Thread by @waronweakness

🚨Reminder

You can make money online from your passions

(even if you’re not “creative” or have no profitable skills)

Here's a 5 step framework to get you started:

The greatest thing about the internet is the ability to extract money from doing things you love to do.

Aka your passions.

It's not complicated.

All you need is a passion and a few hours per week on socials (which you already spend lol).

Let's turn your passions into profits

# 1 Pick ONE passion

I help people grow their audience on Twitter.

Almost every time, I see the same mistake; people focusing on too many topics.

I call this the "spray and pray" approach.

The logic is sound: attack multiple topics hoping that one will stick.

This is wrong

What you want to do instead is pick ONE passion that you’re big on and go all in on this ONE thing for the first 6-12 months.

Once that first wave of audience is built, you can start adding other passions to your content wheel house.

Eg. This is how @jockowillink built...

@jockowillink a 7 figure brand.

He started off with a podcast that spoke of human nature and war.

Then, piece by piece, he started talking about:

> Self-discipline
> Jiu-jitsu
> Working out
> Hunting
> Leadership for kids

And built a business around each of these topics.

@jockowillink # 2 Self Awareness & Fulfilment

Being a content creator is a balancing act because you have two hats to wear.

The first hat is the entrepreneur hat. That’s the hat you put on when you want to make money.

The second hat is the artist hat. That’s the hat you wear when...

@jockowillink you want to be creative and chase your curiosities.

Finding this balance is tiresome and time consuming.

Some people enjoy working on their passion to the point where they quit their job and spend more time on their passion project than they did at their 9-5.

@jockowillink Others have a great 9-5 and will happily stick to their day job and keep their passion project as a side hustle.

There’s no right answer as to how much time you should spend on your project.

Just as you don’t need to be a full time bodybuilder to enjoy the gym...

@jockowillink you don’t need to be a full time creator to enjoy creating.

# 3 Getting Started

As Nike says, just do it.

The perfect time to get started is now.

Pick a platform.
Pick a passion.

Start creating and publishing.

All the technical details like optimizing your bio...

@jockowillink choosing the right thumbnail, knowing the best time to publish etc are things you should worry about much later.

For now, your only objective is to turn creating into a habit.

If you want a step-by-step system for doing this on Twitter, go here

pimp-your-twitter.webflow.io

@jockowillink # 4 Originality and Creativity

If I could pinpoint one big fear which holds people back from working on their passions it's the false idea they need to be 10000% original.

Not true.

Originality can be as simple as reading a popular book and writing a thread with...

@jockowillink with your unique and original insights.

Pro Tip: If you don’t know how to be creative or original, pick a passion and a platform then do some research and see what content other creators are currently making.

You’ll get some ideas of what you could do differently.

Last one 👇

@jockowillink # 5 Branding

“Branding” boils down to one question; "what makes you memorable?"

Everyone knows Nike because of three simple words; just do it.

Everyone loves Apple because of two simple words; think different.

The secret here is to associate a message with your brand which...

@jockowillink evokes feelings of fun and positivity.

When people say your name (or if you’re anon your brand name), what do you want them to think of?

Start there.

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@jockowillink Want a deeper dive on turning passions into profits?

Check out this excellent video from @AliAbdaal