Top 3 ways to make money during COVID-19…

What’s up NewGen family! Man I don’t even know where to start, this whole entire year has just been crazy beyond comprehension. In my personal opinion biblical. Rumors of wars, the passing of Kobe Bryant (Rest in peace), COVID-19, and now a damn race war… Man I think it’s safe to say we need the remote from Adam Sandler and click to 2021! Never the less, today we’re here to talk about the top 3 ways to create income right now during this pandemic. Since millions on millions of people have lost their jobs and now collecting unemployment, making money right now is definitely more challenging now more than ever. With that being said let’s go ahead and dive right into today’s blog topic.

 

E-commerce/Dropshipping:

Now I’m starting off with this one is because we are in a time now where the shift is happening. Two years ago along my journey of learning dropshipping and going through the phases of creating, failing and doing over again, one thing that kept me going is that I knew that major department stores are going out of business and its due to people are shopping online. Stores like Toys R us, JC Penny, Sears, etc… are seeing their revelation of their companies, that was two years ago. Now, 2020 with the pandemic has pretty much headshot all of these businesses and many more. With majority of the world still under quarantine, everyone is on the internet now more than ever. More people on the internet means more online shopping.

Between 2020 to 2025, E-com/Dropshipping will dominate because, department stores are dying (or at least on life support). So what are the steps of building my first E-com/dropshipping store? Well it’s simple:

• Find a product
• Create an online store around the product
•  Create/run ads to your store
•  Start generating sales

Now of course there’s WAY more that goes into it, but this is just the basis of it. I personally recommend using Shopify when you’re creating your store, because it’s beginner friendly and they give you different tips and tricks to create and achieve your first successful E-commerce website. Right now they’re having a 14-day free so I highly recommend hoping on this opportunity especially at it’s beginning stages. Click here to get started! For more info on E-commerce/dropshipping check out my post, “Key tips you need to know when starting a Shopify store…” for more in-depth explanation.

 

Social Media Marketing Agency:

Now this is for the people who don’t necessarily want to deal with the responsibilities of running an E-commerce brand/dropshipping branded store. A lot of these physical businesses such as restaurants, dental offices, etc… the owners of those businesses for the most part are leaving a huge chunk of money on the table simply because they don’t know how to take advantage of the internet (Or in all honesty are just too f***king lazy to learn) that’s where you come in!

So what exactly do you do to get started? Well first learn how to market. My personal advice, take 2-3 weeks aside and actually learn Facebook ads/Google AdWords because that is the most crucial part of being able to do this. What exactly will you be doing? As a social media marketer, you’ll be creating/taking over the client’s social medias for their business and you will be running ads and you’ll be bringing traffic (potential customers) towards their business which will put more money in their pockets.

The more clients you take on and provide good results, the more money you’ll make. Now how do you get paid from doing this and do you have to use your own money? In the beginning you want to provide value ( a test run) to your client and show them that you’re worth the extra investment. You know when you’re in the mall and you walk past the food court and you got the people handing out free samples of their food. Well it’s the same concept. Give them a taste and if they like, you can write up a contract and they’ll give you a budget to utilize to grow their business. You can easily make an extra $1,500-$3,000 a month per client. Imagine having 4-5 clients paying you $1,500 a month, you do the math. For more info about SMMA check out this video by Kevin David for a more in-depth overview.

 

Print on Demand:

Now this is a unique take on making money online because, this isn’t talked about too much.  For all of my creatives out there this opportunity and the time we’re in right now is GOLDEN! Especially with COVID-19 most shipping times for online businesses are extremely pushed back and may be a good minute before they go back to normal. So what exactly is P.O.D ? It’s pretty much similar to dropshipping, but instead of already made products, you’re creating the designs. That’s right, YOU!

Clothing, accessories, phone cases, necklaces, etc… you’ll be creating the designs via photoshop. Afterwards, the fulfillment center manufactures it and sends it to your customers. Fun fact, my clothing line (01 Vision) started off as an P.O.D but will very soon become an actual clothing retailer. So what’s a good P.O.D company to go through? Me personally I use Printful. Very reliable, tons of different items to customize, fast shipping, great customer service, been using them now for 2+ years now.

Now how would you market this? I actually recommend using Instagram influencers, but of course do a lot of research on Instagram influencers before reaching out to them and utilizing their platform. They’re essentially cheaper then using Facebook ads if done right. $100 on the right IG influencer can bring in mad weight and build data so when you start using Facebook ads, you already have a head start.

 

In conclusion…

We are only 6 months into 2020 and as you can see a lot can happen in a mere 6 months. This pandemic will either do two things to you and that’s either make you more lazier than you already were or bring out that inner hustler in you. With all the bars, malls, clubs, etc… closed, you literally have nothing but time to invest in yourself and be a better version of yourself by the time this pandemic passes. Getcha ass up and get at it, no excuses! Y’all stay safe out here, especially if you’re protesting in the streets. Much love! New blogs coming this week.

How to make sure you don’t miss the opportunities that are given to you…

What’s up Newgen family! Yeah I know, it’s been a while. I’ve been in a temporary hiatus and I have some explaining to do as of my where abouts have been. You I’ve been going through many transitions of my life these past few months, everything from moving into a new place, from me pulling a Steve Harvey and leaving my job when I thought I had a plan in place, but when things don’t all the way in order you have to make adjustments and make it work. Never the less i’m back and back with a hunger to give you what I felt the beginning of this year and that’s educate, motivate, and inspire. Prepared to see more of me and content on this page as I myself am still going on this journey. So without anymore waiting let’s go ahead and get into today’s topic.

 

Opportunities…

Now we live in a world where we are born with a lot of advantages and disadvantages at the same damn time. Some of us where born in lower class homes, some with broken neighborhoods, broken families, etc… For the most part we are born with the odds of life stacked against us. However, how our life plays out is all determined by our choices and what decisions we make. With that being said we have these things in our life and they come seldom and few, called opportunitites. Now I don’t have to go into the definition of what opportunites are(if you’re really that damn slow just ask google)but some people don’t understand the seriousness of utilizing the ones we are given.

Maybe there’s a business you want to start right now, maybe there’s a woman/man that you want to pursue at the place you always see them, maybe your boss offered you a leadership position that is so good you can’t even pass up. What ever it is, just know with most given opportunities there’s a time gap, a window when you can enter. However, that window will close. Now let me ask y’all a question. How many people here have an opportunity that just opened for you, but you feel like is something you back from achieving that decision that could change your life? If this is you now, I definitely want you to pay attention to next part because this will be the most important paragraph you will ever read in your life, mark my words.

Do not and I repeat DO NOT, let your family, friends, your inner doubt, etc… Stop you from taking an opportuntiy that can potentially change your life for the better. If you’ve prayed over it and that strong feeling inside of yourself(your intuition)is pushing you towards it, take it and I repeat TAKE IT! You see the funny thing about the opportunities is that each one is different and each one will require a version of you. You also need to take in account as well that the timing is different for each one. Some opportunities, the window can be weeks, months, hell it can even be open for a couple of years. Then they’re others that are on the spot and require a decision right there and right now and if you miss it, you’ll most likely never see that same chance again. Trust me, I can speak from first experience…

Now those are just the opportunities that are given, let me go ahead and go into the part when you have to create your own. This is what seperates the victims and the victors. You see life will only hand you a handful of opportunities, but overall life will consistantly beat the living shit out of you you. However, God gave us the best gift of our life and that’s free will. You see if you were dealt with a shit hand of cards, that’s fine. How you play them will determine if you win or lose. Remember if you’re born poor that’s by chance, but if you die poor that’s by choice. What the 97% tend to do a lot is wait for an opportunity to just come and wait until it’s staring them dead in their face.

“Oh I’ll start my business when the kids are out the house”, “I’ll approach that person tomorrow even though they’re alone right now”, “I don’t think I’m ready to take that position so I’ll wait until i’m more seasoned”. Different excuses, loss chances. If you’re reading this far that means you’re apart of the 3% that takes the tools they were given and build their own opportunites. People let trival things stop them from a life changing experiences that could poteinally take them to the next level in life. Excuses are the kryptonite to opportunitity. While you’re in the position you’re in right now, you need to quit bullshitting your self and tackle this like defensive lineman. Because the plane doesn’t land when it just takes off.

 

So how to make sure you don’t miss out on your blessing?

For one, pray. If you geniually believe that this is the opportunity you should take then God will provide a path for you to go all you gotta do is just say yes to it. Two, make sure that you don’t over think it, because too much thinking on a opportunity can actually cause you to change your mind and that could cause you to miss out big time on something that could had got you going. You don’t want to be that person on their deathbed regretting all the things they could have done, but let the opportunities slip passed them. So know what you want out of life and when the opportunities pop up, attack them full force and don’t hold back. I pray that this helps someone push through a wall they thought was stopping them… Take care Newgen family!

 

 

You become what you think… Fact or fiction?

Hey Newgen family and welcome to all new comers into this blog channel! I know i’ve been out for some weeks, been doing some moving, working on building some extra resources up and getting a lot together as the summer gets ready to end soon. With that being said I have a lot of great things coming for the fall not only for this channel, but in every business venture I have so be on the look out. Now without furthur adue let’s begin!

 

Let me ask you something right now. What do you think of yourself? If you have to give a presentation of what you are, what would you say about yourself? Are you happy with your current situation whether you’re poor, financially stable or wealthy? Take a second and truly reflect off these questions. What’s your answer? comment below in the post comments.

So my people lend me your ears for a second. Your brain is literally the most power tool you were born with. Everything you seen around you right all started from a mere thought inside your cranium. With that being said you should also know that humans are the ONLY life forms that can shape our own reality. Animals, mammals, insects, etc… Live off instincts alone, so where ever they were born at that’s more than likely where their life will span out at.

Pay attention what I just said, we humans have the power to change our reality and how does that start… With a simple thought. Here is a hard truth that a lot of people don’t seem to want to grasp, because we’ve grown in a society where it’s okay to be a victim and want hand outs with “Equal” opportunites. YOU BECOME WHAT YOU THINK. This is something you must understand and realize now. If you think you’re a amazing, healthy, wealthy, loving and caring person, that will start attracting to you. If you think you’re a worthless, sad, non loved, ugly individual, that’s what will attract to you.

Some people love to argue me on this, but don’t even realize the actual proof behind this. When you talk to someone who has a negative outlook on life ask them what do they think of themselves. Do they speak highly of themselves or tear themselves down with a lot of insecurities? Do they use words like, “I can’t” or “It isn’t possible” or even my favorite ” I don’t”? You know those are the types of people who see the glass as half empty instead of half full. Another thing about your brain is that when you think about a certain thought long enough, your brain starts manifesting those thoughts and starts creating a reality based off of those thoughts.

Then we start putting words and belief behind those thoughts now you’ve just created a alternate reality of what you are currently on now whether that is a good thing or bad. Because remember there’s life and death in the power of the tounge. That’s why people are a constantly speaking about death and manifesting thoughts about it usually end up dying earlier than expected or in some cases out of no where. What’s even crazier is that most people are creating realities sub-consiously and not even know it. You see if you’re going to trick your brain into creating realities at least do it for the positive. Speak wealth, health, love, contentness over yourself and manifest in those thoughts/feelings and watch how your life starts making turnarounds.

You must understand that life is 90% of what you can control and 10% of what you can’t control and the sad part is the 97% soulfully focuses on the 10% they can’t control instead of the 90% that can make a big difference. People you gotta understand that in life shit will happen that will be out of our power. Most likely you didn’t do anything to deseverve it and it will diffenitely be an inconvience. That’s just life family and there’s nothing that we can do about it so you have to learn how to let it go and keeping as much energy out of that situation. Think about it like this, pick up a glass of water and hold it. After 5 minutes you still feel fine, after 3 hours your arm starts hurting like hell and the glass feels heavier, after 24 hours your arm will be paraliyzed. Moral of the story, either drink the f*cking water or put the cup down either way do something with the drink and move on! You have choices in life so choose to not stress over things you can’t control.

 

So how do you improve you mind/thought proccess?

Simple, start by changing what comes out of your mouth. Start saying, “I can” “I will” “I’m happy” “I’m joyful” “I can do great things”. Even if you don’t believe it at first, just keep speaking over yourself until your brain locks it in and starts sending out energy that’ll come back to you. Let go of any thoughts that are haunting you (whether real or not) and move forwad. There’s a quote that sticks to me and it says, “If you drive towards your future looking at your past through your rear view mirror… You’re going to crash.” Everyone has a story, we’ve all made mistakes and done our dirt, but don’t let the rough upbringing, downbring your present.

Your future is ahead of you so whether you believe it’s true that you become what you think is true or not is not relevant at this point. The real question is that with the position you’re in right now what are you going to do to bring yourself to your next level? I’ve never seen someone with a poor mindset make more than what they think they’re worth. You are in control of your life and only you have the keys to change your reality. Your starting line might had been rough, doesn’t mean your finish line has to be the same… YOU BECOME WHAT YOU THINK.

How to start making money when you’re broke…

So in the past couple weeks I’ve seen soo much complaining from people. “I hate my damn job!”, “I can’t make any real money” or even “I wish somebody would give me money”. It’s like people now a days are scared to put in some work and everybody wants the easy way to acheieve wealth, but there’s a saying. “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.” If you want to achieve financial freedom, you have to put in work for a period of time in order to set yourself ahead. So today, this is going to be more of an advice blog of how you can start building your money up even if you’re broke. Now if you’re at rock bottom in terms of finances there is good news for you… You can only go up from this point.

 

Step 1: Get a job

When you have no money, but want to start a business the smart thing to do is to get you a source of active income to take care of your bills and needs first. Now some people will see this and be like “Well I can’t get a job because–” save the excuses. I don’t care if you even gotta flip burgers at Mcdonalds, get yourself a job. Doesn’t matter the circumstances. Keep in mind, someone in your same exact situation has lived and conqured the obsticals you’re currently going through right now.

Stack up some money for a couple of months, me personally I say around 3-6 months to give you a decent amount. During that time you should be studying ways to invest in a secondary income to suppliment with your current income. Now during this phase you’re going to make a lot of sacrifices in this time. You’re going to have to push yourself because, this will be one of the periods that will test you the hardest. Now remember, a job is only temporary, you were not ment to stay there forever. Unfortantely a lot of people get comfortable in this step and never end up leveling up. Don’t be that person.

 

Step 2: Invest in a side/passive income

Now this is your second phase for leveling up when coming out of rock bottom financially. At this point you’ve stacked up some cash and you’ve done research on different passive income opportunities such as affiliate marketing, e-com, social media marketing, etc… If you don’t know what either of these things are I’ll give you a mini overall example of what each one is.

So affiliate marketing is pretty much you advertise an already established brand, product or service. You connect the brand/service/product and the consumer together and if the consumer buys said product/service/etc… Then you get a commission. With E-com you’re creating a store, customers buy products and you’ll utilize their money to buy the product from it’s supplier and you keep the profits. So say if I charge a phone case for $29.99 but it only cost $2 to make, well that means I keep $27.99 profit per case sold. Social media marketing is pretty much running ads and managing social media accounts for businesses and companies. For more info click these other blog post I made discussing each topic.

–Affiliate marketing

-E-commerce

 

Now there’s actually thousands more ways to make more money online, but today we’re going to focus on the heavy hitters. Now of course you’re going to have to put in some extra time to do these, but each of these things I listed here have the power to take you out the dreaded 9-5 you always complain about and actually but you in financial freedom. Invest an hour a day in making sure you’re learning how to market as well, because if you can master marketing, you’ll never be broke, period.

 

Final step/conclusion: Stay focused

This is very crucial because, during your journey you’re going to be hit with many distraction and setbacks and it can definitely throw off your focus and make you want to give up. Hold yourself responsible and negate all excuses. Make the best of what you have, start small and grow from there. Look at all the successful people you seen around you, ones that made it or still going. We all gotta start from somewhere so don’t be ashamed when you see someone else living a little bit better than you. Remember competition is the thef of joy, so stay in your lane and remain focus.

Pros and cons of being your own boss…

Hey Newgen family! I know it’s been a while since I’ve last been on here. About two weeks to be exact. I’ve been taking care of a lot of business in terms of getting additional income streams together (which I’ll be discussing here soon), I’ve created my first free course for beginner affiliate marketers and I’ve been planning future moves for this blog. With that being said I want to come back with a bang and give you some highlights of being your own boss and of course the down sides as well. So without further adue lets get this started.

So if you’re reading this, you’re probably either already financially independent or getting ready to be in that spot. Some of you might relate to this, for others this will be a simple warning and overview of what’s to come when you’ve reached this level. The great level of finally leaving your 9 to 5 and being your own boss, taking control of your own life.

 

Pros 

Now of course being your own boss is its own pro already, but here’s a couple of pros that we can list off that you’ll experience…

• You no longer need government support
• You no longer trade time for money
• You have more free time
• You can set your own hours
• You can travel a lot more
• You’ll be more available for friends and family
• You have streams of income generating no matter what you’re doing
• You can work anywhere in the world
• You have your power

Now these are just a few pros, but truth be told there’s really a lot more pros that you’ll experience besides the ones listed. When you become your own boss you take the power out of a supervisor’s hands and you control how your money is being made, where you can make your money at and whenever you’d like to make it. Starting your own business (specifically anything online) can give you the freedom that truth be told most of society desperately wants.

Most Americans only have one active source of income and one thing about active income is that you trade time for money. You work a set amount of hours a week and you get paid. Once you clock out, your money stops. With that being said, 97% of Americans aren’t satisfied or even happy with their jobs/what they’re doing.  Being your own boss frees you from any chains that the corporate world made put on you. One thing I was always told when I was younger is that, “do something you don’t have to take a vacation from”. Being your own boss and starting a business around the things you love to do can give you that opportunity to do that. Imagine, you’re out spending time with your family at a beach resort while your bank account keeps on getting deposits over and over and over again. That’s true freedom in my opinion.

 

Cons 

Now with great power comes great responsibility. They’re definitely more pros than cons when becoming your own boss. However, the cons can’t be ignored because truth be told a lot of people can’t handle the responsibility of taking control of their own life and boss up by themselves. So here are a few cons you will either face or more than likely face if you’re not careful…

• Everybody will have their handout
• Your business could go under
• Somebody could hack you and take your money
• You could get sued
• You could get too comfortable
• You could lose it all
• The 9-5 hustle will end so you’ll need to fill that activeness void
• You’re responsible for anything that goes wrong in your business (even if it’s not your fault)

Now most of these cons can be managed truth be told, but I’m a go over a few that you should really keep in mind and try to avoid. There’s a saying and it says, “A smart man learns from his mistakes, but a wise man learns from other people’s mistakes”. As you enter financial freedom you definitely don’t want to be the handout guy who gives money to all your friends and family who keep putting their hand out. You should be teaching people how to fish, not throwing the damn fishes to these people. If they’re not willing to learn & put in the work to get where they at, cut them off and move on.

During your journey you’re going to have to understand that life is 90% of what you can control and 10% of what you can’t control. That being said, expect some out the blue bullshit to happen to you. Your payment processor could hold your funds, a family member may have a medical emergency only you can pay for, somebody could hack your merchant account, a lot of shit you can’t control could happen to you. However, the reason why in a way, this is a pro because it teaches you how to think outside the box and have bounce back skills so when some whooptiy scoop happens to you, you can have some humor towards it.

Another reason why people won’t ever start their own business and get to a level you’re at now or about to be, is because they don’t want the pressure of… RESOPNSIBILITY! Dun dun dun… Seriously though, you must understand, if your VA doesn’t get orders out or totally f*cks up everything at the end of the day, you’re the face of your business/brand. It doesn’t matter if you weren’t even in the office, you’ll be taking the heat so you must understand that you have to be able to take this con and have thick skin to the madness and move on.

 

In conclusion… 

At the end of the day you should be pushing to become a free individual. A job means “Just Over Broke”. A job was only meant to get you through temporarily until you get to the next higher level of life. The problem is that most people get stuck at these jobs because they can’t see past a higher future for themselves and all that does is just keeps you down and poor. So, if you’re apart of 3% who said f*ck the bullshit and actually took control of their own life and has either won the battle or about to win, just know the biggest pro was taking that risk when no ones else would…