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Hi all,
I have been lurking around this forum for a while now...in fact I joined under another username a few years back but I wasnt very active. Anyway, I wanted to start fresh and so here is my new username and first post.
I will just get started with the details about my life that I think are relative to this thread.
About 6 years ago I decided to learn how to make money online. I knew nothing about making money via the internet and so for the first two years I was in "Information Overload City!"
Yeh, those first few years were killers....and in that time I nearly quit many times....but my dream was too strong so I kept going. By the way my dream was to be able to earn a comfortable living online as passively as possible giving me free time to do the things I want to do.
Ok, so I did all the things most newbies do when learning how to make money online. I did the website thing, YouTube, Adsense, PPC, CPA.....you name it.....however, I just wasnt achieving my goal.
Back in 2012 I nearly succeeded with a bunch of Amazon review sites that brought in a regular passive income but then Google made their Panda/Penguin algo changes and overnight my income was dead.
This hurt me financially and at the time it was bad but looking back it was a blessing in disguise becuase if it didnt happen I never would have tried self-publishing.
I was so ticked off with Google that I didnt want anything to do with them anymore.....so I began to look into Kindle book creation.
It was a steep learning curve but by mid 2013 I had created around 10 non-fiction books. Due to just a handful of popular books I was seeing my monthly earnings increase each month......I was gonna make my goal!
Then some stuff went on in my personal life and my depression came back with a vengence, (I have suffered with depression all my life and for the past few years I have been able to control it...but sometimes it fights back and is just too strong to beat).
I found it hard to focus on creating anymore books and just lost interest in everything....as you do when you have a long bout of severe depression.
Not to bore you all to death,(if I havent already),I will fast forward to now.
I hadnt been on this forum for a while and decided to see what was new. I noticed there were a lot of threads on self-publishing and so spent a day reading through the "Gold" threads.
That got me really motivated!
People were making really good money with the publishing business model. Normal people like me...who may not even consider themselves writers or dont even enjoy writing are making a killing with Kindle!
So thats it...I decided I want to try again....I want to succeed in making that medium to high four figure sum each month via self-publishing.
Why only four figures? Because I want to take baby steps....first hit §1000/month then §2000/month and so on.
Since I started Kindle book creation three years ago my old books have always been earning me money each month, almost passively, although it has only been a few hundred bucks each month. So the way I see it.....all I need to do is get started creating more books to once agin try to build my book empire.
I already learned all the hard stuff from past experience so really all I need to do is find a bunch of good niches to work with and get started.
I am hoping that creating this thread makes me accountable for this goal and I also hope that I can keep my depression at bay by staying motivated with people who are also trying to follow a similar goal in publishing.
WOW...this thread is getting too long....sorry....I had better get some facts down:
My books up to date:
25 in non-fiction health and fitness niche.
16 in non-fiction kids books.
16 of all books are in print format.
Earnings= around §200/month, just from the digital books.
My goals:
I want to start creating fiction books via outsourcing.
I want to create more print books and maybe even some audio books.
I want to continue with kids books but also create kids fiction books.
I want to delve into a couple new niches and test the waters.
I want to outsource as much of this as possible so as I can focus on marketing and maybe even writing more of my own stuff.
By Christmas this year...if I put my head down, if I work hard AND smart, there is no reason why I should not hit a regular §2000/month income.
Truth is guys I am not going to give up.....I have had 6 years of beating myself up trying to make a living online....I have crossed the point of no return.... I will not let my old negative beliefs or my depressive thoughts drag me down.
This time.....I WILL SUCCEED!
Sorry for the long post...any feedback, advice, etc would be great!
Thanks guys.
I have been lurking around this forum for a while now...in fact I joined under another username a few years back but I wasnt very active. Anyway, I wanted to start fresh and so here is my new username and first post.
I will just get started with the details about my life that I think are relative to this thread.
About 6 years ago I decided to learn how to make money online. I knew nothing about making money via the internet and so for the first two years I was in "Information Overload City!"
Yeh, those first few years were killers....and in that time I nearly quit many times....but my dream was too strong so I kept going. By the way my dream was to be able to earn a comfortable living online as passively as possible giving me free time to do the things I want to do.
Ok, so I did all the things most newbies do when learning how to make money online. I did the website thing, YouTube, Adsense, PPC, CPA.....you name it.....however, I just wasnt achieving my goal.
Back in 2012 I nearly succeeded with a bunch of Amazon review sites that brought in a regular passive income but then Google made their Panda/Penguin algo changes and overnight my income was dead.
This hurt me financially and at the time it was bad but looking back it was a blessing in disguise becuase if it didnt happen I never would have tried self-publishing.
I was so ticked off with Google that I didnt want anything to do with them anymore.....so I began to look into Kindle book creation.
It was a steep learning curve but by mid 2013 I had created around 10 non-fiction books. Due to just a handful of popular books I was seeing my monthly earnings increase each month......I was gonna make my goal!
Then some stuff went on in my personal life and my depression came back with a vengence, (I have suffered with depression all my life and for the past few years I have been able to control it...but sometimes it fights back and is just too strong to beat).
I found it hard to focus on creating anymore books and just lost interest in everything....as you do when you have a long bout of severe depression.
Not to bore you all to death,(if I havent already),I will fast forward to now.
I hadnt been on this forum for a while and decided to see what was new. I noticed there were a lot of threads on self-publishing and so spent a day reading through the "Gold" threads.
That got me really motivated!
People were making really good money with the publishing business model. Normal people like me...who may not even consider themselves writers or dont even enjoy writing are making a killing with Kindle!
So thats it...I decided I want to try again....I want to succeed in making that medium to high four figure sum each month via self-publishing.
Why only four figures? Because I want to take baby steps....first hit §1000/month then §2000/month and so on.
Since I started Kindle book creation three years ago my old books have always been earning me money each month, almost passively, although it has only been a few hundred bucks each month. So the way I see it.....all I need to do is get started creating more books to once agin try to build my book empire.
I already learned all the hard stuff from past experience so really all I need to do is find a bunch of good niches to work with and get started.
I am hoping that creating this thread makes me accountable for this goal and I also hope that I can keep my depression at bay by staying motivated with people who are also trying to follow a similar goal in publishing.
WOW...this thread is getting too long....sorry....I had better get some facts down:
My books up to date:
25 in non-fiction health and fitness niche.
16 in non-fiction kids books.
16 of all books are in print format.
Earnings= around §200/month, just from the digital books.
My goals:
I want to start creating fiction books via outsourcing.
I want to create more print books and maybe even some audio books.
I want to continue with kids books but also create kids fiction books.
I want to delve into a couple new niches and test the waters.
I want to outsource as much of this as possible so as I can focus on marketing and maybe even writing more of my own stuff.
By Christmas this year...if I put my head down, if I work hard AND smart, there is no reason why I should not hit a regular §2000/month income.
Truth is guys I am not going to give up.....I have had 6 years of beating myself up trying to make a living online....I have crossed the point of no return.... I will not let my old negative beliefs or my depressive thoughts drag me down.
This time.....I WILL SUCCEED!
Sorry for the long post...any feedback, advice, etc would be great!
Thanks guys.
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