Background
I'm from India. Here education is everything. Popular opinion is education and white-collar jobs are the only way to get rich. Parents want their children either to be a Doctor or Engineer. If you pursue anything else then you're a loser in life.
I'm an average kid in school. I have got a great interest in Computers but I suck at math. Anyways, I got admitted to one of the elite engineering colleges in our country. (Here, money can get you anywhere. )Since I'm from a middle-class family my parents used all of their life's savings to got me admitted!
Revelation
In the first month itself, I found that I can't even clear a single paper. I don't have the guts to tell my family that I can't pursue Engineering. I'm hopeless. As it happened I read an article about how YouTube was acquired by Google for millions of dollars. This gave me new hope. I thought this is the way to get rich fast. A light bulb went off my head. If I got rich by any other means my parents may forgive me for not becoming an Engineer.
App Biz
I then researched and found an app called YikYak which became viral in the US but unheard of in India. I thought if I made a clone of it in India it'd also become hit and I could sell it for big money. So I started reading coding books. It took me forever to learn to code. I skipped classes. I even skipped exams. I got arrears in every subject.
Dropping out
In my second-year areas fees have become a mountain. So, I threw in the towel and told my parents I was unable to study Engineering. After lots of emotional baggage, I finally dropped out of college. But, nobody in my extended family knows about it. We kept it as a secret.
Then, my parents joined me in an Arts college. Here in India studying Arts/Science are considered par below Engineering. Anyways I was unable to concentrate on studies coz my heart was now set in Entrepreneurship. Thankfully in two weeks after joining the college I got a big health problem and I dropped out of college once again.
My parents lost all the hope for me. Then only I told them about my knack for entrepreneurship. Since they have no other way they started supporting me.
Enter Fastlane
But, YikYak became a failure In USA.So, I decided to quit learning coding and started reading lots of business books. Then I came across a book called The Millionaire Fastlane . After reading it I realized it's easy to get rich. ( Money = Profit x Units Sold) I then also read "Getting everything you can out of all you've got" which gave me hope I can succeed in any business.
I did market research. I brainstormed a lot of business Ideas. But all of it required lots of capital.
I was hopeless again. Then I came across this forum. Through this forum, I learned about Copywriting and Gary Halbert.
Info Biz
I read all of Gary Halberts Newsletters. He said if you've no money and you want to become a millionaire, you should sell info products. So I decided to sell ebooks. I researched niches. I got all the books for Gary Halbert Challenge. I also bought the best Copywriting & Traffic Courses. But due to writer's block, I was unable to complete the ebook.
FBA
Then I learned about Amazon FBA/Private Labeling. I thought I've got all the best Traffic and Copywriting courses in the world. If I only got a product to sell I can make millions. Since it's taking me forever to create an info product I thought I could find a product in Alibaba, private label it and then sell it with my traffic/copywriting skills. I devoured into lots of courses on FBA. I got my tax ID. Then due to a medical emergency, we lost all of our savings. I was unable to afford to import from china.
Dropshipping
Then I learned about dropshipping from Aliexpress. I created a Shopify store. Spend months perfecting the site. Since Stripes was not available in India, I've to use PayPal Express Checkout.
But I was unable to integrate it with Shopify. There was lots of regulation for Paypal in India.
You need the name on your tax ID, Adhar Card (Similar to social security number in the US) and bank account should match. I got some minor spelling mistake in my Tax ID. It'll take 6 months to change a name on tax ID.So, I quit this also.
Info Biz (Again)
Now, I was back to square one. I decided to create an info product again. This time I outsourced it on Fiverr. I got my ebook. I didn't have the patience to write the copy. So, I also outsourced it to Fiverr. I put the link to Reddit on a relevant sub. After getting only 20 views and no sale, the link was removed for self-promotion. Then I began watching the Traffic courses I bought. The course said I need a strong backend to profit from paid ads. Also, I need to subscribe to an expensive software (Adbeat) to research what ads work on my market. I can't afford to create lots of backend products now. Also can't definitely afford Adbeat as of now.
Freelancing
I was hopeless again. Freelancing never entered my mind coz we can't make lots of money out of it. Then I read on this forum someone said your first goal must be making 100$ online not a million dollars. So I decided to give freelancing a try. I set up an account in Fiverr for copywriting. Saw the bestselling gig in copywriting section, copied his description and offered more words for less money.
No sales yet. Maybe due to lack of rating I thought. I considered buying my own gig from another account.
Then I came across a thread here that mentioned @Lex DeVille 's Udmey courses. I found two of his courses intriguing one about freelance copywriting and another about freelancing in general. I was confused about which one to buy. Finally bought the one about freelance copywriting with the last money I got 2 days ago.
Now
P.S.It's 4 years since I dropped out. If I can't also make money by freelancing then I've to hang myself to death.
I'm from India. Here education is everything. Popular opinion is education and white-collar jobs are the only way to get rich. Parents want their children either to be a Doctor or Engineer. If you pursue anything else then you're a loser in life.
I'm an average kid in school. I have got a great interest in Computers but I suck at math. Anyways, I got admitted to one of the elite engineering colleges in our country. (Here, money can get you anywhere. )Since I'm from a middle-class family my parents used all of their life's savings to got me admitted!
Revelation
In the first month itself, I found that I can't even clear a single paper. I don't have the guts to tell my family that I can't pursue Engineering. I'm hopeless. As it happened I read an article about how YouTube was acquired by Google for millions of dollars. This gave me new hope. I thought this is the way to get rich fast. A light bulb went off my head. If I got rich by any other means my parents may forgive me for not becoming an Engineer.
App Biz
I then researched and found an app called YikYak which became viral in the US but unheard of in India. I thought if I made a clone of it in India it'd also become hit and I could sell it for big money. So I started reading coding books. It took me forever to learn to code. I skipped classes. I even skipped exams. I got arrears in every subject.
Dropping out
In my second-year areas fees have become a mountain. So, I threw in the towel and told my parents I was unable to study Engineering. After lots of emotional baggage, I finally dropped out of college. But, nobody in my extended family knows about it. We kept it as a secret.
Then, my parents joined me in an Arts college. Here in India studying Arts/Science are considered par below Engineering. Anyways I was unable to concentrate on studies coz my heart was now set in Entrepreneurship. Thankfully in two weeks after joining the college I got a big health problem and I dropped out of college once again.
My parents lost all the hope for me. Then only I told them about my knack for entrepreneurship. Since they have no other way they started supporting me.
Enter Fastlane
But, YikYak became a failure In USA.So, I decided to quit learning coding and started reading lots of business books. Then I came across a book called The Millionaire Fastlane . After reading it I realized it's easy to get rich. ( Money = Profit x Units Sold) I then also read "Getting everything you can out of all you've got" which gave me hope I can succeed in any business.
I did market research. I brainstormed a lot of business Ideas. But all of it required lots of capital.
I was hopeless again. Then I came across this forum. Through this forum, I learned about Copywriting and Gary Halbert.
Info Biz
I read all of Gary Halberts Newsletters. He said if you've no money and you want to become a millionaire, you should sell info products. So I decided to sell ebooks. I researched niches. I got all the books for Gary Halbert Challenge. I also bought the best Copywriting & Traffic Courses. But due to writer's block, I was unable to complete the ebook.
FBA
Then I learned about Amazon FBA/Private Labeling. I thought I've got all the best Traffic and Copywriting courses in the world. If I only got a product to sell I can make millions. Since it's taking me forever to create an info product I thought I could find a product in Alibaba, private label it and then sell it with my traffic/copywriting skills. I devoured into lots of courses on FBA. I got my tax ID. Then due to a medical emergency, we lost all of our savings. I was unable to afford to import from china.
Dropshipping
Then I learned about dropshipping from Aliexpress. I created a Shopify store. Spend months perfecting the site. Since Stripes was not available in India, I've to use PayPal Express Checkout.
But I was unable to integrate it with Shopify. There was lots of regulation for Paypal in India.
You need the name on your tax ID, Adhar Card (Similar to social security number in the US) and bank account should match. I got some minor spelling mistake in my Tax ID. It'll take 6 months to change a name on tax ID.So, I quit this also.
Info Biz (Again)
Now, I was back to square one. I decided to create an info product again. This time I outsourced it on Fiverr. I got my ebook. I didn't have the patience to write the copy. So, I also outsourced it to Fiverr. I put the link to Reddit on a relevant sub. After getting only 20 views and no sale, the link was removed for self-promotion. Then I began watching the Traffic courses I bought. The course said I need a strong backend to profit from paid ads. Also, I need to subscribe to an expensive software (Adbeat) to research what ads work on my market. I can't afford to create lots of backend products now. Also can't definitely afford Adbeat as of now.
Freelancing
I was hopeless again. Freelancing never entered my mind coz we can't make lots of money out of it. Then I read on this forum someone said your first goal must be making 100$ online not a million dollars. So I decided to give freelancing a try. I set up an account in Fiverr for copywriting. Saw the bestselling gig in copywriting section, copied his description and offered more words for less money.
No sales yet. Maybe due to lack of rating I thought. I considered buying my own gig from another account.
Then I came across a thread here that mentioned @Lex DeVille 's Udmey courses. I found two of his courses intriguing one about freelance copywriting and another about freelancing in general. I was confused about which one to buy. Finally bought the one about freelance copywriting with the last money I got 2 days ago.
Now
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