From unemployment to business acquisition in 12 months

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Updated: November 3rd, 2021

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I make $16K/year giving advice about my favorite thing

Asen wanted to escape the corporate world and had some money from a previous hustle. Instead of starting from scratch, he bought an already-made niche website that had a good foundation.

How much did it cost to buy the site? Only $1,700. Reasons why it made sense:

It was in a niche that he loved and had a passion for
He thought of a couple of ways the site could grow: SEO and Pinterest

The blog makes money thanks to affiliates. He shares some truly valuable insights on how to grow thanks to SEO, Facebook groups and Pinterest. Plus, how to run a team of writers profitably.

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We’ve published many success stories of starters making big money thanks to affiliate marketing:

Our app went from $0 to $1M in 6 months

With so many weddings on hold for the last year and a half, bachelorette parties are expected to grow like crazy. So when Mike decided to create this planning app, he knew he’d have the wind at his back. Seeing how they’ve built a waitlist of 50,000+ people is nothing but a confirmation of that.

But of course, they didn’t stop there, due to the intrinsic virality of the app their growth is through the roof and now 40,000 parties are planned every month on the app. If you’re interested to know more about a well-designed viral loop, you need to read this story.

Planning things can be kind of boring and people often pay big money to avoid it. And of course, many of our starters have capitalized on this to build profitable businesses:

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From unemployment to being acquired by a $500m fintech company in 12 months

Earlier this year we spoke to Luciano who launched a subscription service for investors that surfaces and analyzes trending stocks. In just a few months he was able to grow the business to $4,5K per month.

Now, just after just 1 year he shared on reddit that he had been acquired by a major Australian fintech company. Congrats!

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Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.

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I make $16K/year giving advice about my favorite thing

Launch a successful affiliate program in 7 steps

Our app went from $0 to $1M in 6 months

Find the perfect Instagram username [700 ideas + free name generator]

From unemployment to being acquired by a $500m fintech company in 12 months

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