Hi, my names Roderick, but on the internet, I usually go by my middle name, “Nathaniell”.
I'm an internet marketer, and One More Cup of Coffee is a website where I teach people how to start an online business and make money from home.
I wasn't always an internet marketer; in fact, I've done quite a few different jobs over the years.
Internet marketing was just the career path that ‘clicked' for me, mostly because I could do it from the comfort of my own home and according to my own schedule.
But let's start a bit further back; if you're going to get to know me, you should know a bit about where I'm from and what I've done.
I grew up in California, but left soon after graduating high school to travel in Europe. I was completely bored in the US and wanted to see the world. At the time, I had a friend living in Prague, so used her house as my “home base” between trips. When I needed money or had some down-time, I freelanced as an English teacher.
Eventually I landed a pretty sweet job as a kindergarten teacher, so I was officially getting paid to play duck-duck-goose and hide-and-seek for a few hours a day.
After a few years doing that, I broadened my horizons and set my sights on China. I wanted to learn Mandarin and start the next chapter in my travels.
China was wild. I made tons of friends, traveled all over the country, and became fluent in Mandarin.
But after being in China for a while, I began thinking about my future. It had been ten years since I left the US. I was having a blast traveling, but I had no job security and saving any money very difficult working for low wages.
So I hatched a crazy plan to make US dollars while working in China. I wanted to start an internet based business so that I could work on my computer in China but earn US money. Even just $30 per day was basically a full time income in China.
I made many mistakes along the way. I wasted time taking surveys. Then I joined a pyramid scheme. One time I stayed up until 4AM to watch an educational webinar that turned out to be a total scam.
It took me about six months of fumbling around: browsing around different sites, joining tons of mailing lists, watching hours of promotional videos, and following my share of purported “gurus” before I came across Wealthy Affiliate.
They were the legit online training center I was looking for. After three months of training I had made my first sale through my website. Six months after that I was generating regular sales. After a total of eighteen months working on my website I was earning over $10,000 per month so I quit my job in China and bought plane ticket back to the USA.
By 2013 I owned my own home, a brand new truck, and a motorcycle!
I could actually make money online!
So it's 2017 now, I've returned to the US, and work full time as an internet marketer. I've been running my online business full time for 5 years now.
I've got a couple sites, but what I really enjoy doing is helping people make money online. The website you're looking at right now is my passion.
One More Cup of Coffee is about helping YOU.
After being in this industry for about 7 years now, I've seen hundreds of scams, misleading offers, and hyped sales pages claiming that you can make lots of money fast with a “secret system”. It's all a load of BS.
Making money online is possible, but it takes work. Looking at the big picture, two years is not a lot of time to turn a website into a six figure business, but it can seem like a long time when you're grinding out content day after day.
I made a lot of mistakes along the way. I wasted time, money, and energy over the years. But I also learned a lot during the process!
Now I want to share my knowledge with you and help you start earning money on the internet, though your own website.
- You pick the topic
- You pick the products
- You write the content
- You reap the rewards
I created a free starter course that you can join that is designed specifically for newbies looking to start making money online. I've taken out all the hype and scam tactics that gurus use, and explained the concepts of how I make money on the internet through my websites (I own several now)
You can join the free course below. It includes a free membership account to Wealthy Affiliate, the same place where I got started in 2010. They've updated the training since then of course, so you'll get access to the updated modules for 2017.
By signing up you get a combination of information – the free training inside Wealthy Affiliate, plus my personal insights and tips via email.
THE FORM BELOW WILL ASK YOU TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT AT WEALTHY AFFILIATE AFTER YOU SUBMIT
If you have any questions or comments about me, my business, or online business you can leave a comment below! I check these weekly, so will get back to you ASAP.
PS. Here's a picture of my new Boston Terrier puppy, Rustin! Points if you can guess where that name is from LOL.
Hello Nathaniell:
I’m very interested in your business and learning exactly what it is that you do. But I’m coming across far to much copy to read.
Can you provide a link that gets straight to the point and how to get started? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Join here. Your job will be create a website and write articles.
Just a word of warning though! There will be plenty of reading involved in the instructions on how to start your business. This is not a simple point/click venture making instant riches. It’s going to take some work!
i have serious inquiries about a current problem i have come across in my business brainstorming. it would seem that I have found myself in the MLM category. I will be doing most of my sales hand to hand, and after much marketing i have come to the conclusion this is where most of my income will be made, but i have an idea to make my competition as another source of income; where and how would i create an Ecommerce website selling other peoples physical products where they would recieve their amount of income and i would receive a percentage only, etsy is a great example of this. i want to hand them a business card, and my competition sell their physical products under my companies online website. much thanks!!
also, if these people had the physical product in their hands, and the product was bought. the product would be shipped to me, then to customer? or are there options for original owner to ship directly from their location?
I don’t deal with drop shipping. Haven’t had time to learn it yet! With affiliate marketing, all shipping goes through the seller. I’m just the promoter!
Sounds like you have a business model in mind that I’m not familiar with. I work strictly with affiliate marketing. If you want to make a blog style website (not ecommerce), let me know and I can provide some more detailed information!
Nathaniell,
Have you heard of ClickFunnels? Apparently, using these can replace your website, paid hosting, email subs and many other things which are costly to maintain.
Any idea?
Paul
That sounds like a great deal, but what’s the traffic strategy with just a landing page? Paid traffic?
Hi Nathaniell,
I also touched on WA some time ago, when its ads appeared a lot more sleazy and difficult to tell from scammers’ ads. I have signed up to learn more a few weeks back but the spam mail is rather uninteresting.
I have a website now somewhat completed and plan to market forex data and research which is highly valuable and of great significance to the average retail fx trader, who usually is in a perpetual drawdown. I have been very profitable and also quite unprofitable; but there are som unusual things i have discovered which i am putting in an ebook and hope to sell this year (i have a local publisher and have written about 1/3 of the book but it’s a long way from being marketable).
So, i suspect that WA is merely another programme that sells affiliate plans to others to sell WA stuff. You say the following:
Now I want to share my knowledge with you and help you start earning money on the internet, though your own website.
You pick the topic
You pick the products
You write the content
You reap the rewards
But, do you mean:
Now I want to share my knowledge with you and help you start earning money on the internet, though your own Wealthy Affiliate website.
You pick the WA topic
You pick the WA products
You write the WA content
You reap the WA rewards
Please clarify, before i go any further.
Thanks!
Paul
I understand the confusion Paul, but I do really mean what I say, in that YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PROMOTE WA. The main course is you choosing your topic. I have hundreds of ideas researched on my website here and there are 10’s of thousands more possibilities. Affiliate programs range from computers to weight loss to traveling and more.
The free version of the membership does not require a credit card, so “proof” of this is easy to come by. You can view the first 10 lessons for free and see what I mean.
WA does offer an alternative, to promote their service. This is only suggested if you truly can’t think of your own niche. You’d be surprised at how many people just don’t have an interest in anything at all and will just do what’s handed to them. But many others are tired of dealing with scams, and would like to promote a legitimate “how to make money online” service. Whatever their reasoning, some people do choose to promote WA.
That’s not the main course though. The main course has you pick your own topic. In this case, it sounds like you’re interested in something related to forex trading. Right? That’s a massively profitable niche, so I wish you good luck!
hello sir
Do you have any idea about Kolotibablo site?
I haven’t heard of it, but will check it out. Something about making money solving captchas…but I can’t imagine you can make much money with it simply because it’s such a menial task.
Hey I want to start my own thing online but don’t know how n what to start with…plz suggest or share ur experiences….
You can join the courses featured on my site or use my free training to get started.
Hello I’m in south africa what options do I have here to make a few extra bucks as we say
Hi There! Odd that it seems I first came across Wealthy Affilliate during the early phase of its beginning. Now I am back here again after so many years and disappointment trying to find what works long term and produce results.
I was about to never trust anything ever again tried of the hype and let down time after time. I will apply the actions if results are obtainable . Looking for results.
Mrhodes
I have heard this story many times Margie! People come across WA, then fade away to try other things that promise faster and better results. Years later, they come back to WA realizing that making money online doesn’t sound so fun when you realize how much work you have to put in, but Wealthy Affiliate is a company that will be with you through the whole journey. I’ve been a member for 7 or 8 years now. I can’t even remember how long!
Hey Nathaniell, great stuff. Thanks for sharing. Curious if you could somehow describe average work hour stats (% per day, per week)? Those same stats provided for the early stages of the biz and at more established levels? I’d love to get a sense of the lifestyle this has afforded you. We’re a young family and time is, well, precious 🙂
In the beginning, I was a bit crazy and did at least 5-6 hours per day, sometimes more. That’s why I saw results so fast. Some people are smarter than me and do it more casually, but I made a lot of mistakes, so had to redo things constantly.
Nowadays, I still work a lot, but I have a lot of projects going. Maintaining this website, maintaining old websites, building a new one, providing support in WA. I’m a busy guy. But if I wanted to I could chill out more and just be happy where I am. I make enough income to support a family, so technically I don’t have to work that much, and sometimes I do just the minimum for a they day then work on my hobbies. It really depends on what type of income you want to build.
Now that I’m self employed I realize that I need to create my own retirement, a safety net, and pay for my own health insurance. So being a self-employed business owner is not always “relaxing”. It means you’re on your own in a lot situations.
But it also means i get to be home all day, take days off whenever I want, and plan my work around my life instead of plan my life around my work.
It’s not “laptop on the beaches” freedom like the gurus sell, but it is an amount of freedom that I’m happy with!
So back in 2011, I was going to get back into Internet Marketing, but then I started finding out that a lot of things were changing for the worse for the most part with google putting out new things such as panda and penguin which as a result, caused a lot of internet marketers to start losing a lot of money.
I did join wealthy affiliate, tried to do some of the things they have but found it hard. I have a very hard time coming up with ideas which I found out is very critical in internet marketing.
Times of change are also times of opportunity. When Google knocked down all those sites, it made room for high quality sites to take their place!
Regarding coming up with ideas – did you ask the community for help? They are great at brainstorming!
Dear Nathaniell
I have been following you since 14th of December 2013. I doubt you would remember me I subscribed until 29th of June 2014. The reason I cancelled was due to the fact that I was receiving hundreds of emails a week, looking for the right opportunity to make me “millions” with very little input from me! Disastair and despair!!
I am looking for a mentor to assist me in making my first commission. I would love to think, just with a “push of a few buttons” the money will come running in. I do realise that is a fool’s errand!!
What I am looking for is an affiliate in which I will make an income even if it starts off at $5 per week. Naturally, I don’t want to earn $5 per week, I would want to earn considerably more. I’m not talking about millions but rather having a good structured monthly income which would see me making a reasonable salary in which I could buy my wife nice items which she thoroughly deserves. In particular to get her to leave dispairing job!
Nathaniell, thank you for taking the time to listen. May The Lord keep you safe and well, I look forward to hearing from you. Yours In Christ, Peter
It’s definitely possible to join an affiliate program and start making money slowly, then grow your business. The issue is that there is no correlation between making a small amount of money and it being “easier”. It takes just as much work to make your first $5 as it does to make your first $100. Most of the time, people have to work for several months before they make their first sale. Then sales are sporadic for several months after that, and if they are consistent, they can be making consistent sales after a year or so. It just depends.
But don’t be fooled into thinking that by just hoping for “$5 per month” that it will be easier to get there. It still takes a lot of work!
It’s possible though. That’s exactly how I started.
Hi Nathaniell,
I came in from another site, but that’s how small business people get a start in this world.
The online world is an interesting one, and you have seemed to of forged a well deserved place in it. My advice to you is to follow (USA) Craig Ballantyne and look at how he spends his day, he is very disciplined & paradoxically creates freedom through his structured day.
All the Best from Perth, Western Australia.
Yeah, that’s something I’m terrible about. I’ll have to check out his site!
I have been making a lot research on how to make an online income, even though i have to start from $1/day i don’t mind, but those who i came across are making it very difficult because of the amount charging for their softwares or registration, then i begin to ask myself a question, can i really make money online like you do, if there is any advice that you can render, i am at your mercy. Thanks.
Anyone can do what I’ve done. I did not specialize in this stuff before I got started. I know that because I started off a complete newbie, that I can teach other newbies to do the same.
What is your opinion of Mike Hersh and his biz in a box cash funnel?
Haven’t tried it or investigated! I’ll add it to my list.
Hi, Nathaniell,
Thanks for posting your reviews of the best FBA courses on the Internet. I will probably sign up for Jim Cockburn’s PAC, but I just wondered whether you had encountered this course:
Any thoughts?
Nigel Kersh
Ra’anana
Israel
That course teaches Amazon Affiliate training, not Amazon FBA. I haven’t tried that course, but will add it to my list to review!
I am a senior and not sure why I was charged $49,95 on 6-8 for incomeedu,com PLEASE PLEASE CANCEL and give full refund. THANK YOU JUDY
I’m not the owner, and I do not promote this website. Please contact incomeedu.com!
Hello Nathaniel please I would really need your help am a newbie and am running an entertainment blog I would really love to get AdSense approved on my site please help me out.
Did Adsense not approve you, or have you applied yet? You can always apply later when you have more traffic!
Hi Roderick,
I was reading your post on MLM/Unilever but your presentation on Wealthy Affiliates seemed more interesting. When I tried to sign up, however, the email I submitted was erroneous. I couldn’t sign in. Please help me. I have a website. I have a little idea about “affiliate marketing.” Thank you.
If you are using a public IP like at Starbucks, it may have been used to sign up already. Try changing IP by singing up at home or in a different location. That should work!
Great dog. Rustin Pedroia?
Haha. Nope! I’m learning that Rustin is a more common name than I thought!
EDIT. Not sure if you were joking, but I found someone called “Dustin Pedroia”…he plays baseball. Mixup?
Hi Nathaniell!
Well, somehow I trust you and I hope you can give me the right answer!
I have joined Wealthy Affiliate for free. Everything looked OK, I was doing my training, finishing all the tasks, getting all the time supporting e-mails etc. The leaders of WA (Kyle and Stephen) have always been offering help if needed.
The first time I asked something, I did not get the answer, because I can only ask if I am premium member!?
But I cannot move further – I reached lesson 9 of the training, making the pages on my site and I have come across a big problem:
From the very beginning there is written on all my pages:
“Find Us
Address
123 Main Street
New York, NY 10001
Hours
Monday—Friday: 9:00AM–5:00PM
Saturday & Sunday: 11:00AM–3:00PM
Search
Search for:
About This Site
This may be a good place to introduce yourself and your site or include some credits.”
HOW TO REMOVE THIS?
Is it possible to do that as a free member, or I must be a Premium if I want to try WA?
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Csiwson
Are you sure you’re talking about the same company? The owners are Kyle and Carson, not Stephan. They do not include “credits” as part of any membership, and don’t have anything to do with NY, let alone have a main office there. I think you may be talking about a different company!
Nathaniel- I have products to sell to consumers- How can I let others know they can buy them for their web sites?
Not sure what you mean by “they” can buy from “their” websites…
But if you have products to sell to consumers, I think having your own website to do that is a great idea! It gives you a place to drive both free and paid traffic!
I was a member of WA a couple months ago and I fell into financial struggle and had to stop my membership… my question is.. do I have to have to have my “own business” where I sell MY products? I don’t make or sell items so I am curious to what I would promote or how to find my “niche” . ( I’m considering joining WA again but only using the non membership advantages in the meantime) any advice?
You do not have to sell your own products. “Affiliate Marketing” is exactly for people like you (and me) that don’t have products to sell. We make commissions by promoting products from other people!
I’m trying to find the link to join the course…but I don’t see it anywhere? Am I missing something?
You can join through this link
Is that the link to your free course or only the WA?
The free course is WA. 10 lessons are free. The rest require a premium membership. But you can see basically what’s going on in the community before you commit to any payments.
how can i be in touch with you?
Just write what you want to say right here!
A pleasure ‘meeting-up with You, Mr ‘Ro-Nat’! Thanks for Your very useful Review (FMM) & general sharing/commenting! I’m really surprised I hadn’t run into U before, with quite a bit roaming through IM ‘spaces’. My Admiration & Congratulations for Your Dedication to Helping Struggling Folks on The Internet Marketing Scene! Abundant BLESSINGS Dear Bro!!!
Thanks Donald!
Dear Nathaniell,
Even though I had signed up with WA….. I have already paid for domain/hosting for 3 years with Blue Host…. I’m going to sign up for my first $19 month, however, what would be the best way to continue afterwards, does WA offer a discount on annual membership fee etc?…. will I still be able to benefit from the WA community support, even though my domain/hosting is elsewhere…. i wish I had signed up with them to begin with ?!?!
yes, there is a discount for the annual membership. you do not have to host at WA, but there are some things that can benefit your website which are only available to WA members. Specifically:
1. Automated Peer Review (SiteFeedback)
2. Comment Exchanges (SiteComments)
Plus, free SSL, free site speed help, and excellent security + spam guard.
Hi Nathaniell,
If I follow what you say, can I host my website by an independent company and not WA?
Thanks,
Patrick
Yes, you can host anywhere!
A friend wants to know how to get on your website (one more cup of coffee). They don’t see it on Google? and are really intersested to know more! try and type it in and Bob Dylan lyrics come up…lol
Thanks,
Becky
??? How to get on my website? Just type in the name!
Hi! I left a comment about Nu Skin earlier. I actually like helping people getting the clear skin. My passion is in selling beauty products 🙂 Aside from selling Nuskin products, I also sell Authentic Korean cosmetics and skin care. I get interested in WA because I think that would help increase my monthly income to help my family. I want to give it a try. 🙂
Great! I hope WA is able to help you grow your business!
Have you heard of Chris bowser and online auction INC?! Is that a better idea or the ones you introduced?! (For online courses I mean)
I have not heard of those guys!