How I Made My First $100
This is the (short) story about the day I made my first $100 online - and then some.
It was around 2 in the morning - the middle of winter and freezing cold.
I was pacing back and forth between the couch and the fridge, as if I was expecting food to magically appear. It didn't. Expired mustard and a bottle of vitamins my mother had sent me, nothing more.
I tried to ignore the McDonald's ads on TV and began poking around in my ashtray, looking for a cigarette that had a little more life in it yet. As a smoker not being able to afford cigarettes is like having your head stamped on.
I was hungry, I was cold and I was digging through an ashtray wondering how much jail time I would get for robbery. Once again I turned to the internet.
I was tired of all the scams telling me I could make money online; but I gave it one last shot with a new ebook; currently it's featured as the top product in the affiliate section of the site; click here to go take a look.
I did not expect what happened next.
I created a free blog at Blogger, added Adsense, and signed up for Clickbank.
I followed the guide, which was amazingly easy to do, and then went back to looking for a cigarette.
43 minutes later I went to check my emails; Clickbank was still open, so I refreshed the page not expecting to see any activity as I was still so new at this.
There was $136.12 in my account.
I was sure it was a fluke, that it was a mistake, that it was anything besides the reality. I had never made money online before, and my head was buzzing. Bedtime for me.
I got up the next morning anxious to check my account - had they fixed their mistake yet?
$253.98?!?!
That was my reaction, and that was my first $100. Then $200. Then $253.98 in less than 24 hours.
If I can do it, you can do it. You just need to bite the bullet and give it a go - that's what I did.
Good luck to you all, and I hope this was at least a little inspiring for some of you.
I'm off to drool over the day's earnings for a while before bed.
Good night :)