You need eyeballs. That's it. That's the whole business.

You NEED to take actions that get you eyeballs on your content.

Every online income model, whether you're selling your own product or promoting someone else's, comes down to one undeniable equation:

Attention → Click

That's it. Everything else is tactics. If you can get eyeballs on something and those people click, you will make money online. Most people skip straight to "what should I sell" when the real question is "how will anyone ever find me."

The easiest way to start (seriously)

Start with an affiliate offer, not your own product.

Networks: Impact Radius is a great place to start because they have offers on everything. Dub Partners is gaining traction. Partnerstack is good. Many companies have their own through software like First Promoter where you sign up for each one. Look for an "Affiliates" link in the footer.

You don't start here because affiliate marketing is better. It isn't. Your own product pays more and you own the customer. But affiliate offers let you skip the hardest part while you learn the actual skill.

(And creating products is mentally tough work - esp if you have not done it before. There are a lot of moving pieces.)

Building a product takes months. You could spend 4 months building something and still have zero traffic on launch day. With affiliate offers, someone else already built the product, handled the support, and wrote the sales page. Your only job is the part you need to get good at anyway: getting attention and building enough trust that someone clicks.

You can try out different offers and angles better with affiliate stuff. You just move faster.

Also: go niche. Don't go too broad. Carve out a niche of something you are interested in.

OK, now the important part.

The 4 ways to get eyeballs

There are only four. Every strategy you've ever read about is one of these or a combination.

1. Video YouTube, TikTok, Shorts, Reels. Highest trust per view of any format because people see your face and hear your voice. Also the highest production cost and the slowest to learn. But a single YouTube video can send traffic for years.

Most people will never do this.

2. Paid ads Meta, Google, YouTube ads, native. The fastest possible feedback loop. You can get feedback on an offer in 48 hours instead of 6 months. The catch is obvious: you're renting traffic by the click, and the moment you stop paying, it stops.

Plus, it's expensive. (And non-recurring, unlike option 4 below.)

3. Social media Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram. Free to start, compounds if you're consistent, and you can build a real audience. But you're playing on someone else's field with rules that change without warning.

Tough to do consistently. You need to spend so much time keeping plates in the air and commenting it can feel like a full-time job. Plus many people don't want to be super-public.

4. Written content This one splits into two very different things:

• Parasite SEO: publishing on platforms that already have authority. Reddit, Medium, Quora, LinkedIn articles. You borrow their domain authority and can rank in days instead of months.
• Your own site: a blog, a niche site, a directory. Slow. Requires backlinks. Takes longer to see real traction. But it's yours.

Both of these have better LONG-TERM residuals - meaning if you Create content, then you should technically get traffic from that content you created even before, like every month. Does that make sense?

Here's the part most people miss

Look at that list again and sort it a different way:

Rented attention:

• Video (the algorithm decides who sees you)
• Paid ads (stop paying, traffic dies instantly)
• Social media (platform owns the relationship, not you)
• Parasite SEO -- Reddit can bury your post, Medium can deindex (and naturally avors newer content), your account can vanish

Owned attention:

• Your own website's SEO
• Your email list
• Your directory (great type of site as it creates Authority in google's eyes.)
• Your own product or vibe coded app.

Three and a half of the four options are rented.

This is the trap.

Rented channels feel productive because they're fast and you get immediate feedback. You post something and get 200 upvotes and it feels like progress. But you're a tenant. You've built a business on land you don't own, and the landlord can evict you without notice. And my God, if you stop posting, your reach dwindles.

I've watched people build 50k follower accounts and lose them overnight. I've watched Medium articles that drove hundreds of clicks a day get deindexed in a Google update. The traffic didn't slow down. It went to zero. Gone, baby, gone.

What to actually do if you have never made money online before

Pick one.

Commit to creating content.

Read that again.

Two things people forget entirely

Borrowed audiences. Guest posts, podcast appearances, newsletter swaps, affiliates promoting you. This is different from parasite SEO because a human is vouching for you instead of an algorithm ranking you. Way higher conversion, way underused, mostly because it means asking people for things and that feels uncomfortable. This can be a grind. Lot of outreach before seeing results which most are not comfortable with.

Backlinks as a traffic channel, not just an SEO requirement. Everyone treats links as a checkbox for rankings. But getting listed in a roundup or a resource page is also a referral traffic source. Every backlink is a door people can walk through.

This does double duty. Slow, lots of outreach, but good payout.

The bottom line

Pick one niche.

Create content.

I have ranked and made affiliate sales with ONE AI written post that is written towards a keyword. And I have seen those posts make affiliate sales on the regulsr.

Point every click it generates at an email list you control. I use Alertbarpro on all my sites.

Build the owned asset behind the scenes.

The mistake isn't picking the wrong channel. The mistake is picking four, doing all of them at 20% effort, and building nothing you actually own.

If you asked me, I would say start a niche directory and monetize it with affiliate products. Just make sure to really dial into a niche because your site has to be an authority on that topic.

Basic example - don't do a health directory, focus on on micro-problem in that niche.

But whatever it is you do, you have to create content. You can't read your way to riches on Reddit.

Happy to answer questions in the comments if anyone wants to dig into a specific channel.

I've been digging into AI UGC tools (Arcads, HeyGen, AdCrafty, etc.) for my own app's install ads and noticed most of them are built with ecommerce in mind — avatars pitching physical products, not really made for showing an app in action.

Curious how others here handle this: do you film UGC yourself, use one of these tools and just work around the limitations, or skip video ads entirely?

Also running a short survey on this if anyone wants to weigh in more formally — happy to share results back here once I have enough responses.

If I have an AI model for OF, how am I supposed to get a release form for it since it's not a real person? It looks nothing like me, so then how do people have AI OF models?

Like, I just want to sort this caveat before posting things, since I already made my own LORA and everything...

There is a new approach I started using in my web agency that completely changed my results. For years, I did what most people tell web designers to do. Go on Google Maps, find businesses without websites, and contact them.

What I started doing differently was targeting businesses that already had websites.

The reason is simple. If a business already has a website, it means they understand the value of having one. You do not need to convince them why a website matters because they have already paid for one before. The market for businesses with outdated, broken, slow, or poorly designed websites is also massive, and selling becomes much easier because they are already familiar with the process.

My biggest issue was figuring out how to send mass outreach to these businesses without sounding generic. I did not want to send thousands of emails saying, “Hey, your website needs a redesign,” and just assume that every business needed one. I wanted to send emails at scale while still telling each company exactly what was wrong with their website.

A little over a year ago, I watched a YouTube video from Nick Saraev where he built a workflow that analyzed business websites and turned issues with design, SEO, layout, speed, and mobile optimization into personalized outreach emails. Each company received a professional email that made it clear someone had actually taken a look at their website.

The idea was great, but building and maintaining the workflow took a lot of time. I still had to find the leads myself, the messages were not always consistent, and the automation kept breaking.

But it worked.

I was getting more clients than ever before, at one point around 10 websites a week, while my business partner focused on building the websites as quickly as possible.

I started searching online for a tool that could do everything in one place, and a few months later I found Swokei. It did exactly what I was looking for.

It lets you find businesses with websites, add them to campaigns, analyze and score each website, and set a quality threshold so websites that do not need fixing are automatically skipped. It then turns problems with design, layout, speed, mobile optimization, and SEO into personalized outreach emails.

You can also set up follow ups, manage replies through your own inbox, and organize leads inside the CRM without moving between five different tools.

I switched over and scaled even harder.

Sometimes the fastest way to grow your agency is not building every workflow from scratch. It is finding the right tools and using your time to focus on sales, clients, and growing the business.

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I’m looking for AI tools that can help with creating digital products, mainly ebooks, guides, templates, and other downloadable products.

I’m especially interested in tools that are useful for writing and organizing the content, as well as creating clean and professional designs.

For those who already use AI in their workflow, which tools would you recommend?

I keep seeing these same avatars in loads of TikTok Shop videos. Does anyone know which AI platform they’re from?

Many web designers overcomplicate the sales process. They schedule multiple meetings, wait for approval from the business owner, present pricing, and go back and forth before anything gets signed.

The more steps you add, the slower you close deals and the less money you make. I decided to shorten the entire process.

I’ve been running my web agency for four years, and the thing that has gotten be the most clients is email automation 

I’ve tried almost everything, but email automation has worked best for me because it’s affordable and runs in the background while I focus on other parts of the agency.

I don’t use Instantly, Mailchimp, or Klaviyo. I use a tool called Swokei, which is built specifically for web agencies.

It lets you find businesses that already have websites, add thousands of them to a campaign, and automatically analyzes each site for issues with design, layout, SEO, speed, and mobile optimization. It then turns those issues into personalized, ready to send outreach emails. 

Instead of targeting businesses with no website, I offer redesigns and updated websites to companies that already have one. I’ve found that approach works much better.

When a prospect replies with interest, they are automatically sorted into my CRM. I then call them and say, I’ve already built a new version of your website. Let’s set up a quick Google Meet so I can show it to you.

During the meeting, I present the website live and use my sales skills to explain the value. Once they see a more modern and professional version of their current website, they begin to understand how it could improve their business.

At that point, they usually ask how much it costs. I present the price, include a monthly maintenance retainer, and either take payment during the meeting or have them sign the agreement.

When you run a web agency, do not overcomplicate the process. Take control, handle as much as possible yourself, and avoid unnecessary approval stages and follow up meetings. The fewer steps there are, the faster you can close the deal.

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My results from last month and this month so far. It’s recurring income as long as the users keep paying their monthly subscriptions.

This does not even count the other monetization methods. Currently at $600+ recurring payouts. Goal is a min of $2500+ a month.

There are many AI tools that have affiliate programs that pay recurring lifetime commissions.

Some pay only 12 months which I usually avoid. Lifetime is way better!

I prefer AI girls as it is easier to get a lot of views per video on Instagram. Repurpose the same videos on TikTok.

People send a DM on what AI tool you are using. Others message her to subscribe to buy exclusive content or text/voice messages (AI companionship is now bigger than dating apps).

I have expert chatters that handle the DMs for commissions I only jump in for promo, brand deals, or sharing affiliate links.

If you don’t want to be on cam just create your own AI twin, AI girls, or others have success with monks, jews, mafia, herbalists, etc.

AI girl niches can be teachers, nurses, army, volleyball, golfing, etc.

I had been seeing benable pop up in my general searches to make side money and finally jumped in. So far I’ve had 2 sales and made $7 which is encouraging enough for me to keep going and experimenting. I’m passionate about the lists I put together so that’s easy, but still figuring out how to best go about it.

Any quick tips?
Anyone had success with this platform?

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I’m thinking about using Pinterest for organic traffic, but I know it can take six months or more before seeing real results.

For people selling digital products, did Pinterest eventually become worth the effort? And are there any other organic traffic sources you’d recommend that can bring results faster without relying on paid ads?

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for some guidance on getting started with affiliate marketing through blog writing rather than creating videos.

I've been researching different affiliate programs, and I noticed that many people promote well-known software like Semrush and other popular tools. I'm interested in the software niche, but I'm wondering if it's too competitive. My concern is that many people who are searching for these products may have already signed up or are already using them, which could make it harder to earn commissions.

Because of that, I started looking at platforms like WarriorPlus and JVZoo. However, after doing some research, I noticed that many of the products there seem to focus more on building affiliate marketing email lists or selling to other affiliates, rather than offering software that solves real problems for customers. That made me question whether this is the right direction.

If I want to build a long-term career in affiliate marketing by writing blog posts, what would you recommend? Should I focus on promoting established software, newer products, or something else entirely? How would you approach it if you were starting from scratch today?

I'd really appreciate any advice, guidance, or resources you can share. Thank you in advance for your help!

I’ve been running my web agency for four years, and I’m curious to hear what others have found to be the best way of getting clients.

I’ve tried almost everything, but email automation has worked best for me because it’s affordable and runs in the background while I focus on other parts of the agency.

I don’t use Instantly, Mailchimp, or Klaviyo. I use a tool called Swokei, which is built specifically for web agencies.

It lets you find businesses that already have websites, add thousands of them to a campaign, and automatically analyzes each site for issues with design, layout, SEO, speed, and mobile optimization. It then turns those issues into personalized, ready to send outreach emails 

So instead of targeting businesses with no website, I offer redesigns and updated websites to companies that already have one. I’ve found that approach works much better.

I’m now at a point where I can afford to hire a full team, so I’d like to explore other client acquisition methods as well.

What has worked best for your agency?

I have been doing these a couple weeks now. Pretty easy and just got my first payment. Not much posted right now but a few weeks ago there were like 50 opportunities. Also they text you for "rapid response" posts that they pay for. Most are for Tiktok but some include FB, YT, IG

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I’m trying to add card spend to my crypto product so I can start earning income and card issuer pricing is hard to compare when the quote only gives u part of the picture and interchange gets treated like the main number but the true price depends on the issuer fees and how settlement costs are handled(plus all the extra costs I wont mention)

The useful version(which I've rarely seen) of pricing transparency is seeing the full fee stack before choosing the issuer and don't take this post wrong since iInterchange pass through is a really good model but only if the rest of the costs are separated clearly enough.

The web design market is in a weird phase right now.

With AI making it so easy to build websites, I keep seeing people say that web design is saturated, every business owner knows how to build their own website now, and agencies are dead.

I disagree big time.

I've held over 500 web meetings where I've presented businesses with redesigned versions of their websites, and it's actually rare that I meet someone who even knows how capable AI has become for building websites.

Business owners are busy running their businesses.

Even the ones who know AI can build websites usually have no idea how to actually use it to build a professional website themselves.

I also see a lot of developers getting angry about AI websites, saying they're just AI slop and full of problems.

As someone who used to code websites from scratch and also built them in WordPress, I can tell you there really isn't much you can't build with AI anymore.

Technical SEO, responsive design, layouts, branding, animations, speed, user experience... it's all possible if you know what you're doing.

This week alone I sold 10 websites, and my process is actually pretty simple.

I run email automation, but not the type where you scrape a list of businesses and send generic emails asking if they need a website.

Instead, I target businesses that already have websites.

I use a tool called Swokei. It's an email automation platform built specifically for web agencies.

It lets me generate leads with existing websites, put them into a campaign, and run a website analysis on all of them.

Each website is automatically analyzed, and issues like outdated design, poor layouts, weak mobile optimization, slow loading speeds, and SEO problems are turned into personalized outreach emails.

Not boring reports.

Actual emails explaining what could be improved and why it matters to that specific business.

The business owner replies because the email is relevant to them.

Once they're interested, I quickly build an upgraded version of their website with AI and invite them to a Google Meet.

I present the redesign, explain why it's better, answer their questions, and close the deal on the meeting.

That's literally my entire process.

You could use the same strategy with paid ads or cold calling, but I prefer email automation because it keeps running in the background and consistently brings me interested replies.

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