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by gopi 5381 days ago
I am a single founder, made around $10 million in pure profits in the last 8 years from relatively few internet projects/products. The interesting thing is i am not even a professional developer (but can write simple scripts and understand technology)
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Could you provide more details on your projects?
I like my anonymity so cannot give more details, hope you understand :)
Those are impressive figures - can you share more?
I'm betting its a consultancy that fills up IT positions in big companies.....the hiring business is one of the easiest ways to make money!
@freemarketteddy, mine is just a one man shop doing inhouse internet only projects not a consultancy.
Hmm, people downvote me because i don't want to share the details?
The whole point of this thread is to share the details. Coming in and saying "oh yeah, I also make a ton of money, but I can't tell you how" doesn't really do anything for the conversation. Even if it's minor details like the fantasy sports guy that uses the Yahoo API, that's contributing to the conversation.
Okay, Let me try to be a bit more specific :)

In the start it was mostly SEO mini sites then its more PPC arbitrage and then when search marketing got tough i started creating sites that depend on word of mouth/viral traffic. At my peak i was making $400k per month!

BTB, Most people with my kind of track record start to develop their personal brand and become a "Make money online Guru" and start sellimg systems and ebooks. But that life is not for me :)

Is mobile search a good platform to target now or would you stick to desktop pcs?
I don't have much experience with mobile, so i am not qualified to answer this
Yeah, so in other words he's either in this discussion purely to brag, or he's lying. So in other words he contributes nothing at all to the discussion. Moving along..