Eric Michael Pearson
In 2020, she made over $1 million in revenue by selling digital copywriting courses.
Here s how she started and runs her business, as told to freelance writer Lindsay Yaw Rogers.
I ve made my fortune from my flaws laziness being the dominant one. In 2020 alone, I made $1 million in revenue through my copywriting business, using the brand pillar of laziness as a key factor in my success.
I call myself a copywriting expert because I m not for hire. I ve retired my services and now only offer content online: two mini courses available year-round that help people build great emails, bios and about pages, and two larger, downloadable email copywriting courses with open-and-close enrollment periods, and an annual membership called Shrimp Club where members can get my personal input on their content and business.
Steve Balzer
Steve Balzer is the master brewer at a microbrewery at a private club in Kona, Hawaii.
Balzer says he enjoys the independence and collaboration with local farmers that working at a microbrewery allows.
This is what his job is like, as told to freelance writer Natasha Bazika.
I d started brewing beer when I was 21 at college in Oregon and kept doing it as a passion. After graduating from college in the 2008 economy crash, I didn t have much luck job-wise.
My degree was in marketing and economics, and while I initially had a job lined up, after graduation I was laid off before I even started, so I worked part-time jobs and brewed on the side. After four years of unstable temporary jobs, I decided to go back to college. I enrolled in Siebel Institute of Technology out of Munich, Germany, and Chicago for a masters of brewing.
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Fernando Wong moved to the US in 2000 with $400 and started his landscape design company in 2005.
Now he transforms the homes and outdoor spaces of actors, hedge-fund titans, and self-made billionaires.
His husband is CEO of his company, and they travel the world for work and entertain clients daily.
As a landscape designer, my job is to create the most beautiful setting for whatever outdoor space I m working with. It could be a huge garden, the area around a pool, a back patio or gazebo, or even just a walkway.
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Heather Vaughn is the founder of The Yes Girls, a marriage proposal service based in San Clemente, California.
Since 2008, she s helped couples plan the proposal of their dreams, ranging in cost from $1,000 to over $100,000.
Here s what her job is like, as told to freelancer writer Molly O Brien.
I ve always been someone who likes a challenge. I started my company right after graduating college in 2008, when I was only 22 years old.
It wasn t an ideal economy to be looking for a job or launching a brand new business most people were just trying to keep their jobs but personally I ve found that if you really believe in what you re offering and are also meeting a need, then it can work.
Tiana Coates
Tiana Coates is an entrepreneur and owner of Winding Wick Candles based in Garland, Texas.
In 2020, Coates made over $70,000 from selling her online candle-making business course, including $40,000 in just one month.
Here s how she developed, produced, and marketed the course, as told to freelance writer Kaila Yu.
I always wanted the freedom of running my own business. Ten years before becoming an entrepreneur, I worked at the desk as a pharmacy technician. In my free time I would always tinker with business ideas: dropshipping, selling items on Shopify, hand-making trinkets, but none of them ever panned out.
In a spark of inspiration, I came up with the idea of hand-making candles. It made perfect sense, I loved candles and would buy them every week for my home. I had zero experience so I started researching on online forums, blogs, and YouTube. The candle-making process seemed straightforward on the tutorials that I watched, b