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.
Ely
Hi Nathaniell,
I have read a bunch of your posts on this site and I would just like to say that I appreciate your wisdom, transparency, honesty and generosity (yeah, such words, but I think they’re the right ones).
I’m quite at the crossroads. I have a career and all, but just about a month ago it just occurred to me that hey, I could also try this working-from-home and since then, I became obsessed with the idea.
You present well, but while I’m also a very skeptical person and am still trying to look for other legit “sites” out there, I’m pretty convinced that WA is a very nice place especially for newbies like me.
Thank you for everything that you share with us. Also, for me, it has always been the greatest gesture to “give back” or “pay forward” – something that I would also wanna do in the future.
Best,
Ely
Nathaniell
Thanks for the compliments Ely. My best suggestion at this point is to try the free training and the free starter membership at WA. I think that will be the best way to see if it’s a legit place to learn online marketing. Good Luck!
Adriana
Hi Nathaniell,
I can relate to this post in so many ways! I love my morning coffee, and have always wanted to travel. I want to use affiliate marketing as a means to do this. Your life adventure is definitely interesting, and I have been following your blog every once in a while as inspiration. Thanks for the awesome posts!
Nathaniell
Thanks!
Mallory
I was just looking at the work at home institute earlier and I was so excited about doing it..until I saw this. I am a stay at home mother of a two-year old, and I don’t have the time nor the money for scams. Can you please help me out? I would really like to work from home, but still make sure that I’m not being scammed.
Nathaniell
Well, you’ll have to use your best judgement when looking at ways to work from home. Most of what I’ve seen is scams, but my top recommendation is pretty obvious because their free starter membership allows you to see exactly what they offer before you have to pay for anything at all.
Mallory
How did you start your internet career, if I may ask?
Nathaniell
All the details of my internet career are right here on this page!
Mallory
I’ve seen where you went to Wealthy Affiliate, is that how you started? I wouldn’t want to get on something that I know nothing about and no one to help me.
Nathaniell
Yes, WA is where I got started. It’s the training I recommend because you can get assistance from the community, and I also offer my personal support to all my referrals. Have you read the review yet? It’ll show you how to sign up.
Mallory
I have read everything on here. Lol. I didn’t at first, but it became very interesting as I read more. Thank you for sharing your story, and I am about to go sign up! (I have no idea what I’m doing, so wish me luck!) 🙂
Nathaniell
Haha. Yup, it’s all there. I hope you like it. Stop by my profile and say hi so I can see how you get on with it.
Mallory
Will do! Thanks again!
Gary
Nathaniell
I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate your website with all the great info on getting an online business up & running without the scams.
I have been scammed in the past and always appreciate recommendations from honest folks with your rich background.
Thanks again, best regards,
Gary
gina
you’re a scam
Nathaniell
What makes you say that? I’m actually a real person behind this blog, so while it makes you feel better to vent in my comment section, I actually receive and read this stuff. How would that make you feel?
Q
I have been looking for about 6months for ways to make money from home. I have a four year old son and I work my full time job from 6:30am to 3:30pm, so I have plenty of time afterwards to do something from home! Every time when I think I have found something that is right for me, it’s always some type of fee that needs to be paid before I can start working. Of course, I quickly exit the page, because I feel as if this is a job that I am applying for, then why am I paying you to start work? I am at my breaking point now, and I am ready to give up, so I hope you can help!
Nathaniell
Well Q, there are two things about that. One, is that it’s smart to be skeptical. There are a lot of scams out there, and that’s not even including the millions of low quality products. But the second thing is that if you want quality training, you are going to have to pay. Even the training center I promote, although they have a free membership, the majority of your support and training will come from the paid membership. Anything that’s 100% free will have a catch. Some of the most common freebies are because you have to promote membership to friends and family and expose their email address to promotional emails, or there’s also one that has you signing up for free trials (and there’s always problems with unwanted rebilling).