My 9 Sources of Income at Age 32

00:10:54
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Summary

TLDRIn this video, Nisha discusses her journey of building nine income streams over the past two years, moving from a traditional 9-to-5 job to a diversified financial portfolio. She emphasizes the importance of having multiple income sources to mitigate risks associated with relying solely on active income. Nisha breaks down each income stream, including YouTube AdSense, dividends, a community platform, sponsorships, active income from accounting, real estate, public speaking, affiliate marketing, and online courses. She shares insights into the setup, potential earnings, and strategies for each stream, encouraging viewers to explore similar paths for financial independence.

Takeaways

  • 💡 Diversifying income streams reduces financial risk.
  • 📈 YouTube AdSense requires 4,000 watch hours and 1,000 subscribers to monetize.
  • 💰 Dividends provide passive income from owning shares in companies.
  • 👥 Community platforms can offer sustainable income but may require initial investment.
  • 🤝 Be selective with sponsorships to maintain your reputation.
  • 🏠 Real estate can be a steady income source through physical properties or REITs.
  • 🎤 Public speaking can grow your reputation and income exponentially.
  • 🔗 Affiliate marketing allows you to earn commissions by referring products.
  • 📚 Online courses can generate income long after creation if there's demand.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Nisha introduces her nine income streams, emphasizing the importance of diversifying income sources beyond a traditional 9-to-5 job. She reflects on her past reliance on active income and the risks associated with it, such as being tied to a single source of income. Nisha highlights that many of her income streams were built with minimal upfront capital while still working her day job, and she plans to share details about each stream, including successes and challenges.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:54

    The first income stream is YouTube AdSense, which requires reaching specific thresholds for monetization. Nisha shares her earnings from two videos, illustrating the difference in CPM and RPM. The second stream is dividends from shares in companies, which she prefers to invest in through dividend funds for diversification. The third stream is a community platform she recently launched, which is currently loss-making but aims to provide value through expert guidance. Nisha emphasizes the control this income stream offers compared to others. The fourth stream is sponsorships, where she is selective about partnerships to maintain her reputation. She introduces a sponsor, Build Your Store AI, which helps users create online stores easily. Nisha continues to outline her income streams, focusing on the balance between active and passive income.

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Video Q&A

  • What are the nine income streams Nisha discusses?

    YouTube AdSense, dividends, community platform, sponsorships, active income from accounting, real estate, public speaking, affiliate marketing, and online courses.

  • How did Nisha start her YouTube AdSense income stream?

    She started by creating content and reaching the required 4,000 watch hours and 1,000 subscribers to monetize her channel.

  • What is the difference between CPM and RPM in YouTube?

    CPM is the cost per thousand views paid by advertisers, while RPM is the revenue per thousand views that creators actually receive after YouTube's cut.

  • What is Nisha's approach to dividends?

    She prefers investing in dividend funds to diversify risk rather than relying on individual company shares.

  • Why is Nisha's community platform currently loss-making?

    She has invested in a community manager and other operational costs while testing the model with initial members.

  • What is the significance of public speaking as an income stream?

    It allows individuals to get paid for sharing their expertise and can grow exponentially with reputation.

  • How does affiliate marketing work according to Nisha?

    It involves earning commissions by referring customers to products or services through custom links.

  • What advice does Nisha give for creating online courses?

    She suggests validating demand by pre-selling courses before investing time in creating them.

  • What is the benefit of having multiple income streams?

    It reduces the risk of relying on a single source of income and provides more financial stability.

  • How can viewers learn more about Nisha's income streams?

    They can subscribe to her channel for updates and detailed videos on her income streams.

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  • 00:00:00
    hi I'm Nisha and in this video I'm going
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    to walk you through the nine income
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    streams I have right now this time two
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    years ago seven of these income streams
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    didn't even exist in my life back then
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    my entire world revolved around my day
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    job I was the person who believed that
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    the recipe for financial success was
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    written in stone work hard at your 95
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    climb the corporate ladder and
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    eventually you'll make it that's exactly
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    what I did in banking and I was
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    convinced it was the only way forward
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    but here's what I've realized relying
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    solely on active income is risky for two
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    reasons first you're completely tied to
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    trading your time for money which means
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    there's always going to be a ceiling to
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    how much you can make and secondly
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    you're putting all your eggs in one
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    basket hoping that that single source of
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    income never disappears that's why I'm a
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    big believer in building multiple income
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    streams and what's interesting is that
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    building most of these income streams
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    that I'm about to tell you didn't
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    require much upfront capital I created
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    them whilst working my 95 using whatever
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    pockets of free time I could find there
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    are a few that did need some investment
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    to get going and I'll tell you exactly
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    which ones in fact one of them is
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    actually losing money right now and I'm
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    going to show you exactly what I'm doing
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    to turn that around to right so let's
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    break down each of these income streams
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    number one YouTube adset let's start
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    with YouTube AdSense this was one of the
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    first additional income streams built
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    whilst I was working in my 95 here's how
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    it works once you hit 4,000 watch hours
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    on your long form and 1,000 subscribers
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    YouTube starts showing ads on your
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    videos and you start earning money there
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    are two really important elements to
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    understand here CPM which is what
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    advertisers pay per thousand views and
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    RPM which is what we as creators
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    actually receive after YouTube takes
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    their 45% cut so let me show you some
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    real numbers from my own channel let's
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    take my how to become unrecognizable
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    video advertisers are paying a CPM of
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    around $13 but my RPM what I actually
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    get is
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    $686 per 1,000 views so with 86,000
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    views that video has made me 5 $94 in
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    total on the other hand my five side
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    hustles that can make you 1,000 a week
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    that video performs quite differently
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    the advertisers are willing to pay a
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    much higher CPM of $33 giving an RPM of
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    $15.61 so to give you a like for like
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    comparison with the same 86,000 views
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    this video would generate more than
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    $1,300 that's doubled the revenue of the
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    become unrecognizable video if you want
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    to see exactly how much YouTube pay me
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    in my first month of being monetized
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    including all the details about RPMs and
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    how different types of content perform
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    I've made a really detailed video about
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    that you can find it over here and I'll
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    also link it in the description number
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    two dividends the second income stream
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    is dividends and this is a really
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    interesting one because it's genuinely
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    passive once you set it up what it
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    essentially is is that when you own
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    shares in a company some companies will
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    distribute a portion of their profits
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    back to their shareholders that's what
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    we call dividends think of it as getting
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    a small slice of the company's profits
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    regularly just for being a partial owner
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    and then you can use those dividends to
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    reinvest or to spent while you can buy
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    individual company shares to get the
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    dividends I prefer a more strategic
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    approach here instead of paying all your
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    eggs in one basket with individual
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    companies you can invest in dividend
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    funds like this one that holds multiple
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    dividend paying companies or this one
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    this way you automatically diversifying
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    your risk and if one company Cuts their
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    dividends you're still earning from all
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    of the others the third income stream is
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    my community platform and to be
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    completely transparent here this is my
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    newest Venture and it's actually loss
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    making right now I soft launched it a
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    few weeks ago and it's me a lot about
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    building sustainable income streams what
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    makes a community different whether you
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    run it online like I'm doing or in
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    person is that it's all about bringing
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    together like-minded people who share
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    similar goals and challenges and the
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    reason why mine is loss making at the
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    moment is because I've invested in a
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    community manager who handles the
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    onboarding and all the day-to-day
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    operations including the weekly
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    challenges the monthly updates a
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    personal finance expert who answers all
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    the questions that come in within 48
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    hours I pay for the system and the
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    platforms where all of this is hosted
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    and I pay for the monthly coaching
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    course with industry experts and the
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    reason why I've got industry experts in
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    is because I recently paid $200 or the
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    equivalent for a one hour call with a
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    Tax Advisor and that 1H hour call saved
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    me 40,000 in taxes I was privileged to
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    be able to spend that much for an hour
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    and I know a lot of people wouldn't want
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    to do that but it's the kind of value
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    that I want to bring to the community
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    but in a group setting that's more
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    affordable for everyone so during the
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    soft launch phase I'm covering all these
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    costs whilst we test the model out for
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    the first 100 members and then now the
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    plan is to open it up to 500 founding
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    members at a really special price point
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    and then once we've covered the
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    operational cost we'll increase the
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    pricing to make it sustainable longterm
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    what I like about Community income is
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    it's completely dependent on you and not
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    dependent on another platform like
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    YouTube for instance where the AdSense
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    can fluctuate massively month-to month
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    so you feel a lot more in control over
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    this Revenue stream number four
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    sponsorships the fourth income stream
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    comes from sponsorships I get a lot of
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    sponsorship requests like N9 or 10 a
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    week but I'm really really selective
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    about who I work with because it takes
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    years to build a reputation and that
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    reputation can be destroyed in a matter
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    of seconds so I point blank only partner
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    with Brands I genuinely Trust and
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    Believe in and speaking of sponsorships
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    and trusted Partners this video is
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    sponsored by build your store Ai and I'm
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    genuinely excited to tell you about this
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    because it solves one of the biggest
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    problems I hear from you which is how to
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    start an online business without massive
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    upfront cost or technical knowledge
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    build your store AI uses AI to create a
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    complete ready sell Shopify store in
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    less than 2 minutes but it's not just
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    about speed it's about getting it right
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    the AI selects winning products
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    optimizes your store for conversions and
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    then lets you customize everything to
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    match your brand what I love about this
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    platform is it's completely free to
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    start and then you only need $1 to get
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    your Shopify store running for the first
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    month and there are no hidden costs the
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    platform integrates with autods which
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    automates your entire product sourcing
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    and Order fulfillment process so just to
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    break down how simple it is you firstly
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    sign up on Builder store AI completely
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    free you then choose your Niche then you
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    let the AI help you create your
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    optimized store and then finally once
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    you're ready you set up Shopify you
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    start selling with pre-selected proven
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    products they're offering my viewers a
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    special deal to get started just go to
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    build your store. a or click the link in
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    the description below and the AI will
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    help you create a store that's unique to
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    you without any technical knowledge so
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    that you can have your business up and
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    running today thank you build your store
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    for sponsoring this video number five
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    active income the next income stream
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    comes from my accounting work and to be
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    completely upfront about this one it's
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    probably the most active income stream
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    on the list since I'm a chared
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    accountant I help businesses set up and
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    manage their accounts I've kept this
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    going partly because I want to maintain
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    my accountancy membership but also
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    because it helps me keep sharpen the
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    field this income stream is different
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    from the others we've talked about it's
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    purely active income meaning I can only
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    earn when I'm actually doing the work I
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    can't scale it unless I hire other
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    accountants and build a firm which isn't
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    my goal right now so while I'm I a bit
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    weird to keep such an active income
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    stream alongside the other passive ones
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    that I'm creating I think it's important
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    to share this because it shows that not
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    every income stream needs to be scalable
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    or passive sometimes just maintaining
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    your professional credentials and
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    expertise in a field can open up doors
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    to other opportunities number six next
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    one is real estate income and this is
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    actually one of my longest running
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    income streams what's interesting about
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    real estate is that there are so many
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    ways to get started regardless of your
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    budget you could either invest in
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    physical properties or if you don't have
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    the capital for that yet you can invest
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    in something called Reit which is Real
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    Estate Investment Trust which let you
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    invest in real estate through the stock
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    market with a much smaller amount of
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    money recently when it comes to physical
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    properties I've shifted my strategy from
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    residential to commercial particularly
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    in the UK commercial properties often
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    provide more steady income streams and
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    the way the UK tax and legal system is
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    structured it actually makes more
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    financial sense to me the tendency
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    agreements tend to be longer and there's
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    typically less Hands-On management
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    required compared to Residential
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    Properties number seven is public
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    speaking and this is a interesting one
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    because it's one of those income streams
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    that can start small but grow
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    exponentially with your reputation it's
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    essentially organizations companies or
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    events paying you to share your
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    expertise through keynote speeches
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    workshops panel discussions and the
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    amazing thing about speaking engagements
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    I found is that you're essentially
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    getting paid for your knowledge and
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    experience packed into an hour or two of
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    your time you don't need to be a famous
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    expert to get started I actually began
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    doing this at smaller events for free
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    just through Word of Mouth mostly
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    focused on Personal Finance topics and
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    then each event Built My crowdability
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    and expanded my network eventually
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    leading now to paid opportunities for
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    example at Google or at a creative
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    Summit number eight Affiliates I
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    actually realized I'd been doing this
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    one for years and you probably are too
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    without even knowing it you know when
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    you refer a friend to your American
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    Express credit card and you get bonus
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    points or when you recommend someone to
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    a bank account or a business account and
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    you get a referral award that's
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    essentially affiliate Market Marketing
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    in the content creator space companies
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    give you a custom link and when someone
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    uses that link to sign up or to make a
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    purchase you earn commission it's the
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    same concept as those credit card
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    referrals it's just more structured so
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    to give you a real example of me doing
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    this when I promote certain investment
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    platforms like this you might get a free
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    share for signing up and I'll get either
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    a free share or a commission for
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    introducing you it's a win-win you get
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    value from a product or service I
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    genuinely use and recommend and I get
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    compensated for making that connection
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    number nine courses this is an
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    interesting income stream because it
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    lets you turn your expertise into
  • 00:09:33
    something that can generate income long
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    after you've done the work in my case it
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    may sense to create courses about money
  • 00:09:40
    and finance given my background but
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    what's fascinating is you don't need a
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    formal qualification to create one you
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    just need to be really good at something
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    and able to teach it effectively so
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    whether that's graphic design cooking or
  • 00:09:51
    even organizing your home if you can
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    help people solve a problem or learn a
  • 00:09:56
    valuable skill there's potential to turn
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    it into a course there are two ways you
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    could do this so you can either sell it
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    through third party platforms like
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    skillshare for instance where they
  • 00:10:03
    handle all the technical staff and bring
  • 00:10:05
    an existing audience for you or you can
  • 00:10:07
    create your own platform and have
  • 00:10:09
    complete control over the pricing and
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    the marketing whether that's through
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    earned audience building an audience or
  • 00:10:14
    paid audience so putting out ads
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    something to know before you spend
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    months creating a course try and
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    pre-sell it this way you can validate
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    whether there's actual demand for what
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    you're teaching there's nothing worse in
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    my opinion than putting so much time and
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    energy into creating something that
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    nobody wants to buy but beauty of
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    creating a course while they do require
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    a lot of upfront effort to create is
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    that they can continue generating income
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    for years to come think of it as
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    building a product once and then selling
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    it multiple times so those are the nine
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    income streams that I've built if you
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    like these kind of videos let me know I
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    can keep creating ones or give you
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    quarterly or six-month updates on how
  • 00:10:46
    they're going and which other ones I'm
  • 00:10:48
    working on thank you so much for
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    watching don't forget to subscribe if
  • 00:10:51
    you haven't already otherwise I'll see
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    you in my next video
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  • Income Streams
  • YouTube AdSense
  • Dividends
  • Community Platform
  • Sponsorships
  • Active Income
  • Real Estate
  • Public Speaking
  • Affiliate Marketing
  • Online Courses