Cloud Living: Freedom, Expression, and Financial Abundance
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July 13th, 2009 / 
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Today I am very excited to announce the launch of Cloud Living. This is something I have been working on for the past few months and is finally complete. I’ve definitely enjoyed the process of putting this together but it is so much sweeter to have a finished result.
For those of you who don’t know, Cloud Living is the term I have ‘coined’ for the lifestyle that I live. I earn money from the Cloud (Internet) and make enough to be free from corporate slavery and literally do whatever I want. It is a lifestyle I had dreamed about and now, just like I did, I’m going to show you how to make it a reality.
Cloud Living Contents
The size of this project is huge and by far the biggest thing I have ever put together. I enlisted the services of a professional copywriter before launch to ensure the end result is a polished product.
The course mainly comes in eBook (PDF) format which you can open with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download). More specifically, it contains:
- 176-page eBook
- 6 Tutorial Videos (ranging from 4-10 minutes in length)
- A Free Affiliate Website Template
- 8-page Documentation Guide
- 100% Free Email Support
As you can probably tell, this wasn’t just some project that was put together in a rush. I’ve spent countless hours on this and the finished result contains everything you need to know about how I generate a 5-figure monthly income online and built a blog with 4,000 subscribers in less than one year.
Buy Cloud Living Now for $37!
My Current Situation
If you don’t know much about my background, let me give you a quick rundown. In 2007 I was doing college courses I hated and had a part-time job in a clothes store. At the time I was also running an Internet marketing blog and after getting ‘noticed’ for my expertise in the area, I was offered a job in Cape Town (South Africa) to work as the social media manager for multiple Fortune 100 companies.
That was it. At 18, I quit college, quit my job, and left the UK for hotter climates. While living and working in South Africa, I used the spare time I had to start building websites again and even created this blog. Through a culmination of my blogging activities and my affiliate websites, I was earning enough money to work for myself so I quit my job in January 2009.
I’m now back in the UK and I have been “jobless” for almost 6 months. Don’t worry though, I’m now making a tidy 5-figure income (in dollars) every month online. I have also just booked a 3 month holiday to Amsterdam with one of my best friends and after that I plan on travelling to both India and Argentina. For a 20 year old college dropout – in this economy – I’m quite proud of my achievements.
Cloud Living is my way of saying: you can do the same. And trust me, you really can. I’ve watched people work with only half of the information given in this guide and manage to make thousands of dollars online.
Buy Cloud Living Now for $37!
“More Specifics, Please!”
Ah, so you want to know more about what is actually in the guide? That’s not a problem. Before we get on to that, I want to mention that this guide is written with the total beginner in mind. Whether you’ve never even registered a domain or you run sites already, this guide will be educational. If any of the following terms confuse you then don’t stress as they are all explained in more detail in the guide.
The introduction includes information about my current life situation and then why your current life situation is as it is. From there, the course veers off into two directions: Minisites and Blogs. These are the two ways I make money online and I show you how to be successful with both. (Note: You don’t have to do both, you can just focus on one and still make a lot of money).
After this, I share my simple productivity guide which enabled me to make all of this money while working a full-time job and partying 5 nights per week.
Minisites
Minisites are basically small websites which are created to promote products or services as an affiliate. Working as an affiliate means that you don’t have to create anything or even handle any stock, you simply send people to a website through your affiliate link and you make a commission if they purchase anything.
I make around 40 – 50% of my income with this method and right now I do absolutely nothing to sustain my income. Minisites take about 2 weeks to set up and promote properly but once that is done, you can practically leave them for good and they’ll continue to make money.
Blogs
If you don’t know what a blog is then take a good look around this website because you’re reading one. Blogs are content based websites and typically on a certain topic rather than just general ramblings. Around half of my income is from blogs (I run three) and the monetisation options I have in place.
This section shares my story with blogging and how it enabled me to both make $20,000 in 4 months and land my dream job. In addition to the content I released in BloggingBlueprint about creating a blog and generating traffic, this section also covers my actual website statistics and where my visitors come from. Finally, I’ve added a detailed section on blog monetisation and how to turn your content into income.
Interviews
Although I like to think of my personal story as inspirational, my ego really isn’t too big to fail to see that other people have been successful in this area. In the guide I include an interview with a friend of mine, Jonathan Fields. Jonathan is the author of Career Renegade which is a book about getting paid to do what you love – definitely my kind of thing.
Also included is an interview with a blogger who is quickly rising to fame, Chris Guillebeau. Chris is the blogger behind The Art of Nonconformity and has never actually had a job in his life. He generates all of his income online and is currently on a mission to visit every single country in the world – talk about a perfect example of Cloud Living!
Productivity
The guide concludes with a solid overview of my current productivity strategy. It is probably one of the simplest productivity strategies you will ever come across but I believe its simple nature is why it works so well. In my experience, people tend to adopt productivity methods that are so complex that they need other productivity methods to keep up with the first one.
My section here is nothing like that. Instead, I share the two most important ideas I’ve implemented into my life which help me to get more done. These are polished versions of the tactics I used to work on projects when I was in a 9-6 job and was partying 5 nights per week. Their core elements also worked well for me when I was in college 5 days per week and had a job that took up my whole weekend.
Buy Cloud Living Now for $37!
About Me / Testimonials
Regular readers of this site will probably know everything here but due to the promotion angles for this product that I have in place, a lot of people landing here will have never heard of me nor this website before. Here I just want to give you a quick background on how my life has panned out and how people have referred to my previous work:
- At 16 one of my websites was mentioned in the book “DJ’ing for Dummies”
- At 17 I was featured on the Official Blog of a Google Engineer
- At 17 I made over $4,000 online in one month
- At 18 I became the Social Media Manager for multiple Fortune 100 Companies
- One of my clients was featured on the Digg homepage over 40 times
- At 19 I quit my job to work online full-time with my own websites
- At 20 I’m still doing it
- I have been featured on 10 of the Top 100 Blogs in the World (According to Technorati)
None of that was to brag; seriously. I’m well aware that there are people who have done a lot more than me at this stage in their life. Instead I just want you to see I’m not some scam artist who is promising things he hasn’t actually achieved himself. I think I’ve spoken about myself enough in this blog post – here’s what some other people have to say:
Buy Cloud Living Now for $37!
Thanks to all of you who are purchasing this, it means a lot to me. As I mention in the introduction, I really am here for all of your support related needs.
I can’t believe it is selling so quickly, I expect the 50 to be gone within 2 hours from launch and I haven’t even emailed my ‘interested’ list yet. Going to do thta now!
Thanks again, I love you all
UPDATE: The first 50 copies at $27 have now sold out!
Oh, and congratulations for taking action and ‘making something happen’ with your lives. It’s great to see we have that kind of audience here
Glen, I am loving *Cloud Living*! Thanks for putting together such a detailed picture of affiliate marketing and blogging. This is just what I’ve been looking for.
There are so many sources out there who offer to teach you all of their *secrets*. Your guide delivers! I highly recommend this ebook to anyone who wants to move forward with affiliate marketing or blogging and has a list of questions to which they can’t find answers.
Glen is a genius.
He helped me set up my site, unleashreality, and put up with some of the stupidest questions alive evar.
he knows what he’s talking about.
full real deal.
true story.
highly recommended
alex
Glen, just want to say, I got a copy of this last night and I spent the whole night reading it cover-to-cover. Guys, this is incredible.
Cloud living is I’m sure the most straight-to-the-point, effective manual on how to create a living from providing a service on the internet. While other “guides” out there give measly table-scraps of their so-called ’secrets’, Glen shares his personal experiences in this field, with video tutorials, tangent-guides and even a way to contact him if anyone gets stuck. The interviews he has conducted with professional authors and the likes are an invaluable inspiration as well. Even though I was originally only interested in reading the second half of the book, there was literally a ton of new value on every page, and I learned things that in 5 years as a web designer I had never yet heard of. I couldn’t think of a better or easier way to cut someone’s learning curve in this field.
Best of all, reading this book is like spending time in conversation with someone who is the real deal – Glen clearly knows this industry in-and-out, and has the success to prove it. I sincerely hope this book finds its way to many people, because I know it means so much to him to reach out and share something he is so skilled and experienced at.
Thanks Glen.
Thanks for such a great review Graeme. I’m really glad you liked it and learned a lot from it.
Really appreciate that!
- Glen
Wow… finally! ‘nough said
Haha, long time coming hey?
Yep! Will definitely buy when I can.
For anyone wondering out there who isn’t convinced, this is 200% high-quality, exceptional advice, because that’s just the way it is with Glen Allsopp. Get your hands on it now – I trust you won’t be disappointed, and neither will I
Hey Glen!
I just want to thank you for allowing me to get my hands on a copy before the launch.
I spent last night reading through your entire book and must say that it is incredibly professional!
I have been with you as you gave away The Blogging Blueprint, followed your various tutorials on HQhow.com and many other articles and free ebooks.
Cloud-Living is seriously fantastic. I’m not just saying this because you are my friend, but as someone who got into internet and affiliate marketing about a year ago, and struggled very much with the technical aspects of making money online ,setting up sites,wordpress,hosting,ftp,seo.
Cloud-living describes everything step by step and I’m planning on setting up tens of minisites as per your guide.
Seriously, thanks so much for making this and for pricing it so resonably!
I recommend it to anyone who is starting internet marketing or wanting to improve their skills and want to be free from the 9-5 chains!:)You don’t get better value than this.
Diggy
Upgradereality.com
Hey Diggy!
Thanks for taking the time to write that up, I really appreciate it.
Pleased it passes your quality standards as I know that you have been in this industry for a long time!
- Glen
Nicely done.
I haven’t bought the book but you’ve really pulled it all together. I love your marketing re selling the dream, the book cover and copy is great.
Kudos and good luck
I am honestly amazed this is selling so well, especially since America really isn’t awake yet.
Bad news in that there are only 5 copies (out of 50) left at $27! I would love to keep it open for longer but it wouldn’t be fair to those who got here early on purpose.
Thanks again and congratulations for taking action
Hey,
I just bought Cloud Living. Here in Vienna, where I’m on vacation right now, it costs just as much as lunch in the city. I’ll have a closer look at it once I’m home. But as I’m following PluginID silently for a while now I’m convinced I won’t regret spending those 20 €.
Cheers,
Marcel
Hi, Glen — nice job on this. I made some changes to my blog based on your previous suggestions, and your latest e-book will help me continue improving its design and monetizing it.
Alas, Hawaii has just passed legislation which Amazon calls an “unconstitutional tax collection scheme” So as of June 30, Amazon has stopped paying to its Hawaii-based Associates any referral fees for customers referred to Amazon.com or Endless.com. Additional information may be obtained from the Performance Marketing Alliance at http://www.performancemarketingalliance.com/.
So I won’t be launching any affiliate sites in the near-term, but I WILL keep working on my blog and online stores. (Click and have a look around, folks!)
With all best wishes for your continued success,
–Bill
Hey, just wanted to reply to my previous post. I haven’t gotten an email from Amazon yet, acknowledging that its Hawaii affiliates are back in business (I’ll add that widget to my blog when they do), but the good news is that Governor Lingle overturned the sales/use tax nexus law:
Heads-up, though — it looks like this could be on the horizon for other American states, so any US-based affiliate marketers may want to stay tuned. You can bookmark this link to current pending legislation. (If I’ve set this up right, it should open up in a separate window.)
I like the way Glen writes — very conversational and he really breaks things down so that they are easy to follow. This book is excellent and I am eager to start putting more of its ideas in motion here.
Finally, I made a large sale today that I’m pretty sure would not have come about without having blogging available!
–Bill
Hi,
my name is David and I’m from Italy. I’ve been reading your blog for some weeks now, and I have to say you’ve been doing a great job. I really enjoyed your last articles especially, very rich of value I think. Now I wish you good luck with this e-book you’re launching.
Thank you for everything you post and also for giving me many ideas on which I’ll be working, hoping one day to quit my job and completly dedicate myself to something I think and feel important.
I’ll be around.
Bye,
David.
I have also finished reading the ebook. Definitely a great book for those planning on earning a living online. There is good solid information on how to set up blogs and mini-sites and really earn an income. The great thing is that Glen has not made his money by teaching how to make money. He set up mini-sites and earned affiliate commissions just like everyone else can.
It really is a step-by-step blueprint to online profits.
I have already started to implement some of the ideas. Thanks DJ(Glen)!
I think that’s the important thing John. So many people out there just promote how to make money by teaching others whereas my income still flows in from other sources.
Thank you for your comment, much appreciated!
Hey Glen
CONGRATULATIONS!
I’m not surprised at all that the first 50 went so quickly, Well deserved! Not able to buy CL yet, but look forward to soon!
Jen
So…. what’s the count? How many copies have you sold so far? Congrats on the success… and selling the first fifty so quickly!!!
I haven’t finished reading it all yet, but what I’ve read so far definitely does deliver. Great value!
I don’t want to give away the exact figures, but for those who want to work it out, let’s just say I have sold more copies at $37 than I have at $27
Thanks for your support Karen!
Damn I missed the intro price, thanks to different times here and there.
Congratulations Glen!
I did get it early and am half way through. Loved the front cover; makes you smile and chuckle a bit. I’m very anxious to put your suggestions to good use. NOW!
(I’ve written this at least 5 times now, so this is the shortened version. Through the advice of “Cloud Living,” the longer one will be on my site as soon as it is functioning properly.)
I truly liked the way in which you chose to write “Cloud Living.” Even though you’re aware that this was written for a massive audience, you feel like you’re so emersed in a conversation between two people. You’ve included, both in written form and videos, the necessary steps which will take you up the path of your choosing. The interviews were also inspiring and will be checking their sites out. It’s reassuring to know that you’re still there to answer questions. You’re not deserting us and that you genuinely care. I also can’t wait to continue reading and learning and to make the changes I need to, so I can get on with my life as I choose it to be. What an impact!
Honestly, I cannot tell you enough to what degree and to the depth, of just how much I appreciate you sharing this.
To your continued SUCCESS!!!
Denise
Hi Glen,
Glad to see that Cloud Living is selling well right out of the gate!
Off the wall question for you: what % of people that read Cloud Living will actually do what you recommend?
Thanks,
Andrew
I bought Cloud Living today and uploaded a new minisite tonight.
Also, as a side note, it would be nice to have a forum like Thesis does after you buy it where paid subscribers could login and chat amongst ourselves as well as with you, Glen. Would love to have that community feel.
Yes! Two votes for a forum! Maybe on hqhow? It would be great to be able to talk to beginners like me about what products they pick, and what issues they are having. Besides Shannon of course, we’ve already started a Glen fan club on our own
Probably a good idea for Glen to set something up on http://www.ning.com – easiest way to create communities quickly.
Well done, hopefully see you at the next LondonSEO
Hey Rob,
Awesome to see you around here. Thanks for the support!
OK i’m convinced. I’m gonna buy it. Once I read it I’ll write a review on my new site for startup companies – http://online-startup.com
Congrats on your book launch! Your materials were recommended over at my forums at http://tinyurl.com/mzh3zr – I’ll be certain to add your book to that thread. Best of success for the future!!
Wow, I just read the post about this book on Freelance Switch this afternoon. Purchased it straight away and it’s now 3am because I haven’t stopped reading it. Already set up a mini site! =)
Great content, well worth the money. Thanks DJ =)
Awesome Owen
Just a heads up that there is a spelling error in your title
Beautiful ebook DJ!
I bought it yesterday and couldn’t stop reading it. And I’m going to start implementing something new right away!
THX THX THX
You’re welcome Dragan!
Hey Glen,
Do you provide a light edition / preview version? That would make it a no-brainer for me to purchase it, if it content, writing style etc. otherwise appeals to me. Just a tip
Hey Kim,
Sadly I don’t right now but I might in the future. Hopefully from this post you can see my writing style and definitely from the ’specifics’ section here you can see what is included inside.
Thanks for your comment!
I would say I am not in a Cloud living cos I am not financially abundant.. Regarding the expression and freedom, I have them all..
Hi Glen,
I know that many people have written that once they started reading they couldn’t stop… that’s exactly what happened to me! Literally kept reading until my eyes closed. Excellent eBook.
Just kicked off http://www.freelancestudents.co.uk, and I’m going to implement many of your ideas to get it rolling. Take a peak if you get a min.
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
I just got my copy of cloud living yesterday. I’ve gone through it once, but I’ll definitely be referring back to it. I just bought my first namecheap domain and hostgator account and I’m working on getting my first affiliate site built. I’ll put a review of the book on my blog soon too
Hi Glen,
I have been a reader of your blog for a while but this is the first time I have commented. I purchased your ebook when you released it, read it a couple of times and decided to set up a minisite. I spent a few hours researching and came across a product I liked and found a key word i considered to be relatively uncompetitive, I spent Thursday and Friday last week setting up the site and then spent Friday evening and Saturday building some backlinks. I haven’t touched it until today. I logged into my analytics account and checked my stats, I have had vistors! I searched for my chosen keyword and I was surprised to see I am already on the first page of Google. But even better I just checked my Clickbank account to find out I made my first sale yesterday!!!
All I can say is everything in your ebook works, thank you very much for writing it!! I am glad I purchased it.
I wish you further success in the future!
Cheers Paul
Hey Paul
That’s awesome! I really appreciate you coming back here to share your story.
I wish you continued success for the future
Cheers,
Glen
Seems like a very cool product, just need to know one thing before buying it:
Is there a ‘money back’ guarantee?
Hey there DJ/Glen,
I’m glad to see I was featured as a testimonial. I must say your product is the absolute truth and definately worth it’s weight in gold for those who are looking for a strong foundation to start on.
Much success!
- Yolanda Morris
Hi Glen after following your story on a couple of sites and seeing how much you’ve done in such a short amount of time, I couldn’t resist not buying your ebook. Will start reading it now, and I’ll post a short review when I’m done. Proud to be a subscriber dude
Just got the book my friend – will keep you posted on my progress.
Cheers,
Yavor
Getting money means more time to enjoy life. I attract an abundance of money and wealth into my life. I am good enough.
I want everyone to know this: Mr.Glen is really and trully kind individual and very patience in his dealing with People. I have bought his product, Cloudling since 21 August, I had had series of problem uploading it even up till now. But to let you know this, Glen has been consistently with me more than 10 emails back and forth almost daily trying to solve my problem. Until I stop writing him because I do not want to bother him any more. The problem might be my Computer, my handling the FileZilla and host of others.
I live in Finland, and if anyone among you living in Finland who reads this comment, kindly let me know so that I may get more help in uploading this minisite. I do need help from nearby.
It is work of art which Mr.Glen has done, and the product suppose to be more than $37 because inside the product are Gems and Gold stored within it. Lots of treasures. Thanks for your great works Glen, You have done your best for me and I do appreciate it much.
Thanks for the guide DJ, it’s awesome. Set up 2 minisites, used BookmarkingDemon to get some backlinks, and now I’m just going to wait. My sites haven’t been indexed yet, so I guess it’s just a waiting game for now! I’ll let you know how they turn out!
Hey Glen,
How efficient is it to make money, and how much experience would you need? Do you have to have an idea in mind?
Yes, this is a great e-book. Two questions:
- For the minisites, what sort of conversion rates do you expect to get (and what did you get when you started out with them?)
- Why don’t you have an affliate scheme for promoting this book – or would that be self-defeating?!
Simon
StopUSmoking.com
Do you have an affiliate program?
Just bought the book! Over the next weeks i hope to read it completely and implement everything, i’m feeling excited about this.
I like the personal style, well done Glen and congratulations on your product.
I am excited to purchase. I just found out about this blog today and am trying to catch up on my reading
Thanks Glen, your sites are amazing.
Got your ebook. Love it. Emailed you and you responded FAST. Loved that too.
I created my first minisite here: http://www.stopsmokingdevice.net and now working on the backlinks. Thought I’d start here for that!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Are you for real?
Are you?
DJ,
I bought the ebook last week but have just been able to begin reading it today. I have not registered for clickbank yet, so I have not fully followed your directions, but I did look for affiliate programs of products I have purchased and been pleased with in the past. For one in particular, I have found a decent keyphrase based on your criteria, but the registration for their affiliate program requires input of an existing url and the current number of daily pageviews. –The minimum selection is 150 daily pageviews–
Might it be worthwhile to create the minisite and direct visitors to the intended affiliate without an affiliate link until I can generate 150 daily views and properly sign up?
None of this will keep me from fully following your written advice as well, but this was just one of my early inspirations.
Thanks in advance,m
Stephen
Hey guys!
Seems I found this real late. Sorry I’ve been SO
STUPIDLY out of touch but selling all your possessions
and moving to Bangkok on a whim can keep you pretty busy…
I thought I’d add one more thing here though.
I Facebooked Glen 2 days ago for help on a pretty
hefty topic (keep in mind that I haven’t bought Cloud
Living or a single other thing from him, even through an
affiliate link) and he totally set me straight.
King!
Also, keep in mind that I’ve spent over R50 000 on bullshit
‘make money online’ crap in the past. Don’t get me
wrong, the training is insane, the support is great, but there
are 3 things missing from that approach:
1. The whole ‘make money online’ niche is INSANELY
competitive and saturated
2. It’s an industry of blind leading the blind where even if you’re
making $1 a year, you’re encouraged to teach others how to make
money. Seriously.
3. And, most importantly, the people in it just simply don’t care.
Glen does. Seriously.
To Cloud Living!
Glen is the real deal.
It’s really that simple. He’s helped me a ton
even though I’ve never bought a single thing
from him or through any of his affiliate links.
Unlike so many other internet marketers
in this ‘make money online’ niche, he actually,
truly does care about helping people, not just his
bank balance.
I have no hesitation recommending anything
he produces. It’s always gonna be gold.
That’s just how he is.
Loving the book so far – full of insight and inspiration. I’ve created my first affiliate site and just finished stage one of the backlinking process – now time to find out if the money follows.
Worth pointing out that Glen’s helped out practically immediately whenever I’ve had any questions about the process – it’s great having a human at the end of an email address to back up the support in the book.
Looks set to be the best $ I ever spent…
Glen I have been following you for awhile now and my main problem is sticking with one project long enough to make any money.
So at what point do you know if you are wasting your time on a given site and move on from it? How long should I build links and promote a website if its not making any money for me before I scrap it and move on?
Thanks for all the info you give. I have picked a few products and started promoting them. I decided that I better put effort in more than one thing at the time to see what works and what won’t