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The purpose of this post is to show you exactly how in 6 months, I built a $2700/month passive income, side business by self-publishing niche books on Amazon Kindle.
Niche-books are nonfiction books that provide solutions to people’s problems, desires, and frustrations.
I am through week 1 of creating my course on Udemy and in my previous post, I explained how to choose and validate an idea and even show you a promo video I created and published to the Udemy Instructor Studio for feedback from the community.
This week, I will review how to structure and plan your course. Keep in mind, when making your first course, it will NOT be perfect. You should strive for completion and not for perfection. You can always go back and adjust the course.
In 2009, I was working at Deloitte as a Accountant / Analyst with the Financial Advisory Group in Toronto. The group was fairly new and we had a mix of people from different backgrounds – consultants, accountants, bankruptcy experts and everything in between.
We struggled to find business – our formal title for the group was “Performance Enhancement” which was so nebulous – people didn’t know what to hire us for, we would apply for every project that came across our desk that we thought we had a shot at.
So basically everything.
So you’ve been dying to start an online business forever but you say
I don’t have any IDEAS
Right…right. That’s everyones first answer to me.
And yea, you don’t – first of all – idea’s are a muscle you have to build up. Like writing or working out, it doesn’t just hit you overnight. You have to exercise this muscle.
Ok, let’s get right into it – finding your first idea
Are you an expert on a subject?
Maybe it’s financial modelling or how to write IP contracts.
Whatever it may be – it’s your duty to share this knowledge.
And make money in the process.
Enter Udemy…
There is a massive post that shook the internet almost 6 years ago.
1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly posted way back in 2008!
Many of you have probably read it but another handful probably haven’t even come across the concept at all.
It’s quoted by everyone from James Altucher to Tim Ferris to Seth Godin.
Recently, I’ve had a crisis of confidence.
You see at the beginning of any business, nobody knows about you and you have very little traction in the marketplace.
The journey can seem insurmountable.
So this is my master list of rules to refer to and stay on track towards making my first $1000.
I made more in those 60 minutes then I’ve ever made in an hour since
That’ll be $2.50 please as I loaded the girls plate with a big heap of lasagna.
Lasagna was flying out of the oven in our school’s home economics room – we couldn’t keep up with all the hungry students.
Here’s the thing – at that age, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing but let me tell you, I made more in those 60 minutes then I’ve ever made in an hour since.
Are you starting a business? Please tell me its not another tech startup…with a webapp…oh and you want a mobile app too…awesome
It’s a wearable…ok….for dogs…keep going….and it notifies the owner when the dog may have fleas…..
STOP. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP.
Saeed Rajan
Imran Esmail
Saeed Rajan
Imran Esmail