What is the quickest way of making a couple thousand dollars?
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Everyone is always looking for the secret to making money, for me this was it.
Took me years to figure this out, but when I did I simply mastered a method to what I was offering.
keys:
- Efficiency
- Repetitive replication - Borderline automation
- Build a brand for that service - Which establishes brand equity/consumer confidence
- Eliminate overhead
- Once you find significant profit, repeat religiously.
and the most important
- drive/motivation - even if you're terrible at something if you have enough drive you will keep plugging away until you become great or eventually stumble onto something that works for you.
FYI Adderall goes a long way in providing this if you're lacking.
if you're lucky enough to figure out a service to offer that you actually love doing then you're good as gold. Nothing beats loving to implement the actual service you're offering.
It also seems that once you get enough money accumulated, more money starts to come in from different sources because you're no longer emotionally attached and willing to risk a little more on certain investments(only invest in what you know and have expertise in personally).
but.. that's a whole nother topic.. compounding revenue streams ftw
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Whats your girlfriend look like?
Only kidding. Do you have any specialties? While it may be slow going, if you can offer something to someone on places such as Fiverr (or all the other alternatives around) you could make a few bucks. It will definitely be slow going, but at least you are making a few bucks.
Sorry I can't help you more dude... Best of luck to you. Relocation is a bitch, I've personally never had to go through it, but I lost a hottie in high school because her parents were fuckin wacked out.
Take it easy,
J
Only kidding. Do you have any specialties? While it may be slow going, if you can offer something to someone on places such as Fiverr (or all the other alternatives around) you could make a few bucks. It will definitely be slow going, but at least you are making a few bucks.
Sorry I can't help you more dude... Best of luck to you. Relocation is a bitch, I've personally never had to go through it, but I lost a hottie in high school because her parents were fuckin wacked out.
Take it easy,
J
The UK education system confuses the shit out of me because I refuse to learn about it. Good luck OP.
Get a job and start doing some writing services.
Weird I don't know why everybody thinks they can just show up in IM and make an easy $1,000 in a few weeks it just doesn't happen
Weird I don't know why everybody thinks they can just show up in IM and make an easy $1,000 in a few weeks it just doesn't happen
me too
Good advice but I was really disappointed. Was it by mistake? neg rep added bro
Damn! I have not replaced the BST URL by google hammer after getting the heading. Copy paste mistake!
I personally say fuck this.
Focus on your strengths.
I hate the idea that someone needs to be "well rounded". Well rounded people are worthless to everyone.
I'm left brained, I am good at math, and I use it to my advantage.
But if OP is good with media, drama, etc (ALL CREATIVE RIGHT-BRAINED THINGS), he should work towards his strengths and choose a path that will not only give him better long term success, but make him happy too.
None of us are "well-rounded", why should OP be? We outsource the stuff we hate / suck at. Why should he do maths if he doesn't like it and won't truly love a career utilizing it?
I know his parents have good intentions, and that learning maths might get him an engineering degree or some job that pays better short term, but this is a path to misery for a right-brainer. They are wrong.
That said, OP, if you are going through with this, don't half ass it and don't get into a drunken stupor. You're gonna have bad days, bad weeks, bad months. You must defeat them. Get 110% serious about it or go with the parents.
Edit: The above post was written with the idea that you'd not be putting yourself in debt for a "creative" university degree. I do not believe in going into debt for a right-brained degree.
PS - Fiverr Arbitrage could be a good idea...
In fact, OP, do you happen to be anywhere near Hemel Hempstead? I'm not gonna spoonfeed you on making money, but I may have an idea about you moving out.
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I feared as much. I hate to tell you this, but:
1. Not ONE of those ex-polytechnics is worth bothering with for an film. Some ex-polys are great for certain (for instance UWE has one of best Real Time-Systems Engineering degrees in the country, and is very well regarded by industry), but those ones aren't known for film.
Film is a competitive subject, and any half-decent film school is going to demand AAB at a minimum.
2. Don't believe a word Universities tell you about job prospects. They will LIE to you about job prospects to get your money. How do I know this? I'm very close friends with a couple of university admissions tutors, and they've freely admitted to me (in private) that due to financial pressures, UK university departments will do whatever it takes to get their courses filled. Otherwise they'll be out of a job.
3. Even if you get into a decent film school, you'll find it very hard to get a job afterwards. I have a friend who went to Westminster, and a friend who went to Warwick to do film. Both got good degrees, neither got work as a result of it.
4. If you're serious about being producer or director, you should ALREADY have substantial work experience. Success in the entertainment industry is based on reputation, networking and luck, not paper qualifications. A reputation for being a reliable, hardworking person with a production team will get you much further than a media degree from bournemouth.
5. It's VERY unlikely that you will make a living in TV/Film quickly. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try, but it does mean you should have a backup plan. I think that's probably why your parents want you to change A-Levels.
6. How many short films have you made so far? Again, if you're serious about making films, you should already have gotten started. You can do it with about £200 quid's worth of kit these days, so there is no excuse.
I'm not trying discourage you from following your dream, if that's want to do, but you need to be a little smarter about how you do it. If you're going to stand a chance of making a career in that industry, you need to be OBSESSED with making it happen. Not "well, I sort of like the idea, but I might change a-levels".
So ask yourself - "am I totally obsessed with working in the film industry, or is it just a nice idea?".
If it's the former, I'd stop titting about asking how to make money online, go and get a part time job, and spend the rest of the time making films and hustling media companies for internships.
If it's the latter, I suggest you re-evaluate your priorities, because otherwise you'll end up aged 23 with a worthless 2:2 media studies degree from Nottingham Trent, £50k of debt, and a freshly pressed McDonald's uniform.
brilliant you jsut have to write 800, 500 word articles, and you're balling. Probably make more money than 60% of wickedfire users. You balller you.
agree with amatuersurgeon, if you wanna get into film you should be producing and publishing your work online.
If you're comitted and motivated enough you can learn online and get access to programmes on basically anything.
There are already kids on youtube who are making decent passive income with viral videos.
You go to uni, spend your time bumming around and learning a few tidbits of info on films that worked 10 years ago, get a paper quaiification and then try and break into a career in film from scratch..
Meanwhile the guy who has been creating youtube videos while you were at uni has already got a few independant short films made. SOme of them he's already making money from.
If you're comitted and motivated enough you can learn online and get access to programmes on basically anything.
There are already kids on youtube who are making decent passive income with viral videos.
You go to uni, spend your time bumming around and learning a few tidbits of info on films that worked 10 years ago, get a paper quaiification and then try and break into a career in film from scratch..
Meanwhile the guy who has been creating youtube videos while you were at uni has already got a few independant short films made. SOme of them he's already making money from.
