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The fastest way to 1k$/month

by toutouastro on 6/27/13, 12:03 PM with 10 comments

For someone who can code and familiar with SEO and online marketing stuff,what is the fastest way to 1k$/month. UPDATE : I can code webapps in python and php.I can code .net stuff in c# and I can do some java too.My experience with online marketing is small : I played with some landing pages to increase conversion rate.I am 18 and in north africa.

  • by dirktheman on 6/27/13, 12:26 PM

    Jobs.

    Or I could have said 'freelance'. Short questions tend to lead to short answers. Seriously, your question lacks some information. Where are you based? What can you code? What exactly do you know of "online marketing stuff"?

    I'm assuming you're young and/or just starting out. 1K a month isn't even minimum wage where I live, so the upside is that it shouldn't be too hard.

    Whether you go the job route or freelance route: showing what you have done or what you can do is often more important than formal education. Having a Github account to show off your work, a StackOverflow profile (with answers, of course), a personal blog, that kind of things.

    For freelance work, look at Elance or Odesk. You can do a couple of cheaper gigs to gain experience and good reviews, after that you can go for the slightly higher paid ones.

    For jobs, I'm sure there is some sort of job aggregator where you live. Or ask around your network, I got most of my jobs/gigs from people I know. Good luck!

  • by gesman on 6/27/13, 3:56 PM

    PHP is good to develop and sell your own stuff, like plugins, themes and extensions to popular CMS'es like Wordpress. You can be anywhere.

    C# is good to make money as a consultant for big corps - but if you're not on client's site - it likely be a problem.

  • by wikwocket on 6/27/13, 8:11 PM

    The advice in this thread seems relevant:

    Ask HN: Shortest path to $1 million? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5885922

  • by frytaz on 6/27/13, 12:32 PM

    Create some nice themeforest themes or plugins, easy to get more that 1k$ per month there.

  • by petervandijck on 6/27/13, 12:21 PM

    Freelance. $1K/month should be easy enough to make.

  • by Millennium on 6/27/13, 12:43 PM

    Do you really mean $1k/month?

  • by davidsmith8900 on 6/27/13, 12:20 PM

    - Freelancing. $1k/Month (30 Days) = $33.33/Day