RE: How people really make money from the web (AMA)

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I know affiliate marketing is a big thing, but I generally never had enough of an audience online to make anything. I don't sell stuff either.

Before I came to this platform the only money I'd made online was on the Tsu social site that paid users from the advertising revenue. I think I made less than $300 over 18 months. Other made a lot more by getting lots of people signed up. Again, it's a matter of reaching people and selling something.

Hive gave me the opportunity to earn just by being social and it's worked well for me. My hourly rate is not great, but it's been fun.

I have a day job that pays the bills, but Hive has bought me a few things and I hope it will pay for more in due course.

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I know affiliate marketing is a big thing, but I generally never had enough of an audience online to make anything

You would be surprised how much you can make even without a large audience when you find something that you really like, that you can honestly recommend, and that other people are willing to pay for.

We recommend things all the time to eachother in a friendly, enthusiastic way.

Consider how often we get super enthused about something and want to tell all our friends. I can't count how many people I have gotten into Terry Pratchett books over the years, I even have a signed copy which I am super grateful for because he passed away right afterwards (no connection, it wasn't my fault). The only difference is we share our enthusiasm and use a special link rather than a plain one.

Over black friday one of the pieces of software I use was offering a lifetime deal, I could have told people about it and made, get this, $700 per sale. I didn't because the market for that software is stupidly niche and I had other things to talk about instead, but just one person buying would have made $700 for software I could legitimately and confidently recommend?

You're a guitarist, drummer and runner, that is a ton of stuff that you know about that other people want to get into and don't know the right stuff to buy or avoid, and people WANT gift ideas - Christmas present season is here!

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I do recommend stuff all the time, but tend not to bother with affiliate links, although I did give one for my energy supplier the other day. I just got out of the habit of doing that as I'm happy with what I make from Hive.

I'm not sure I see that many people I follow here doing affiliate stuff, but there are a few exceptions.

I know Amazon is a big one, but I don't use them much anyway.

You don't have to sell me on Pratchett. Big fans in our house and I met him many years ago.

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I have lost a lot of money on Steem/Hive (though I know you only "lose" when you sell) because I bought at the very top of their price, and what I get in terms of votes wouldn't pay the electricity that it takes to post ;)

That said, I enjoy the tech, I find some of the articles and discussions interesting, and it allows me to post randomly about things that are on my mind

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I hope it continues to be fun. We need more creative and interesting people to blog here rather than on centralised platforms.

Maybe it will pay you back financially eventually.

!BEER

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