Story of 3 Writers Who Went From Burnt-out 9 To 5 Workers To Making Six-Figures Online
Yesterday I claimed that you can build a successful side income just by writing online.
Did you believe me? I know it's hard to believe that you can earn money by writing unless you're a well known author or journalist.
But that's not true.
The massive distribution power of the internet has made it easier than ever for anyone who can write to make a living by writing online. If you're ready to put in the effort.
Today, I'm going to tell you the story of 3 people who successfully transitioned from their 9 to 5 jobs to making 6 figures by writing online.
Let's start -
#1 It took a 911 call in the dead of night to make Justin Welsh realize that he must look for options beyond his 9 to 5 job
Justin was highly successful as a marketer of growth stage SaaS products.
He started in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. He says - "There were layoffs everyday. Fortunately, I survived that." Not only did he survive, by 2018, he went on to become a highly sought after consultant in his niche.
He did not know that life was waiting to extract the price one day.
He was having 12 hours workdays. Sometimes 7 days a week. In 2018, the constant pressure to hit the next deadline finally got him. He had a major midnight panic attack that ended in a 911 call.
Lying right there on his hospital bed, Justin decided that he'd had enough.
While recovering at home, he started writing on LinkedIn. Fast forward 5 years and he now has 300K+ engaged readers on LinkedIn, X(twitter) and his weekly email newsletter.
He now makes 7 figures a year just from his coaching business.
#2 Spending 50+ hours a week drilling teeth in his clinic made Kieran Drew feel like a caged bird until he tried writing online
Kieran is a trained dentist.
Normally you'd expect a dentist to have a steady job and stable life. It was true for Kieran as well. To anyone watching from outside, he was well paid, well respected and settled at his job.
Inside...he was tired of "drilling teeth for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week for the rest of my life".
Everyday, back from his clinic, he started looking for options. Somehow he stumbled on the idea of copywriting. He read everything he could about copywriting and began to write on X/Twitter.
It wasn't easy at all.
He found very little success for more than a year. Yet, he kept on writing and improving himself by trial and error while also continuing his dentist job. Finally in 2021, he struck gold.
People started noticing him and followed his work.
Kieran has now stopped "drilling teeth" for good and makes $10 -15K month by writing online.
#3 At 35, Aditya stunned everyone by quitting his high paying investment banking job. 3 years later, he's earning more money by spending one-fourth time writing online
Adi or Aditya Verma's is the poster boy of a typical successful Indian student.
He did his degree in engineering, then his masters in business administration and got a high paying investment banking job. Yet after 7-8 years, he found himself spending more time at the booze table and with his PlayStation than his family.
He says alcohol and the world of games were his escape rooms.
Such a sad truth for so many of us. His wake up call came in 2021 when he got diagnosed to be pre-diabetic. He started workouts to get back in shape. But more importantly, he started writing online to build his own escape room.
Two years later, he's now a successful ghostwriter regularly making five figures in a month.