Hey Neville,

I would do this the Gary Halbert way. I would first find a starving market, create a product better than the top performing, and write great copy that sells.

Gary used to sell through direct mail but we can use advertising which is much cheaper, more accurate and reaches a wider audience.

I think this might work. With online ads, you don't have to wait for the traffic to start kicking in on your website.

I think Ryan of DigitalMarketer.com did something similar with his Survival niche website.

I will actually try doing this in a few months.

Thanks,

Mohit Gangrade

Fashionably late perhaps … but here we are. With a blue tee shirt and a blue KC Royals cap on even though I am a Mets fan. Go figure.

Chances are few will get to see this comment because of the dates and because of the moron who posted all the spam links prior to my post.

One million is a GiGantor number. So GiGantous that many comments I read were just folks just trying to be funny and amusing, but others were creative and actually DO-able.

Anything is possible really, when you put your mind to it. Awesome brain stretcher exercise NeVille. I really enjoy your blog.

For the record … what the bleep is a NevBox anyway!?!

You have to break down that number and consider it from a different perspective. As NeVille suggests break it up into manageable chunks and then look at your options. As my good friend Master Le would say “Smaaaart Man”. So think. Creatively. Consider the numbers involved. Numbers … Hmm … I like numbers (I once had to memorize all the zip codes in my state (CT), it was work related. Still to this day when I see a town / city name … the numbers (zip) pop into my head!!

Anywayyyyy.

Look at it in reverse. How many of this (number) do I need to get that (number). For example, if 50,000 people spent $20 on something (a very modest purchase price) that would be One Mil.

Where to find 50,000 humans? Well … at a sporting event maybe. Okay that was easy.

It’s baseball season right now and for the record my NY Mets are playing like chumps, but thousands still show up to Citifield.

So if we need 1 mil dollars in one month to satisfy Nev’s criteria what product or service can we come up with to offer?

Thinking further. How many teams are there in MLB? Correct - 30. So on any given Summer night there are about 15 games, but let’s just say 12 games as not every team plays. 12 games with an average of say 30,000 per game (2016 average tickets sold per game was just over thirty thousand) gives us 360,000 in attendance in one night. And let’s just say maybe only 5% of fans will respond to our offer, so that’s 18,000 fans.

And a week or so later, we do the same thing but thinking in terms of the OTHER 12 games featuring a different home team (different stadium) but now 10% of fans respond to our offer, so that’s 36,000 fans. (further marketing efforts and word of mouth advertising, etc)

Quik review:

Week one, from our 12 games we have 18,000 responses/orders

Week two, from our 12 baseball games (from different stadiums) 36,000 fans have responded/ordered.

Now we’re cooking. Are you with me?

(For the record as I write this I still don’t know what product/service I am offering to these patrons, but the wheels are turning in my brain and as you can see the numbers work so far!)

So I am thinking a product (rather than a service). So give me a minute or two. Okayyy looking over my shoulder like that won’t help me!

Alright. How about this Charlie Brown. People go to games all the time. I go every now and then and I save my ticket stub. I am sentimental. Especially if you are a kid, you would save your stub to remember the great game and the fun you had. Right? I have ticket stubs from Yankee and Mets games from years ago. I have also misplaced a few of these ticket stubs over the years as well. Also, now that I think about it I really don’t remember who won the game, or who the pitcher was, or who hit a home run (other than Reggie Jackson) … ya know things like that.

So I think of a cool nifty website name (CoolNiftyWebsiteName.com) and I get a developer to assist me in setting up this website (a VERY minimal cost upfront when Mr. Developer sees the dollars on the back end). The idea is that folks (only 5-10% remember) take a picture of their ticket stubs and upload it to my website. Here, you the fan, have access to it anytime (think cloud) and we include all the relative info about the game so you will never forget the details (like I did). AND, you can do this an unlimited number of times for the entire season (i.e. many different games if so). AND, for those of you who caught a foul ball, take a pic, upload it, we will also send you a framed picture. I’m diggin’ this so far!

All this for a one time seasonal price of only $9 (yep that’s all). Now the numbers. 18,000 plus 36,000 - times 9 bucks is $486,000. A bit short of our goal I know, but stay with me Johnny Utah. So we offer an UPSELL because you’re already spending crazy dollars at the ballpark for hot dogs ($5) and beer ($7) so why not spend a bit more than $9 for a one season deal. For just $19 you can have lifetime access, unlimited uploads of your ticket stubs, all the nine dollar perks as well, PLUS any sporting or concert event ticket stub that you go to for life!!!

18,000 plus 36,000 (that’s only 5 and 10 percent responding to our offer) is 54,000. Multiply that by 19 bucks and we have $ 1,026,000.00

With the extra $26k you would payback any initial marketing expenses.

Winner winner chicken dinner.

Why would someone pay me to upload a picture of THEIR OWN ticket stub? Let me answer that with another question (I often do that and it drives my friends bananas). Why would someone pay for satellite radio when the actual car radio is absolutely free? Umm … and how many millions was Howard Stern’s satellite radio contract?

Upfront marketing costs would have to be worked out of course. Maybe it’s $1,000 to advertise on a scoreboard for ten seconds or so, and maybe initially you need to go to a hard money lender for a loan to cover marketing (similar to a money lender in Real Estate who funds property rehab deals). And maybe you FaceBook the hell out of it too, and you can even do some bootleg marketing at the stadiums. Teens/young adults in tee shirts with the site name giving out flyers, etc.

So costs upfront seem to be manageable. Big Payout at the end. As I mentioned earlier anything is possible when you put your mind to it. One million dollars is just a number. Go Big or go home.

“The Wizard is coming out from behind the curtain soon.”

Disclosures:

Yes, I was writing this and thinking about an idea at the same time.

Total brain investment time just under an hour.

Yes, I always add in characters to my writing / thoughts.

Yep, I am a Mets fan.

Yep, I do know all the zip codes in CT

~ JIMMY

Outstanding article, made me think of several ways, great feedback and examples. As you know I am an executive business coach, we do business and life coaching, speaking and online products, and other business services.

I'm also an author of two books. Connecting with your teen and Life is a Garden.

I will take on this challenge as of today, September 15, 2017 for the next 45 days, my outcome will be to make one million dollars. When I accomplish this goal every month I will double it.

I thank the author for this article, an everyone who gave amazing feedback thank you for changing my thinking and focus.

Much love and God bless to all...

dear benny,

teach me how you do it

CRIME FICTION AUTHOR

"How I Would Make $1,000,000 In A Month"

There are heaps of ways Neville. C'mon bro get creative!

'The Hard Way'

Write an outstanding book the whole world raves about and movie studios are clambering to sign you. And did I mention TV breakfast show interviews? Too much hard work and only a small % of success. Let's go something easier.

'The Scammy Way'

Jump on Fiverr and get a 'friend to make up some images showing a grapph of your rising book sales on Amazon. Couple this with a few shots of you sitting on the bonnet of a Bentley outside your mega mansion. Bookstores, publishers will rush you with REAL orders.

'Deadly Way'

Threaten some hired profile people that you will name them in your next book unless they pay you a million dollars. Hmmm might cost you $2 million to defend yourself though.

'The New Identity Model'

Modify your name to somebody already making a million/month in the book world and get some happy snaps with them - or at least photo shop yourself in.

Is that enough to get your started 'Rich Uncle Neville'?

Honestly, I have no clue.

Well, actually, I do.

Right now I am making money with poker. Let's say about 1k USD/month. It is not much, it is not too little. I think, it is ok.

So, my goal (let's be realistic here) is to make 10 USD/month with as little work as possible. Which means, that I want to put maximum 80 hours per month to sustain this income.

How am I gonna do it? No idea, but you guys inspired me to take a risk and I am gonna be writing articles about my journey.

One thing is certain. I have to take as much risk as possible. I don't even have much money in my account. But fuck it. Worst case scenario: I have to lend the money from my family/friends. And then, I will repeat the process. But, I will make different mistakes :D

Cheers and keep up making killer content!

Thought the idea was to EARN a million, not turn you into a casino junkie and lose your shirt followed by your house.

You tactic will not only leave your best child in the hands of the kidnappers, it will also mean there is no longer a home to come back to. The poor child will probably be sold to someone else while you walk the streets wearing a bin bag shirt.

MISSION FAILED

0.01 Double every day for 30 days is $11 million

Good idea but I would rather start off with $30 and x2 this every day for 15 days and earn $1,146,880

Unfortunately, in economics this is a daily increase of 200% which is hard enough to find one, never mind 15 in a row. The only way I can think of is what the dude above you said... The Roulette wheel

Or you could stick an old pair of sandals on ebay and claim they once belonged to someone ancient and well known like Ghandi. Start the bidding at $500k with a buy now option of $1,000,000.

When the auction is live, PR the shit out of it. Media queries, social media advertising and of course contact every mainstream news organization you can manage in 30 days. Done correctly this will work every time.

You could start a Kickstarter to raise cash to promote another Kickstarter which is there to raise money for another Kickstarter. Do this 100 - 200 times and you have a small network of Kickstarter that all funnel cash to the first Kickstarter that is only asking to raise $100 for a pair of fancy socks.

Spend $50 on Fiverr to get fancy presentations, nice graphics and professional sales pitches