Writing apps, opening game commentary channels on YouTube or selling lesson plans online have helped many people become millionaires in a short time.
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| 1. Create a personal blog In mid-2013, Scott DeLong launched the ViralNova blog and placed Google ads on the site. Eight months later, he was earning hundreds of thousands of dollars a month, without the need for employees or raising capital from outside investors. ViralNova made money by writing social stories with catchy headlines that went viral on Facebook. In just one year, the website had about 100 million monthly readers. In 2015, DeLong sold ViralNova to media company Zealot Networks. |
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| 2. Writing an app Nguyen Ha Dong only took 3 days to create the hottest game of 2014 - Flappy Bird. He said he earned about 50,000 USD a day by running banner ads on his phone. This also means that with just 20 days on Apple's App Store, he could earn 1 million USD. However, after 1 month, when the app was at its peak, Nguyen Ha Dong removed it from the App Store because it was "too addictive". |
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| 3. Put your book on Amazon Kindle Amanda Hocking was the most popular author on Kindle a few years ago. She gets a 70% cut of e-book sales. Hocking sells over 100,000 copies a month, at $1-$3 a copy. |
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| 4. Open a YouTube channel Making money on YouTube is easy if you have great content and a large following. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjelberg is a popular Swedish game commentator. Kjelberg's videos are varied and his screen has a small window that records his reactions while playing. His YouTube channel "PewDiePie" is said to have earned him $12 million. |
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| 5. Take your idea to crowdfunding sites Kickstarter and Indiegogo are sites that allow people to submit ideas and inventions and then raise money to make them happen. Many people have raised over $1 million on both platforms. One of the most successful campaigns on Kickstarter and Pebble Watch raised $10 million in just a few weeks. It has led tech giants like Samsung and Apple to design competing smartwatches. |
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| 6. Selling lesson plans online In 2008, kindergarten teacher Deanna Jump started selling lessons to other teachers on TeachersPayTeachers. She created 99 lessons for $8 each. By 2012, she was a millionaire, earning more than $100,000 a month. That’s not counting her full-time teaching salary at the school – $55,000 a year. |
According to VNE
