I received an email the other day from a reader. Basically she said it was easy for me to make money online because I had all the expensive tools, contacts and resources the average person didn’t. Hmmm…I wonder how she thinks she knows me so well without having met me?
Anyway, it was probably a troll email, but it did get me to thinking.
Could I start out with nothing and make some decent money online without all my tools and resources? Yes, I think I could.
So I decided to challenge myself for the month of January. I’m going to start a Challenge to make $2500 online during the month. Why $2500? I don’t know, it seems like a decent number. Plus, that’s $30,000 per year before taxes. I’d say that’s pretty close to what the average household brings home in the U.S. At any rate, that added income would sure come in handy to many families across the World right now, not just here in the U.S.
I’m setting some guidelines for myself to try and make it as fair as possible.
Here are some of the guidelines I’m setting.
- I’ll only be using free or low cost resources that are available on the Internet and accessible to the general public.
- I’m only going to start the Challenge with $50. Nearly anyone can beg, borrow or steal (just j/k’ing about the stealing part) fifty bucks. Sure, you can get started with nothing, but in reality, an online business is just like any other business. You’re going to have to put up a little money. Any money I make, I’ll reinvest it into the challenge if I need to.
- I won’t use any of my existing websites for help. It would be much easier, but I realize many people do not have a network of websites in place, so mine will be off limits to help me with this challenge.
- I’ll use a variety of techniques to make money online. I haven’t sit down and figured all the ways that I’ll try, but I will do a weekly post and let people know what I did the previous week and how much money was made or lost for that week.
- At the end of the Challenge – win, lose or draw – I’ll be giving away a lot of my resources to a few lucky readers. (I’m thinking a website here, tools, ebooks, etc…) Since I don’t know where this will take me, I don’t know yet what I will have to giveaway!
- To be elgible for the giveaway, all you need to do is leave a comment on any of the post relating to the January $2500 Challenge and ask to be entered. You must let me know through the comments you want entered as some people will not be wanting to enter but yet want to comment. Extra entries will be given to people who blog about the January $2500 Challenge.
Although I sincerely believe anyone can make money online if they just put forth a good effort and stay focused, I know that many people don’t have a clue where to start. I’m of the mindset that making money online is a long term proposition, but I believe some money can be made rather quickly in certain areas. These short term money making projects can help you get by while waiting on your long term business to become profitable.
I’d love to hear from you folks. Suggestions, comments or just to enter the giveaway that will happen at the end of the Challenge, leave me a comment. I’ll keep you updated as I sit down and plan how I’m going to make money online with the January $2500 Challenge.
37 responses so far ↓
1 Blog Expert
Great post. I definitely think you will be able to start with out anything and make a whole lot of money. It will definitely be awesome to see your results so keep us updated.
2 Emma
Very cool I can’t wait to read about the results. And sure I’d love to be entered in the giveaway. Thanks!
3 Terry
Great idea, I’ll be taking notes, enter me into the giveaway, it may be my lucky year! Thanks
4 andrei
yea , i wanna to participate 2 . lets see
wish you luck , and if u wont get 2.500 what you will do
5 Denise
Oh I am all over this. Let me get it clear. You are going to start out with $50 and make $2500 in the month of January. Starting from jump street? Definitely put me in the drawing.
Don’t skip any details on the updates.
I sure hope you make it.
I have been at this for a while and don’t make anything near that money. I sure would love to!
6 Lightshiner
Yes, I’ve tried several of your suggestions like Project Pay Day, Amazon Mechanical Turk and Craig’s list. So far I’ve actually lost money because one of the Project Pay Day offers scammed me. But I’m not going to give up because I know that other people have done it, so I can to. I definitely want to enter to hear feedback on your January challenge. I look forward to hearing as you accomplish your goal.
7 Jim
OK I am up for this challenge and I will also document how I do it. $2500 for January sounds good.
8 Chester
Wow, that sounds like a good challenge. I am sure you can make it
All the best.
9 Charlyn
I’d like to be entered too. Good luck and I look forward to hearing the details of how you’ll attempt it.
10 NBWeb.it
Hello Sir,
a great idea, definitely.
I think everyone of us can afford 50$ to start with.
I am looking forward to see how you get that goal. Thanks in advance for sharing.
11 Cathleen
Yes, I want to participate! I am new to affiliate marketing and have lots to learn but last year I put up one little site and the pretty much forgot about it. I did however notice that I was receiving a small but steady trickle of income adding up to nearly $800.00 over about 13 months or so. I started doing the math and realised that if I learn more actually work at it, I might be able to really make a decent income.
One problem I have just come up with regarding EPN – they have turned me down. What do us ‘newbies’ need to do to be accepted with some of the more particular merchants? I hope you will have a chance to address this problem during your challenge.
Best of luck to you!
12 Darrin
From zero to $2500 in such a short span of time? It’ll be interesting to know your results, because my previous conditioning was it was either impossible or near impossible.
Yeah, enter me into your giveaway. This is something to watch. Thanks.
13 redsisok
Oh! This is a really cool challenge! I’m sure you’ll gonna win and probably make even more money!!!
Cant wait to see your results!
I deffo wanna enter the draw too, thanks
good luck!
14 Envizion
Best of luck to you in your quest to earn $25,000 in the month of January. I have the utmost confidence in your ability to reach your intentions. Please enter me into your giveaway. Many thanks!
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16 iAdam
Me too!
Count me in!
17 Dean Holland
Hey bro!!
Great post.. Great idea !!
Count me in on the draw my man
Dean
http://www.DeanHolland.com
18 Affiliate Programs
@ Envizion,
Umm…that’s $2500, not $25,000…but thanks for the confidence in my ability!
Don
19 Blog Income Report
Well I am going to buck the trend and say you can’t do it!! At least not without leveraging any of your current resources. Good luck prooving me wrong!
BTW I’d still like to enter the draw anyway
20 Carrie
I am sure if you put your mind to it you can do it. Best of luck !
21 vic walls
I Believe you can do it!
Do it! Do it!Do it!Do it! Do it!Do it!
And sure I’m in as well…….
22 HAL
Dear Maestro Affiliate Watcher-san:
First, if agreeable please enter my name as one of your participants/compadres/cohort members.
Second, what interests me in particular is the amount you chose to achieve.
I would have planned a ramp up of say: USD 300 month 1; USD 1,050 month 2; to USD 2,500 month 3.
The fact that you can confidently take on USD 2, 500 thirty days from kick off speaks volumes about your experience level.
I’m sure you can scaffold websites quickly and you know how to make an autoresponder squeal with pleasure.
Probably you’ve got some nifty PLR vaults going too?
I’d just like to see the nitty gritty of how to get the money kite flying!
Best regards,
HAL
23 Shanda
Count me in for the giveaway! I can’t wait to see the results. Best of luck
24 NBWeb.it
Please, enter me too to the giveaway. Thanks.
- Nicola from NBWeb.it
25 Paull Hamilton
Well that sounds like you have set yourself a good goal. I cannot wait to see how you set about it and achieve it, as I am sure you will. Count me in on the giveaways please.
http://www.paullhamilton.com
26 Chris
I’d love to be involved. I’ve been running websites since 1996 and have yet to make more than 100.00 a month. I know I’m doing a lot wrong so I would really love to learn what to do right!
27 Victoria
I’m all over this! Count me in. I’ve got $50, a bit of a clue as to where to start, but I’d love to watch you do it.
I feel like Chris — the IM biz sometimes seems like it’s written in Sanskrit. I’ve had some success but not at the level I want to.
Go!
Best — Vic
http://www.mpentinc.com
http://www.rosendahlwrites.com
28 Prabu Selva
What an awesome idea, I think this is a great challenge and believe you can really succeed with your knowledge. I also would love to be entered in this contest.
Cheers
29 Jackie Jackson
The most important thing will be the Roadmap you’ll opt for-the ways that you’ll use to generate this money with such tiny investment. I am sure you’ll make it and it would be a huge learning experience for us – The Readers. And yes ofcourse – I WANT to enter for the giveaway.
sounds greedy rite?
30 kathy
I’M COUNTING ON YOU, I love the challenge,
maybe if you can do it, there’s hope 1 day I will.
please include me for the give aways too! thanks
Kathy
31 Candace Smith
I would love to see you do it. That was it builds my confidence to know it can be done on so little!!!!
32 scott
I am interested and count me in too.
33 BrandC
i would love to be entered into this contest and am curious to see how your results are. You’re right though. it’s hard to figure out where to get started.
34 beany
My boyfriend and I are having such terrible trouble raising money for flights to see each other, I live in the UK and he lives in the USA.
I’ve been looking to the internet to make some extra cash but i’m not sure which avenue to go down.
If you can do this and share how that would be amazing.
Please please enter me into the giveaway too.
35 Dochon
1/15/2009
Dear Sir:
PLEASE!!!! show me the way! I am a single mother of 5 (I had 7) children. My estranged husband decided that he didn’t want to put in real -quality- time with my son (his bonus son…what some may refer to as “step”) after his bio father was “kicked” out of the picture (I know how foolish of me!)… anywayz, I am now homeless (well staying with a friend in a one [1] bedroom apt) -it’s NOT our own! I TRULY need to be able to make money on the internet! Oh, you may wonder y I don’t have a job…well: at 46 I am not marketable. I became a stay-at-home mother…I never finished morturary school (11weeks [1998]) and of course did NOT work.
Well enuff of my personal probs! I NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY to afford my beautiful children some fun time, not to forget mentioning getting us a place to live!
Please disclose MORE info!
AND YES, DO ENTER ME IN THE DRAWING!
Thanks,
Dochon (doe-ch [hard ch = church, charles, cheese] on)
36 Sandra
Hello,
Just found your site…looks very interesting. Hoping to learn alot! Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks, Sandra
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