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.
David
Hey Nathaniell,
My name is David and I am part of the marketing team at Bob’s Watches. I read your article on Affiliate Marketing and I loved it. I was curious if you’d be interested in my company’s affiliate program.
You get 10% commission on an AOV of $8,500 AND a $350 placement fee. You can get more details here: https://www.bobswatches.com/affiliate-program
I’d love to get in contact with you but couldn’t find your email.
Best,
David
Nathaniell
Sure thing David. I just added your link to my list of luxury watch affiliate programs.
Paolo
Hi Nathaniel, I got to your page because I’m looking for an affiliate program around natural remedies. Your snippet was the first organic result, which makes me understand how good you are at what you do, so, honestly… congratulations on that!!
On the other hand, I’ll have to say that the fact that you’re taking commissions from the program you recommend doesn’t make your recommendation 100% neutral, which is what would really make you go the extra mile!
But of course, that’s just the way it goes…
Even so, I would love you to add some actual reason why you find value in this program and why you recommend this vs others, with real-life examples, if possible.
That would really make the difference!
I hope you understand my point… so much scam out there!
Thanks bro!
Paolo
Nathaniell
Thanks for the compliment Paolo!
But yes, that’s just the way it goes. My recommendations are as neutral as they can be, but I still gotta get paid for my work.
I’m not sure what other real-life examples you want except for what’s listed on my Wealthy Affiliate review. They have the MOST help, they are the LONGEST lasting company, and they are on the cutting edge of innovation in affiliate training. Where else can you get live chat, weekly webinars, hosting, training, AND community forums for less than $50/month? Nowhere. Simple as that. Some courses charge $5,000 USD or more, and that could buy you 7+ years of training, support, hosting, and industry updates at Wealthy Affiliate.
Tam
I was curious about you and others and what you do about health insurance.
I am a realtor with no health coverage and that’s a problem.
So I think about trying your product to help me start a “at home” business and then it hits me “same problem” NO medical benefits! 😳 Lol
Nathaniell
As an online marketer, you can buy your own health insurance, of course. It’s not as good as a deal as some jobs that have excellent health coverage, but it just depends on what you want to pay for.
Ejaz Ahamed
Hi Nathaniell ,
My name is Ejaz and i am a passionate essential oil trader, I was going through your article and found it very interesting. I am a manufacturer, trader and exporter of essential oils. Specially pure steam distilled essential oils from India. We are launching our product lines under the name of ‘Aromary’ by the end of this month. What online market place would you recommend and how can affiliate marketing help me when i am operating from India.
Nathaniell
Since you’re launching your own product, I’d just create an ecommerce website and do advertisements through Adwords. Amazon and Etsy are also options!
Pat Guillen
I have a very limited idea about what affiliate marketing is,but I would very much like to learn how to do it. I am older American, not very tech savvy and could not sell a glass of ice water to a man stuck in Death Valley for 3 days. Please tell where is the best place to learn how to do affiliate marketing. I am not interested in selling my own product, I want to promote other vendors’ products.
Nathaniell
My recommendations are on this page Pat! It will take some practice writing and gaining confidence if you want to be successful though. You can’t go into starting a business believing that you’ll be bad at it!