Tag: starting a business
Pumpkin Spice & Royalties 2
We live in an amazing time where anyone can make supplemental income from royalties. We can use these royalties for anything we want in life, plus leave them to our children for 70 more years. The fall season is when we need additional royalties because it’s the time we spend the most money. Black Friday…
Retire Rich, Retire Comfortable with a Business 4
The world as we know it is changing. We are transitioning from the industrial revolution 9-to-5 mindset to a creativity & production-based society. Soon, going to work and sitting in your cubicle will no longer net you a paycheck. You’ll have to produce an innovative product for your bosses to review—and it must add value…
The Magic of Remote Work
Commuting to work every day sucks. I should know; I have done it every day in the military for the last 23 years. However, there are some good things about going into the office. You get to make friends and see people’s faces. You also can gather energy and motivation as a team to complete…
Start a Sports League Towards Passive Income
Do you love sports? Does your area lack a sports league? Are politics getting in the way of your children having fun? Well, start your own league. Yes, you can do it. People, I woke up one day and said I wanted to be a writer. This month, I sold 50 books on Amazon without…
The Magic of a Sales Funnel
You just started a food truck business, so how do you get people to buy your product? Welcome to the magical worlds of sales funnels. Every business has a sales funnel to convert a “stranger” into a “customer.” They then want that customer to become a repeat buyer and spread the news via word-of-mouth advertising. …
Start a Tutoring Business towards Passive Income
The education system sucks! Why beat around the bush—let’s call a spade a spade. However, there is no one to blame for the results of the public system. Rarely can you adopt a system to train people en masse. Every one of us learns a different way, and we need more focus on how to…
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…
The Sharing Economy vs. Inflation
How are we supposed to survive during inflationary times? The price of everything is going up, and our paychecks aren’t rising with these costs. What do we do? Fret not; the world has solved this problem already. That is if you are willing to share. If we can overcome our brainwashing and individualism, we can…
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…
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…
The Metaverse 116: Advertising in the Metaverse
The advertising economy has shifted from billboards to content marketing. No longer can you run an ad and have someone purchase your product instantly. Ads are suitable for maintaining brand awareness across multiple generations of people (think Coca-Cola), but you’ll need to do more. The move from radio, magazines, and newspapers to the world of…
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…
The Metaverse 115: Coaching in the Metaverse
Being a coach is a demanding career because you have to bring more energy than your client. They expect you (and pay you) to be on point, knowledgeable, and a leader. I talked about coaching in “Start a Coaching Business towards Passive Income.” Today, we will take it a step further and see how we…
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…
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 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…
