If you’ve been looking for a way to make money with local marketing, the Rank & Rent model is one strategy that stands out. 🚀 This method involves ranking a website for a specific service in a local area (e.g., “Best Plumber in [City]”) and then renting it out to a business owner. Once ranked, you can either charge a monthly fee or get paid per lead you generate. Simple in theory, but does it actually work? Let’s break it down. 👇 🔍 How Does Rank & Rent Work? 1️⃣ Pick a Niche & Location – Choose a service with high demand (e.g., roofing, pest control, dental services) in a city with solid search traffic. 2️⃣ Build & Rank a Website – Set up a website, optimize it for SEO, and start ranking it on Google for high-value local keywords. 3️⃣ Generate Leads – Once the site is ranking, it will start bringing in organic traffic and generating calls/form submissions. 4️⃣ Monetize – Rent the site to a business for a flat fee 💰 OR charge per lead they receive from your site. 📞 ✅ Pros of the Rank & Rent Model ✔️ Passive Income Potential – Once ranked, a site can bring in recurring revenue with little ongoing effort. ✔️ High-Profit Margins – You don’t have to deal with inventory, customer service, or fulfillment. ✔️ Scalable – You can build multiple sites in different niches and locations to multiply your earnings. ✔️ No Need to Be a Sales Expert – Unlike running an agency, you’re not selling a complex service—just a website or leads. ✔️ Low Start-Up Costs – Compared to traditional businesses, setting up a Rank & Rent site is relatively inexpensive (domain, hosting, SEO tools). ❌ Cons of the Rank & Rent Model ❌ SEO Takes Time – Mostly if you don't know what you are doing, but there are shortcuts ;-) ❌ Google Algorithm Updates – Your site’s ranking isn’t guaranteed forever, as Google updates can affect SEO strategies so this is a real issue. ❌ Finding Renters Can Be a Challenge – Some businesses won’t understand the value, and you may need to pitch multiple companies before landing a deal. But there are ways to optimize this.

Alright, let’s get straight to it—WiFi Profits is something I’d personally avoid, and here’s why. ❌ If you’ve seen the ads, you know the pitch: “💰 Make easy money online with AI automation!” Sounds great, right? But when you dig deeper, it starts falling apart pretty quickly. 🤨 What is WiFi Profits? WiFi Profits is an affiliate marketing training program that sells for $67 through ClickBank. It claims to teach you how to make money using AI-generated content, so you don’t have to write anything yourself. Instead of spending hours creating content, AI supposedly does all the heavy lifting. 🤔 🚩 The Red Flags Here’s where it gets sketchy: - 🚫 Zero transparency on the creator – If a product is legit, why hide who’s behind it? - ⏳ Fake urgency – The sales page has countdown timers that reset when you refresh. - 🤖 AI-generated content isn’t a magic bullet – If you’ve ever used AI to write, you know it still requires editing and strategy. Just churning out generic AI content won’t bring in sales. - 💸 Overhyped earnings claims – They make it sound like you’ll be making bank with almost no effort. That’s just not how online business works. 💡 Can You Make Money With It? Technically, yes—you can make money with affiliate marketing. But WiFi Profits doesn’t really give you the full picture. AI-generated content alone won’t cut it. Also, SEO is getting harder as Google constantly updates its algorithm and can easily detect AI content if the quality is poor. If you rely on AI-generated articles without optimization or originality, you’ll struggle to get traffic, making success even harder. They don’t teach any of that in-depth. You’d be better off learning from free YouTube videos or investing in real marketing education. 📚 ⚖️ Final Verdict: Not Worth It If you’re serious about making money online, I wouldn’t waste time or money on WiFi Profits. What you get is low-quality training that overpromises and underdelivers. Affiliate marketing can be a great way to make money, but it’s getting harder with more competition and stricter search engine rules. In my opinion, better business models exist, like SMMA, local marketing, and AI marketing agencies. Heck even YouTube is better than this.. ✅

Going to be working on a couple of courses that I'll probably give away for free 1 - SEO / Local Marketing Course 2 - YouTube AI Course 3 - Local Marketing Recommendation

I’ve been in this game a long time—since 2007, to be exact. I started out in a 9-5 job (hated it like most do), but my mind was always on making money online. Tried everything—affiliate sites, paid ads, whatever I could find. Back then, you could get AdWords clicks for 10 cents on “make money online” (crazy, right?), but I had no clue about funnels or conversions, so I’d spend money, see no results, and quit. The seed was planted, though... 2010 – Leaving My Job & Going All In By 2010, I hit a wall. I was basically depressed at my job, so I quit and went all-in on freelancing—writing and SEO. Stumbled across Freelancer.com, saw people paying for writing gigs, and realized:💡 "Wait... I actually know a thing or two about SEO."That turned into some decent SEO jobs, and I started making a few thousand a month. 2012 – Ditching Clients for Affiliate Marketing Clients were fine, but affiliate marketing seemed like the real way to make money. I spent the next year testing everything—list building, CPA offers, launch jacking—you name it. At one point, I was basically broke for a year, but I kept going. 2013 – First Big Break Things finally clicked. I got into high-ticket programs, promoted a few network marketing-style offers, and became a top earner in one. That took me through to mid-2016—made six figures during this time. 2016 – Back to Square One Made some bad financial decisions—bought a house, cars, wedding expenses, all that. Next thing I knew, broke again and had to start fresh. End of 2016 – Scaling to Millions Started a new blog, scaled it fast, hit hundreds of thousands of visitors, and ended up partnering with a company. Became their #1 affiliate and made a few million. 2023 – SEO Gets Harder SEO started shifting—updates hit, blogs declined, the game changed. But I’d already made good money, so I pivoted into local SEO & rank and rent, which still pulls in 5-figures a month today. What I Learned After 15+ Years I’ve tried nearly every business model out there. Probably left a ton of money on the table by never launching my own offer, but I never wanted to go down the usual "make a course, become a consultant" route.

Hey everyone, welcome to the group! 👋 I’m Mark, and I’ve been in the online business space full-time since 2010—so I’ve seen it all. From early affiliate marketing days to the rise (and fall) of countless trends, I’ve tested, failed, and succeeded in ways most “gurus” won’t talk about. This group isn’t about hype. It’s about real insights into what’s actually working right now in the online business world. I’ll be sharing: ✅ Proven business models that are making people serious money in 2024 ✅ Trends I see shifting (and how to capitalize on them before the crowd) ✅ The strategies I personally use to stay ahead of the game I’ll also be dropping exclusive insights here that I won’t post anywhere else.