7 Entrepreneurs Who’ll Never See 60 Again

Posted by RP

October 9, 2008

Recently I had the pleasure of some emails and phone calls with a lady named Sara Wilson, a free-lance writer earning online. Hmm, that’s not very unique in the way of news, now is it?

Well let me focus the narrative a little more on our theme, here, being a resource for Seniors and Retirees making Money On Line. You see, Sara contacted me as part of her research for an article she was writing on assignment to find just what the subject line is here, People over 60 earning On Line. I’m sure she put a lot of work into the article, I recommend you read it , but it does turn out she didn’t have too much problem finding multiple success stories. If you are coming up on retirement soon, or you’ve already retired and think that the rest of your life will be spent in wishing and hoping that whomever is president will toss you the bone of 2% COLA increases, then take heart. It’s not just this 60 plus ‘voice in the wilderness’ writing here with the message, there are plenty other seniors who are empowered in their retirement for as long as they want to be active.

For those who don’t chose to read the full article, I’ll summarize it here, it even opened my eyes to a few things. Sara’s client, the folks who commissioned the article have a pretty interesting and useful web site that is worth a visit as well.

64 yo Woman earning from AdSense: Many folks have heard of Darren Rowse who first became known for making a six-figure income from blogging. many more, though, don’t realize that Darren’s famous ProBlogger.net website is not where he earns most of his money. The ‘star’ of his portfolio are sites that review and give tutorials on digital cameras, exactly as this lady does. Think AdSense and other Pay Per Click services are dead? No way.
64 and 62 yo Couple teaching via a Membership site: One eBusiness model many of us don’t pay enough attention to is loosely defined as a membership site. You offer content or a service that people want and then charge them, typically a monthly fee, for access. Think no one would pay to ‘belong’ to something you create? Here’s a couple with paying members from 31 countries that proves they will if you get it right.
64 yo Woman selling on eBay: eBay, I can here some of you saying, that can’t make money. Well, there are 27 billion dollars a year changing hands there that will prove you wrong. Selling on eBay is one of the fastest and most reliable ways to start today and see dollars flow into you account in a week or less. Here’s a lady making $30K plus per year to prove it.
76 yo Woman Coaches for Profit: 76! Aren’t you all washed up by then? Can a 76yo actually make money? Well the straight answer is, yes. I loved this example because it showed exactly what I have often preached. No matter what you original skills, play to your strengths … and it’s easy to convince seniors they will learn better from another senior … $30K plus for this lady proves my theory.
62 and 65 yo Men Selling an Online Service: It’s easy to find a dozen different ways to earn commissions or otherwise profit from the products of other people, but most Internet gurus will tell you, the most successful path is to create and sell you own product. “I can’t do that” you are saying as you read this. Well, no doubt these guys thought that too until they decided to solve a problem that plagued millions of people. These guys are now making over six figures per year and it’s cute, the “take away’ I got was their original internet was to sell ‘conventionally” I.e., “brick and mortar” storefront and all the normal trimmings (and overhead). They started online because it was cheap and quick and now find there was never any need to think about real-world real estate, investment and hassles.

OK, there you go. read the article for some more details, visit these folks online to see what they are doing, but most importantly, your take away is: Do not tell me you can’t make money online.

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