Category: Business
Advertising vs. Content Marketing
Let’s start today with an example where you want to build a consistent income from your community. You begin by hosting a community baking contest and celebration once a month. As time passes, you add additional items of interest like face painting, bounce houses, and live music. You begin selling baked goods, ice cream, and…
Blogging vs YouTube #4: For Large Income Streams
Welcome back to the Blogging vs. YouTube series (#1, #2, #3). I want to jump right in with a comparison between a big-time YouTuber and a big-time blog. YouTube. Perhaps the biggest technology YouTuber is Marques Brownlee. I watch him for anything Apple, Samsung, and technology related. He has 15.8 million subscribers as of this…
Blogging vs YouTube #3: For Medium Income Streams
Now that our blogging or video career is taking off, we have several options. We can stay small and operate as a solopreneur or grow our business. Growing our business will turn our income stream from side hustle to nearly a full-fledged business. Welcome back to the Blogging vs. YouTube series (#1, #2), where we…
Bridge the Gap: How to Create Meaningful Content
One of the central limiting beliefs preventing people from creating content is “fear of self.” People do not believe that their words can make an impact on the world. However, there is room in the world for everyone that wants to make this place a better society. Everyone has something to offer the universe, and…
Start a Food Truck Business Towards Passive Income
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own food truck or restaurant? Many people have the cooking skills to succeed in the food industry; however, their business skills may be lacking. There are a couple of ways to build passive income in the food industry: automation and franchising. But first, we have to create a…
Blogging vs YouTube #2: For Small Income Streams
Becoming a content creator is challenging, especially if you don’t have a goal in mind. Today, let’s focus on staying a solo entrepreneur (or solopreneur). This term means creating a business by yourself, for yourself. Solopreneurs limit their reach purposely so they can better control their time and resources. I choose to stay in a…
Blogging vs YouTube #1: Build the Right Mindset
This series of articles will be controversial because we all have opinions about these income streams. However, looking at both sides as objectively as possible is good. Off the rip, 90-95% of people cannot make a good income from either of these sources of revenue. It takes patience, discipline, and delayed gratification to be successful…
Play Video Games for Passive Income
I am a massive Pokemon fan. When Nintendo first released the games in 1998 and 1999, I was preparing to join the Marines; thus, I had little time to play with them. However, on my first deployment to the deserts of 29 Palms, California, in 2000, I picked up Pokemon Yellow. I have been hooked…
5 Takeaways from “How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital”
“How to Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital” by Nathan Latka is a book purely for entrepreneurs. If you are a standard 9-5 employee, the concepts in this book may overwhelm you. However, this book is definitely for you if you have been reading entrepreneurial books and perhaps started a business. In fact, it’s one…
Start a Blog for Passive Income
Well, I’ll get directly to the point, a blog is not passive. At least not in the first 3-5 years. However, you should start a blog for passive income tomorrow. I have been blogging for exactly two years, which has changed my life. Having a blog is like creating a clone of yourself, who continues…
Free Food: Turn Your Garden into a Business
We are in the most inflationary period in over fifty years. Due to multiple constraints with money-printing, the pandemic, and broken supply chains, food costs are increasing rapidly. How will the average person survive this pricing war? We need to go back to our roots (pun intended) and live off of the Earth. A few…
Run an Upscale Bed and Breakfast
This article describes a business idea I have had for almost two years. It’s good to get your ideas out into the world; maybe someone can execute my dream. My dream business calls for my family to run a fancy bed and breakfast with additional options that set it apart from all other services in…
The Publishing Chronicles 5: My Lightweight, Browser-Only Workflow
You can search extensively for your dream job or create it yourself. I learned this from the book “From Paycheck to Purpose.” I am on a mission to create a job that perfectly suits how I envision my future. I became a writer to live the laptop life of freedom with no strings attached. Welcome…
The Publishing Chronicles 4: Advertise Your Books for Free
Let me start by saying that these advertising techniques are what I use in my writing career. Many people have mastered advertising on various platforms and receive a great return on investment. However, you’ll have to ask yourself if that person was a writer or an advertiser? When you dig into advertising, you can spend…
5 Takeaways from “Manage Your Day-To-Day”
“Manage Your Day-To-Day” by Jocelyn K Glei is a book for creatives by creatives. There are over 20 articles from prominent creative professionals giving us insights into becoming a creative professional. I am roughly two years into my journey as a creative professional, and it has been extraordinary. The strides you can reach as a…
The Publishing Chronicles 3: Publish to the Widest Possible Audience
After writing your books and designing your covers, you’ll need to publish them to as many platforms as possible. Each forum has its particular audience, and different books sell uniquely on each platform. Welcome back to the Publishing Chronicles (part 1, part 2), where we talk about building an income stream as a writer. A…
The Publishing Chronicles 2: Design Your Own Book Covers
I’ve heard repeatedly that you shouldn’t design your own book covers. Well, I say “bollocks” to that mantra. Let’s design our own covers and create the best publishing workflow possible. Welcome back to the Publishing Chronicles (part 1), where I discuss how to build your own printing press. Cover design is a touchy topic amongst…
The Publishing Chronicles 1: Write a Book in One Week
Nobody cares about your book. Now, we can move forward and actually get you to write your manuscript. People have many limiting beliefs about creating art that prevent them from taking action. When you release your first book into the five million+ books on Amazon, you’ll realize no one cares. Your book won’t change the…
Building an Audience 102: Adding Value Consistently
If you have read any literature on becoming a content creator or starting a business, it probably talked extensively about “adding value.” In essence, money is literally the exchange of value. Thus, to have someone exchange their hard-earned money for your content, service, or product, you’ll need to add value to their life. Today, I…
5 Takeaways from “The Successful Author Mindset”
“The Successful Author Mindset” by Joana Penn gives us authors the fuel to continue down our long, arduous journeys. I am being dramatic, but being a writer and author entrepreneur truly is challenging. There is a fine line between writing and performing work. To be creative, you have to accomplish many creative tasks like writing.…
