Category: Business
Kindle Unlimited vs. Draft2Digital: The Best Platform for Passive Income
I started writing to earn passive income. Robert Kiyosaki said that we can create an asset from our mind, and the first thing that came to me was a book. So, here I am today. Over four years of writing, I have learned a lot about different platforms and programs. Two programs I use every…
Writing for Passive Income: Become an Elite Content Creator
So, you want to become a writer? Becoming any type of content creator is challenging and liberating. But what makes writing so great? I became a content creator in June 2020 when I started writing. No invisible walls or gatekeepers prevent you from becoming a writer. To become a writer, you simply must write. I…
The Robots Are Coming: Time to Start a People-Focused Business
Your job may be coming to an end soon. In fact, most humans may not be working a job in 50 years. The laws of corporate profits dictate that companies reduce costs to maintain profits. For many companies, human capital (us) is their highest expense. And with some fast food workers in California now being…
Royalties to the Rescue: Make Your Writing a Long-Term Income Stream
We will all need multiple income streams throughout our Happy Cash Flow Retirement. The days off depending solely on social security or a pension are long gone. Luckily, the internet allows us to create income from thin air, but it won’t be easy. Everyone and everything is competing for the same eyeballs. Therefore, to create…
Dividends vs. Royalties part IV: How to Earn $200 a Month in Passive Income
Living on passive income seems like a dream life, but in reality, getting started is anything but passive. Building an income stream takes a lot of active time, effort, and work. This is part four of my Dividends vs. Royalties series (Part #1, Part #2, Part #3), where I compare passive income from dividend investing…
Pumpkin Spice & Royalties 3
How does it feel to earn money while you sleep? Quite good, actually. Every night I sleep, my 1000+ books on Amazon go to work to produce cash flow for my household. This cash flow is even more vital to my overall game plan during the winter season. Fall brings in the season of giving,…
Pursue Your Creative Career with Dividends as a Backdrop
Our hearts crave creativity and expressing ourselves in the public eye. As kids, we loved to paint, color, and write; we loved to dream. As we grew older, the world became about earning money and finding a career we could use to support ourselves. I spent 24 years in the military, a great profession indeed.…
Writing: I Retired to Start My Dream Job
Now that I am fully retired, I have time to reflect on the journey that got me here. It’s been a long road (24 years in the Marine Corps), but well worth the wait. Besides my wife, perhaps the most essential part of my path has been writing. Writing forced me into uncomfortable situations and…
Side Hustle: The Gig Economy vs. Entrepreneurship
We are moving into hard times and must all find ways to make extra cash. However, we need to be very intentional with how we spend our time. The term “side hustle” can mean many things when it comes to making money outside of your regular job. I want to explore which type of side…
The Benefits of Starting an Online Business
How do you get to live your dream life? It’s easy; you do things that go against the norm. Working a 9-5 job is excellent for paying bills. However, you’ll need to think outside the box if you want access to additional resources. Starting an online business can be the key you need to unlock…
This is Why I Became a Writer and Changed My Life Forever
My wife and I traveled to Turkey in 2019 and immediately fell in love with this fantastic country. We decided we wanted to move to Turkey one day in retirement. We knew we would have a military pension to support us; however, I wanted also to earn more income and stay productive. Working locally wouldn’t…
Turn Your Articles into eBooks: Create Even More Passive Income
I started my writing career as a blogger in June 2020. I thought my content would draw the masses within six months of starting my online presence. If you ever started anything online, you’ll know this was wishful thinking. It takes a good while to carve out a nice piece of real estate on the…
Create an eBook Series for Passive Income 2
There has never been a better time to become a writer. You can write, edit, publish, and market your words all by yourself. But what is the best way to reach your target audience? Today, I want to explore a few ways you can build a loyal audience while creating passive income for your future.…
My Five Year Plan for My Book Business: I’m Creating a Passive Income Machine
I have 930 books on Amazon. Yes, they are high-content books with words and pictures. I published my first book in January 2021 (today is June 19, 2023). When I first started, I aimed to create 1,000 books on Amazon. Well, now I don’t have an end goal because I plan to write until the…
Every Day You Create is Great
Our brains crave creation—so why do we avoid it at all costs? Somewhere along the lines, our tagline went from “be want you want” to “make as much money as possible.” This shift in dynamic is understandable because we have become a country of individuals. When we worked as a team, having an artist, painter,…
I’m High on Life with Royalties
I love my royalties. I go back and forth between what feels better: receiving dividends or earning royalties. You know when your dividends will arrive, but royalties are entirely random. I have over 900 books on Amazon, and every day something different happens with them. My latest book may sell, or my first book from…
Becoming an Entrepreneur #7: Generating Leads
A business needs an audience of paying customers. Therefore, your job as an entrepreneur is to find new people to enter your sales funnel consistently. Welcome back to the Becoming an Entrepreneur series (Part #1, Part #2, Part #3, Part #4, Part #5, Part #6), where we turn strangers into paying customers. What is a…
Becoming an Entrepreneur #6: Creating Your Sales Funnel
Attempting to sell something to another person seems simple but is quite complex. Very rarely do people just buy things without establishing some form of relationship—either with the product or the brand. Your mission as an entrepreneur is to turn people “off the street” (leads) into people who purchase items from you (customers). Ideally, we…
Becoming an Entrepreneur #5: Building an Audience
Now it’s time to put all our reading, training, and education into action. I firmly believe in the content-first approach to business that the book “Content Inc.” discussed. Welcome back to the Becoming an Entrepreneur Series (Part #1, Part #2, Part #3, Part #4), where we take you from employee to entrepreneur. Why is building…
Start a Review & Content Business toward Passive Income
Do you love to learn and try new things? If so, perhaps it is time to start a business around your ability to keep learning and self-educating yourself. Most people do not pursue self-education but will follow people who keep learning. This puts you in a great position to do what you love while earning…
