Shay Carl Butler and his family have made an art form of documenting their family life, and they have monetized it!
A manual laborer for years, Shay Carl posted his first video on youtube while on break at his job installing granite counter tops.
Today, Shay Carl’s full time job is posting daily videos of his family on youtube. Sound boring? It’s not! Check out his Shaytards Youtube Channel, which now has over 2.3 billion views!
Shay Carl also co-founded Maker Studios, which was sold to Disney in 2015 for almost $1 billion dollars! His latest project is the Trixin Clothing Line, which is also a family business.
Do you have a hobby or a passion that you would like to monetize and turn into a business?
Starting a Business
The End of Jobs
The premise of the book is basically that the century-long growth in wages earned from jobs came to an end in the year 2000. Technology and globalization have changed everything. Jobs are more competitive, less safe, and less profitable than ever. However, technology has also made entrepreneurship safer, more accessible, and more profitable than ever.
The End of Jobs has sold so well that Taylor is basically living on the income generated from this single self-published book.
John Lee Dumas and Taylor Pearson are living examples of the premise of the book!
Smart Passive Income With Pat Flynn
In 2008, the economy was in a downward spiral and Pat was called into his supervisor’s office. He was told that although he was one of the brightest and best architects in the firm, they would have to let him go. Pat returned to his desk in a daze, and called everyone he knew in the field, pleading for another job. No one was hiring.
In desperation, Pat moved to his parent’s home in another city. He was commuting by train to his job, and dreading the rapidly approaching termination date. During the commute, he listened to a business podcast. One episode was about a business owner who was earning a six figure income by selling a study guide he had designed for contractors.
Pat remembered that he had set up a website to study for the LEED exam, a particularly difficult certification exam for architects. Although he had already passed the LEED exam, the website was still up, and was being used by other architects to prepare for the exam. Pat wrote a study guide to organize and summarize the content on his website, and offered it for sale at $19.95. In the first month, he earned more money from the sale of his study guide than he had ever earned as an architect. In the months that followed, his income continued to increase.
Pat eventually created the Smart Passive Income blog to show others what is possible with online business. He produces a high-quality blog, a weekly podcast that features online entrepreneurs, and numerous “how-to” videos.
Today, Pat earns more than $100,000 per month through blogging, podcasting, affiliate marketing, and product sales. He has always posted monthly income statements on his site, explaining how he earns income from his online business ventures. He is the best-selling author of two business books, and a highly sought after keynote speaker for conferences.
You can learn more about Pat Flynn’s business model at SmartPassiveIncome.com.
Have you ever wanted to start an online business?