To Desire an Empire

Intro to Wealthy Affiliate 2.0

Hi everyone, its Justin aka MpyreDzirez. For the last 9 months I have been struggling trying to make money online. I went the first 5 months with nothing and was getting scared that my family would be right. Still I kept at it and now my wife and family are really getting excited. I only wish my son was older so I could start teaching him what I have learned recently.

Ok I’m getting kind of off topic and I don’t want to make his video to long. What you are looking at right now is the homepage that we members get to see. I did get special permission from the owners Kyle & Carson to make this video. I would like to thank them for allowing me to make this video; many people are going to benefit from it.

It’s not often that you can get a sneak peek into a member’s only site where the owners have spent so much time and money developing such a valuable resource. Ok well like I said this is the homepage that members see when they log on. It always has the most recent news that Kyle and Carson want us members to be aware of. If you’ll notice at the top left there is dollar sign with quite a few numbers behind it…

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It used to be that in order to make money on the web you had to have a specialized skill set. Thats not true anymore. Nowadays there are so many oppurtunities, and technology has advanced to the point where even web designers don’t need specialized skills. Everyone that I have tutored has been able to go from no web skills at all to managing their own portfolio of websites in less the 3 months.

Take a look at TCBoater.com, now mind you it’s only a month old so it’s not perfect yet. However, it’s nicer, and more functional then alot of other garbage that’s out there. This is a site run by an old high school friend that I recently bumped into again. She, Julie, was interested in running web businesses but always had to hire someone to build her websites. I showed her some free software that I use called Joomla, and within 2 weeks she was able to churn out 3 websites ready to start making profits.

Julie only does this work right now for herself. However, there is no reason she couldn’t start calling small businesses and start selling herself as a freelance web designer. I could see her getting $350-$600 per customer right now. I know because I was there and did this 6 months ago. I never teach anybody anything I haven’t tried and done successfully myself. I realize web design isn’t for everybody as it can be a little intimidating.

So what I have done for my sister, is showed her sites like eLance.com, GetaFreelancer.com, and Sitepoint.com. These sites are marketplaces where people ask for a service and freelancers all over the world “bid” on the jobs. Jessie, my sister, just had a baby girl a couple months ago and wants to be a stay at home mom. Today’s economy doesn’t really agree with that kind of thinking however.

I showed her these marketplace sites and how people will pay her to write various articles, short stories, jokes, and even some greeting cards. Now she says it’s no problem for her to bring in $300 a week, working whenever she wants. It’s not a fortune, but it’s all she wanted. Jessie knows that if she ever wanted to really go at it she could make as much as she wanted.

What if you can’t write? Well if you can’t write or absolutely hate writing like I do. Then you could try designing logo’s for businesses. 5 years ago you had to purchase fancy, expensive software like Photoshop. Lately, there has been alot of great open source (usually free) software coming out. These software applications almost always exactly replicate another piece of commercial software. Two popular programs are called Gimp and Paint.net and they can do everything that the almighty Photoshop could do.

Download one of these programs, then head over to 3DBuzz.com for some beginner training videos. These videos will be for Photoshop, but these open source versions are so similar that you will be able to benefit just the same. Mostly, the differences between these programs are buttons not in the same spots. After you have the basics down go over to PlanetPhotoshop.com and take a look at their tutorials. Print out a few and follow step by step with your new software.

This is great practice, and by now you’ll be so hooked on your new skills, that you’ll be yearning for more information. To polish your skills and quickly move up to pro level head over to PhotoshopTV.com. Where every Monday they have a new 30 minute episode full of video tutorials done by Photoshop legends. It took me about 3 weeks, a couple hours after work each night, to be able to start creating artwork that impressed people. Anyone can do this as long as their is a passionate drive to succeed. With just a small amount of learning anyone can make a living without ever driving off to a 9-5 again.

These are just a few of the ways I can show you how to make money online. Make sure you are subscribed to this blog so you can catch all of my knowledge. If you don’t know anything about feeds and RSS, I have a link on the right hand side to get updates via email just for you. Well thats all for today, stay tuned as the next post we’re going to get into starting a free online store and affiliate marketing made easy.

Onwards and Upwards,
Justin Brooke

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