Module 6 · section 0 · 369 words · ~3 min read
Monetization
Three paths, and the one most people should take first.
Everything up to here built pieces. This is where they connect to money.
There is very little new material in this module, and that's the point. Nearly every part of what follows already exists — a calculator, a contract, five scripts, a tracker, an intake, two Skills, a portfolio. What hasn't existed until now is the order you use them in, which turns out to be the thing that was missing.
1Three paths, genuinely
| Path | What it is | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brand deals | Companies pay you to make content | Almost everyone reading this, first |
| 2. Your own products | You sell something of your own | People who already have the thing, or a real reason to build it |
| 3. The affiliate motion | You sell this guide and keep a share | Anyone, once they've actually used it |
They are not a ladder and you do not graduate from one to the next. Plenty of people do only the first, permanently, and do well.
2Start with brand deals, and here's the honest reason
Not because it's the most lucrative. Because it's the only one of the three where somebody else has already decided they want to buy.
Paths 2 and 3 require you to create demand. Path 1 requires you to find demand that exists, which is a substantially easier problem and one Module 0A already gave you the tools for.
If you are choosing where to put this week: path 1.
3What's in here
| Section | What it does |
|---|---|
| 1 | The chain — how eleven things you already have combine into a booked, delivered, paid job |
| 2 | Your own products, without over-specifying something that's yours |
| 3 | The affiliate motion, named honestly, then handed to Module 7 |
4One line to take out of this module
You have not been collecting documents. You've been assembling a pipeline that happens to have been delivered in pieces.
§1 is that pipeline, in order, with the module each piece came from written next to it.
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