What's up everyone, my name's Nathaniell, and I'm the guy who started One More Cup of Coffee. I teach people how to make money from blogging. I've been doing this successfully for more than 10 years now, and honestly, it's a lot easier than you think. I can definitely show you how to do what I do, and how to design a pretty awesome lifestyle for yourself.
For me, being in this business isn't about getting rich. It's about having time to do the stuff I really want to do, like fix up my house, make beer on the weekends, and spend time with my family. In fact, the name One More Cup of Coffee came from the days when I worked a real job and hated having to rush out the door every morning.
All I wanted is a little bit of extra time in the morning for a second cup of coffee.
Well, that dream came true, and I can show you exactly how I did it and how you can repeat the same process for yourself.
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.
People always ask me…
They say, “Well, you got started in 2010. Did I miss the gravy train? I'm sure there's too much competition now, so I'd never stand a chance!”
But the funny thing is that it's easier than ever to make money online. Why? There's two simple reasons:
- More products are being sold online now. People are shifting more and more of their shopping habits to the online world and that just wasn't the case even 5-10 years ago. Even small businesses and grocery stores are selling their products on the internet!
- There are more tools to make starting your business easier. Before, you had to code everything in HTML and be internet savvy. Now, there's tools to automate everything. Thousands of people have made the journey before, and you can use their wisdom to make your path easier.
It's kind of like traveling. In the past, you had to take a ship and spend weeks on the ocean to reach far-off places. Once there, you had to make your own adventure!
Now, You can reach any destination in the world within 24 hours. There's a guidebook for every country in every language, and there are smartphone apps for instant translation to your native language.
Nowadays, it's easier than ever to get started making money online because there are so many more resources available to you, and you can just “follow the guidebook” to get where you need to go (owning a money-generating website).
So, back to the story of how I got started…
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, 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.
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.
Thanks to my affiliate websites, by 2013 I owned my own home, a brand new truck, and a motorcycle! As of 2021, I'm married with a son, and still working from home “full time” (about 3 hours a day).
Personally, I'm kind of done with traveling for now and enjoy being a homebody. I like tinkering with my house and going on walks with my wife. It's a simple life. No Lamborghini's and no private islands, but I have a family and a couple hobbies, and I'm good with that.
One More Cup of Coffee is about helping you craft your own version of the perfect life. Where do you see yourself next year? What about 10 years down the road?
The cool thing about starting an affiliate blog is that you can take your business anywhere in the world and work at any hour of the day, any days of the week. You don't need any qualifications or prerequisites to learn. No degree required! You can learn everything online, and learn at your own pace.
Making money from your blog is pretty simple, but it takes a lot of work. Don't expect this to be a get-rich-quick thing. If you're ready to put in the hours consistently over the next year or two, I'm ready to share my knowledge with you and help you start earning money on the internet, through your own blog.
- You pick the topic
- You pick the products
- You write the content
- You reap the rewards
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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.
Jim Erickson
Nathaniell,
I want to first thank you from saving me from at least 2 scams! I have been looking for opportunities to create a passive income and internet marketing looks to be one of the best ways to do that. I’m definitely a newbie x 2 and writing is NOT one of my skills or even an interest I have. The research that I have been doing looks as though you need to have great writing skills and being able to write creative and interesting blogs to be successful. WA would be able to teach me the technical side on how to set everything up and get traffic and anything else I would need to learn. The big question I have is not having a high level of writing skills a big drawback to this type of system?
Thank you.
Nathaniell
You do not have to have great writing skills to start – but you need to be willing to practice, or pay for someone else to write. This is going to be true of most internet business models. To make money online, you are going to need to create content. Even if it’s something like a video, an article, or a squeeze page – YOU have to be or find the source of content. Copy/pasting your way to success just isn’t going to happen!
Sorry if that sounds like a lecture 🙂 I just want to make it clear that there has to be work done, somewhere along the way, and if you can’t (or don’t want to) do the work yourself, you need a budget to pay someone to do it for you. I did a lot of writing and creating when I got started because I didn’t have the money or knowledge HOW to pay someone and WHAT to pay for. Now I have some experience and a bit of a budget, so I can do less work, and delegate more responsibilities.
Hope that makes sense!
elle
hi nathaniell! i am a housewife and wants to earn an income working from home. i have considered doing an online job or business and came across your site. i have read through some of the comments and replies. i may know a few things about computer but honestly, i may fall under those who are “new” and “innocent” in online business and i want to spare myself from all the scams and frauds. do you think wealthy affiliate is for me? if so, how will it work for me? i need help please.
Nathaniell
If you are already at home, then working from home and making money is already going to be a pretty good option for you. You’ll have the time, and the means…then it’s just about finding the energy and motivation to learn what you need to know
It’s absolutely an option for you. Even without computer skills, you can learn them along the way. Remember, I started out in China, and didn’t even have a Facebook account, or know anything about building websites when I got started.
Martha
Hi Nathaniel, I follow you in Wealthy Affiliate. This website is very complete and newbie friendly.
Based on your previous comments, what is PBN?
Thank you,
Nathaniell
You can see what PBNs are and why you shouldn’t use them here.
Jack
Ok fair enough thank you for responding.
Yes what you teach is a lot better for people who are new to this and their is still serious amounts of money to be made from how you do things and their always be.
Everyone has their own methods and ways which they prefer and works for them and clearly your way is working great for you and many other people who you help daily.
I think it is also good how you are showing a lot of people the amount of crappy products which get produced which are made simply to make the owner some money and not helping out other people at all.
thanks
Nathaniell
Thanks man. I wish you luck with your site, and I appreciate the feedback!
Jack
Hello
Fair enough you do not like PBN links and they are considered not good and most of them are crap but I have my own PBN for the past 3 years and without it I wouldn’t be able to rank for the competitive keywords which I do and make a lot of money from. None of my websites have ever been penalised because I simply know how to set up PBN’s and dont sell links to the public I use for my own websites.
Your website is completely based on ranking for affiliate type keywords and product keywords which are all low-low/mid competition to your website then sending them to WA which is fair enough everyone has their own way. However if you tried to create a website for a finance lead generation (where the real marketers play) then simply creating content would never get you ranked and this is a business and should be treated like one.
I’m not trying to prove anything and I like your website just there is a time and a place for buying backlinks simply saying they should never be used is wrong in my opinion
Also you and christene marketing have clearly communicated to swap backlinks to help your posts rank, saying you have never spoke to her and she happened to link to your empower network scam post from hers is just because she also liked your version of saying it was a scam is a bit pathetic.
thanks
Nathaniell
I think you are assuming a lot. Yes, I know Christine, but no, I have never linked to her website. Find a link to her site from my site…you can’t because it doesn’t exist.
Also, there are thousands of low competition phrases to rank for in any niche, even health/fitness, finance, and get back with your ex and all those popular ones. Finding low competition phrases is TOTALLY the basis of my business. You are only viewing the “MMO” site I have, but I have other sites as well that I do not share.
Perhaps your PBN hasn’t been caught yet…or perhaps it’s ineffective and your site is just good enough to rank. Either way, 10 years down the road anyone that builds unnatural links to their website will have wasted time, or shot themselves in the food. It’s a short term strategy in my opinion. Yeah, you can gain rank and make money, but I’d rather do it the old fashioned way and be confident that I won’t get caught in any algorithm updates. Also, it means I have fewer costs, and less stuff to manage.
If someone wants to eventually do a PBN…fine. Go for it. But it’s expensive and complicated to build your own, and extremely hard if not impossible for newbies to manage. that’s why I don’t teach it. I personally don’t DO it because I’ve seen how bad PBNs can destroy a business (my own)