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0:00Some of these side hustles I've tried
0:01are almost unreal because one time I was
0:04literally being paid to watch TV and
0:06then there are more practical streams of
0:08income too like building a brand, a
0:09clothing line, creating scalable
0:11products and services. I have tried so
0:13many side hustle ideas that you can
0:15start today with literally no money, no
0:17followers and no experience. No BS. Some
0:20of these I have legitimately made at
0:22least 10 grand a month month to month.
0:24So I know it's definitely possible. All
0:27I ask is that you have the curiosity to
0:29try new things and be flexible enough to
0:31figure it out as you go. It doesn't even
0:33matter if you are employed or not or if
0:34you're a student. In this current
0:36economy, we all have to start building
0:38financial security with whatever we got.
0:40Having true financial freedom means not
0:42letting money dictate our life choices
0:44meaning you stop even thinking about
0:46money because it's not that important. I
0:48was so relieved to actually have some of
0:50these side hustles to fall back on when
0:52I was let go from my dream job or what I
0:54thought was my dream job and I was there
0:56for 5 years. I was so devastated when it
0:58happened but actually turned out to be
1:01the best thing that ever happened to me.
1:02I have always been someone who is
1:04financially disciplined. I have worked
1:06all kinds of gigs ever since I was old
1:08enough to work trying to make money in
1:10all kinds of ways and I was trying hard
1:12to really make money. And not only did
1:14these side hustles get me through my
1:16period of unemployment, it also made me
1:18realize like forget it. I should just do
1:20my own thing. This realization
1:22eventually turned into an abundance
1:24manifestation engine where my financial
1:26opportunities only continue to multiply
1:30and I still continue to get random
1:31checks in the mail today. I'm actually
1:33so excited to share this with you and
1:35I'm not saying that these side hustles
1:36are guaranteed to replace your day job
1:38but when life happens, having another
1:41source of income or building these money
1:43making skills to fall back on is going
1:45to be so incredibly valuable and who
1:47knows some of these might actually take
1:49off for you and change your life. You
1:51never know what can happen and that's
1:53the magic. These possibilities are all
1:55out there if only you're willing to give
1:56it a shot. Everything that I mentioned
1:58in this video are from my personal
1:59experience, and disclaimer, I am not a
2:02financial advisor. This is not financial
2:04advice. There are no promises. I'm only
2:06giving you ideas, most of which have
2:07worked out really well for me. If you're
2:09new here, my name is May, and on this
2:10channel, we talk about complete
2:12transformation of the mind, body, and
2:13spirit. And in this video, we are
2:15transforming a bank account, too,
2:16because not enough people talk about
2:18this, but financial freedom is also
2:20spiritual freedom. Capitalism no longer
2:22has a grip on you, and it's so
2:24liberating when that happens. If that
2:26resonates with you, subscribe. Thank you
2:27to Printify for partnering with me and
2:29making this video possible. Now, let's
2:31get into it. So, before I jump into the
2:33full list of side hustles, I need to
2:34reframe how you think about making
2:36money, because the concept of making
2:37money isn't just about one thing. It's
2:39actually four completely different
2:40activities, and most people only think
2:42about one or two of them. Number one is
2:44build. This means we're starting
2:46something that generates revenue on its
2:48own, whether it's a product, a brand, or
2:50a business. Number two, earn. This means
2:52we're trading our time or our skills for
2:55payments, hours for dollars. Number
2:57three is convert. This means we're
2:59turning things that you already own into
3:02cash. We're reselling, flipping,
3:03liquidating things that already just
3:05sitting there. And number four is claim.
3:08This means we're collecting money that
3:09you're legitimately owed. Settlements,
3:12refunds, getting paid for your opinions.
3:15So, in this graph here, on one axis, you
3:17have offline versus online. On the
3:19other, you have time-based versus
3:21scalable. Time-based means when you
3:24stop, the money also stops. And scalable
3:26means you build it once, and it will
3:28continue to keep paying you. Let's go
3:30through all of them. So, when we talk
3:32about claiming money that's already
3:33yours, it's the category that sounds
3:35almost too good to be true, but it is
3:36not, which is why this is the first.
3:38This is money that already belongs to
3:40you, and you just haven't collected it
3:42yet. So, let's talk about paid focus
3:44groups. Think of this as your revenge on
3:46capitalism for making you consume
3:48products. Some of these corporations
3:50have spent billions of dollars getting
3:52you to buy their stuff. Now, they'll pay
3:55you to tell you what you really think of
3:56them. I used to get paid anywhere from
3:58$75 to $500 per session, usually about
4:01an hour to an hour and a half, to sit
4:03down with these billion-dollar companies
4:05and tell them my honest opinions about
4:07their products and how they can do
4:09better. And they do want your truth.
4:11Even if you hate it, they want to hear
4:13about it. So, if you become part of a
4:14focus group, unleash your honesty. Tell
4:17them everything because they're not
4:19paying you to be nice and beat around
4:20the bush. I have been paid by brands
4:22like the one that made your phone and a
4:25few of the social media platforms that
4:27you're on every single day. As a
4:28consumer, you don't need a degree, you
4:31don't need a following, as long as
4:33you're someone who uses these products,
4:35which is literally everyone watching
4:37this video. This was one of the ways
4:39that I made money when I was in college
4:41and I couldn't afford to not make money
4:43and when I was unemployed. This was one
4:45of the first things that I turned to.
4:47Focus groups and research studies, they
4:49really floated me about a couple grand a
4:51month where I take about 10 minutes a
4:53day to apply to these focus groups. And
4:55it's not just product feedback.
4:57Universities, research organizations,
4:59and companies recruit participants for
5:02paid research studies, surveys,
5:03interviews, and experiments. Some of
5:05these can be done completely online from
5:08your couch. Others, if you really
5:10actually need it, like for example, if
5:11you're the perfect candidate for a new
5:13type of medication, you might need this
5:16and they need people to test it out as
5:17well. There are also user testing
5:19platforms where you get paid to test
5:21websites and apps and prototypes and
5:24then they want you to explain your
5:25real-time experience as you use it. You
5:28don't need to be tech-savvy at all. Most
5:30of the time, they really just want a
5:32regular person. So, you just need to
5:34talk through your process. Here's how
5:36you can get started. Sign up for
5:37platforms like respondent.io, user
5:40interviews, fieldwork, dscout, which was
5:42huge for me, and user testing. There are
5:45also even entertainment-based focus
5:47groups out there specifically where you
5:49can get paid to watch TV shows and
5:52evaluate content and give your opinions
5:54on streaming platforms. That's how
5:56people are literally getting paid to
5:58watch TV. The range of all of these
6:00things depends on the length of the
6:02topic, but anywhere between $75 and $500
6:05per session is normal. Now, let's talk
6:08about class action settlements. Haha, I
6:11love this one. Now, this is money that
6:13you're legitimately entitled to if you
6:15are eligible. And I want to emphasize,
6:17most of the time you do have to provide
6:19proof that you were affected or show
6:21purchase receipts. So, if you want to
6:22talk about manifesting money though out
6:24of the blue, this is a big one. No joke.
6:26I started doing this a few years ago and
6:28I'm still collecting checks in the mail
6:29today because some of these settlements
6:31can take a while to settle. The last one
6:33I got was for $3,000
6:35and I just filled out a form and that
6:37was it. But, I'm just saying this
6:38because the amount of money that you can
6:40earn can range from anywhere between
6:42like 50 cents to thousands. We use so
6:44many products every day and some of them
6:46may have actually caused you harm or you
6:48were wrongfully charged or something was
6:51mishandled like your data for example,
6:52which happens all the time
6:53unfortunately. So, there may be active
6:55settlements right now that you didn't
6:57even know about that you're eligible
6:59for. Like I've collected thousands from
7:01an ATM settlement where they wrongfully
7:04charged me extra fees every time I
7:06withdrew money. I had one where my bank
7:09savings account wasn't giving me what I
7:11was actually supposed to receive and
7:13they had to pay everybody back the
7:15discrepancy as part of the settlement.
7:17There was also one for a vape brand a
7:19couple years ago where everyone who was
7:21a customer and signed up for that form
7:24got about two grand. The thing though is
7:26if you don't know about this and you
7:28don't claim the money, you won't get it
7:30and most people don't know. And because
7:32I do have to report taxes on this, I
7:34told my tax accountant and he was
7:36laughing and he was like, "Yeah, I have
7:37had clients who were unemployed as well
7:39and they did settlements plus the focus
7:41groups for a while and they were making
7:42money doing exactly this. This is
7:44another form of revenge on capitalism.
7:47They profited off of you and now you get
7:49paid. So, go and get your money back.
7:51You can find out if you're eligible
7:52through sites like topclassactions.com
7:55and classaction.org. There are even
7:58subreddits dedicated to tracking these
8:00active settlements, so you can look
8:02through them and see if you're eligible
8:04for it. Now, let's talk about converting
8:06and turning what you have into cash.
8:08This is where you take things that you
8:09already own or things you can find for
8:10cheap and turn it into money. Number
8:12one, reselling what you already own. You
8:14can start by selling clothes and
8:15accessories that's just sitting in your
8:17closet collecting dust and this is $0
8:19for you to start. You can sign up for an
8:21account on eBay, Depop, Poshmark, even
8:24Facebook Marketplace. Once you know what
8:26sells, you can then move from clearing
8:28your own closet to actually
8:30intentionally sourcing pieces, if this
8:31is something that you're interested in.
8:33This is literally how vintage boutiques
8:35work, for example. They're just very
8:38good at sourcing a curation of clothing.
8:40Number two is arbitrage and this is
8:42where the math starts really mathing and
8:44it gets fun. So, let's say you made your
8:46first $100 from focus groups or whatever
8:48and you're willing to reinvest that
8:50money back into yourself. You go to
8:52Marshalls or T.J. Maxx or another kind
8:54of design outlet store near you and you
8:56find products on clearance, for example,
8:58for 95% off retail. Then you go on eBay
9:01and you check how much these products
9:03are selling for. Most of the time
9:05they're maybe going for about 30% below
9:07retail. So, if you just bought something
9:09at 5% of the cost and now you're selling
9:11it at 70% off retail, when it does sell,
9:15you just multiply your money by six
9:17times. Now, I will say that some aspects
9:19of arbitrage can be controversial. For
9:21example, I don't support practices like
9:23ticket scalping or anything that's
9:25predatory. But, taste curation, knowing
9:28what's valuable and finding it before
9:29other people do, that's a real skill and
9:32a talent and you can get paid well for
9:34it. This can even become a real career
9:36path. For example, you can be a vintage
9:38curator for shop or an archive fashion
9:40buyer. So now we're on the topic, let's
9:42look at vintage curation. It all
9:44connects to something that I personally
9:46love. I love collecting vintage band
9:48tees from the '80s and '90s. Some of
9:50these shirts can go for hundreds if not
9:52a couple grand. So if you know a thing
9:54or two about a genre, a niche, or any
9:57type of vintage or collectible, and you
10:00know how to spot one at a thrift store
10:02like Salvation Army for example, you can
10:04make a couple grand just like that. The
10:06same goes for other collectibles like
10:07Pokémon cards, baseball cards, anything
10:10that's worth collecting. And if you go a
10:12bit further, you can even build a
10:14recognizable shop around a specific
10:16aesthetic, one era, or maybe even a
10:19designer category. And that's when
10:21reselling can become a brand. And now
10:23flipping is when you buy something
10:25that's beat up at a thrift shop, you
10:27restore it, then sell it for five times
10:29of what you paid, whether that's
10:30furniture, electronics, or any kind of
10:33marketplace finds, used vintage cars,
10:36eventually maybe even houses. People
10:38always love a good before and after.
10:40That's why there's so many TV shows
10:41about flipping houses, and not everyone
10:43has the time to do this themselves or
10:45necessarily even the interest to do it.
10:47And people will pay the difference to
10:49have you do it for them. Now, if you can
10:51bake or cook, you can start selling on
10:54Facebook Marketplace. It costs you
10:56nothing to set this up, and I've seen
10:58people build real local followings this
11:00way. Same thing goes for arts, jewelry,
11:03handmade goods. Some people also get
11:05their start at local artist markets and
11:08craft fairs, and then they end up on
11:09Etsy making hundreds of thousands a
11:11year. Now let's talk about the earn
11:13category, trading your time and skills.
11:15This is the most straightforward part.
11:17We're all very familiar with it. You
11:18show up, you do the work, you get paid.
11:20There is a spectrum here from pure
11:23time-based to skill-based. And the more
11:25experience and skills you collect and as
11:27you build your portfolio, the more your
11:29hourly rate can increase. So for ways to
11:31make money offline, you can look at the
11:33gig economy. Uber Eats, DoorDash,
11:36Instacart, Uber. All you have to do is
11:38download the app, sign up, and start
11:40making money. So the barrier to entry is
11:42basically zero. Now mystery shopping,
11:44and this one is underrated and it's
11:46quite similar to the focus groups
11:47actually. Companies like Walmart for
11:49example will assign you a scenario where
11:51you go into one of the stores, let's say
11:525 minutes before they close, and you're
11:54looking for something. You're basically
11:56evaluating how helpful their staff is.
11:59You can make something like $100 per
12:01task and you can knock it out in an hour
12:02or two, maybe even while you're
12:03shopping. Then there's event staffing. A
12:05lot of events happen on weekends and in
12:08the evenings. So this is perfect if you
12:09have a regular 9-5 or if you're a
12:11student. Events always need extra hands
12:14to show up and help the attendees, give
12:16directions. Basically, you're there to
12:18make sure that everything runs smoothly.
12:20You can find event staffing companies in
12:22your area and apply to it and just let
12:24them know that you're available. And
12:25then there's service-based work like dog
12:27walking, pet sitting, babysitting,
12:29personal training, nail design, personal
12:31chef, housekeeping. You can provide a
12:34useful service for someone in person,
12:36then there's absolutely a market for it.
12:38And apps like Rover, care.com, and Wag
12:42make it very easy for you to get
12:43started. Now let's talk about
12:44photography and videography because
12:46content creators like me or anyone with
12:48an Instagram account or professional
12:50website that you're trying to grow,
12:52they're going to want nice headshots and
12:54they're going to want content. Not
12:55everyone can take photos of themselves
12:57or shoot this content themselves, so
12:58they need someone to shoot it for them.
13:00If you're interested in this work and
13:02you're decent with a camera, even if
13:04it's just your phone camera, like if
13:05it's a TikTok video or something, you
13:07can start offering this as a service,
13:09especially if you're good at it and even
13:11better if you have a portfolio. Now we
13:12move online where you can have things
13:14like location freedom for example.
13:16You're still trading time for money, but
13:17the hourly rate keeps going up because
13:19you're building actual skills. First
13:21let's talk about video editing.
13:22YouTubers like myself, we need editors
13:24too. I can't do everything by myself.
13:26Many creators do, but most of us cannot.
13:28If you're willing to learn, or if you
13:30have some experience in it, even if it's
13:32a K-pop fan cam edit on CapCut, there
13:34are free tutorials everywhere, so you
13:36can get started and reaching out to
13:38small creators and offering your
13:39services. If you have absolutely no
13:41experience, you can even start cheap or
13:43even free to build your portfolio of
13:45work, then raise your rates as you get
13:47better. Thumbnail design, literally same
13:49idea. Every YouTube video needs a
13:50thumbnail, every single one. So, if you
13:52can learn Photoshop or even Canva, you
13:54can start designing thumbnails for
13:56creators. Social media management. This
13:58is a big one. Content creators like me,
14:00at a certain level, your channel becomes
14:02a content business. I might need
14:05employees to help me manage things. I
14:06can't do everything alone. Every brand
14:08has at least a social media manager
14:10these days, or even a huge social media
14:12department. They might even have
14:14community managers and people to handle
14:15scheduling and engagement. That's a real
14:18job that you can do from your laptop,
14:20from anywhere. Copywriting and
14:21scriptwriting. If you are a good writer,
14:23you can help creators and businesses
14:26with their scripts, their newsletters,
14:27their website copy, their social media
14:29copy. There are many creators out there
14:31looking for exactly this type of person
14:34to help them write, because not
14:35everyone's a great writer or has the
14:37time to do research, especially if
14:39they're busy running a content business.
14:41Canva and Notion templates. If you know
14:43how to use Canva, great. If you don't
14:45know how to use Canva and you're willing
14:46to learn, that alone opens up a whole
14:49world of possibilities. You can make
14:50Canva templates, you can make Notion
14:52templates, and then you can sell them
14:54online on the marketplaces. A lot of
14:56people also sell them on Etsy, which
14:58brings us to digital products, which I
15:00will get to shortly. Astrology and tarot
15:02readings. And I love this one because I
15:03also have people in my Discord community
15:05offering this. They know a lot about the
15:06subject and then they turn it into paid
15:08services, doing readings for people. So,
15:10whatever you're very passionate about or
15:12even have niche knowledge on is more
15:14valuable than you think, and people may
15:16really want to have a piece of your
15:18knowledge. Creator partnerships. Now, I
15:19know this one's one is interesting. If
15:21you have a bit of a selling bone in your
15:22body and you can promote and close
15:24deals, that's a highly valuable skill.
15:27You can find creators and help them
15:28close brand deals, for example. And if
15:30you want to focus on, let's say, like
15:32high-ticket products in general, that's
15:34great, too. So, when it comes to
15:35creative brand deals, a 20% commission
15:37is quite normal, and this can end up
15:39turning into a lot just for sending
15:41emails and becoming good at negotiating.
15:43Eventually, you may even become a talent
15:45manager of sorts. Then you can start
15:46working with small creators who don't
15:48have a talent manager yet. Now, building
15:50and creating something from zero dollars
15:52with no ceiling. This is my favorite
15:53part, and this is what we're working
15:55towards, because I'm about to give you a
15:57marketing masterclass with no budget and
15:59no ceiling on how much you can make.
16:01Everything that we've talked about in
16:02claim, and convert, and earn was the
16:05fuel to help us eventually build
16:07businesses such as this. You basically
16:10create this once, and it keeps paying
16:12you. If you don't want to flip other
16:13people's products or trade your time,
16:15you can create your own product. Or
16:16better yet, create a brand. When I say
16:18build, it means something that generates
16:20revenue on its own, whether it's a
16:22product, a brand, a business. And I'm
16:23going to show you exactly how to do that
16:26with no dollars, no inventory, no
16:27experience at all. And I know this
16:28because I used to work at an e-commerce
16:30company many years ago, back when
16:31blogging was everywhere. It was
16:33basically a blog with a store attached
16:36to it. And let me tell you, some of the
16:38t-shirt brands on that platform were the
16:40best sellers. Some of these best sellers
16:42were super simple designs, and the
16:44average brands on there were making
16:46about half a million dollars a month on
16:48that e-commerce platform alone. And I
16:50had the numbers. I was looking at it.
16:51And the top brands were making millions.
16:54And this was a pretty niche website with
16:56maybe 10 or 20 t-shirt brands on it.
16:59It's not some massive marketplace. So,
17:01if you go on a niche e-commerce site,
17:03like Hot Topic, for example, I can
17:05almost guarantee you their top sellers
17:07are t-shirts. That also doesn't mean
17:09that t-shirts are saturated. People are
17:11always going to wear clothes. Most
17:12people don't even overthink how they
17:14dress, so they they wear t-shirts. I
17:16love a good t-shirt and we all want to
17:18express ourselves in some way and what
17:20better way to wrap our interests through
17:22what we wear. So, whether you're
17:23reselling vintage or creating your own
17:26designs, or if you have a band and you
17:27want to make your own merch, because I
17:29also used to be a music promoter, so I
17:31know firsthand that merch is one of the
17:33biggest drivers of income for music
17:35artists. We are looking at some real
17:37money in this space. With a platform
17:39like Printify, you're basically starting
17:41off with no budget, no inventory, and no
17:44risk involved. You're not going to be
17:46paying for anything until someone's
17:48already bought that item. And it's not
17:50just t-shirts, they have over 1,300
17:53products in their catalog, mugs, home
17:55decor, embroidery, accessories, you name
17:58it, they have it. This category is
18:00called print on demand and their
18:01printing network is across the US and
18:04Europe, so products can ship locally.
18:07There's no crazy international fees or
18:096-week shipping times and it all
18:11connects directly to Etsy, Shopify,
18:14TikTok Shop, and more. And as you scale,
18:16Printify Premium gives you up to 25% off
18:19the entire catalog. This can be so huge
18:21for you if you want to start any kind of
18:23brand at all selling products and you
18:24don't want to put in any kind of upfront
18:26money, which usually you do need to put
18:29in a lot of money to even buy the
18:30products and you can't even guarantee
18:32that you'll make money until something
18:34sells. This is why I am so excited about
18:36this partnership with Printify because I
18:38already have a merch shop, so I was
18:39already sold on the print on demand
18:41model long before this partnership even
18:43came along, but after seeing what
18:45Printify offers, their product selection
18:48is incredible, the most I've seen
18:50personally, integrations with other
18:52platforms, and the level of control that
18:54it can give you, it's so much more
18:55flexible than what I'm currently using.
18:57I wish I heard of them before I even
18:59started my merch shop because the
19:01platform that I'm using, like low-key,
19:03is pretty limiting and clunky compared
19:05to Printify, but now you know. In fact,
19:08I've actually found some less expensive
19:11alternatives for the same blank brands
19:13that I use. If I can even lower my own
19:15production cost, this can actually let
19:17me lower my prices, improve my margins,
19:20and maybe even do both. In fact, I am
19:22going to migrate my merch over to
19:24Printify, and that's one of my upcoming
19:25projects, actually. So, let me show you
19:27how simple this actually is. To start,
19:29step one, you pick a niche. Research
19:32whatever is trending on Etsy. You can
19:34even use a tool like eRank or just
19:37browse manually. I recommend selecting
19:40that you're already interested in and
19:42you know other people are interested in
19:43it, too. For example, pink pilates
19:46princess or sassy Y2K girly or herbal
19:49tea enthusiast. I'm just throwing out
19:50some ideas. Step two, go to Printify and
19:53you can use my link in the description
19:55to sign up for an account right now and
19:56pick your products and drag and drop
19:58your design onto it. You can start
20:00making these designs in Canva, on
20:02Photoshop. If you don't know how to use
20:04that, maybe you can use AI if you're
20:06open to it or hire someone on Fiverr to
20:08make that design for you. If you have
20:10the budget for it, but really it doesn't
20:12have to be complicated at all. You can
20:13even make one on your website directly.
20:15For example, sassy Y2K girly t-shirts
20:18can be like a slogan with a nice font. I
20:20can, for example, remake that Paris
20:22Hilton t-shirt that says, "Stop being
20:23poor." And because I want to make an
20:25original, maybe I can say, "Manifesting
20:27abundance." If you want to be ironic and
20:29unbothered about it, you can even make
20:31it in Comic Sans font. Like, see? You
20:34can get creative. As long as you're not
20:36infringing on anyone's copyright or
20:38copying other people's designs, so make
20:40sure to make your own thing. That's
20:42honestly the best way to build a brand.
20:44You don't need to become Michelangelo to
20:46make a t-shirt design. All you need is
20:48some creativity. Step three, connect
20:50your Printify account to Etsy or Shopify
20:52or TikTok Shop and publish your
20:54products, and you're live. Now, every
20:56time someone buys, Printify will print
20:58it and package it and ship it directly
21:00to your customer, and you keep the
21:01profits. Guys, seriously, the more you
21:03learn about the supply chain, you're
21:05going to understand how huge that is.
21:07The fact that you don't need any kind of
21:09upfront cost when it comes to the
21:10shipping, the fulfillment, the
21:12warehouse, the inventory, it's massive.
21:15And when you do make money, that's like
21:17guaranteed money. That's profit for you.
21:18Now, when I say no following is
21:20required, I really mean this. You got to
21:22optimize your product listing though,
21:23the keywords for SEO, search engine
21:26optimization. Basically, this means when
21:29people want to search for a product like
21:31yours, what will they search for in the
21:33search bar and how will they get to your
21:35website? It's almost like reverse
21:36psychology and a great skill to learn as
21:38well for marketing in general. What's
21:40really going to help you though is if
21:42you clearly define your niche and the
21:44audience that you're trying to reach.
21:45For example, you can market to college
21:48age women who are also skin care
21:50enthusiasts. So, what can you do with
21:52that? You can maybe make t-shirts that
21:54say "K-Beauty obsessed" or "Ask me about
21:57my war with acne, I won." If you have a
22:00pink Pilates brand, maybe you can even
22:01make Pilates socks. So, look at some of
22:04these viral t-shirt designs out there
22:06and then make your own version of your
22:08own ironic shirts. And even better if
22:10you are your own dream audience because
22:12you already know what people want
22:14because you want it as well. So, how do
22:16you market your new shop with no
22:18following? So, let's say I made a new
22:19shop on Etsy and I call my brand Y2K
22:21Pilates Princess. Here are a few ways to
22:23do that. Number one, Pinterest. All you
22:26need is a Pinterest account whether
22:28you're pinning your own actual designs
22:29or making similar content to your niche.
22:31For example, skin care tips for your
22:33audience or glass skin memes or sassy
22:36manifestation quotes. Within those pins,
22:38sometimes you can even re-pin existing
22:40pins and then say in the caption, "If
22:42you really want to rep this lifestyle,
22:44shop Y2K Pilates Princess." Your shirt
22:47can even become a meme on its own.
22:49Pinterest is incredible for search
22:51engine optimization and boosting traffic
22:53to your website. It doesn't rely on
22:55having a following at all. Anyone's pins
22:57can randomly go viral at any moment. The
23:00thing about Pinterest is the half life
23:02is also really long. Half life means
23:05unlike Tik Tok where a video dies down
23:06after 2 days, people will continue to
23:09discover your pins for months and months
23:11after you post it, maybe even years.
23:14Your shirt can even become a meme of its
23:16own. Pinterest is just really incredible
23:19for SEO. It doesn't rely on having a
23:21following at all. Now next, let's talk
23:23about Reddit and Discord. There are
23:25specific subreddits for every niche of
23:27audience imaginable and you can study
23:30the people that you're trying to reach
23:31and then contribute to these communities
23:33authentically, I might add. For example,
23:35if you want to start a hobby related
23:36apparel brand like bird watching, you
23:38can go on to the bird watching
23:40subreddits, I'm sure there's multiple of
23:41them, become an active contributor, and
23:44down the line maybe even post a photo of
23:46yourself or someone you know wearing
23:48your merch while you're bird watching.
23:49Now, I emphasize that your interactions
23:52should be genuine and valuable because
23:54people can really tell when you're only
23:57there to promote your brand. If you're
23:58offering value to the community and
24:00you're even becoming a part of them. Now
24:02naturally, people will not mind if you
24:04also have a business related to that
24:05topic because you're already so
24:06passionate about it. So of course you're
24:08going to be having a career that's also
24:10representative of your passions. Now
24:12let's talk about social media. Even
24:14though I said no following is required,
24:16it is still a good idea to start
24:18building a social media presence.
24:20Everything is so algorithm based these
24:22days and it's easier than ever before to
24:24get picked up by the algorithm if you
24:26can clearly define your niche, your
24:28content, and interact the right way. For
24:31example, if you want to make a clothing
24:33brand for hikers, then engage with
24:35hiking accounts, comment, follow, make
24:38your own hiking related content, link
24:40your shop to your profile. With
24:42Printful, you can easily do that even if
24:44it's just dropping a link in bio or
24:46dropping a link in your stories. And
24:47then you can build your social media
24:49presence, which will turn into your
24:51marketing engine. Again, you never know
24:54when the post might really take off and
24:56go super viral and that will kick start
24:58your brand. There is truly no ceiling
25:00and no cap on where this can go. You can
25:02start off as a side hustle and then
25:04eventually it can become a whole brand,
25:06a whole company, a whole universe. You
25:08can make socks for tennis players,
25:09safari hats for bird watchers, jewelry
25:12brands, bracelets, home decor for dog
25:14lovers. You just have to get creative.
25:17Eventually, you can turn this into a
25:19real thing and I've seen so many stores
25:21on Etsy making hundreds of thousands of
25:23dollars a year literally from print on
25:25demand. To the point where it can become
25:28a family business or they have employees
25:30helping them out and it can all start
25:32with a two-word slogan t-shirt that you
25:35make on Printify. Now, affiliate
25:37marketing is also another great way to
25:38make money. If you have a product
25:40already lying around somewhere and it's
25:42part of an affiliate marketing program,
25:44you can start sharing your affiliate
25:46links and recommending the product to
25:47people. So, you can make reviews, share
25:49your honest experience and think about
25:51platforms where you may not need a
25:53following to do that and hit the
25:55algorithm. TikTok, Pinterest, Threads,
25:58Reddit, these are all places where the
26:00algorithm decides what can get seen and
26:02it has nothing to do with your following
26:04counts. You can post a product review on
26:06TikTok with no followers and you can
26:08still reach like 100,000 people if the
26:10algorithm picks it up. There are some
26:12websites like Amazon with a huge
26:14affiliate program and that's also
26:16another topic entirely. But, if you want
26:18to take for example your Printify
26:20e-commerce empire to the next level, you
26:21can start your own affiliate program
26:24where anyone who helps you promote your
26:26YTK Pilates Princess brand can get a cut
26:28of the profits. For example, let's say
26:30they can get a 10% off discount if they
26:33share the code and you give them 10%
26:34commission, that's 20% off the cut for
26:37you, but you're getting extra sales and
26:39people are helping you do the marketing
26:40for you. It's freaking genius. You can
26:43tie this brand idea to a lot of the side
26:45hustles I'm talking about in this video.
26:47And then another thing that's getting
26:48very popular is monetizing Substack and
26:51newsletters. If you're sitting there
26:52thinking, "Well, I'm not a content
26:53creator. I don't really want to be on
26:55camera and, you know, it doesn't even
26:57have to be social media related." If you
26:58have a voice that you want to share and
27:01if there's a niche community that you're
27:02really into and you have your own ideas
27:04and opinions and you're a good writer,
27:06get on Substack and build a newsletter.
27:08People might want to support you purely
27:10for your perspective alone. You don't
27:11even need a following or an existing
27:13platform. You just need an opinion that
27:15you can endlessly yap about. I bet you
27:18there's people out there who want to
27:19hear it. And the thing about Substack
27:20and why it's so popular is that it's
27:22discovery based. Like people will find
27:23you on the platform regardless of, you
27:26know, any other kind of marketing that
27:27you do. They will find you organically.
27:28Another thing is content creation and
27:30UGC. Like yes, you can still make
27:32content and even with no following and
27:34make money doing it. I'm living proof
27:36that this has worked out really well
27:37because I truly started like my social
27:39media channels with no following. But
27:41content creation, especially when it
27:43comes to influencing, is really playing
27:44the long game. It's truly the most
27:46rewarding thing I've ever done, but it
27:47does take a lot of consistency and a lot
27:50of uncertainty. Because not everyone can
27:52grow a following from zero to 100,000 in
27:546 months, for example. But if you start
27:56today, you're building towards something
27:58and everything else in this video can
27:59fund you as you build. Now, if you don't
28:03want to build a platform, which is also
28:04like fair enough because nothing is
28:06guaranteed, right? But what is
28:07guaranteed though is UGC. Brands need
28:10content and they want content from real
28:12people and they will pay creators to
28:14make it for them. This can mean creating
28:16content for their products, which they
28:18might use to run ads with or use your to
28:21post on their socials or on their
28:22website. So if you can build these brand
28:25relationships, they might just keep
28:27offering you work and this can even be
28:29like 10 videos a month for like, let's
28:31say, an a leisure fashion company, for
28:33example. And everything that you make
28:35can also go into your UGC portfolio as
28:38you build. You can also license your
28:40content to these brands. Like don't just
28:42let brands use your content forever for
28:44free. Every month, agree on a licensing
28:47fee and if they want to renew it and use
28:49it for a year, agree on extending this
28:51licensing fee for a year. So, as long as
28:53a brand continues to use your content,
28:55you are constantly getting paid for
28:57this. You can make serious money doing
28:59this because I do it myself. And there
29:00are just a ton, a whole plethora of UGC
29:04content creator type like influencing
29:06websites that you can hop on where you
29:08can start like getting stuff for free.
29:10And brands will call that gifting. Now,
29:12I have built what I call a money
29:13manifestation engine and they say that
29:16the average millionaire has at least
29:17seven streams of income. So, what this
29:19means is when you have several potential
29:21channels for money to flow through, even
29:24if it's small ones, your brain will
29:26start to see more of these types of
29:28financial opportunities everywhere.
29:30That's abundance mindset in practical
29:32action. You start expecting money to
29:35show up, and when it works, it really
29:37works. You may get mysterious checks in
29:39the mail, or someone randomly buys a big
29:41order on your e-commerce site. That is
29:43what happens when you build that engine
29:46to make these things happen. At this
29:48point, personally, I've truly built a
29:49life where I don't worry about money at
29:51all, at least not the way that I used
29:53to. And it's not because I got rich
29:54overnight, it's because I built these
29:56opportunities one at a time, and I just
29:59told you exactly how I did it. Some of
30:01them are from years ago, and they're
30:03still bringing in money today. So,
30:05anyone can truly start building today
30:07with nothing but your willingness. Now,
30:09if you're feeling overwhelmed by
30:10everything I just threw at you, here are
30:12my top three selects, the ones that I
30:14think are the strongest starting points.
30:16Number one, if you want to build
30:18something real with no dollars, start a
30:21print-on-demand brand with a platform
30:23like Printify. No money needed, no
30:25experience, no inventory required, and
30:27there's no cap on where this can go. The
30:29link to get started with Printify is the
30:30first thing in my description. Number
30:32two, if you want to make money from
30:34skills that you're building right now,
30:36pick something from the earn category,
30:37whether it's video editing or social
30:39media management, tarot readings,
30:41whatever speaks to you, your rate can
30:44only increase with your level
30:45experience. These are the real
30:47money-making skills. Number three, if
30:49you want money that's literally owed to
30:51you and you're entitled to, check if
30:53you're eligible for class action
30:55settlements. This is money that you just
30:56need to claim as a byproduct of
30:58capitalism because if you don't claim
31:00it, you won't get it. So, you just have
31:02to tell them where to send the check. My
31:04advice is don't just pick one thing
31:06because the more channels you build, the
31:08more opportunities money can flow to
31:10you. So, drop in the comments which one
31:12you want to start off with or if you
31:14have tried any of these things, tell me
31:16your experience because I want to know,
31:18our community wants to know. Or in the
31:20meantime, you can also affirm with me, I
31:22am a money manifestation engine. Go and
31:24comment that right now. If you found
31:25this helpful at all, subscribe because
31:27we go deep here on transformation on
31:29this channel of the mind, body, and
31:30spirit, and also your financial
31:32windfall. And I hope that everyone can
31:34make a lot of money from the ideas that
31:36I give you in this video. And let me
31:38tell you guys, I am so thrilled to be
31:39able to share all this stuff with you
31:41for free. So, please tell me if you have
31:43made money from this. In the meantime, I
31:45believe in you, angels. You can do this
31:48[clears throat] and I will see you in
31:49the next video.
31:57>> [music]

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