9 Passive Income Ideas - How I Make $27k per Week

17 Nov 2023 (1 year ago)
9 Passive Income Ideas - How I Make $27k per Week

Intro (0s)

  • Discusses nine passive income sources that generate about $27,000 per week
  • Emphasizes a gradual build-up of income over eight years; no quick riches
  • Defines passive income as earnings not tied directly to time, emphasizing value creation
  • Cautions against get-rich-quick schemes, noting they are scams
  • Highlights that real value must be provided for income
  • Promotes a Skillshare class on productivity and side hustles

Investing in stocks and shares (2m20s)

  • Investing money provides value and can earn returns
  • Easiest way to make passive income is through the stock market
  • Recommends investing in index funds, specifically the S&P 500
  • Suggests starting by signing up with a stockbroker appropriate for your country
  • Investment can potentially earn a 10% average annual return
  • Ongoing income depends on the amount invested and market performance
  • Maintaining stock investments is simple; once set up, they require little active management
  • Personal example: a portfolio worth about $350,000, mainly in S&P 500 index funds, yielding estimated passive income of $682 per week

Difficulty Rating Summary

  • Starting: 1 out of 5 (easy)
  • Making $100/month: varies, but about 3 out of 5 (moderate)
  • Maintenance: 1 out of 5 (easy)

Starting a YouTube channel (7m7s)

  • Starting a YouTube channel is easy and requires creating an account and uploading videos.
  • Monetizing a YouTube channel is challenging, requiring at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours.
  • On average, it takes around 52 videos and six months to achieve 1,000 subscribers.
  • Making significant money, like $100 a month, requires around 50,000 views on YouTube.
  • An average channel with 62,000 subscribers could expect about 20% viewership per video.
  • Earning starts earlier than 60,000 subscribers but growing a channel to make substantial income is difficult, rated 4 out of 5 stars.
  • Once a YouTube channel gains traction, maintaining growth is easier, rated 2 out of 5 stars.
  • The presenter's channel makes about $12,000 a month in ad revenue, mostly from older videos.
  • Different monetization strategies exist, but only ad revenue is considered passive income in this context.

Starting a podcast (10m36s)

  • Starting a podcast is generally easier than a YouTube channel but harder to grow due to a lack of a supporting algorithm.
  • Creating a podcast can be done using tools like Anchor.fm and Riverside.fm.
  • Podcast income primarily comes from brand deals, not from a platform's AdSense-like system.
  • To earn $100 a month, a podcaster needs around 1,000 downloads per episode, assuming they run weekly episodes with sponsorships.
  • Only the top 20% of podcasts get more than a thousand downloads per episode.
  • Maintaining a podcast and earning consistent income is somewhat easier once finding the right formula, rated 2 out of 5 stars.
  • As an example, the presenter's podcast with his brother earns approximately $625 per week from brand deals and memberships.

Becoming an affiliate marketer (13m35s)

  • Affiliate marketing involves selling others' products and earning a commission.
  • Globally, 48% of affiliate marketers earn $20,000 a year, equating to $1,660 a month.
  • Starting in affiliate marketing is rated 2 out of 5 for difficulty.
  • To start, one can sign up for programs like Amazon Associates, share links on various platforms, and earn commissions from purchases through those links.
  • Making $100 a month can be challenging with low commission percentages and a need for high website traffic.
  • Other programs like Skillshare offer different commission structures, like $7 for referring a free trial signup.
  • Building an audience is essential to succeed in affiliate marketing, requiring consistent content creation, typically for at least two years.
  • Passive income from affiliate marketing is rated 3.5 out of 5 for difficulty in reaching $100 a month due to the need for an audience.
  • Once set up, maintenance is relatively easy, particularly with evergreen content.
  • The creator of the video makes approximately $11,000 per month from Skillshare and about $450 a month from Amazon UK, with additional earnings from the US and Canada.

Selling a digital product (16m50s)

  • Selling digital products, such as ebooks, apps, or themes, involves creating them once and selling them multiple times.
  • Examples include Traf's iOS 14 icon set generating $300,000 and Oliur's Tumblr themes earning $700,000 since 2014.
  • The difficulty of starting to sell digital products is rated 2 out of 5.
  • Success depends on the value provided and solving a problem that prompts purchase.
  • Making $100 a month from digital products is rated 3 out of 5 for difficulty.
  • Maintenance of digital products is easier than creation and is rated 2 out of 5.

Selling a course (18m53s)

  • Creating an online course is a form of generating passive income.
  • Online courses are usually in video format and can be easily made with available tools like phones.
  • Skillshare is a platform where courses can be uploaded without direct charges to users.
  • Maintaining a course to earn about $100 a month is relatively easy once it's established.
  • Generating significant income on Skillshare depends on content quality and potentially an existing audience.
  • This method contributed roughly $60,000 to $65,000 per month to the creator's revenue, which is a large portion of their weekly $27k passive income.

Building a membership community (23m36s) and Automating a business (26m12s)

  • Paid membership communities can provide passive income if a content creator has an engaged audience that trusts them.

  • Starting a membership program like Patreon is accessible, but it requires offering substantial value to retain members.

  • Examples given include Hannah Witton making approximately 3,000 to $7,000 a month on Patreon, and Anne-Laure generating $100,000 a year from Ness Labs.

  • Maintaining a membership program's income typically becomes easier after the challenging establishment phase.

  • The creator's own membership community for YouTube alumni earns about $2,800 a week, but requires active participation and is not entirely passive.

  • Automating a business involves selling goods or services and then delegating or outsourcing to reduce active involvement.

  • Successfully automating a business requires considerable setup but can lead to reasonably passive income once operational.

  • Examples include a $1 million Shopify store selling vegan leather goods and an Instagram/Facebook ads agency.

  • Starting and earning the initial $100 a month from such businesses is challenging due to the value creation involved.

  • Once established, the maintenance effort is less intense, hence easier to manage.

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