🗂️ Your Code Can Make You Money while you Sleep

Motivational Quote 💬

Meme 🥶

Core Lesson 🔝

Overview 👀

You know how to code, many people don’t know how to = you can use this advantage to make money.

Great. But what if you could put those skills to work earning money while you sleep?

Even better.

This little guide will show you how to transform your coding expertise into revenue streams that don’t require your attention.

Problem breakdown 😥 

Developers trade their time for a 9/5 while their skills could bring them profit 24/7.

Here’s why developers can be the best creators of digital products:

• You can automate and scale solutions

• You understand how to build digital products

• You have specialized technical knowledge others need

(If you’re missing any of the points, I wrote in depth articles about them, just click on the link)

How❓

There are 4 main kinds of products you can sell:

1. “Digital products”

(I don’t know how to differentiate these from others 😓)

You start by identifying your expertise in the niche and then you…

• Code templates

• Write ebooks for a niche

• Create a course around a topic

• Create plugins for popular platforms

2. API Services Creation

Identify common developers pain points and…2

• Design clear, well-documented APIs

• Implement robust security measures

• Set up usage-based pricing

• Deploy and maintain the service

3. Content creation

You have 2 options here:

1. You curate content - you don’t know too much about the stuff you want to talk about, you research and you curate content about the topic.

2. You teach - you have lots of expertise and you share that knowledge with others.

Then you choose your format. It can be:

• Tweets

• Blog posts

• Long videos

• Short-form videos

• Live streams of you coding

…Pretty much anything that you like creating and sharing

4. Develop a SaaS Product

While more complex (and requires more investments) than the other options, if done properly, SaaS can bring a lot of recurring revenue.

It takes more time to create a software, you would need to:

1. Find the idea that can work

2. Valide the idea

3. Build an MVP to test with early adopters

4. Improve based on feedback and gradually add features

5. Implement a pricing model

6. Stop coding and focus on customer acquisition

Don’t worry, I’m going to write about these steps in detail in the future.

Pro Tip 💡

I have 3 tips that come from the bottom of my hearth:

1. Don't try to build everything at once. Start with ONE income stream and make it work before adding others. The key is to validate quickly and fail fast if something isn't working.

2. Stay persistent, take your first step and don’t stop

3. Start by solving real problems, focus on creating genuine value for users

Tools & Resources 🛠️

• For digital products: Gumroad

• For courses Podia

• For templates distribution: GitHub

• For API payment processing: Stripe

• For Twitter content creation: Tweethunter

• For SaaS development: Up to you to choose your favorite tech stack

Key takeaways 🔑

Aaaannd, that was it :)

Thank you for reading this far, it really means a lot to me and I hope this has helped you in any way

Got questions? Hit reply - I read every email.

Happy coding,

Leo