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.
Andrew
I joined WA years ago but unfortunately waited till COVID 19 to get started. I want to create a comfortable second income to be prepared for anything else happening in the future. Better late than never I suppose. Any tip and tricks would be welcomed.
Nathaniell
Best tip is to get started, and keep grinding til you see results!
nadir
I just started wealthy affiliate two days ago and I was doing research for my niche and I come across you well I’m sixteen and I want to be where your at in a but seeing you succeed just game me more motivation thank you
Nathaniell
You can get there Nadir! It takes time, patience, and dedication!
Kelvin K.
Hi Nathaniell,
This is Intriguing! I must admit. I am also on a similar path but it hasn’t worked out so smoothly. The bumpy nature of freelancing sometimes makes one ask ‘what if?’ but experiences like yours inspire me to be honest. I have spent the last 3 years copywriting on a consistent basis. As you have implied, writing is the bedrock of making a success online. You are doing a pretty amazing job here and I would love to contribute. Kindly, let me know what you think
Nathaniell
If you are a freelance writer, you can 100% earn money online. You just need to take the risk of potentially “wasting” time by starting your own site. A lot of writers I know don’t break out of the freelancing gig because they want to get paid per article. A “guaranteed” income. Start writing for your own website on the side, look at it as an investment, and you can start earning passive income from affiliate marketing rather than trading dollars for hours writing for other people!
Kelvin K.
Thanks, this is so helpful. I will get down to it right away. And surely going to give a feedback on how this goes
Wayne Cantley
Hi, Nathaniell,
My name is Wayne Cantley. Sent a message to you last Saturday (May 9) in response to your review of ClickBank University 2,0. I inquired about your free 5-day crash-course to affiliate marketing, which includes a free membership account to Wealthy Affiliate. My question was, and still is, whether or not it will teach how to start generating $75-$100 per day right away. Can it, will it, do that? I’ve yet to hear back from you. I need a swift response, and I want to get started right away. Please get back to me ASAP. Thank you.
Nathaniell
I already responded Wayne! My response was that affiliate marketing can earn THOUSANDS per day, so it’s not about which training will earn you how much money. There’s no limit to how much you can earn with affiliate marketing.
You just need to decide which training will show you how to build a quality website that gets traffic. In my opinion, that’s going to be Wealthy Affiliate.
Wayne Cantley
Fascinating story, to be sure. But frankly, I’m not interested in fascinating stories — or any stories. I just want a viable way to make a decent income ($2000-$3000 per month) online within a very brief period of time. In fact, I’d like to be bringing in $75-$100 per day as quickly as possible. Do you have any training available that will jump-start that kind of income within just a few days?
Nathaniell
I’d love to be able to share a super-secret method of instantly earning $75-$100 per day, with no previous experience, and also easy, and also will start up really fast, but unfortunately, that doesn’t exist. If you want to earn $100/day doing online activities, it’s going to take AT LEAST six months of behind-the-scenes work learning, grinding, making mistakes, failing, and trying again.
It’s just the reality of trying to start a profitable business online. ANYONE can do it, but then again, not just ANYONE has the motivation to put in the list.