I was 19 years old with twin baby girls, and I needed a job! With my dad’s help, I got a good job that paid the bills and had good health insurance. I worked that job for 6 months and then I moved into the inventory management department.
Well, guess what!? I got comfortable! But life was good…I had a steady job growing family. The fact that I was a teenage father and didn’t even know what love was, I couldn’t keep my family together. Feeling down and out I got into drugs and alcohol and made some bad decisions. The troubles that came with those decisions filled my life with court fees, child support, and more. The path that I choose would keep me a slave to the 9-5 and no chance at higher education.
I really had to prove to my daughters that I could make something of myself. I used my love for music to inspire me to make extra money. I would sell hip-hop beats online and let my friends from the neighborhood use them to make songs. I learned new things, worked in my home studio and put in a lot of work. The problem was that I was not consistent and didn’t have the follow-through.
Okay. The music business wasn’t for me. But I wasn’t going to give up on my dream of building my own empire! The whole time I was working my way up the ranks in my 9-5 by learning as much as I could. Remember this: How you do one thing is how you do everything. I use that quote to get me through the things that I don’t want to do and absolutely crush the things that I love.
I spent the next couple of years focusing on trying to rebuild my broken family and maintain a healthy relationship with my daughters. My daughters not only changed my life when they were born but they taught me so much about dealing with the teenage years. Those years were challenging but taught me emotional intelligence, and would shape the man I am today
“Hey, dad have you heard of TikTok? My daughter who is now 19 years old asked me. I downloaded it so we could send each other funny videos. As the app learned what I like it started showing videos that would change my LIFE. I was reading books and watching videos about ways to create a passive income. I still had a fire burning deep down to start my own business. I was planning out a clothing brand to start while creating designs with adobe illustrator.
One day while scrolling TikTok I found someone going “live” talking about starting an online business. He was showing everyone how me made over 10k in a month by doing digital marketing.
WHAT!? Did he just say 10k a month? Okay…now I’m interested. I decided to look more into digital marketing, and I clicked the link in his bio and got a free ebook. It was a starters guide to affiliate marketing and there was a link to more training with Dave Sharpe and Legendary Marketer. He had a great video talking about starting a profitable online business and selling a course for $7.
Only $7… and you learn how to start a business, get to schedule a call with a personal business advisor, and learn how to start freelance digital marketing in 15 days.
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for…a way to generate income using my phone and computer. Then take that money and invest it into stocks and crypto and make that money work for me.
I jumped all in and went to work on my TikTok account and really focused on the training. I record a bunch of videos on Saturday and post 2-3 times a day. To tell you the truth, TikTok can be taken away from you at any moment. It may be great for a lot of free marketing and quickly getting your word out, but it’s not a platform that you can control and all your content could be lost. Also, I don’t want to do TikTok forever and I don’t want to depend on one source of traffic.
My plan is to start this blog and build a community with people that want to improve their lives. It doesn’t matter if you have a college degree or if you don’t have computer experience, all you need is the right tools and proper training. I am going to share what I’ve learned and what tools I use to create an online income.