February 1st, 2009, was a very memorable day for me. It was the day I arrived back at my family home in Newcastle, England, to start working for myself full-time. I had just left a job which for the previous two years saw me working with companies like Nissan, Hewlett Packard and Land Rover as their social media manager. My position in the rat race was actually an awesome one, but it was nothing compared to being my own boss.

As some people here don’t care about making their living from the internet, I understand that this post will not be for everybody. However, if you’ve just made the leap to working for yourself, currently run your own business, or you’re looking to make your money online in the future, this article may be just what you need.
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Whenever I’m in “work mode” I spend most of my time looking for websites to buy. I genuinely feel that the internet is one of the best places to invest your money and get a great ROI if you know what you’re doing. Not only that, the simple fact of making money on the internet means you can run your empire from anywhere in the world.

Since December I’ve spent over $100,000 on purchasing websites and I’ve made a similar figure by selling the ones I’ve built so today I’m going to cover both sides of the process in detail. In short, here’s my position: I like to buy websites I can automate through outsourcing and I sell websites that I no longer enjoy running or have a desire to grow.

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I’ve never really liked the question “What do you do?” It’s not the question that’s the problem, it’s just that I have yet to craft a response I’m happy with. I make money by creating successful websites and I’m currently buying lots more. After this year though I want my whole network to be running on autopilot, so it wont be something I’m doing.

I spend most of my time helping other people make money online; mostly through this blog. I could call myself a blogger but that suggests I make my living through blogging. To me, a blog is simply the medium I use to share my value.

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I haven’t written about my $1M case study for quite a while so I thought now would be as good a time as any to give an update. If you don’t know anything about my attempt to build a $1M website in 12 months then read the first post here. I wrote follow up posts on buying a $550 domain and my CMS and content strategy.

A few months ago I decided it would be a good idea to hire a model to create videos that would add more credibility to the site. I ended up choosing a girl previously featured in FHM and shot footage (non-adult) of her last week.

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Unless you’ve read Cloud Living, you probably have no idea how I make money online. My about page makes it clear that I do make a great living from the internet, but I’ve never wrote about how. Until today.

I’m not going to claim my process is anything new, because there were people using similar methods for a long time before me. I am however going to take you through the steps I follow in order to build profitable websites that allow me to live my location independent lifestyle.

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Have you heard of Matt Wadsworth? Up until last week, I had no idea who he was, but now, he’s one of my favourite people online. Matt is someone that has managed to build a 7-figure internet business in the space of three years. That’s impressive in itself, but what’s even more mind-blowing is that Matt is blind. He has no sight at all.

I instantly like Matt not only because of his achievements, but he’s someone that – like me – doesn’t make a living online by teaching people how to make a living online. Instead, his lessons are of providing value, staying consistent, and focusing on what you love.

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It has been a while since I wrote about my million dollar case study. To be honest with you all, a lot has been happening in my life and not much has been happening on the site. There’s a lot going on with both my business life (the websites I run) and my personal life (my location / relationships).

As I have big goals for this life I’m living, I have decided that I’m going to settle down for 12 months in one location: Cape Town. I know the place well and it offers me an excellent standard of living for the money that I make. This will allow me to focus on my goals with ViperChill and my affiliate sites, and ultimately reach my next goal — making sure my siblings don’t have to work.

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Minimalism seems to be a hot topic these days and rightly so. People like clutter-free living and getting things done. After listening to a recent podcast between minimalist Leo Babauta and problogger, Darren Rowse, I started thinking about how I could apply minimalism to my internet marketing operations.

After all, I’m sure we can all agree there is time we spend on a computer each day that isn’t spent doing relevant tasks. I personally know that I check Tweetdeck, Facebook, and my email inbox far more often than necessary. Over the last few days, I have completely overhauled the way I do business online and setup the system and principles I’m going to share with you today.

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