Alston

Making $84,000 per year puts you in the top 1% of income earners worldwide. Not the top 10%. Not the top 5%. The actual top 1%. And I got there with two certifications, zero prior experience in the field, and a promise to myself that I would do whatever studying it took to pass the … Read more

For about a year and three months, Alston Godbolt published “I Tried It” videos every single week, sometimes two per week, where he personally tested the make-money-online methods flooding YouTube and reported back honestly on what worked and what was a total waste of time. Then the videos stopped. No announcement, no farewell episode, just … Read more

For about a year and three months, Alston Godbolt published “I Tried It” videos every single week, sometimes two per week, where he personally tested the make-money-online methods flooding YouTube and reported back honestly on what worked and what was a total waste of time. Then the videos stopped. No announcement, no farewell episode, just … Read more

In early 2024, OpenAI re-released the ChatGPT bot store. Most people had no idea what was sitting right in front of them. At that point, 180 million people were already signed up for ChatGPT. But only a tiny slice of those users actually knew how to use the platform in any meaningful way. Everyone else … Read more

Three days. Seven videos. Fewer than 60 followers. No face on camera. No product in hand. That is how long it took to earn the first $10 as a TikTok Shop affiliate, and this post breaks down exactly how it happened so you can run the same process yourself. There are a lot of creators … Read more

I have generated six figures with affiliate marketing. I also started selling products on Amazon FBA back in October 2023. That combination puts me in a position most people talking about this topic are not in: I have real experience on both sides, and I can give you an honest breakdown of which model fits … Read more

Back in 2022, you could post a TikTok of yourself sneezing and walk away with tens of thousands of views. Those days are gone. If your numbers have tanked in the last year or two, you are not imagining it. TikTok changed the rules, and most creators are still playing the old game. In this … Read more

Millennials grew up before the internet existed, helped build the social web, and then got handed the most expensive era of adult life on record. Inflation at its highest since the 1980s. Rent above $1,700 a month for an 894-square-foot apartment. A median home price of $387,500 compared to $280,600 just four years earlier. Student … Read more

Small content creators with fewer than 10,000 subscribers are pulling in $100 or more per day from web hosting affiliate programs. Not influencers. Not people with massive email lists. Regular people making tutorials and comparison videos, dropping an affiliate link in the description, and collecting commissions every time someone clicks and buys. If you have … Read more

Someone online told you that you could make $2.80 just for watching videos. Simple. Easy. No skill required. You signed up, hit play, and wondered why you hadn’t found this sooner. That’s exactly where I was before I put it to the test. I ran the clock for two hours on this website and what … Read more