There are times in life when you need some extra money. Maybe there’s too much month at the end of the money, you want to save up for something special, or maybe you even just want to prove that you can make it happen.
There’s something to be said for getting something you need right now. I’m a huge proponent of building a long-lasting business the right way. But I can’t deny that many people I’ve worked with and talked to can use this income boost on occasion. Not to mention that it can be a really fun challenge. Who wouldn’t like to create $500 out of seemingly nothing?
Something happens when you succeed with earning a set amount of money very quickly. You prove you can do it. You start to become more confident for the next time. Suddenly, the sky is the limit. You can expand your horizons and stretch the limits of what you think you can do and find out what you actually can do.
How You’re Going To Earn $500
It doesn’t matter whether you’re brand new to marketing or how much experience you have. There are countless ways to earn $500 in a day. I’m not going to pretend it’s easy. Some of the methods will have you collecting the money today (or the promise of the money), but you’ll complete the work over time. Other methods will have you paying out some of the money as a commission to others. Still other methods will put $500 in your pocket today but may not be sustainable all day, every day.
I never want to falsely promise riches to anyone. Internet marketing takes work. Anything you do in business takes work. But you absolutely can earn some great money today, especially if you’re down to the wire and really feel motivated to make this work.
There’s a method out there for everyone. Maybe you love working with other marketers and love the idea of leveraging their success for mutual benefit. Maybe you love working for clients and would like to put $500 in your pocket today by offering a new and unique service. Maybe you love product creation and are motivated to create and release a product in a day. No matter what it is, you can make it work for you. I can’t say that enough– I want you to feel it and believe it so you can live it.
Below, I’m going to give you some ideas you can run with to reach your goal. Depending on what you choose, you could even do two of them. Figure out what will work best for you and your business.
Offline Services
There are still offline businesses out there that don’t have much of an online presence. This is less common these days, but I’ll bet you can find a great offline client today, even if you live in a small town. You have to do some digging to see which popular businesses in your town do have a presence and which don’t. Then, look for holes in their online presence. Do they have a Facebook page? Are they building a list? Are they engaging their customers online and building relationships with them?
It’s probably going to be pretty easy to find a business that is doing a poor job of list building and relationship building. If you’ve studied list building at all, then you know how important this is. Find your top few (or several) prospects and draw up mock plans for list building, squeeze pages, email campaigns, or whatever is most appropriate.
Charge $250 for a month’s worth of services and take on two clients (you’ll spend around 30 minutes a day pushing their campaign, beyond initial set up… but figure out what works for you). Or, charge $500 for a premium package. If you’re feeling extra confident, you can guarantee results with more confidence– maybe they would get additional work the following month if certain targets aren’t ‘met.
As with anything in marketing, it’s all about what the customer needs, wants, and expects. Make your package as attractive as possible and you’ll get some takers. Email marketing in particular is a great focus because the returns are there for sure for your client.
How are you going to get your $500? Go pound the pavement– get your presentation and mock plan up and visit businesses until you get your “yes.” It might not be easy and it can be discouraging– but you can be you’re going to smile from ear to ear when you do get that yes.
Online Services
Of all the methods I’m going to recommend, this is probably the most surefire. I’ve heard of freelancers setting up their business and pretty much having it take off like crazy the very same day. It’s all in how you position yourself, of course.
Do some brainstorming and some research and figure out what kind of service you can offer. Are you a writer? There are plenty of opportunities out there. Graphic artist? Plenty of jobs you can take on. Technical guru? Plenty of people need tech help.
The problem people tend to run into is that there are so many other service providers out there. Does that mean you should stay away from this as an idea for earning quickly or even setting up a long term business? Absolutely not. All you have to do is find a way to set yourself apart.
You have to find a careful balance between:
- Your talents and skills
- What people are hiring for right now
- Doing something different and better than other service providers
Try to think of ways to bundle useful services. Use what you know about marketing and copywriting to frame your offer in a way that is extra enticing. Consider who your target market is and find ways to craft an offer that will be unbeatable for that audience.
Where are you going to find these clients? Many popular Internet marketing forums, including Earn 1K a Day, have a services section. In the case of my forum, you have to give the forum a better price than you give the general public. It’s a win-win for everyone.
You can also contact past clients (if you’ve offered services in the past) with this special new deal to see if you get any takers. Another idea is to contact other service providers to see if they have any overflow work. Beyond that, use existing social media and business contacts to present your amazing offer to the right audience. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Remember– higher priced packages where you offer bundles of services (let’s say, writing an ebook, a sales letter, and an autoresponder series, or setting up an entire affiliate website and writing all the content) will help you reach your income goal more quickly. You can absolutely earn this money today if you work hard at it today. You’ll complete the work afterward, of course, but you can request that you’re paid upfront (through PayPal) since you’re offering such a great deal.
Product Creation
Creating your own product is a great way to earn money quickly. Create a quick product in a day and get affiliates on board to sell it. One problem, one solution products work great for this.
Leveraging the Success of Others
You most likely hang around with other Internet marketers online. It’s a wonderful thing– online marketing can be so isolating, especially when you work for yourself from home. But we’re naturally drawn to working with other people as humans. We crave social interaction. Just because we work online and maybe even prefer to work alone and definitely prefer working for ourselves doesn’t mean we work in a vacuum.
All that is to say that you can often dramatically increase the chances of your success by leveraging the success of others. It happens all the time and, as long as it’s done well, it’s silly to pass the opportunity by. This will only work today if you’ve built up strong relationships with other marketers already, of course.
Do you have marketer friends you feel would support you, especially if there was something great in it for them? That’s often the trick when you approach other people– you can’t present it as you needing something; you have to present it as this amazing thing you can do for them.
Let’s say you have a friend who you know has a list of people who tend to hire writers to complete products and articles for them. Maybe you could offer to give your friend 50% (or whatever figure works for you) of each sale he refers. That person has a network of people that is probably actively looking to hire a writer. If you’re a writer looking for fast cash, this is one way to leverage the success of others.
Or, let’s say you’ve written a product and you’re pretty good friends now with someone who is deemed to be one of the top experts in the niche. You’ve done the bulk of the work and you know it’s good. What if you offer your friend the chance to JV on the sale of the book. That person will get to add their name, either as co-author or contributor. They will then most likely promote the book as well, at whichever rate or split you determined ahead of time.
The bottom line on this method is that if it will work for you, you likely have a gut feeling on that right now. You have the person in mind you’re going to call, Skype, or email. It never hurts to ask– the worst people can say is no. You have to approach others in the right way, of course, which means individualizing your request, having a true relationship with them, and really, really making sure there is something incredible in it for them. It goes without saying that that person should have to do next to no work on this.
Using What You Already Have
Do you have products you’ve sold as WSO’s in the past? Do you have articles you’ve written or had written for you and never used? Do you have niche websites that are earning pennies for you that you just don’t have time to pay attention to? Think about what you own out there in cyberspace or on your hard drive that’s not being used to its fullest extent– whether it’s something that used to earn you money or hasn’t yet had the chance to, even if it’s something that failed in the past.
After you’ve taken inventory of these things, brainstorm ways you can use them, today, to earn an extra $500.
Ideas include:
- Bundling products together and selling them for a crazy price, including an awesome upsell on a brand new product, specialized coaching, or whatever you can come up with quickly that is also of value
- Selling PLR to your past products
- Selling resale rights to your past products
- Selling PLR rights to your used or unused articles
- Selling used or unused content to a single owner for a larger payday
There are tons of options here, and the chances are high that you have some gold sitting right on your hard drive if you’ve been into Internet marketing for any length of time at all. You can certainly dust those things off to earn a quick $500 from it. If you need to get affiliate or JV support behind you, come up with a unique way to get high visibility, today.
Gather Up Your Old Stuff
There’s another quick way to make money from “stuff” that’s just lying around… sell it on eBay or Amazon. With eBay, you’ll get a faster payday because the money goes right into your PayPal account. Put up a crazy good Buy It Now price and require immediate payment and you can very quickly round up some great cash. You might not earn as much from your stuff as you would if you let an auction run or set a buy-it-now pirce for a price closer to its worth, but sometimes just getting things out of the house and getting the money you need is worth it.
Amazon is a great option for used media, new toys, and just about everything else (used or new… it depends on the category whether you’re allowed to list in either category). You can sometimes command a higher price than you can on eBay. You won’t physically see your money for a while though– 2 weeks if you’re an experienced seller or 3-4 weeks if you’re just signing up. Consider what’s worth it to you.
What If You Don’t Reach Your Goal?
These are some ideas meant to get the juices flowing. Brainstorm your own list of ways to earn $500 today. Consider your assets, talents, relationships, and everything else you have going for you. Consider what’s selling in the market and what people are willing to pay quick money for.
What if this totally flops? It might… but some of these ideas are really quick to test. Other ideas just might take a bit more time to marinate, depending on the route you’ve chosen and what you have going for you. It might be that you need to spend more time building relationships and building confidence.
There’s a lot to be said for the power of attraction. If you come up with a thousand reasons why this won’t work and why you’ll never see that $500, you never will. But if you enter into this with positivity, any one of these ideas can work for you… over and over again.
Turning This Fast Success into Longer Lasting Success
You might really enjoy the challenge and success of earning $500 in a day so much that you want to turn it into a full time business. Maybe you love setting up autoresponder campaigns for offline businesses. Maybe people really responded to your online service and you want to keep offering it. Maybe you are so thrilled about flipping your old content and selling it as PLR that you’re happy doing that to the end of time.
It’s totally fine to turn these ideas into a long term business. Make sure you’re smart about it and that you don’t stick to the firesale prices you might have been charging at first. There’s fast money and then there’s smart money– don’t be afraid to charge what you’re worth if you’re going to do this long term. I think you can do really well with this, no matter what you choose to do.
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