Earn How Much A Day?
We’ve all seen those really awful, cheesy emails (sometimes from big-name marketers) about how we can earn $1,793.34 a day, or even $12,492.96 in a day as I saw recently.
- Does anyone really ever believe it?
- Do you really think you can earn that?
- What do you need to earn to make a huge difference to your life?
It’s question 3 that I want to explore here. I’ve done some research and in the UK the average salary is apparently nearly £21,000, which is $31,491.55
That equates to £57.53 a day, or $86.28 a day.
Those are hardly staggering numbers, when it comes to internet marketing. At least, not if you believe the hype in all the emails you get. Yet those relatively small daily amounts have the power to transform someone’s life. That amount means an average worker could leave his job and not have to be a wage slave again. OR the average worker could double his income, pay off his mortgage sooner, treat his family to more/better holidays, get better health insurance cover – the list goes on and on.
Yet many people struggle to make anything like that amount online. Could it be that in aiming for a $1,793.34 a day target, they are bound to miss the much closer, easier target of $86.28 a day?
I’d like your input on this question. You don’t have to give your personal details if you don’t want to.
What I’d like you to do is make a comment and answer the following 2 questions:
- How much money would you like to make every day, if it were possible?
- How much money do you actually need to make every day, to change your life for the better.
I just thought of a supplementary question.
- How much work are you willing to do to get the amount of money you answered in question 2, above?
Let me tell you why I want to know. I’m convinced that most people need less than $100/£65 a day to make a real difference in their lives. And I’m absolutely sure most people can earn that much if they do the right things and keep doing them.
I’m not saying don’t dream big – you absolutely should. But while you’re awake don’t be day-dreaming. Focus on reality and what you can achieve today, because you can always build on that tomorrow. A house is built one brick at a time, but you still have to start with the foundations.
What I’m planning to do is create a brand new course for people who really need to earn up to $100 a day and so far have not been able to achieve it. And because I love to make things simple I intend to make it just about foolproof. I won’t hype it – you’ll never make millionaire status following it, but you just might earn enough to make a difference in your life. Sometimes, that takes less money than you think.
Quick personal story: I remember a time my wife and I had both been laid off work at the same time (different firms) and we were poor! Unemployment benefit doesn’t give you much slack, certainly not back in those days. I got back into work first, but there was going to be a full month before any pay so we were struggling. It was hard even to afford to get to work. So we both took a weekend job cleaning a huge office complex – the pay was peanuts. But it was paid the Monday following the weekend work.
The £100/$149.89 we got that first Monday felt like a fortune. We could afford my travel to work and a simple meal out and food shopping for the rest of the month. Believe me, I know just how little it takes sometimes to make a big difference in your life.
So, please, make a comment and I’ll tally the answers to see what people really need - because we all know it’s not a million dollars, even if that would be very nice to have.
Related posts:
1: 137$ or 100Euro!
I have enough free time mostly, why I do not accomplish anything? No 1 answer is? Anyone guessed? Information Overload of course, I get lost in the labyrinth everytime!
2: Same as question 1! Its enough to chance my life to the better!
3: Work? Whats that? Just kidding
Kiriakos,
That’s an interesting answer. Not the money part, although that’s interesting, but even more so is what’s stopping you from doing this.
I’ve heard people say, so often, that they don’t know what to do. I think sometimes what they really mean is they have too many choices to pick from and get blocked. That’s what you’re describing.
So you have the knowledge, but too much of it and you’re faced with a bewildering range of options. If you’re willing to share, what kinds of thing have you done so far? How long did you try them for? Any success?
What kind of internet marketing do you want to achieve success with? If you do something that you enjoy, it won’t feel as much like work.
When there are 3 internet marketers in a group, you get 5 opinions about what to do! That makes it hard, I know. Whose ideas do you follow?
Of course only answer those questions if you feel comfortable sharing the information.
Amin
I would like to make $100.00 every day, if it were possible?
I would actually need at the most $500.00 to make every day, to change your life for the better.
Well, i know it take’s work to accomplish that so i have the time to spend a few hours a Day or more.
Roy,
I’m intrigued by your reply. You think you need $15,000 a month to change your life for the better? That’s $180,000 a year. From your answer it doesn’t sound like you’re making $100 a day yet. I just wonder if you’re setting yourself up for failure with such a massive goal? For most people, $180,000 a year is a pretty big goal. It’s not impossible, but I think sometimes we need to learn to crawl before we can walk. Does that make sense?
The reason I ask is that, in my opinion, once you get beyond your reasonable living expense needs, a lot more money is not really likely to make you a lot more happier. You’ll have more toys and be more comfortable, but would you really be happier driving a $75,000 car compared to a $30,000 car? I think one of the things the ‘gurus’ have done is give people a false sense of how much is needed to make a big difference.
For example, I’ve had times in my life when $20 made a massive difference to me – I’m glad those days are gone, but they happened and I remember them. How many people, real people, would experience a lot more happiness if they could make their mortgage or rent payments without fail, or their car payments, whatever?
That’s really the whole point of this little survey. I’m trying to see just how many people are missing out on some good extra happiness now because they might be chasing the ‘big’ pot of gold that’s advertised on practically every other webpage you see. If you didn’t have to work for an employer again, but you made at least the same money as you do now, would your life be better? For most of us I think it would. It wouldn’t be for everyone – some people like structure and an organization around them. Nothing wrong with that, at all, but I think most of us would probably be happier.
And I definitely agree with your final statement. It takes work. I know there are plenty of people promising riches for literally no work, but let’s be realistic, you’re far more likely to succeed if you keep putting focused effort in. Work, when done right, is still an effective way to make a living, even now!
Amin
Hey Amin, I like the the questions you set up here.
I think one of the first things a person needs to do is find their “base line”, their “living-expense” needs.
Here’s what I mean:
1. Gather every bill and find out what you have to pay every month. (bills include your utilities, credit card, mortgage, cable, loans of any kind–these are usually bills that come to you via the snail mail or contracts that you’ve set up)
2. As best as you can, figure out what you spend every month to live and enjoy that month. (some examples: food, clothing, gas for the car, travel expenses, lattes, junk food, alcohol, night out on the town–you know, any expense to help you get you through the day in an enjoyable way)
3. Now add #1 & #2
4. What’s your net pay? How much money is in that wallet of yours after each pay day?
5. Subtract #3 total from #4. Ooops! You gotta a minus number! As we say here in Asia, “You’re in deep Kim-chee” But not to worry. The good news is you found your “clear and present living-expense”. That would be your #3 total.
If you came up positive, “Yahoo!” You’ve got enough to go out and celebrate.
5. In the case of the positive above, my preference is to “double it” (remember we’re talking “net-amount” here) and that’s my answer to “How much money do you actually need to make every day, to change your life for the better.”
That specific number is now at $6,000/mth–so that $200/day for this kid.
Thanks again Amin.
Ken
Thank you for that. That’s an excellent mini-tutorial in how to find out what you need to earn to live. And I’m willing to bet that only a small percentage of people can tell you that figure off the top of their head. I confess I didn’t always know it myself. Then I started tracking it properly in a spreadsheet and I know, at any given time, where I am and where I’ll be the following week. It’s a really nice feeling to know that there’s money there to pay the bills.
I saw this on your blog and I’d like to share it with my readers.
That’s a good question, but another good one is: “Do you really want to be a millionaire, or just have the lifestyle that goes with it?” In other words, is it the money for money’s sake that you want, or the lifestyle choices that money gives you? Most of us probably want the lifestyle, don’t we? I mean, little bits of paper with pictures and numbers on are just a way of keeping score, aren’t they?
Your own daily figure is an interesting one because it’s double the figure I was talking about, but it’s also exactly 20% of the amount in your blog URL. I think this is really underpinning my point that the amount we need to earn to make a big difference is probably nowhere near what we’d really like to earn. I wouldn’t be unhappy to earn a million dollars a year – but I won’t lose sleep because I don’t earn that much (yet).
Thanks for a very valuable comment.
Amin
Ken back to Amin,
Hey Amin, thank you for your comments. Just wanted to address the your last paragraph
“Your own daily figure is an interesting one because it’s double the figure I was talking about, but it’s also exactly 20% of the amount in your blog URL. I think this is really underpinning my point that the amount we need to earn to make a big difference is probably nowhere near what we’d really like to earn. I wouldn’t be unhappy to earn a million dollars a year – but I won’t lose sleep because I don’t earn that much (yet).”
You’re absolutely right about the amount we need to earn to make a big difference is probably nowhere near what we’d really like to earn. However, the blog URL, (sorry, I don’t want to seem like I’m promoting here-just trying to clarify
is no more than a “way” to earn your “dream” income. It’s based on the philosophy that if you “when you’re shooting for the moon, reach for the stars, that way you won’t come up with mud.” I’ve always like that.
But when you reach for the stars you reach out with “one finger” at a time–you create one “easy income stream” at a time. (testimonial plug: That’s why I like your Instant Blog Wizard Plugin, it’s just one finger of the hand-one easy way to create an income stream. Yes, the income stream maybe $25 a month, maybe $50 month, but once you have one finger (one income stream) working you reach out with another finger–remember your shooting for the moon but reaching for the stars.
Does that help clarify?
I’ll close with this. In my above post I mentioned that $6,000/mth would be the ticket. So what is the lifestyle that I want? What is the lifestyle that I would be willing to work hard for?
To live a life of 90:10. 90% goes to saving our planet and helping people who don’t have what I take so much for granted for. And that 10% is for my lifestyle–which is to be able to fly first class anytime I want.
Obviously, the $6,000/mth will not make it. But hey, it never hurts to reach for the stars
Hi Ken
Thanks for the additional comments – I was wondering whether to make the point about reaching for the stars, but I felt my reply had gone on long enough!
I agree with you completely – it doesn’t hurt to aim a little higher than you want and I hope you don’t think I was disparaging your blog URL, because I wasn’t. I just think it’s interesting that happiness and freedom are so much closer than most people realize.
I had a good luck at your blog and the latest post on it and the thing about the advice given there that’s very valuable is to start with something, get it rock solid and working and then move on. Too many people move on before the cement has time to set!
I love your point about helping people who have what we take for granted. I donate to Kiva, have you come across them? I know I can’t help everyone with charity donations, but Kiva allows me to find out a little about the people I do help and that is more engaging, I think. It’s also a laudable aim in itself to make more money so you can help more people so I commend you for the way you want to split it, 90:10
Amin
Hi Amin
Yes, been there and done that, several times. In fact every successful entrepreneur I know, personally, has been broke or bankrupt at least TWICE before they really made it big.
When I created the Income Security Network back in the late 1980s or early 1990s, my vision was a community of ordinary people, mostly wage and salary earners, who banded together to help each other create genuine, long-term INCOME security.
Not wealth. Not obscene riches.
True financial freedom… freedom from the gnawing stress of money worries that undermines your health and your most important relationships: your two greatest assets in life!
As you say, most people don’t need to be wealthy. They need to have security of income so that they always have money in their pockets or purses, can pay their bills on time, buy what they need when they need it, enjoy some luxuries, make life easier for others and survive any kind of financial, health or relationship crisis.
Good stuff, my old mate!
John
John,
You’ve hit the nail on the head, eloquently and with far greater style than I did earlier. That is exactly what I’m talking about.
Financial freedom isn’t about buying a $100,000 watch (for goodness’ sake, who needs one of those?), it’s about money working for you. I heard it put this way in a film once: “money is a good servant, but a poor master”.
Amin
p.s. I’m sending out the emails tonight with the link to SublimeSalesPro – I can’t believe 4 weeks have passed so fast, but then I was a bit tied up with launching InstantBlogWizard and time just disappears when you’re working hard, or having fun (even faster if you’re doing both at the same time!) – sorry for the delay!
Hi Amin and all
Just been reading over, some interesting stuff here. I’m not a rich bloke, i followed all the dreams and chased a thousand stars and ended up even more broke than when i started. I made a promise to myself this year, use what you have and stop chasing, start making and getting yourself in order.
ITS BLOODY HARD copywriters do a good job lol.
I made a deal with my wife, if i make it online i spend it online, the money i get offline, is our real money. I made the mistake of running first before crawling so i’ve kind learned it all backwards.
I’m really lucky cause I read this post and had time to think about financial freedome and what it means to me.
I get up in the morning and take the kids to school, i ponder around the house everyday doing what i want when i want, i have (Kids from Hell) an awesome big family, ive got the car i dreamed of having, i dont buy what i want but i buy what i need, and save up for what i want, i help online as much as i can, installing scripts, hosting, branding, not always for money, for products, membership access and things like that. I make commission monthly that covers my hosting fees and membership fees i have.
I’m not saying any of this to…. you know. My financial freedom i actually have it now without even realising it. Where as before my financial freedom was all about how much money in the bank i had.
I’ve got my wife, and my kids they are my needs and wants, i’m ill anyone who knows me knows as a 35 year old (Pensioner) i go through hell, thats not a sympath request. I’m actually quite embarrassed when people come to the house and they see the big screen tv, the consoles and stuff, and they are in awe, its not there to show off to people, i didnt just go out and buy the stuff, i saved for it, i go without in other aspects to get what i want.
I’d love to be making thousands a month, i know my kids would love ebay even more if i was lol. For me financial freedom is about me being free to help anyone who takes the time to ask, especially online.
Thanks for the post here and making me realise sooner rather than later where i am in life
James
(I’m not usually like this but this post got me thinking lol)
James,
thank you very much for that great contribution.
I’m especially pleased to see that you have a lifestyle that pretty much suits you. I’ve known a few millionaires in my time (helped make a couple of them millionaires and got zilch in return). I can tell you they weren’t very happy people. They had nice houses, cars, holidays and the rest, but they never struck me as role models for how to live life. It’s not a very representative sample, I suppose. I’m sure there are lots of rich people who are very happy.
You made a point that I want to emphasise:
Use what you have. That’s absolutely the best place to start and ironically it’s probably the one that more people have trouble with than anything. The next shiny new thing is always there, inviting us in. You’re right, there’s a lot of good copy out there!
I imagine a lot of people reading would love your lifestyle. Doing what you want when you want? That’s seriously cool.
Amin
G’day Amin ,
Interesting questions.
Before giving you my answers I would just like to qualify my/our position in life right now:
My wife (Heyke) and I are both retired , my retirement was some 7 years ago and Heyke some 2 months ago. I am on a Service and Disability Pension from Veteran’s Affairs and Heyke on a Aged Pension.
We really want to supplement our Pensions to allow us to take the occassional holiday and not to have to count every penny before we spend it. With just our present income we are not on the poverty line but we can’t afford any real luxuries. We both have a wish/hope to visit our homelands being England and Germany respectively but without some income supplementation that is not ever going to be possible.
Enough of the qualifying —
1. $85.00
2. $125.00
3. 8-10 hours per day
I have been trying to accomplish this for some years and I can say categorically the main reason for my failure is to quote you –
“Too many people move on before the cement has time to set!”
That describes me very accurately.
Sorry for “rambling on” and thank you for the opportunity.
Best regards ,
Norman & Heyke Holden
Hi Norman
I’m impressed with your honesty about yourself – that’s a very powerful tool if you use it the right way. So many people fool themselves, but you’re telling it like it is and I commend you for it. If you know that you tend to move on to new things too soon, you’re at least halfway toward fixing that.
With the amount of time you have available you could certainly generate some reasonable income in a relatively short space of time.
I had a look at your blog and it seems the kind of blog that should do ok if you promoted some kind of affiliate offer on there. Just having Adsense may not make you a huge amount of money, so I’d certainly add some extra monetization on the blog. I notice that you don’t have any signup form on there, to get people onto your list. That’s something you should look into – building a list is something everyone preaches about, but the responses I’ve got here today are because I emailed people. The sales I got at InstantBlogWizard are from people who got an email.
The topic of your blog looks like the kind of thing people will be interested in so you’ll get visitors – why waste them? I know a good autoresponder is another cost, but you could even consider using one of the free services for now.
You don’t say exactly how long you’ve been trying internet marketing so I don’t know if it’s 2 years or 5 years. What tools and services do you already pay for? You may have all the tools you need right now. What do you use?
Your hardest dollar is going to be the first one. Your second hardest dollar is the second one. But it does get easier. And as I like to tell people sometimes, when I got my first $7 sale, my mother-in-law, my wife, my brother and my sister all laughed in my face because it was only $7. My mother-in-law actually said ‘Wow!’ in the most sarcastic voice you can imagine (and she’s a great mother-in-law, before anyone thinks I’m badmouthing her).
Today, they’d all walk on burning coals to get the freedom of lifestyle I have.
Guess who’s laughing now?
Amin
Hi Amin,
Answers to your questions are as follows:
1) At least $250 a day. This would give me the money I need to visit my two children in Australia (I’m in UK) as often as I wanted.
2) $50 a day would enable me to pack in my part time job and devote more time to my business.
3) Whatever it takes.
I look forward to your course should you decide to go ahead with it.
Dave
Hi Dave
That was an interesting answer.
Your “need to earn” figure is very achievable and your “would like to have figure” is not that far away from your first figure. That means if you can do figure 2 you should be able to get to figure 3.
The only question, for anyone, is how fast they can do it. That’s one of the things that is overhyped in this industry. The vast majority of people just can’t start earning that kind of money “in the next 24 hours” – it just doesn’t work that way.
According to xe.com your $50 a day is about £32 a day in UK terms. I’d be interested to hear more about how you’ve tried to earn money online so far, because you say on your blog that you’ve been trying for a long time. If you want to discuss that privately you can always open a support ticket.
I have to share this quote from your blog with everyone – I think it really speaks volumes:
Dave, I wish I’d said that in this post first! Such a great, great point. I’ve talked about financial freedom here, but geographical freedom is even more powerful, I believe. I should believe, considering that I moved to Spain when I felt like it.
Good luck with your plan to move to Australia – I’d love to move out there myself, but I think I’ll be staying put for a while now.
Amin
Hi Amin
I’m glad you went to Normans site, autoresponder on the site, how stupid of me, ive got one setup i just hadn’t activated it. Infact its on all my sites but its not activated.
AWEBER here i come with a vengence.
James
James,
I wasn’t quite sure what you meant – do you have an autoresponder script installed on your site?
If you give some details it might be of use to Norman, or if you make a blog post on your own blog about your experience with the product I’ll put a link to the post here. There may be others who would be interested in a low-cost or no-cost autoresponder service, although personally I’ll stick with Aweber for all kinds of reasons.
Amin
Hi Amin
I had an autoresponder setup i just forgot to activate it.
I made a post about it the link is @ http://www.jamesreilly.co.uk/script-installation/earn-how-much-per-day/
James
James,
interesting point you make in paragraph 6 of that blog posts and I’d agree, it’s much easier to change the links in one place rather than 15 different sites! You can do the same though on your own hosting, you don’t really need another service to do it, although you do need to know a little bit about redirection.
Amin
G’day Amin ,
Thank you for your prompt response — very much appreciated.
I have been “at this” for about 7 years and as the saying goes “I’ve tried and paid for everything” over that period.My conservative estimate of “expenditure” is probably in the range of $15-25K. My liberal estimate of earnings is probably in the range of $500-1000.This equates to approximately $1.37 per week to $2.75 per week.Not exactly “breathtaking” in anybody’s language.
I have accounts with AWeber , GetResponse , and GoGvo (Kiosk) the latter being my major hosting company. I also have a Reseller account with Hostgator.
I have a account with “Easy Video Player” but I will have to “surrender” this account for economic reasons – the budget will stretch just so far!!!
I intend to send you a PM with my latest website effort relative to “Instant Blog Wizard”
I think , or should I say , sincerely hope that I have found someone I can put my trust in , there is no doubt ” time will tell”.
Thank you for your understanding ,
Warmest regards ,
Norman Holden
Norman,
you’ve got all the tools you’re going to need, looking at that list.
From my own point of view I’d say the essentials are:
Domain name – there’s no reason you can’t have a generic name for most of your activities. That’s what I did when I set up this domain name and I run several distinct websites off it. Doesn’t seem to hurt anything.
Hosting – hard to do anything without good hosting. I’m very intrigued that you have 2 separate hosting accounts – do you need them both at this point?
Autoresponder – this is something I think it’s worth paying for. Again, you have 2 services. Do you really need both of them?
The rest you can usually produce with what’s commonly called ‘sweat equity’, in other words effort! There are plenty of places to get free content, even if it does take quite a bit of work to knock it into shape.
Here’s the thing: you’ve made some money. Not as much as you like perhaps, but you’ve made some money. That’s success, in my book. Now what you have to do is repeat the process, refine it and accelerate it. You’ve already done what tens of thousands of people would like to do. You’ve made money on the internet. Ok, you’ve spent a fair amount to do it, but you saw some results. That’s very encouraging.
I’d urge you now, if you can, to list the things you did that led to that money. That’s what you should do more of, a lot more of. Then list the things that haven’t worked, or produced revenue. Those are things that you should seriously consider ditching.
I’m sending you a personal reply in response to the message about your new site. Great domain name, by the way, and it fits in just beautifully with your anger management site.
Amin