My main goal right now is to grow my brands and channels to around $5000/month in combined income. Having this kind of income will allow me to quit my job and work on my brands full time. With my full time focus on the brands I’ll be able to scale them quicker and put aside a good chunk of money to invest in bigger ideas.
Below is my journey up to this point.
Jan, 2017
Started My First Website
This year was one where everything hit me. I think I read “Think and Grow Rich” and it sparked something in me.
March, 2017
Tried Amazon FBA
I listened to a podcast about Amazon FBA and I tried my hand at that. The problem was that I didn’t have any money to invest in products.
October, 2017
Started a Local Food Delivery Business
I created a “side hustle” that worked similar to uber eats at the time. The town was really small and only had a few options. I created a job for myself not a true business and it required a lot of work to make any money.
March, 2018
Moving on
I quit my real job managing a tire shop and shut down the food delivery business to pursue my dreams as a BMX rider. I moved to california to work and live at Woodward for the summer.
August, 2018
Started Vlogging
Around this time, I started to upload to my youtube channel. I wanted to become a content creator.
January, 2019
Refocused on the Blog
I didn’t get any traction on the youtube from the few vlogs that I posted. I refocused my effort into one of my websites that revolved around a passion of mine. It had been getting more website views while I was distracted with the Vlogs that I was excited to get going on the blog post again.
August, 2019
Trip to England
I went to the UK for 3-4 months to chase my dreams and compete as a BMX rider. During my time there, I was able to spend a lot of time working on my website and learning new things.
January, 2020
Started a Marketing Job
After coming home from the U.K. I was out of money and had no idea what I was going to do with my life. I knew I needed to grow my marketing skills, and my people skills. This job would do that for me.
February, 2020
Going hard on Youtube
The website was growing pretty steady with 10,000 – 15,000 page views a month. I decided to make youtube videos that mirrored the content on my website.
November 17, 2020
1000 Subs on Youtube
My 6 months of hard work was finally paying off and my Youtube channel hit 1000 subscribers.
October 9, 2020
Started an Online Course
As I was approaching 10k I decided I could make money from an online course. So I partnered with a friend and we created a LLP and I marketed it to my audience.
January 11, 2021
First Channel was Monetized
I finally hit the 4000 watch hours needed to monetize my Youtube channel. I might have been making around $100/month with Adsense revenue from my Website and Youtube Channel after it was monetized.
June 4, 2021
Joined my first *decent* affiliate program
This was a game changer because now I was able to make more money from the channel and brand.
March 17, 2021
First Online Course Sale
5 months after starting and building our online course, we got a sale! This proved that we could make a bit of money from a “hobby course”.
September 27, 2021
First $1000 Month
I made $851 from affiliate money, $200 from youtube, and $150 from my website. Making this kind of money from youtube was crazy to me.
February 7, 2022
10,000 Subscribers
I finally hit 10k subscribers. This had always been one of my biggest goals. I don’t feel like you’re official until you have a “K” after the number of subscribers. Around this time I had about 500 uploads on my channel (including shorts). A few shorts were really blowing up the channel was taking off.
July 20, 2022
Found my Best Friend
This cute dog was just out roaming the streets. She was small and skinny and i adopted her.
August 18, 2022
Started my 2nd Youtube Channel
Around this time I listened to a good book called “The Youtube Formula” and it got me thinking about a better way to create my content and grow my brands.
April 20, 2023
Moved to Arizona
I’ve always wanted to move to Arizona, and I met this really cool person over there and we made it happen.
July 12, 2023
2nd Channel Monetized
After a pretty strict publishing schedule of 2-3 videos a week. I hit the requirements to join the YPP and get monetized. I did not post shorts prior to getting monetized.
