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How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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How Many Online Income Streams are there?

Let's see if we can list all the different ways that money can be made online? I make use of a good number of these but I would love to get some more insight into what other income streams I could add over time!

  • Sell physical products online
  • Sell digital products online
  • Sell services online
  • Affiliate marketing income
  • Adsense Income? or other similar programs
  • Youtube Income
  • Paid advertising on websites
  • Paid reviews on websites

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TommyCarey
I've got a few you can add to the list How Many Online Income Streams are there?


Writing
You can consider article writing as an income stream, but that could fall under a digital service. But what I'm more referring to is if a website starts to make a good amount of money and they hire bloggers to keep the content fresh.

FBA - Fullfilled By Amazon
You can set this up so that you don't actually touch any products yourself. You'd basically be a middle man by purchasing low and selling high. You can sometimes get the manufacturer to ship to amazon under your own name so that it's more streamlined.

Amazon Merch
This is where you are basically running a t-shirt store through amazon.com. You upload your images and pick the shirt style and colors that you want to be shown. If you've been shopping on amazon.com for shirts you've probably seen a few amazon merch shirts and didn't know it How Many Online Income Streams are there? The only downside to this is that you have to be approved before you can sell your designs on amazon. The approval time could be 1 month or a year, it's unpredictable. I do know that they added a lot of new jobs in this sector so the approval rating might be much quicker How Many Online Income Streams are there? It took me around 3 months to get approved How Many Online Income Streams are there?

Drop shipping
Drop shipping is when you don't own any of the product, but you sell it and the owner or manufacturer sends out the product in your name. This is not the same as FBA if you have the manufacturer send items in your name to amazon. You would set up a website that either ties into a third party website and once you sell something it automatically gets fullfilled by the third party. Or you can set up a website and once you make a sale you can go to the third party manufacturer and purchase then ship to the client. The only down side of buyer for your clients and adding their shipping address is you sometimes won't be able to get your address and company info on the shipping label. You can contact the company to see if they offer drop shipping, some do and some require a minimum amount of orders before they begin to make you your own labels.



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CryptoGuru
pretty great stuff here razzy honestly man you always are a big help you pointed out some things i would have never thought of my self i feel like i really like how you took the time to bring up the point about drop shipping as not too many people get in to drop shipping i use to dabble in that my self so im glad that some one was able to mention it , i truly do not think i fully understand FBA but i do get the concept of a middle man so i understand what you are saying over all



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TommyCarey
Thanks man How Many Online Income Streams are there? I try to provide quality info for everyone because I know when I started out I wish I had something like the Community Discussion to ask questions and get ideas How Many Online Income Streams are there?

FBA (fulfilled by amazon) is when you have your own product, or purchase something from china lol, and send it over to amazons fulfillment center. After they get it you will get notified and then you can create a listing for it on amazon. Amazon will then handle everything after that, except for support questions. They will handle all your sales and shipping so you don't have to manage anything on that end and you can focus on the customers.



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Lynne
Oh yes Razzy Thanks for adding all of these options too, yes I forgot about drop shipping and FBA. I haven't come across Amazon Merch before, thanks for making me aware of them!



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TommyCarey
Amazon merch is pretty sweet How Many Online Income Streams are there?

The only downside is that you can't upload hundreds of images right at the start. You basically have to earn your level and the higher you are, the more images you can upload. I know some guys who have thousands of images up and running. These guys are pulling in $100 to $300 of profit per day on complete auto pilot, which is what I'm trying to shoot for How Many Online Income Streams are there? But I only have access to upload a small amount of images and hope they sell How Many Online Income Streams are there?

An easier way to jump your level quick is to set up your items so that you don't profit. Sell your shirts at the lowest you can in order to increase your level. Level one lets you sell 25 designs, once you sell 25 shirts you get access to level 2 where you can sell 50 designs. When you sell 50 designs you get increased again and again and again lol. You do this until you're so trusted by amazon that they just open the flood gates and let you sell a ton of designs.

You can't upload just anything because they do manually check all the designs so they don't break any trademarks or copyrights. I had a Marilyn Monroe shirt on my account for a day or two before it was taken down for trademark infringement. I didn't get in trouble, it was just taken down and I got an email letting me know. I'm sure I will get in trouble if that happens again, so I'm going to play it safe from now on How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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Lynne
So for this you just provide the designs and Amazon provides the t-shirts with the prints and sells them? Who does the order processing and the printing of the t-shirts and the shipping? Do you set up your own website or is it an Amazon store?

Sorry for all the questions but I sometimes take a bit of time to just understand exactly how something works.

This sounds like a way cool opportunity to try out!



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TommyCarey
Here you go Lynne How Many Online Income Streams are there? https://merch.amazon.com/landing

Use your personal email when signing up because that's where they'll send the confirmation email when you're accepted. Also, don't expect to get accepted right away, it took me at least 3 months How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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Whoops! This response was suppose to go on your other comment lol How Many Online Income Streams are there?


- So for this you just provide the designs and Amazon provides the t-shirts with the prints and sells them?
Yup, you just worry about the designs How Many Online Income Streams are there?

- Who does the order processing and the printing of the t-shirts and the shipping?
Amazon handles everything How Many Online Income Streams are there?

- Do you set up your own website or is it an Amazon store?
Nope, everything gets sold through amazon like it were Amazons own product How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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CryptoGuru
oh that is great so in other words it is some thing like a commission job you know one of those dreadful jobs that you have to really put maximum effort in to getting results, now do not get me wrong you always have to put your best efforts forward when dealing with any thing in life but what i mean is , this might be a little much just getting started i would love to know about how much can some one make just starting with the picture limits and also how long it takes on average for an average person to get the ball rolling



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Lynne
Wow, thanks Razzy, so really I can just outsource someone to design things for me and make money like that.

I have to say that this certainly sounds like it would be a great income stream and loads of fun.

I like to make as much money as possible with as least work as possible where I can!



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TommyCarey
Yeah, it's pretty simple How Many Online Income Streams are there?

You won't make money right away. It's like fishing if you could throw out a few hundred lines at the same time lol How Many Online Income Streams are there? I know people who have the ability to upload 4,000 images for shirts but have less than 1,000 done lol.

I've been talking pretty in depth over in my tutorial thread for Amazon Merch here: https://www.seoclerks.com/faq/1839...is-the-way-to-go

Come join up over in my tutorial discussion and read up on all the posts How Many Online Income Streams are there? I'm sure there are a lot of questions you have that we've already gone over in that discussion How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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Lynne
Thanks Razzy, yes for sure I will go there now and have a look.



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CryptoGuru
from my understanding of it lynne i do really believe that it is as simple as providing a whole lot of t shirts all different sizes with a whole lot graphic designs right on the t shirts, it would be just selling graphic tee's but you do have some great questions i did not even bother to think about who does processing , printing and shipping of these shirts that i do want to make sure i know before any thing and honestly what really concern me is how much im paying for all these services and my ROI i want to know how much i can make back



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Lynne
LOL Jkeyz2 I had an online store for 4 years and I don't want to go into all the shipping, packaging, stock, admin etc again. There is a reason I closed my online store in the first place. I don't want to get stuck in that again.

So it looks like from what Razzy said that it really is just providing graphics... seen as you do graphic design this could be an amazing source of income for you. I would have to outsource my designs to someone like you to do this!

But still it is an awesome opportunity.



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TommyCarey
Oh yeah, avoiding all the administrative side of things will free up hundreds of hours and let you focus on other aspects of your business. With amazon merch you can just upload your designs and wait for the sales. You may not sell a ton right away because you'll only have 25 images, but at the beginning you should just focus on building your account and ranking up. Sell your shirts for a $0.01 profit if possible. Get your level as high as possible and then start uploading everything you can get designed How Many Online Income Streams are there?

You'll also need to do your research later on when you can upload 4,000+ shirts How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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Lynne
I agree it will take time and some hard work to get going. I have no problem with hard work How Many Online Income Streams are there?

I am seriously considering this! I just need to spend some time thinking about how I will go about it. For now I will check out what is happening in the thread about Amazon Merch and learn as much as I can from you and everyone else here.

Knowledge is power How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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Vivadh
HI lynne,
Nice to know that you tried online shop of physical items. Have you tried Drop shopping too ? Whats your views on drop shipping ?
I am interested in this model of business and was looking more info on it,.

Thank You



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TommyCarey
Well I spent $250 on designs from a company and about a month after I applied to amazon merch I found out that I couldn't use them on any website but my own (insert facepalm here).

Your investment isn't much if you don't want it to be. You can pay someone in India or the Philippines to do some design work for you to keep the costs down. You can pay them $5 per image and possibly get that down to $3 if you order in bulk. If you get accepted to amazon merch you'll be able to upload 25 designs at the start, so that's how many you'll need. If you can get the designer down to $3 per image for 25 images then that's a $75 investment, and that's all How Many Online Income Streams are there? Not bad for a passive income stream, right? How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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CryptoGuru
that is also great cause i was going to ask about amozon merch also im glad that you took the time out to give a full detailed explanation from my understanding it has a lot too do with photos or graphic images and it also has a lot to do with selling t shirts , well i meant to say it has to do with selling the t shirts with the images on them, graphic tee's i am not sure if im the mark with my understanding but i am still a little confused on it and on how it works



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Webguy2024
A colleague told me about a new service being offer by Amazon for re-sellers. Amazon is offering websites with hosting for life, just one payment. The websites are responsive, mobile sites, ecommerce and again they are hosted for life. Currently, they have over 2500+ templates that are really quite nice. I got a tour of the backend admin and the system is super easy to use and quite robust, this is clearly not your average drag and drop web-builder. Actually, it is so easy to use anyone could sell this product and use the backend even without tech skills. I see a big opportunity with all that this program does and is offering, there is more than I am posting. It could be very lucrative for savvy members who know how to sell to people/businesses who don't have a website.



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Lynne
Yes that sounds very interesting! Thanks for sharing about that.



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CryptoGuru
ok so you can operate with out tech skills? i want to know more i feel little in the dark about this site to be honest and i am not sure if i do fully understand the concept twenty five hundred plus templates that sounds amazing to be honest i love any thing that has variety it is always good to have a uniqueness quality, and if it is easier then a drag and drop the u believe you might be on to something cause some thing this simple is ideal for every body



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Webguy2024
Connect with member mrgooru - He is a friend of mine out of Texas and an authorized Amazon seller.



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EliteWriter
This discussion is surely ideal as a reference point for anyone who is trying to come up with good ideas to earn something extra online, and is not managing to come up with good ideas. Maybe with these tips some people will manage to start off in their online earning journey, which is indeed the best thing ever considering that you can work from the comfort of your own home. Thanks for posting this Lynne and thanks to all those who made suggestions. To me writing was the best way to go about it but all the rest you mentioned are great options too. It depends on skills I suppose.



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Lynne
Writing is a great way to go and with doing this even there are lots of different avenues open. You can write for your own blogs and then monetize them in different ways!



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CryptoGuru
yea i agree lynne stir did hit the nail on the head with the hammer with this one i think this conversation was great , it was most definitely a awesome informal so man different ideas on different ways to pursue revenue online and that is what it is a bout by the end of the day right people helping people? indeed it is a journey and i believe those of us on this journey need to stay focused and this post helps give every one who took the time to comment a chance to expand our range and broaden our selves



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Lynne
Thanks Jkeyz2. The purpose of this question was just that, to see what income streams other people are making use of and to see what else I can add. I certainly learned a lot! I must say that Amazon Merch is the one that has caught my attention now and I will probably try and do something with that at some stage.



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Cristian
  • Sell physical products online - Never did this, though I have some ideas, maybe in the future.
  • Sell digital products online - already do this every day.
  • Sell services online - I already do.
  • Affiliate marketing income - Only here on SEOclerks to some extent, wasn't too good at it.
  • Adsense Income? or other similar programs - Only Adsense, I have a blog that still earns about 10 bucks per month.
  • Youtube Income - Never did this, I need to make videos first. Does that youtube partner thing still apply?
  • Paid advertising on websites - Did this in the past, other websites paid me to put their banners on my website.
  • Paid reviews on websites - Did plenty of these.

The only thing I can add is Content Building as Razzy already mentioned above. Did Plenty of these too.
Additional stuff I'm doing: online marketing research like keywords researchers and competitors audits.



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Lynne
Nice, yes there are still Youtube partners for example Freedom which you can apply with to monetize your website, but if you already have an Adsense account it is so easy to do it that way. Plus if you use a Youtube partner they take a huge cut out of your earnings!

Cristian I found selling physical products a drag to be honest. I loved it in the beginning but there are so many downsides to it that got to me. For example the physical cost of the products you need to pay upfront, then the storing of the products, then packaging and shipping. All this also amounts to a lot of admin work which I am not fond of. I found it all quite stressful.

I love working online with minimal expenses, hardly any admin work and much more freedom!



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CryptoGuru
i agree selling products can really be a drag to a real long extent lol first before any thing you have to figure out supply and demand , and then as you said you have to go out your way and pay for physical products that you have to pay up front not too mention theres is always a chance that what you plan on selling honestly will not sell or you will not be able to sell as much of it as you would of thought or had originally planned since the beginning which can be extremely stressful i try to stay stress free my self



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Lynne
Yes it was awfully stressful. It did work though and it did get me started with my online journey and I certainly learned a lot about running a business and about online marketing. But now that I am wiser and more knowledgeable I know that there are much easier and profitable ways of making money online.

I don't regret anything, it was an amazing experience but things change and so must I How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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Lynne
Do you create your own digital products Cristian?



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Cristian
Yes I do. I have SEO packages as well as some video tutorials and 2 ebooks done in the past.
I want to start again doing tutorials, you can make a lot of money on certain websites doing tutorials, especially video tutorials.



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Lynne
Yeah I'm sure. I would love to get into that, but I just find my time is sooooo limited!

Do you create digital products for others to sell?? So like could you write me an eBook to sell for example?



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CryptoGuru
wow so you really been around , i like that you were honest a bout what exactly you took time in to doing and what you were not too familiar with you know i respect the honesty, i have a couples questions though how much were you getting for those banners in the long run was the paid advertising on Websites worth it or d you think you should of got those investments else where then getting other websites pay for advertisement instead of an actual physical business im curious as to know how well that was working out for you



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Topseoservice
In reality there are numerous money making opportunities online. And online world is expanding in every second creating new ways to make money online. Did you ever imagined in your wildest dream that someone would pay to catch Pokemon? I guess no, but it just happened. And I saw a WTB in SEOClerks regarding Pokemon go.
What I am trying to say is online world is always changing and we need to adapt accordingly. I also noticed no one mentioned about social media but many people are making money from there too.



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CryptoGuru
paid to play Pokemon get out of town! i have not heard any thing a bout any of this, actually it is the first i am hearing a boput it now from you top seo service i guess you have a great point people are always finding clever and new ways to take on a fast moving market and i have to say i respect the originality i wonder how much you can make off of some thing like that as there are so many people that run the streets every day just playing that crazy viral game i know there are ways to take advantage of this



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Lynne
Crazy isn't it? But crazy creative can really work online in some cases so it seems How Many Online Income Streams are there?



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Lynne
YES YES, I have been seeing services online for Pokemon Go but not here yet. I have seen services for walking, hatching, driving... it is insane!

It is amazing how people can get so creative and make money online.

How do people make money from social media? I mentioned Youtube... and of course there is now Steemit where you can make some money. How exactly would you make money from other social media platforms, like maybe Facebook? Do you mean posting your ads and stuff there?



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CryptoGuru
i am too sure if you would post any ads on your face book or should i say to be honest i am not too sure that face book would allow user ads but i do get what you are saying lynne, in my interpretation of what you had mentioned in your comments is that there are so many tools all around us and social media can be a huge one i definitely agree that social media can be used as a tool for marketing and promotion, it is in fact the ultimate free promotion and the deciding factor is how much time you put in your self



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Lynne
Yes I love Facebook, I have had a lot of website sales and traffic from Facebook and other social media... Facebook and Twitter being the largest.



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CryptoGuru
i am going to have to be honest about this post over all in general i feel that this post was a great one it was well put together and points were made clear in all aspect, i can say that personally there are a handful of methods of online income streams that i have not been able to try and get to see how well and effective they are for my self in fact lynne i believe you have a few eye opening ones for me such as you tube income from what i know about the tube it is based on subscribers and views i figure if i put the time in some thing can happen but point is this post was loads of help thanks



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Lynne
Jkeyz2 I spent a lot of time trying to figure out exactly how it works for being paid via Youtube. I have only been monetized since about January or February this year and I have not been able to put nearly as much time as I want to into Youtubing... as is the story of my life. Lots on my to do list and not even close to enough time in my day to get to any of it!

So loads of articles I read said you get paid $1.00 per 1000 views but this is just not adding up when I look at my channel. I am not making tons of money but I am making money and it increases every month the more videos I add.

Here's how it appears to me. Firstly people that advertise on Youtube can choose different ways of advertising. They can choose to pay per view, per time viewed or per click. This means if someone watches the whole ad you could earn more money, sometimes the pay is per click so even if the whole ad is viewed there is no income. It really depends completely on the advertiser so there is no way to predict this.

Then advertisers also bid on keywords. Some keywords advertisers will pay a lot more for so the type of content you upload also makes a huge difference.

This is all I have learned to date, I hope it helps.



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Lynne
Oh yes, and the amount of subscribers you have, the amount of views, likes, dislikes and comments also comes into play somehow. All in all it seems quite complicated and confusing so I just aim to try and get new videos up, make them good and SEO them properly.



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CJOnYaMind
Creating explainer and tutorial videos
Coaching via Webinars and Workshops
Pay per post (sponsored content on social media)
Publishing, editing, copyrighting, revising, etc
Account management (social media)
Selling ad space

Apologies if any of these were already used



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Lynne
Oh nice, I didn't think of coaching webinars or workshops. I think Cristian added in training courses but as in content he created not webinars.

I have been interested in perhaps starting that but I feel too self conscious like I am not qualifed enough to do it.



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CJOnYaMind
Oh public speaking is very easy once you jump into it, and when you're behind a pc it's even easier... it's like going swimming for the first time. You dip your toe in, feel the chill, and want no part of it. You have to just throw caution to the wind and jump right in there... it's a great experience and you'll feel amazing after your first webinar.



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Everett
I could never do public speaking. I never could get in front of an audience, and speak to hundreds or thousands of people. I have severe stage freight, mixed in with some social anxiety, or even just anxiety. So I would probably have a panic attack. So no public speaking for me, however in terms of a video talking about something I could probably do this.



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CJOnYaMind
I'm painfully shy also, so I know how that can be. Public speaking was a scary thought but after the first time, I couldn't stop.

And honestly, all you really need is some type of visual display, even if you don't want to be seen you can even have someone else do the voice part for you while powerpoint slides play.



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Lynne
Oh no, I have no problem being seen and speaking. I do Youtube already. I just need to get the balls to go live!



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Lynne
Yes it is quite nerve wracking for anyone to do that I think. I have done a bit of public speaking about my addiction and it has always been terrifying for me. I have done some talks, one at a youth day with over 3000 people. My knees were so jelly with fright I had to sit down because I thought I would fall over if I carried on standing. But I did it...



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Webguy2024
Isn't it strange how you can talk to one person and be comfortable yet, be so nervous when the crowd grows in size? I've done public speaking and musical solos in front of crowds from grade school on up. I still get nervous but not as much. The more you do it the better you get at handling your nerves. Even top musical performers get stage fright so, we all have this same human condition. I wonder what the underlying psychology is that causes the anxiety and fear for talking/performing in front of a large group.



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Lynne
Yes it is interesting. It must be our need to be accepted and liked and then more people there are the chances of everyone liking us is getting smaller and smaller isn't it?



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CJOnYaMind
I Have no idea why that comment repeated sorry



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Lynne
I suppose it is similar to doing a Youtube video, well except for the bit where you can redo your video if you say something stupid! What do you use for your webinars?

I know what you mean by just jumping in and I have found some of my best successes when I have decided to just jump out of my comfort zone and straight into whatever it is I should be doing.



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CJOnYaMind
I usually use gotomeeting by citrix, or just YouTube Live... that works just fine. I've seen people use snapchat and google hangouts, so you can just about use any medium that has live video hosting, it all depends on your comfort level and whether convenience or professionalism is more important. Once I started I couldn't stop, it's addictive and lucrative lol.

Honestly, your voice and powerpoint slides are all you need. That's all I use... I show my face at the beginning so people feel comfortable, then I go right to the slideshow and dialogue.

It's definitely one of those things that you learn on the job, so to speak.



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Lynne
Yeah I know what you mean, I love Youtubing now How Many Online Income Streams are there?

OK but if you do a paid webinar obviously it can't be open for anyone and everyone to join right? So how would you do that with Youtube Live?

Would you maybe send a link to everyone that must be invited and set it to private or something?

I am a bit of a dummy when it comes to things like slideshows. I also wouldn't know to move from my face to my screen. Oh how nice it would be to not have to struggle to figure things like this out.



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CJOnYaMind
You can make your streaming event private & unlisted How Many Online Income Streams are there? And please don't worry about asking questions, we all start somewhere, please ask away!!!

I don't know how the ones who do workshops and webinars on periscope set theirs to private but I'm definitely going to try to find out!



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CJOnYaMind
On YouTube, if I need to show someone something, I just point the phone camera to my pc. I know, that's so unprofessional... but it works and the people watching don't mind... most of my typical youtube stream is face-to-face so it kinda works out! On Citrix, they have options to add your slides so it moves much more smoothly and professionally.



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