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Every week I share the business projects Iām working on ā the goal is for you to be able to take action from what Iām learning! Iām excited to hang out with you and 5,239, 5,317 others.
Iām asked what tools I use in my business. Hereās my tool list, AI tool list, and money-making ideas to help you with your income stream building. Reply to this email and ask me anything - happy to help. A note: I always use referral links when I have them. I will make a commission if you purchase through the links, so thanks!
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My wife makes fun of me because I get so excited about money hacks.
I found one this morning.
For Amazon Prime members, this credit card is a no-brainer (I just finished signing up).
Upon acceptance, I gotā¦
$200 instant Amazon gift card.
5% back on all Amazon purchases!
No annual fees, blah blah.
And, I didnāt know it would have this feature, but you can connect the Chase info directly inside Amazon to see points, set up payments, etc.
(duh, itās Amazon, of course theyād make it extra frictionless!)
Set up the payments to be paid in full on autopay.
What you (we!) have to be careful with is not overspending. Amazon makes it super easy to buy, which can easily lead to more purchases than you may have made otherwise.
(They give me a $50 if you use my link -- our next lunch is on me!)
I finally compiled a sales document for the newsletters that Iāve put up for sale.
I also listed one of them on Flippa ā I reduced the price to $3,100, and Iām getting some action.
Iāve got a couple of offers Iām working on, so hopefully one of them works out.
Also, if you connect me with someone who purchases, Iāll pay you a 10% commission!
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Also, I made my first $12.69 $14 from my Facebook page for my local media brand.
Ha, revenue is up 40% in a week, baby!! š¤£š¤£
The Facebook monetization program is still a bit of a black box and I have no clue why they started paying me.
But Iām gonna lean in and see if I can automate a bit and increase this $$ stream.
How Iām Using AI this Weekā¦
Iām continuing to build out Make automations.
Iāve got a rough draft of one that takes the link to an article that I like and the writes a new version in our own perspective and then creates a draft in WordPress.
Iām pumped to get this one live and show you!
Last week, I walked you through my process for creating some automated social media posts.
Here was my process for itā¦
I used ChatGPT to brainstorm interesting questions to post on our feed.
I used Canva to make a design and used the bulk generator to make them all.
I added 300 images to a Dropbox folder.
I created the Make automation that takes a random image from this folder and publishes to our Facebook account.
The automation looks like thisā¦
My goal is to make 100 useful tools to help automate my life & business.
Now, a quick note about a tool that I use in my projectsā¦
Even if you havenāt heard of Elevenlabs, I guarantee youāve heard their product - AI voices.
You can create your own AI voice (even cloning your own!), create audiobooks with AI voices, or make instant sound effects using AI. Itās a wild world. Check them out here.
Domain Name Flipping [Update]
I made this vid to share the ways I see you can sell your domain names.
You can be active or passive.
For my outbounding, Iām using GoHighLevel.
Iāve got to get back to the drawing board and figure out how to create better systems for outreach so that I can get more exposure on my domains!
A week will go by and Iāve done zero work ā gotta break that!
Who do you guys use for domain name outbounding?
Or interested in outbounding some of my domain names for a % of $ ??
Feel free to join me in the DomainNameLovers.com group.
PS - you can see most of my domains for sale here.
Amazon Influencer Program [Update]
I just had a call with my friend named Matt.
He reminded me about the Creator Connection program and how I can add my videos into it and make additional $$.
I hadnāt done this in about a year.
Iām going to start doing it monthly and see the commission difference.
Iāll report back!
I have 131 141 videos.
(plus 75 videos from other creators..)
My total earnings equal $4,752.19 $5,187.65
After expenses, Iām making $97.12 $105.23 per hour.
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Want to start Amazon Influencer? Here are my best tips Iāve learned at no cost to you. Enjoy!
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If you want to learn more about Amazon Influencer, an overview of the program is here, and my first update is here.
(If you want, you can check each weekly update. Iāve come a long way from $2.81 per hour!)
It looks like I just booked a silent disco headphone event for October.
Currently, the only advertising outlet is our local newsletter.
So that will be $1,500 in revenue to produce a private event all thanks to the local media brand.
Pretty cool!
Events are another fun $$ stream for a local media brand.
[These are ideas we share over in the Local Media Crew if you ever want to join us!]
Other projects Iāll update over time (or provide future updates) includeā¦
Real Estate Investing
My Daily Planner (in processā¦)
Remote Work Email Newsletter Project
See more current, past, and dead projects here.
Until next time!
Donāt just think outside the box ā keep destroying that box š
