And so i have done about 4 posts without really introducing myself to the SteemIT clan. My name is Ifiok, I am from Nigeria and joined steemit in June. I am an online entrepreneur and i do some cryptocurrency trading. Those are my most innate interests! For some very strange reason, i just cannot get myself off the computer screen. I have always known that my pot of gold would be found right on this screen that i am typing from and i haven't been closer to that pot of gold than i am today. Let me tell you my story!
So my story begins from right after i left the university in 2007. I had a plan! My plan was to make money online! How i was going to do it? No idea! I just went straight to the internet and typed 'make money online in Nigeria'. I found tons of articles promising to make me loads of cash if only i 'bought' into their programs. I did! What did i get? Nothing! Money gone, no money made and so after many months of trying. I gave up... i found a job and worked for 6 years (for a company) before i remembered i had a dream about producing Income online.
So now 2013, I am doing a masters degree abroad and then i think back to when i had this idea of making a living online. I thought about it...and because i had time on my hands. I went back to searching for ways to make an income online. I found yet again more programs and articles promising me truck loads of cash for 20mins of work. Or promising me $500/day for clicking only my mouse. Oh well.... let's say i got curious and bought again! And again i made Zilch!
"What am i doing wrong?", "why can't i make any money online?" "This is not supposed to be hard work!" "The gurus say it is not hard work!" So i thought and thought!
This is 4years after those thoughts...
I made my first income online on the last day of December 2015! And it was only a few cents! But i was ecstatic! I had broken the jinx! And sure enough i had! The following year 2016, i was making a couple of dollars daily! Trust me! it was a dream come true...
Currently, I get a few hundreds of dollars weekly... I am not a guru! But i know this passive income from the internet is a reality. But let me tell you what the 'GURUS' won't tell you:
- It does require work (sometimes 12 hours in a day)
- You need to learn a skill, actually you need to have a series of skills (Forget the click of a button kind of money making... well except it is a revshare program!)
Let me tell you the only things the supposed gurus were correct about!
- Finding a mentor is key (But you have to make sure that mentor is making the money they say they are making so they can direct you along the right path to it!)
- You do need money to make money (the only time you won't need money to make money is if you have an idea that you can sell to make money)!
Alright! So that's my story and i am sticking to it!
I am ardent supporter of cryptocurrency, i won't be on steemit if i was't. But i do understand also the power of internet marketing to make your content go viral or let the right kind of people see your content.
I am not going to let this blab go any longer. If you are curious about some of the programs i have joined to make some kind of income online. You can take a look at my YouTube Channel and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrL9P5yQdxby1ggYy9Wh2w
Also follow me up on steemit! I will follow back!
cheers!
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