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.
Kosi
Hi. Am in Nigeria. Can this work for me?
Nathaniell
Unfortunately, memberships are not available for Nigeria.
GLENN SCHUYLER
Nathaniel:
I am already a member of WA, but I haven’t done anything with the program in years.
I have a website I would like to expand it to include affiliate health and supplements. I made some money early on with this site, but unfortunately, the products are very expensive since my main supplier is an MLM company called Sisel. They have good products, but not friendly to people who want to retail on their own site.
Hopefully, you can guide me in this process.
Nathaniell
That’s one of the reasons I discourage people from doing MLM. There are a lot of rules like that which restrict sellers from selling online, including preventing them from selling other products on their website. With affiliate marketing, it’s totally fine to contrast/compare products as long as you are honest and fair.
Ryan Brumbaugh
I want to know that I am emailing a real person and not some automated website. I have scrolled upon many of these affiliate marketing schemes on Facebook and I think every one asks for $142 or so to get going. Realistically, I can’t afford that mainly because I have been scammed in the past with home-based businesses people tried to sell me. I really want to get started with a business with my wife and I that won’t cost us a penny to get going. Using a system that is automated where if we had to leave for something our system was doing the job for us. Right now I feel like I don’t want to work for anyone but myself.
Nathaniell
You have some conflicting wants Ryan. You want an automated system, but don’t want to pay money for it. You paid for scams in the past, so now you don’t want to pay for legit training.
If you want to do something out of the ordinary, like run an affiliate website and work for yourself, then you have to take risks. You have to break out of your regular daily habits and try something new. I’m sorry to hear that you lost money to scams in the past, but that doesn’t mean suddenly legitimate courses are going to be free for you. Those scams taught you a lesson, and you’re smarter because of it. Time to get started on the real work!
You just have to get out of the mindset that there’s an automated system out there that does the work for you. It doesn’t exist. Never has. It’s going to take a lot of work to start, and continual work to maintain.
Nathan Fridell
Are you still doing the Wealthy Affiliate thing? I’ve wrestled with the idea for months but each time I begin to consider it again I am thrown off by seeing outdated or obsolete websites and not-so-recent posts. I realize that WA has the free starter program, I’m just a bit skeptical of things like this.
Nathaniell
Yup, still doing Wealthy Affiliate. I mean, I’ve finished the training long ago, but I still go to the webinars on Fridays, and still help out my referrals.
I’m not sure what you mean by “outdated websites”. Sure, many people abandon their websites, but that’s because those individuals stop working on their sites due to work or personal time issues, or lack of motivation – whatever else gets in the way of them reaching their goals.
Wealthy Affiliate is still an active community!
dileep
Hi, I am planning to start a niche blog. I have some knowledge of both web-hosting and digital marketing. Which one do you recommend to start a blog? web-hosting or digital marketing? I just want to know which one of these has more chances of getting traffic and hence more revenue from affiliates.
Nathaniell
I’m not exactly sure what you mean by “digital marketing or web hosting”. You mean your niche? That’s up you. You need to decide what you’re interested in, in terms of which niche you decide to go with.