Make a Full Time Income Blogging - Viewing Your Blog Like a Startup

VIEW YOUR BLOGLIKE A STARTUP

HOW TO MAKE A FULL-TIME INCOME BLOGGING

ABOUT ME

• Family of 5• Graduated from the U of

U with BA in Biology and MBA

• Co-founder of LDS S.M.I.L.E. with my wife Kara

• Blogger/Social Media/Startups

• Twitter: @jhuntinghouse• Facebook: John

Huntinghouse• E-mail:

John@ldssmile.com

• 1 Million pageviews a month• 170,000 Fans across our social

channels• Pinterest reach of 6 million/month• Youtube: 4.5 million views

UP

AMBIGUITY

RISK VS UNCERTAINTY

Startups deal with understanding uncertainty

BLOGGING = DATING

WHAT WOULD A BUSINESS DO?•THEY MARKET•THEY RAISE CAPITAL •THEY ACQUIRE NEW ASSETS •THEY CREATE NEW VERTICALS•THEY SELL SERVICES•THEY INVEST

WHAT DID WE DO?

• WE ACQUIRED MORMON MEMES (80,000+ LIKES, PERFECT FIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY)• RAISED CAPITAL TO ACQUIRE MORMON MEMES• SPEND OVER $1500 A MONTH ON MARKETING• CREATED NEW VERTICALS WITH OUR SMILE NECKLACE,

AFFILIATE MARKETING, LEAD GEN, BLANKETS, AND INVESTMENTS• INVESTED BACK INTO THE COMPANY FOR FUTURE GROWTH

NAIL IT THEN SCALE IT

• NAIL THE PAIN• NAIL THE SOLUTION• NAIL THE DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL• NAIL THE BUSINESS MODEL• SCALE IT

Hero myth Process mythMoney myth

RELIGIOUS LIKE INTENSITY IRRATIONAL BUT NECESSARY

BE DECISIVE GET CRAP

DONE

SPECIFIC PRODUCTIVITY TIPS THAT WILL SAVE YOU HOURS A DAY!• TURN OFF ALL NOTIFICATIONS ON YOUR PHONE! • LEARN TO BE HAPPY• 2 MINUTE RULE • FACE TO FACE – PHONE CALL – ALMOST ALWAYS MORE

EFFICIENT • DO NOT USE E-MAIL AS YOUR TO DO LIST – CREATE AN

ACTUAL TO DO LIST• WRITE “TO DO” & “IDEAS” DOWN IMMEDIATELY• DON’T USE CRUTCHES! • STOP MULTI TASKING!• EXERCISE • DOING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME

HYPOTHESIS DRIVEN RAPID EXPERIMENTATION

If all you are trying to do is see what happens, you’ll be right every time

VANITY METRICS

What actionable thing can I do now that I know _______?

AFFILIATE MARKETING

• WHICH ONES SHOULD I JOIN?• WHICH WORKS THE BEST?• IRRELEVANT QUESTION #3• IRRELEVANT QUESTION #4• IRRELEVANT QUESTION #5• IRRELEVANT QUESTION #6• IRRELEVANT QUESTION #7

DON’T LET PAST FAILURES INFLUENCE FUTURE SUCCESS

THEN WE DECIDED TO TRY AGAIN

4 DAYS ON AMAZON

ATTACH YOURSELF TO A LARGER ENGINE

PERSONAS

NETWORK!“A GOOD WAY TO GET YOUR LUCKY BREAK IS TO FIND

SOMEONE TO HELP CREATE THE LUCK FOR YOU”

HOW THEN DO YOU MAKE MONEY

• AD REVENUE (HARD)• SPONSORED POSTS (HARD)• AFFILIATE MARKETING • LEAD GENERATION (PAID

STRATEGIES)• CREATE YOUR OWN PRODUCTS• DROP SHIPPING • ARBITRAGE

• RESELLING• COMMISSION• SERVICES• PRESALES/CROWDFUNDING• INVESTMENTS FROM REVENUE• COAT TAILING OTHER BLOGGERS• REVENUE SPLITS WITH SOCIAL

PAGES/BLOGGERS

INVEST IN YOUR BUSINESS

RESULTS

NOTICE SOMETHINGPat Flynn – Smart Passive Income BlogJust a Girl and Her Blog

CURRENT MONTH REVENUE AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 2016

$3600 – SMILE NECKLACES$600 – BUSINESS INVESTMENTS$500 – CLICK BANK AFFILIATES$500 – AMAZON AFFILIATE$500 – DIRECT ADVERTISERS$400 – BLOGGER NETWORK$300 – GOOGLE ADSENSE$200 – MISSION T-SHIRTS$100 – SMILE BLANKETS

50% of our Income stream

80/20 RULE

Image courtesy of theviewinside.me

THINK LIKE A BUSINESS

LEARN FROM THOSE BEFORE YOU

CREATE YOUR OWN STORYCREATE YOUR OWN PATH

START EXPERIMENTING QUICKLY!

BE YOU!

THANKS!

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