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    How would you make an extra $1,000 in a month?

    Today we're asking people:

    How would you make an extra $1,000 in 30 days?

    1000 copywriting course moneyThe methods for people to make a measly 100 bucks broke down like this (into three types):1.) Just save the $100  – (also called “The Boring As Shit” method):
    • Save $100 by preparing your own meals and not eating out.
    • Cut out a gym membership.
    • Other boring methods to save $100.
    -or-2.) Doing more of what you already do to make an extra $100  – (Fair enough):
    • If you have a job = work 3 extra hours.
    • If you’re a bartender = Work one extra shift.
    • If you’re a freelancer = Find one extra gig or raise rates.
    • If you have extra electronics = Throw a yard sale or sell them on eBay.
    -or-3.) Making an extra $100 by HUSTLING up some money – (Ok now we’re using some imagination)!
    • Becoming an Uber or Lyft driver over the weekend.
    • Go to TaskRabbit and grab some gigs.
    • Mowing lawns, installing peep holes in doors, detailing cars, plowing snow etc…
    • Go up to a business and say “I need $50, I can do anything you need.”
    • Buy water from supermarket, keep it cool, sell it at the beach.
    • Post on Craigslist to design a webpage or do SEO for cheap.
    • Take pictures with a nice camera in tourists destinations, charge $5 and email the pictures.
    • Sell your body to desperate old ladies (I’m assuming this one was a joke).
    • See yesterday’s comments for a crap-ton of other ideas.
    Basically put relatively little effort into making this extra $100 because it’s easy.  So let’s make this comment thread even MORE interesting:Let’s say I kidnapped your dog, and won’t give him back unless you come up with an extra $1,000….

    How would you make an extra $1,000 in 30 days??

     Sincerely,

    Neville Medhora

    P.S.Interested in seeing how others would make different sums of money each month? Checkout everyone's answers for:

    P.P.S.  The more people that comment on this, the more interesting it makes.  So I’d really appreciate you adding your ideas on how you would make an extra $1,000 in a month!

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    Guest Neville

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    Oh man, good one Ian! A class like this would smash $1k in no time. Wish I could send you another NevBox....you already got one in the mail from yesterdays contest :)
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    Guest How would you make an extra ,000 in a month? :: Kopywriting Kourse

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    […] So the last two days I’ve asked people how they would make an: ….extra $100 in a month. ….extra $1,000 in a month. […]
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    Neville,

    Here's the thing: Starting from scratch I would visit forums and groups where my audience hangs and offer a 4-week free email course. I would upsell it with a $29 and a $49 package. For this upgrade, I would offer them personal access to me by webinar and one-on-one sessions and some more special benefits.

    Did this recently, the outcome was few times more than $1000 bucks! All done in a month. :) This is not theoretical advice, practical approach that has been implemented.

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    So many SEO suggestions. Fuck SEO, that shit's dead, just gotta publish useful stuff. Fuck SEO.

    Anyway, extra 1k, I think the most efficient way is the find a problem solve a problem approach. I just want to add maybe setting up that landing page and beating the streets and attending relevant events. Business card or you could simply jam the address in their iPhones for them to check out later.

    I used the get basic jobs, see where the most 'clogups' happen, so inefficient practices/systems/programs/methodology and then sell the solution to their competitors. Everyone seems to copy everyone so they are all always making the same mistakes. If you can find a startup for that particular industry you can be damn sure they need solutions and will pay well for it.

    Anyway, time to have a butchers at this $10k effort, thats a tall order!

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    I actually have started it, but not with the motivation of my dog being held at ransom!
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    It's totally fine, you can have the dog -- did you read the whole post? I also do not think that being frugal is the only way to go.
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    This is a great idea Neville. I could charge more for the bootcamp and need less people or simply make more per hour.
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    Hello people!

    Although doing some elance/odesk writing project would be an option, since i already use computer too much, i'd rather use some different activity:

    a) I'd wrote an ad that i'm experienced dog/cat keeper/walker, and drop the pamphlets into the mailboxes in some elite neighborhood (+posted online ads)

    b) I'd do the same for making plant terrariums, ikebanas, jewelry, cleaning or anything that i know how to do or i can learn from some you tube video in few minutes

    c) if i really need the money asap, i'd go to all the famous bars and asked them do they need help on weekends- this is often a hard work, but drunk people give excellent tips on weekends :)

    d) do haircuts at my home

    e) give lessons in math or something from elementary school to the kids- lots of parents needs help with this

    f) re-sell stuff from ebay | refurbish old stuff i buy at the local market and sell them online for more money

    g) repair noisy computers or installing/cleaning Windows/Linux

    i) teach kids some small wifi hacks

    It probably depends on persons interests and urge of the situation...

    But hope i contributed to community and earned my Nevbox

    (gimme myyyyy precious) :D

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    Guest How would you make an extra 0,000 in a month? :: Kopywriting Kourse

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    […] How to make an extra $1,000 month = Mostly manual labor stuff and working extra hours with some business ideas thrown in. […]
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    Guest chris hohenstein

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    Where do you live Glenn, Im right on the PA line as well sounds like the same area. Hampstead/Manchester?
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    Guest Neville

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    Nice, cool to see you ACTUALLY did this and made even more than a grand :)
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    Guest Neville

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    Honestly I think the bartender method would quickly get to $1,000!
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    That would be the quickest way, but wouldn't earn me 1 k in a month. Since i don't live in the US (or anywhere near the civilized world :) ), i thought more about the combination, since 1k is considered a huge amount for 70-80 % of people in my country. But it's doable, yes. Everything is.
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    Yes, We actually looked on craigslist and found a ton of people looking to sell their iPhone 5s early prior to the iPhone 6 going on sale. So we just used the contact info to connect with people and offer the service. We were turned out a lot, but were surprised at how many people were desperate enough for the phone yet to lazy to stand in line. :)
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    Guest chris hohenstein

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    First thing I would do is quit smoking. Thats an easy $250 in my pocket.

    Next would be to utilize my auction house connections. Im an avid auction hunter and buy and resell antiques all the time. This alone actually nets me $1000 a month.

    After visiting all the auction houses in my area and getting to know the people Ive noticed that most of them either...

    A) dont have a website

    or

    b) their site is pretty shotty. The ones who do have one look like its from 1995.

    Furthermore they are run like mom and pop outfits and very chaotic.

    I have already drawn up an outline to provide a decent service helping them become more functional and bring them into at least 2005.

    Im not going into detail as I dont like giving away my plan, but it just 1 client would bring me in over $1k with what I would offer. It would be a yearly plan with tons of value. I just need to get off my ass and start selling.

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    Guest chris hohenstein

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    P.S. I really dont want my dog back. He poops and pees in my shoes all the time.
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    Guest How would you make a million dollars in one month? :: Kopywriting Kourse

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    Oh boy, good thing they didn't sue you for copyright infringement or else you'd be handing it over for free plus a bunch of lawyer fees.
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    Or they might tell you to hand it over for free or sue you if you don't.

    Using googles "Get your business online" would be committing fraud if you're not the company the website is for and you don't have permission to do it on their behalf.

    Apart from which this is some serious copyright infringement.

    Using their registered business name, putting their logo on the website, using the same font the business uses if it's a custom font, and each individual image belonging to the company are each a seperate copyright infringement.

    A single copyright infringement could be a minimum of $750 and could be anything upto $50,000 or more. And that's a seperate bill for each and every infringement without even counting the fraud charge or the lawyers bills. Which a good copyright lawyer is quite common to cost in the thousands on a per hour rate. So even if they work say, 3 hrs a day 5 days a week for a month, then that's $90,000 just for paying the companies lawyers multiplied by however many lawyers they hire. And considering this idea is highly illegal, chances are you would lose the court case and have to pay the companies lawyers as well as your own.

    And to top that all off, you'd also potentially be forced to hand over the website to whatever business it was about for free.

    Of course because you'd be targeting small businesses the chances of them suing you are a lot smaller then a bigger business, but still risky if any of the owners know the legal side of things and decide to enforce it.

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    Oh man... completely agree with you

    "And what if you don’t feel like an expert? I can’t remember who said it, but on a scale of 1-10, if you feel like you’re a 3, there will always be 1’s and 2’s that want to be where you’re at."

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    […] try the earlier posts in the series and think about how you could make an extra $100, $1,000, $10,000, or […]
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