The magic of making $310 per month
I stumbled on internet entrepreneur Marc Lou’s landing page the other day. Interestingly, his landing page is a dashboard of all the widgets, programs, and plugins he’s built, and how much they earn each month.
Beyond just being a gutsy move to show people how much (or how little) your projects make, this landing page really got me thinking. You can see from his dashboard that he makes $68,000 per month, and that $60,000 of it comes from only one of his projects. The rest pale in comparison.
The remaining $8k of the $68k comes from small projects. You can see from the screenshot he has one that makes $565 per month, one that makes $310 per month, one that makes $105, another that makes $0.
This fascinates me because I’m hesitant to start projects unless I’m pretty confident they can make me a few thousand dollars at least. Often, when I start something and it’s not bringing in decent money quickly, I’ll quit. Not worth my time.
But Marc’s landing page shows me a different approach.
Obviously Marc has optimized his business to mostly focus on his hero offering. As we all should. But the reality is, we all have a little extra time. Why not create automated products or super quick services that can make money on the side of our main offering?
These little things can add up over the course of a year. Especially if they’re mostly automated.
Here are some ideas for “set it and forget it” offerings you could add:
If you’re a video editor, you could offer a 1-hour crash course for small brands to teach them social editing for $350.
If you’re a photographer, you could offer 30-minute portfolio reviews to other photographers for $100.
If you’re a graphic designer, you could sell design templates to small clients how don’t have the budget for your services for $100 a pop.
If you’re a web designer, you could create a short digital crash course about how to add custom code to a Squrespace site for $200.
If you sell 1-2 of these a month, that’s a few thousand dollars extra that you wouldn’t have made. It adds up.
Good luck out there!
