Confessions of an Online Hustler: How to Make Money and Become an Internet Superstar - Softcover

Forney, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1482783142 ISBN 13: 9781482783148

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

A No-Nonsense Guide on How to Make Money Online

Confessions of an Online Hustler is a self-help guide that shows you how to create a blog that will make you money. In it, I debunk myths by lifestyle design gurus and provide advice on how to improve your writing skills, get readers quickly, deal with stalkers and haters, and more.

Here’s what you’ll find inside...

• How to improve your skills as a writer
• The basic principles of making money online
• Where to host your blog or website
• How to design a good-looking and functional website
• How to gain an audience with minimal effort
• How to make money from your blog
• How to protect yourself from stalkers and crooks

Much of the book is dedicated to running a blog. You’ll read…

• Why you shouldn’t start a blog hoping to get rich
• How to become an engaging and talented writer
• How to structure your online empire for maximum profit
• The pros and cons of free vs. paid hosting plans
• How to get started with WordPress in less than an hour
• Tips and tricks on getting traffic to your blog quickly
• How to turn blog traffic into profits

The book teaches you what you need in order to make money online. You’ll learn…

• Why online advertising is a waste of time
• One thing you can start doing today that will make you a better writer
• The easiest, simplest way to make money with a blog
• How to turn a profit on your hobbies using a website
• How to write books and sell them online

You can make a good deal of money online, but you’ll also have to do a good deal of work. With that in mind, the book teaches you…

• How to practice writing and slowly hone your skills
• How to determine what people will pay you for
• The single best way to gain a loyal audience for your blog
• Why SEO (search engine optimization) is massively overrated
• How to leverage social networking for maximum benefit
• A simple, massively overlooked way to grow your audience

I wrap the book up with a discussion about online privacy. You’ll read…

• The single easiest way to avoid stalkers trying to destroy your life
• How to lock down your online accounts
• Why you should safeguard your IP address
• What EXIF data is and how it can get you in trouble
• How to keep people in your real life from discovering your blog

The book is organized into a foreword, preface, introduction and ten chapters…

1. The Worst Reasons to Start Blogging: Debunking myths about making money online
2. How to Become a Better Writer: Tips for improving your skills
3. Thinking Like a Hustler: The basic principles of making money online
4. Finding a Web Host: Where to set up your blog
5. Working with WordPress: How to create a blog quickly and easily
6. Going Beyond the Basics: Everything you need to know about running a website
7. Getting Readers with Little to No Effort: How to gain an audience quickly
8. Making Money: Turning your website into cold, hard cash
9. They See You Bloggin’, They Hatin’: Protecting yourself from hackers and stalkers
10. Final Thoughts: A concise summary of what you just learned

Confessions of an Online Hustler aims to be a must-read guide for any man or woman who wants to make money online.

About this title

About the Author

Matt Forney was born in 1988 in Rome, New York and grew up in nearby Syracuse. A graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, he later attended SUNY Plattsburgh and the University at Albany, majoring in English and journalism. A former retail wage slave, bureaucrat and ditch-digger, Matt began writing under his real name in 2012 to chronicle a hitchhiking trip he took from Syracuse to Portland, Oregon.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1482783142
• ISBN 13: 9781482783148
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140