And no, I didn't rob a bank. Didn't sell a kidney. Didn't even have to wear pants.
Let that sink in for a moment...
$1,471.7 per hour. That's more than most lawyers make. More than doctors. More than that guy who installed your cable and somehow took 4 hours to do it while leaving mysterious boot prints on your couch.
Here's the dirty little secret most "gurus" don't want you to know:
Working more hours is the SLOWEST way to make more money.
So here are my 4 steps๐
๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Relying on viral instagram reels is like chasing pennies while stepping over dollars.
To make real money you need to turn attention into revenue with a monetization system.
But not just posting and praying while recreating viral videos, having Manychat send some lazy PDF guide, and hoping to make sales.
I use a โValue Trapโ:
๐ Highly Targeted Instagram Reels (Value) โ ๐Free Value Trap (MORE VALUE In the form of a lead magnet) โ ๐ฐPaid Course/Mentorship (More Value)
And if you structure this right, you can make 5-figure months with just a few thousand followers.
๐๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ:
1๏ธโฃ Start with Instagram Reelsโyour free traffic source.
2๏ธโฃ Offer a free course, NOT just a PDF (giving away something people are used to paying for).
3๏ธโฃ This builds goodwill & trust before ever mentioning a paid product.
4๏ธโฃ THEN introduce your paid course.
This method is why I have 7000+ people inside my free courses and 225+ paying students.
The truth is, most creators are leaving 90% of their potential revenue on the table by focusing on garbage PDF lead magnets and traditional โfreebiesโ...
Having 100 followers who trust you is worth more than 1000 people commenting โguideโ for a generic โsneak peekโ inside your course ๐คฎ
The key in all this is what I call โ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐โ...
Care about HELPING and providing value FIRST, then the money will flow.
Thereโs a reason why someone like Liz can go from on the fence to all in within a few daysโฆ (Paying THOUSANDS for my 1 on 1 coaching)...
The key is PROVIDING VALUE FIRST.
๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
Most courses donโt consider human nature even a little bit.
The goal of a good course is simpleโฆ
ACTION.
Point blank. Period.
From regurgitated PDFs, terrible AI voiceovers, and endless fluff designed to keep you distracted until the refund period is past (instead of just getting you to your goal)...
People donโt want another 100+ hours of classroom time before the results.
Low customer satisfaction leads to failure.
93.7% of all courses out there right now are simply someone trying to make a quick buck.
Rememberโฆ
Low customer satisfaction leads to failure.
So with that said, the FIRST thing your course should do is create a map.
A map that shows them everything thatโs going to happen, how itโll happen, where youโll go, when you should learn, etcโฆ
๐ก๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐.
Next, the reason people buy courses in the first place is because they LACK in 1 or more of these areas:
- Time
- Skills
- Money
- Energy
- Knowledge
Once we can LOWER each of these limitations, or remove them, then we remove the obstacle thatโs stopping them from getting to their goal, which makes it a good product.
Ultimately, what theyโre buying isnโt the product itself, but the removal of the obstacle thatโs getting in the way of what they want.
And finallyโฆ
Donโt let them learn alone!
Create a community where they can access you.
This is exactly why I like to use Skool .com
This platform allows you to host your own community with a paid course all in one.
And now that you have a community, all your course members will interact with each other, holding each other accountable and creating support at every step of their journey!
๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐% ๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Despite what your favorite content marketing guru says, making money on Instagram is NOT about who makes the best content.
Eliminate your emotions, feelings, and the need to be perfect.
I make $1000+ a day on Instagram not because of my editing skills or my ground breaking ideas.
I make it because I know how to write HOOKS & CAPTIONS that make the algorithm work for me.
Whatโs crushing it right now on Instagram is actually even simpler than you might realizeโฆ
1๏ธโฃ5-7 b roll videos (silent video of you or anythingโmy favorite is me drinking coffee at my desk)
2๏ธโฃCompelling hook (text overlay on screenโcuriosity or SOLUTION based)
3๏ธโฃWrite an SEO and Keyword heavy caption that PROVIDES value first
๐ฅBonus points if you can create an โinformation gapโ
Whatโs an information gap?
Itโs a statement that implies thereโs valuable information to come AFTER the statementโฆ
Bonus points if you can create an โinformation gapโ
๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐.
Here are some titles that create information gaps:
- Become the X in 7 days or less
- The biggest breakthrough
- The truth about XYZ
- The REAL way to X
- What NEVER to
- The real reason
- The power of
- The secret to
- 5 ways to X
- The key toย
These are just some quick examples that work well (even if you have no prior results to share)
๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ '๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐'
Having 100,000 followers means nothing if youโre not monetizing those followers properly.
I saw some girl on Instagram the other day with over 100,000 followers and she had only made $1000 in 28 days this month ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Why?
Because her product and systems were totally irrelevant to her viral content.
When your offer is congruent with the people you serve, the problem you solve, and the content you create, โsellingโ becomes EFFORTLESSโฆ
I call this โ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐ฒโ
When you do it right, what you are selling feels like the natural next step for your audience to take after consuming your content.
This is why some people truly do โmake money in their sleepโ while others spend all day long in their DMโs trying to convince people to buy.
Take this post for instanceโฆ
I am giving you as much value as I possibly can so you can create content, sell courses, and build a successful online education business.
As for my paid courseโฆ
Well ๐
If you want direct access to me, my team and my proven process to start building a highly profitable online business from scratch while monetizing free content on social media (the same process Iโve used to generate $14,717 in just 2 weeks and helped countless others achieve 5 figure months and financial freedomโฆ)
You can always start Instagram and sell courses on your own, thatโs what I did, and it took me years of trial and error to finally figure out how to make it work.
And thatโs why I created the $1k Commission Blueprint, so more good people like you can achieve financial freedom in the fastest and most effective way possible.
When you join, you get:
โ
The exact 2-step monetization framework hundreds are using to make daily sales
โ
Our community, where we help you implement everything we teach you
โ
Weekly Q&A Calls with me & Expert Coaches to give you personalized feedback
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And weโre even throwing in a few BRAND NEW free tools like my 7-Figure Mentor Bot (programmed with over 150+ hooks and captions I personally wrote to earn over 7 figures on Instagram) that will step by step help you create hooks and captions exactly like I do
AND RIGHT NOW...
I'm on a mission to help as many people as humanly possible who want to help themselves...
If you want to be one of the 1000 families I help earn their first $1000 commission in 2026, then ๐
Rooting for you in 2026!
-Josh
PS... why so only $7/mo?
Because we are laying the FOUNDATION for the future of making money online & the future of the way regular people just like you and me earn WITHOUT the tech headaches and overwhelm...
It won't be $7/mo for long, once we launch to the world the price will sky rocket to $57/mo.