got drunk with a 19 year old last week who makes $70K/month selling canva templates
I had to know how
"bro it's not complicated. I just make templates for real estate agents and post about it"
that's it?
"that's it"
no coaching? no calls? no community?
"nah I tried that once. hated getting on calls. went back to just selling templates"
he showed me his gumroad dashboard. $68,400 last month. from templates that take him 20 minutes to make.
I asked about his team
"what team"
he runs the whole thing from his bedroom. no VA. no editor. no assistant.
wakes up around 11. checks DMs. posts 3-4 tweets. makes templates when he feels like it. plays video games the rest of the day.
"I probably work like 2 hours a day if I'm being honest"
this kid has a better lifestyle than executives working 80 hour weeks
I pushed deeper. there had to be a catch.
"I mean I posted for like 8 months before I made real money. first 4 months I made maybe $600 total"
so you almost quit
"every week bro. every week I thought this was stupid"
what changed
"I niched down harder. was trying to sell templates to everyone. then I focused just on real estate agents. everything changed after that"
why real estate
"they have money. they need content. they hate making it themselves. and they all know each other so word spreads"
he built zero fancy funnels. no email sequence. no upsells.
just templates. gumroad. twitter. that's the whole operation.
"people overcomplicate this because overcomplicating it feels smarter. but the money doesn't care how smart your system is"
I asked what he'd tell someone starting from zero
"pick something boring and specific. make a product in a weekend. post about it every day. don't quit for 6 months. that's literally it"
no secret?
"the secret is there's no secret and nobody believes that so they keep looking for one"
he went back to his game after that. I sat there rethinking my entire approach.
we're out here building complicated funnels and hiring teams and optimizing sequences
this kid just made something useful for a specific group of people and talked about it until they bought
you don't need more tools. more courses. more strategies.
you need one product. one audience. and the patience to keep showing up.
I put everything I know about this into a 45+ module course. finding your niche. creating products fast. content that actually converts. the whole system I used to hit $600K before 19.
comment "TEMPLATES" and I'll DM you the link.
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