The other day on a 6-hour flight, I decided to create a list of 100 ways that I could make $10,000 in under 30 days. It was a creative exercise, but I wanted to turn it into something that would be helpful to you.
Which is why we’re here. I want to tell you about 10 of the 15 methods I have used in the past to generate at least $10,000 in PROFIT (not revenue) in under 30 days.
But first I want to normalize my “100 ways” list that I made on my flight. See, my new obsession in life is making various “100 ways” lists: for personal development, creativity, relationship building, and business.
Here are some example lists (directly from my notebook) for context:
- 100 Places I Want to Travel for Historical or Cultural Reasons 🌍
- 100 Ways to Offer Amazing Customer Service 🎉 in My Business
- 100 Vegan Breakfasts I Want to Make 🥥
- 100 Stakeholders Who My Decisions, Productivity, and (Executed on) Values Affect 💡
- 100 Ways I Can Respond to Someone Who is Being Rude or Passive Aggressive That Will Add Positivity Instead of Take Away 🧘🏽♀️
- 100 Books and Movies That Had a Philosophical Impact on Me 🤔
- 100 (Legal 😉) Ways to Make $10,000 in Under 30 Days
- 100 Ways for (Almost) Anyone to Make an Extra $1,000 in Under 30 Days 💰
So, you see? Totally normal that I was making this list on my flight, right? Right. Let’s move on to the reason we’re here today.
In order to give you more context around the various ways of making $10K+ in profit (shown below), I’m going to share:
- What I was selling
- How much I charged for the product or service
- How much I made (in profit) and in what time frame
- If I used paid advertisements or not (which I did not for most of the methods below)
- A few notes on how you might make each method work for your business
A few fun facts that will help you know whether or not you’re spending time with the right article and person today (👋🏽, I’m Regina, by the way):
- I own a profitable health and wellness website (it makes a few thousand dollars per month), so I don’t *only* know how to make money from a business about making money
- I’m a registered yoga teacher; I’m at least 30% hippie, whatever that means
- I studied business in school and have started many profitable in-person and online businesses since college
- I taught a live, online, 4-day graphic design course that made over $100,000 in profit
- Every year for the past 4 years, at least $250,000 of my business revenue has come from teaching online (through live, previously recorded, and even text-based courses)
Okay, let’s get started for real for real. I’ve generated at least $10,000 in profit in under 30 days:
1. Using a single blog post to explain and pitch my program ($17,000 in profit)
Product:
A 10-week online program to help people set up a meaningful blog
Price point:
$350 (this was low, but it was my first time offering a program like this so I was scared to charge more)
Pitch:
A single blog post on the program; no sales page, just an application link at the end of the blog post
Profit:
$17,000 in a week the first time I offered it, then $32,000 the second time, and it grew from there; Note: the revenue was higher, but I’m subtracting expenses and giving you profit because I don’t want to be misleading
Did I use paid advertisements?:
No
How you might make this work for your business?:
Instead of a blog post you could create a Facebook Live, an Instagram Live, an IGTV episode, a podcast episode, a YouTube video, or other content. Obviously, if you are a solid writer/communicator, a blog post, article, or in-depth guide could be your chosen content form as well.
The keys to making this work are:
- Creating a compelling piece of content that motivates your audience in the most logical ways based on who they are and what you’re selling. This is something I talk about inThe Flexible Funnel™️ Kit (explained later in this article).
- Building up a consistent and reliable source of new people finding your piece of content. I used search engine optimization (so people were finding it for free), but you are not limited to traditional SEO. You can create ads that direct people to your content, you can collaborate with another person/entity and have them direct people to your content, you can retarget audience members you already have if you’ve previously built an audience on Instagram or an email list, etc.
2. Hosting a live online masterclass with an application people filled out during the event ($18,000 in profit)
Note: I’ve done this masterclass multiple times, so I’ll just review a specific month I used this method below.
Product:
A 1-on-1 call and 10 live group lessons on creating a signature program
Price point:
$1,000
Pitch:
At various points throughout the live masterclass (2 – 3 hours of training online), I encouraged people to fill out the application for the program and explained what the program was
Profit:
$18,000 in about two weeks the first time I offered it; Note: the revenue was higher, but I’m subtracting expenses and giving you profit because you’re smart and you know that’s what really matters
Did I use paid advertisements?:
No
How you might make this work for your business?:
If you have a program or service that sells at a mid-range to higher price point (relative to your audience), you might want to consider putting together a training that is way more valuable and motivating than whatever your audience could get elsewhere.
The keys to making this work are:
- Selling something that is DIY (do it yourself) or DWY (done with you), instead of something that is DFY (done for you). In general, the types of people who want a DFY service don’t want to sit through a 2- or 3-hour training on how to do it themselves. I think that 1:1 calls (among other methods) are a better approach to selling DFY services.
- Inside The Flexible Funnel™️ Kit, I share an outline/template of how you can craft a powerful masterclass, hold people’s attention, and pitch your program (product/service) with or without an application process.
3. Publishing an Instagram Stories ad that linked directly to a sales page ($9,150 in profit)
Note: I’ve done ads straight to a sales page or checkout page that have brought in more (as well as less) profit than this instance, but I believe this particular sales method is the most relevant and helpful to you.
Product:
A single 1-on-1 call with me for 75 to 90 minutes (as in: at first I was offering 90 minutes, then I changed them to 75 when I discovered 90 was too long for me, for this type of call) where we discussed the launch of your newest product or service
Pitch:
The ad itself was the pitch; when people clicked on the ad, they went to a brief description page that shared what we would accomplish on the 1:1 call. This page had a picture of me on it (similar to the picture they just saw in the ad) and shared a button to purchase the call.
Price point:
~$200 (this is a low price, on purpose, for a strategy call such as this)
Profit:
$9,150 in about two weeks the first time I ran this particular ad; Note: the revenue was a little over $9,500, but I spent $350 on ads
Did I use paid advertisements?:
Yes (screenshot below); in this instance, I targeted specific people on Instagram who had interacted with my account recently
How you might make this work for your business?
The keys to making this work are using this strategy when:
- You have a low price offer (relative to your audience); or
- You are retargeting people with your ad who’ve taken an action that shows interest in you and your services/products (ex: they’ve interacted with you on Instagram, or visited your website, or watched at least 25% of a Facebook Live you recently hosted, or signed up for your email list, etc.); or
- You are showing the ad to your best customers who have purchased from you in the past; or
- You are showing the ad to a pre-set audience that you have narrowed down (through targeting) to a group of people likely to take action on your offer based on their interests, actions, and needs that you can target on Facebook/LinkedIn/Instagram/YouTube/Pinterest ads
4. Posting inside a Facebook Group I host to generate $50,000 in profit in under a week
Note: The Facebook Group is a virtual space for online business owners that I founded and used to host by myself, but is now co-hosted with 7 other experts
Product:
A bundle of pre-recorded courses to help people start creating workshops and other educational products online
Price point:
$500 – $1,300 (I offered the product to my Facebook Group at a massive discount but continued to add content to the bundle and increase the price over the next several months)
Pitch:
The FB group post itself was the pitch. The post shared that I had a new program that I was only offering to my group members (for a limited time); they were told that no one else knew about the program yet (which was true, obviously) and were invited to click through to a sales page with more info and a discounted price.
Profit:
$50,000 in about 5 days the first time I posted about it; the first $10,000 in profit was generated within about an hour of the post; the product generated about $200,000 in profit in total before I stopped selling it
Did I use paid advertisements?:
No
How you might make this work for your business?
The keys to making this work are:
- Build a lively, safe space for people interested in your topic/niche to come converse with each other and with you. You’ll want to build this ahead of time (whether on Facebook, Mighty Networks, Slack, or some other platform) and regularly teach, share, and learn from your members.
- Be patient and use this as a long-term strategy if it fits with your business model. There are many ways to sell and pitch (which is the whole point of this article), so this one might not fit you, or . . . it might be the most amazing option for you.
5. Hosting a small “online conference” by myself for $21,000 in profit in about 7 days
Note: I’ve used this strategy multiple times before, so I’ll just review a specific month I used this method below.
Product:
A pre-recorded online challenge to help people sell their first information product
Price point:
$99 – $249 (the product was at its lowest price when it was first introduced, but increased in price every day until I stopped selling it)
Pitch:
I pitched this product by hosting a free 7-day online conference on topics related to the product. I conducted the conference sessions myself each day and shared the sales page (and a discount code) for the product from each one.
Profit:
$21,000 in about a week the first time I offered it; Note: the revenue was higher, but I don’t remember if I ran ads or not (there were no other related expenses), so I’m subtracting about $1,000; at the time I released this, I had never spent more than ~$500 on ads
Did I use paid advertisements?:
I can’t remember, but if I did, it would have been fewer than 500 dollars
How you might make this work for your business?:
The keys to making this work are:
- Crafting an online conference/experience that is useful and meaningful to your audience so that they will be motivated to show up for the free trainings.
- Being clear and consistent in how you pitch the paid product you are selling during the live conference.
- Hosting sessions that match the mood/mode your audience wants to and needs to be in . . . in order to take further action and purchase your product or service.
- Giving yourself enough lead time to properly promote and attract people to the free conference. I help you with this inside The Flexible Funnel™️ Kit, which I will tell you more about below.
6. Paid, intimate live group classes (with registration capped to keep the “virtual” room small) that typically generate an extra $10,000+ each month I do them
Note: I’ve done these live classes multiple, multiple times, so I’ll just review a specific month I used this method below.
Product:
A self-paced course on growing your email list
Price point:
$500
Pitch:
I pitched the product (a self-paced online course) during an intimate live group class that people paid to be on. So the class itself earned me $2,700 in profit, and I was able to sell several more spots in my main product . . . which usually always pushes me over the $10,000 in profit mark within a few days of the paid live session
Profit:
$10,000+ each time I use this strategy
Did I use paid advertisements?:
Not typically in the past, but I’m starting to invest a few hundred dollars each time now that I know this is a profitable pitch method
How you might make this work for your business?:
The keys to making this work are:
- Being honest with people ahead of time that you will be sharing an offer or opportunity with them during the live session. People shouldn’t show up and be surprised by your pitch.
- Creating a unique and meaningful experience for your attendees. I typically like to either teach for a short time during these sessions (say: 30 minutes), then go back and forth coaching the members in attendance, or I like to teach for a little longer (say: 60+ minutes) and open up the room to hot seats or questions from a few attendees.
- Leaving some of the training and growth to your paid product/service so people who want more will still be motivated to “upgrade” to your deeper experience.
7. Sales email (and special follow-up sequence for people who express interest) that typically generates $11,000 – $16,000 in additional profit each month when I use it
Note: I use this particular type of sales email and special interest sequence frequently . . . to sell different weekend workshops or multi-day intensives, so I’ll just review them as a whole below.
Product:
A 3-day online bootcamp with multiple live sessions that people can attend from their couch/office/favorite coffee shop (topics have varied from writing good emails or creating videos to setting up a funnel or teaching profitable online workshops)
Price point:
$100 – $1,000, depending on the depth of the workshops
Profit:
$11,000 – $16,000 in 1 – 7 days each time I offer them
Did I use paid advertisements?:
Typically, no, but lately I’ve been doing a few hundred in ad spend to retarget people who have visited our website, signed up for our email list, or visited my Instagram/Facebook page recently
How you might make this work for your business?
The keys to making this work are:
- Building up your email list more and more with the types of people who are willing to pay you for your help and are deeply invested in their own growth. I often recommend selling some inexpensive product to your audience after they join your email list to give them that initial great experience of buying from you.
- Writing powerful sales emails that speak to the type of audience you have on your email list. Some of my most powerful sales emails don’t really “sell” at all–they tell a story or teach something and invite people to go further in my product or service.
- Inside The Flexible Funnel™️ Kit, I share 10 different types of sales emails with you.
Other pitch methods I’ve used (that I expand on inside of The Flexible Funnel™️ Kit):
8. 👉🏽 $100,000 in profit from an online workshop series in ~30 days
9. 👉🏽 $25,000+/year* in profit (for 3 years) using a demo video to sell an evergreen, passive income product
*Note: The demo video only accounts for part of this profit, but it’s impossible to track exactly how much
10. 👉🏽 ~$9,000 in 3 days using 1-on-1 calls (where I pre-qualify the people booking sessions) and typically have at least an 80% conversion rate
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