rather something of value to the reader.

In order to start collecting emails, you need to sign up for Aweber, which hosts your emails, which you use to send messages, create follow up campaigns, split test etc.

Benefits:

Very direct way to market.
One email can make you thousands.
Anyone can do it.
Considered by most to be the no1 way to make money online consistently.
Can work on autopilot, if you setup a autoresponder series.
Drawbacks:

If subscribers don’t like your emails, they will unsubscribe.
2. Promote Products as an Affiliate
Another hot topic here on wealthscheme.

We earn around 30% of our income from promoting products as an affiliate. What this means is we receive a commission when you buy something.

Don’t be alarmed, we promote what works for us, not because we will earn a commission. Fortunately nearly all products that exist, have an affiliate program. If you can’t find an affiliate program for a particular product, type product name + affiliate into Google. For example: PopUp Domination Affiliate. This should bring up their affiliate page, if they have an affiliate program.

In my experience, affiliate marketing works best when paired up with email marketing. Top marketers consistently agree, year after year, that email marketing is their most important income source. Combine that with affiliate marketing and you have a winner.

There are so many ways to go about finding a product to promote, it often depends on your industry. For a fitness blog, you could go to Clickbank, find a product about six pack abs and grab an advertising banner from their resources area and put it up on my website.

You could also do a blog post such as, 7 Best Exercises To Get Six Pack Abs, then at the end, promote the product.

Benefits:

Can earn you big bucks!
Easy to setup and doesn’t require much support.
Passive income.
Drawbacks:

Earnings are not guaranteed, can earn $100 one month, $1000 the next.
Great products can have low converting sales pages.
High converting sales pages can have rubbish products.
3. Create & Sell Your Own Digital Product
Something I’m experimenting more and more with and I’m not sure if it’s just me.. but it seems like the world has gone crazy about making products, they are everywhere which has educated the market so they know they have to purchase content now. The simple version of creating a product is as followed, create a 30+ page word document about something, turn it into a PDF and sell it.

Personally I think your first steps would be to ask your audience what they want to know more about, create a product around that and sell it!

When it comes to selling any product of your own, I recommend using SamCart for your checkout page, upsells and affiliate program. They have a free trial, so make sure to try it out.



Benefits:

Affiliates send you traffic, build your business.
Passive income because of affiliates promoting it.
Great for building your brand and authority.
Big Money Earner.
Drawbacks:

Time consuming to setup.
4. Sell Advertising Space
The most popular way to make money from a website is by placing ads on it. We all know what ads look like, but did you know that they function in many different ways such as Pay Per Click, Pay Per 1000 Views or Pay Per Time Frame.

The biggest downside of website adverting, is that most people know what they look like and avoid clicking them.

When selling advertising, you typically have two choices:

1. Find and work with advertisers yourself.

or

2. Work with a middle man who takes a cut for bringing you advertisers.

It all depends on you. Is this a business for you or is this just an opportunity to make a bit more money?

I always lean towards finding advertisers myself. In my experience you get paid more, build better partnerships and can do a better job for them.

Advertising sales makes up only a small portion of my earnings but it’s nice to know that money is almost guaranteed to come in every month.

Be warned, Google does not like the practice of buying and selling text links. People buy text links because Google rank sites better based on quantity and quality of links. When you link to someone, you are telling search engines that you trust this site and you are giving them some of your authority. Google likes this to happen organically. So when you buy/sell links and get caught, Google will punish you by slapping your site down in the rankings.



Benefits:

Often guaranteed income.
Little effort to monetize.
Saves you a lot of time.
Great way to connect with others in your industry.
Drawbacks:

Takes away from user experience.
If you set a set price per month, you can’t make any more even if you double your traffic.
Advertisers come and go, you have to spend time editing, adding, deleting and finding more advertisers.
5. Create a Job Board
This works like so:

People looking to hire someone will post a job on your board and readers will apply for the job. This is a great method of monetizing a website which I have seen done by a lot of authority websites.

On the other hand, I have seen smaller blogs try to do this and completely fail because it’s competitive and if you can’t send them anyone to apply, it’s pointless for them to post a job. Jobs can be anything from, writers to trainers.

As for what software to use, I recommend you check out ThemeForest, they have a good selection of different job board plugins and themes.

When it comes to marketing your job board, you will want to use some of your advertising space to promote the job board so that readers will see it and apply for jobs.

Charge a low price at the beginning so that you can attract a lot of customers and if they get applications they will be happy to return.



Benefits:

Completely hands of, you don’t have to do anything.
Adds to credibility
Drawbacks:

Doesn’t work for small blogs
Very competitive at times.
6. Selling Services
Selling services is a very popular technique people use to make money from a website and is often the reason for them building a blog in the first place. They want to get more clients, to do that they need to get traffic and blogs are great for that!

The easiest easy to start selling your services on your blog is to create a new page within WordPress and call it services. Here you can put in the information about what you offer, testimonials and a buy now button.

To collect payments, your best two options is either PayPal or Stripe.



Benefits:

High converting, they see your blog and want more!
Highly profitable.
Easy to deliver.
Low refunds.
Drawbacks:

Exchanging time for money.
Customers are always right (which we know isn’t true).
Can be periods of time where you have no customers!
7. Offer a Membership Site or Premium Content
This technique has become more and more popular over the last few years.

The idea is simply, people come to your website because they want to read your content. They love it and want more. So you offer them even better content, for a price.

Your first step should be to work out what you’re going to offer. Then, you will want to go ahead and create a membership area for them to login and see the information you’re selling.

Once you have set it up, you will want to focus on marketing it. For best results, I recommend focusing on email marketing and adding an advert at the bottom of every page, mentioning that if they liked what they have read so far, they should take a look at your even better paid content.

Another option would be to release an affiliate program for your membership site. This not only will increase sales but will bring you even more traffic.

For billing, checkout pages, upsell pages and affiliate program software, I recommend you use Samcart..

For your membership site, again you could use Themeforest to find a good theme.



Benefits:

Continuity income, keep making money, month after month.
Can be set and forget, if you time release.
Affiliates will send you traffic!
Can be a huge earner, it accounts for over $90k a month for Tutsplus.
Drawbacks:

Can be a lot of work to set up.
Regular work to release more content.
8. Sell Paid Directory Listings
This isn’t very common but I believe it should be.

I see it as a smart way to sell advertising, you see instead of putting adverts on your sidebar, you have a directory on your blog where you link to different company’s and websites in your industry and charge a premium for the listing. If you charged a monthly fee, so for example, say you had 1000 people listed in your directory and charged $7 a month, you would earn $7000 a month in continuity.

In some ways, this is actually beneficial to the reader, say you have a website about becoming a model, in the directory could be a section for photographers, where photographers pay to list their services. Models will come and look for the right person to take pictures of them for their portfolio, helpful and profitable.

Just like a job board, I would add adverts to my blog, promoting the directory to make sure customers are happy with the number of people seeing their ad and the traffic they get. To start with, I would even advertise on other sites to get people to list in your directory, as well as reaching out to people and company’s to buy a listing.



Benefits:

Highly profitable.
Useful to readers.
Makes you stand out as your doing something different.
Nearly guaranteed income.
Drawback:

Costs to setup.
Smaller sites may not work so well.
9. Host Webinars & Sell Something
Webinars are great at selling high price products, either a the product owner or as an affiliate.

Alternatively, you could set up a free webinar that you replay once a week, teach something and then at the end you sell them into 4 more webinars. Once you complete the webinar series, you now have a product that you can sell as a home study course

Here is a great introduction to how to sell on webinars.



Benefits:

High priced, low amount of customers, so low support.
Readers want to connect with you.
Highly beneficial to those who buy.
Great way to teach.
Drawbacks:

If your doing live webinars, your exchanging time for money.
Investment for software.
People have to turn up at a specific time, hard for different time zones.
10. Write Tutorials & Promote Something
Content is what everyone is after, that’s why they come to your website, so create content which includes them buying something so that when they do buy, they buy via an affiliate link, and make you money!

What I do to create a tutorial, is I start with the product, find one that you are using and you get a lot out of, it of course needs to have an affiliate program. Then do a tutorial about doing something using that tool.

So for example it could be a post about Photography and take a specific type of photo but you need this lens to do it.



Benefits:

Makes great content.
Good for search engines.
Profitable long term.
Quick to produce.
Drawbacks:

Finding enough products that have affiliate programs.
Some people may not be interested because they don’t yet have the product.
for more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2018/10/17/13-ways-to-actually-make-money-from-a-website/
Business13 Ways To Actually Make Money From A Website! by Wealthscheme(op): 12:34pm On Oct 17, 2018
When it comes to finding ways to monetize your website and making money online, the best thing I have found, is to use a variety of different techniques and to always be testing.

However, there are a lot more than two ways to make money online.

Every site needs to be treated differently.

It can take a while to work out how to best make money from a website. If something doesn’t work, try something else. Don’t just give up. The main reason people fail with blogging, isn’t because their idea or website is bad but because they give up too soon.

Here are the 14 ways you can monetize your website:

Best Ways To Make Money Online
1. Email Marketing
This is one of my favorite things to talk about because it’s just so powerful.

Building an email list can make you a lot of money, help you build a solid brand and of course help readers come back to your site, time after time.

Email marketing can be seen to make you money in a few different ways, such as direct email promotions, to deliver free reports that are monetized and my favorite, to drive traffic back to your site where you make money from other methods.

Gone are the days of finding it hard to get people to subscribe to your website.

At the time, most websites hated the idea of using popups because of the negative association people have with them. But these popups are different. Instead of popping up in another browser window, they popup as part of the page you are on. It was a lot less intrusive. Even better, it wasn’t to promote something spammy, but rather something of value to the reader.

In order to start collecting emails, you need to sign up for Aweber, which hosts your emails, which you use to send messages, create follow up campaigns, split test etc.

Benefits:

Very direct way to market.
One email can make you thousands.
Anyone can do it.
Considered by most to be the no1 way to make money online consistently.
Can work on autopilot, if you setup a autoresponder series.
Drawbacks:

If subscribers don’t like your emails, they will unsubscribe.
2. Promote Products as an Affiliate
Another hot topic here on wealthscheme.

We earn around 30% of our income from promoting products as an affiliate. What this means is we receive a commission when you buy something.

Don’t be alarmed, we promote what works for us, not because we will earn a commission. Fortunately nearly all products that exist, have an affiliate program. If you can’t find an affiliate program for a particular product, type product name + affiliate into Google. For example: PopUp Domination Affiliate. This should bring up their affiliate page, if they have an affiliate program.

In my experience, affiliate marketing works best when paired up with email marketing. Top marketers consistently agree, year after year, that email marketing is their most important income source. Combine that with affiliate marketing and you have a winner.

There are so many ways to go about finding a product to promote, it often depends on your industry. For a fitness blog, you could go to Clickbank, find a product about six pack abs and grab an advertising banner from their resources area and put it up on my website.

You could also do a blog post such as, 7 Best Exercises To Get Six Pack Abs, then at the end, promote the product.

Benefits:

Can earn you big bucks!
Easy to setup and doesn’t require much support.
Passive income.
Drawbacks:

Earnings are not guaranteed, can earn $100 one month, $1000 the next.
Great products can have low converting sales pages.
High converting sales pages can have rubbish products.
3. Create & Sell Your Own Digital Product
Something I’m experimenting more and more with and I’m not sure if it’s just me.. but it seems like the world has gone crazy about making products, they are everywhere which has educated the market so they know they have to purchase content now. The simple version of creating a product is as followed, create a 30+ page word document about something, turn it into a PDF and sell it.

Personally I think your first steps would be to ask your audience what they want to know more about, create a product around that and sell it!

When it comes to selling any product of your own, I recommend using SamCart for your checkout page, upsells and affiliate program. They have a free trial, so make sure to try it out.



Benefits:

Affiliates send you traffic, build your business.
Passive income because of affiliates promoting it.
Great for building your brand and authority.
Big Money Earner.
Drawbacks:

Time consuming to setup.
4. Sell Advertising Space
The most popular way to make money from a website is by placing ads on it. We all know what ads look like, but did you know that they function in many different ways such as Pay Per Click, Pay Per 1000 Views or Pay Per Time Frame.

The biggest downside of website adverting, is that most people know what they look like and avoid clicking them.

When selling advertising, you typically have two choices:

1. Find and work with advertisers yourself.

or

2. Work with a middle man who takes a cut for bringing you advertisers.

It all depends on you. Is this a business for you or is this just an opportunity to make a bit more money?

I always lean towards finding advertisers myself. In my experience you get paid more, build better partnerships and can do a better job for them.

Advertising sales makes up only a small portion of my earnings but it’s nice to know that money is almost guaranteed to come in every month.

Be warned, Google does not like the practice of buying and selling text links. People buy text links because Google rank sites better based on quantity and quality of links. When you link to someone, you are telling search engines that you trust this site and you are giving them some of your authority. Google likes this to happen organically. So when you buy/sell links and get caught, Google will punish you by slapping your site down in the rankings.



Benefits:

Often guaranteed income.
Little effort to monetize.
Saves you a lot of time.
Great way to connect with others in your industry.
Drawbacks:

Takes away from user experience.
If you set a set price per month, you can’t make any more even if you double your traffic.
Advertisers come and go, you have to spend time editing, adding, deleting and finding more advertisers.
5. Create a Job Board
This works like so:

People looking to hire someone will post a job on your board and readers will apply for the job. This is a great method of monetizing a website which I have seen done by a lot of authority websites.

On the other hand, I have seen smaller blogs try to do this and completely fail because it’s competitive and if you can’t send them anyone to apply, it’s pointless for them to post a job. Jobs can be anything from, writers to trainers.

As for what software to use, I recommend you check out ThemeForest, they have a good selection of different job board plugins and themes.

When it comes to marketing your job board, you will want to use some of your advertising space to promote the job board so that readers will see it and apply for jobs.

Charge a low price at the beginning so that you can attract a lot of customers and if they get applications they will be happy to return.



Benefits:

Completely hands of, you don’t have to do anything.
Adds to credibility
Drawbacks:

Doesn’t work for small blogs
Very competitive at times.
6. Selling Services
Selling services is a very popular technique people use to make money from a website and is often the reason for them building a blog in the first place. They want to get more clients, to do that they need to get traffic and blogs are great for that!

The easiest easy to start selling your services on your blog is to create a new page within WordPress and call it services. Here you can put in the information about what you offer, testimonials and a buy now button.

To collect payments, your best two options is either PayPal or Stripe.



Benefits:

High converting, they see your blog and want more!
Highly profitable.
Easy to deliver.
Low refunds.
Drawbacks:

Exchanging time for money.
Customers are always right (which we know isn’t true).
Can be periods of time where you have no customers!
7. Offer a Membership Site or Premium Content
This technique has become more and more popular over the last few years.

The idea is simply, people come to your website because they want to read your content. They love it and want more. So you offer them even better content, for a price.

Your first step should be to work out what you’re going to offer. Then, you will want to go ahead and create a membership area for them to login and see the information you’re selling.

Once you have set it up, you will want to focus on marketing it. For best results, I recommend focusing on email marketing and adding an advert at the bottom of every page, mentioning that if they liked what they have read so far, they should take a look at your even better paid content.

Another option would be to release an affiliate program for your membership site. This not only will increase sales but will bring you even more traffic.

For billing, checkout pages, upsell pages and affiliate program software, I recommend you use Samcart..

For your membership site, again you could use Themeforest to find a good theme.



Benefits:

Continuity income, keep making money, month after month.
Can be set and forget, if you time release.
Affiliates will send you traffic!
Can be a huge earner, it accounts for over $90k a month for Tutsplus.
Drawbacks:

Can be a lot of work to set up.
Regular work to release more content.
8. Sell Paid Directory Listings
This isn’t very common but I believe it should be.

I see it as a smart way to sell advertising, you see instead of putting adverts on your sidebar, you have a directory on your blog where you link to different company’s and websites in your industry and charge a premium for the listing. If you charged a monthly fee, so for example, say you had 1000 people listed in your directory and charged $7 a month, you would earn $7000 a month in continuity.

In some ways, this is actually beneficial to the reader, say you have a website about becoming a model, in the directory could be a section for photographers, where photographers pay to list their services. Models will come and look for the right person to take pictures of them for their portfolio, helpful and profitable.

Just like a job board, I would add adverts to my blog, promoting the directory to make sure customers are happy with the number of people seeing their ad and the traffic they get. To start with, I would even advertise on other sites to get people to list in your directory, as well as reaching out to people and company’s to buy a listing.



Benefits:

Highly profitable.
Useful to readers.
Makes you stand out as your doing something different.
Nearly guaranteed income.
Drawback:

Costs to setup.
Smaller sites may not work so well.
9. Host Webinars & Sell Something
Webinars are great at selling high price products, either a the product owner or as an affiliate.

Alternatively, you could set up a free webinar that you replay once a week, teach something and then at the end you sell them into 4 more webinars. Once you complete the webinar series, you now have a product that you can sell as a home study course

Here is a great introduction to how to sell on webinars.



Benefits:

High priced, low amount of customers, so low support.
Readers want to connect with you.
Highly beneficial to those who buy.
Great way to teach.
Drawbacks:

If your doing live webinars, your exchanging time for money.
Investment for software.
People have to turn up at a specific time, hard for different time zones.
10. Write Tutorials & Promote Something
Content is what everyone is after, that’s why they come to your website, so create content which includes them buying something so that when they do buy, they buy via an affiliate link, and make you money!

What I do to create a tutorial, is I start with the product, find one that you are using and you get a lot out of, it of course needs to have an affiliate program. Then do a tutorial about doing something using that tool.

So for example it could be a post about Photography and take a specific type of photo but you need this lens to do it.



Benefits:

Makes great content.
Good for search engines.
Profitable long term.
Quick to produce.
Drawbacks:

Finding enough products that have affiliate programs.
Some people may not be interested because they don’t yet have the product.
for more info visit
https://wealthscheme./2018/10/17/13-ways-to-actually-make-money-from-a-website/

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