I still remember when I received my first $1 (it was actually $5) from a donation I received on a free Gumroad product.
Oh how happy and excited I was. Truly I can’t even begin to explain it.
While a single dollar might seem insignificant, the meaning it holds is tremendously powerful. It’s the sign of possibility. The sign of my first victory. The sign of a future.
“If I can make $1, I can make $1,000,000,” I said to myself.
And while I’m nowhere close to making a million dollars. That’s still a belief I hold. Something only made possible thanks to the unlimited amount of leverage the internet gives you—digital leverage.
I’ve also been writing emails for almost 8 months now. And it still amazes me time and time again how powerful of a tool this is.
Last month I did a promotion for a cohort—a product that wasn’t even mine—and that got me a nice $675 in the last 24 hours only.
Then just yesterday, which was a normal day. There wasn’t a deadline that day, I wasn’t adding any special offers, no extra bonuses to get. Nothing to differentiate yesterday from the day before, today, or tomorrow.
As any other day, I’d spent about 15 minutes writing an email. And yet that single email paid me $114.78.
Now I don’t know about you but that’s a pretty decent hourly wage.
Not to mention the long-term value that I’m completely disregarding right now. And the fact that even after 8 months, we’re only just getting started.
Imagine what next year would look like. Let’s say I’d have 5x the list/audience size and only double the number of products and value to offer—which are extremely conservative estimations. That’s still easily 10x the payout I’m getting right now.
The result? Casual $1,000 email days with still only take 15 minutes to write.
Now imagine promotions and launches added on top.
Yeah.
Long story short: I truly can’t think of a better business model designed and optimized for longevity, autonomy, and freedom.
So my best piece of advice? Start building your email list.
And if you want to learn more about how to send simple emails that get you paid and keep your readers reading day after day, then click here right now: https://alexvandromme.gumroad.com/l/SME