As you are aware, there are countless ways to make money online.  I mean, it seems every single day there’s some new method to follow to earn money from home.  Business opportunities are abundantly available… err pitched to us all over Internet-land.  Our email in-boxes are bombarded with every opportunity under the sun.  There is certainly no shortage of opportunities & possibilities, right?

My question is… if there are so many opportunities, why are there so many people out there still struggling to make any money at all?

Well, there is a learning curve to most methods/avenues to earning money and there is surely that thing we call “mindset” that gets in the way as well.  It’s true, mindset does get in the way for most out there looking to earn money.

BUT – I’d say besides mindset, most people are continuing to fail because they still don’t have a solid system yet.  I mean, they are still yet to fully master any one specific system for earning money.  You see, with the abundance of opportunities, it becomes easy to get caught up in the “jump-from-one-thing-to-the-next” cycle.

What this does, is it ensures that most people will continue to fail.  They will fail because they never get any good at any one specific thing.  Make sense?

Listen — in my mind I break it down to TWO ways to earn money online, and two ways only.  One way is what we call passive income and the other way is called “trade time for money”. There’s nothing wrong with either avenues, but I’d say most out there are “sold” on creating passive income.

WARNING: Even passive income tends to require ongoing effort.  I know, I know, we all want to be rich and lazy, free and beautiful, but the fact of the matter is, everything pretty much requires — work.  Ouch!  I said the four letter word right here on this family friendly blog.  Oh well.  Work, work, work.  Damn, it even hurts to type that word.

Anyway, back to reality here… the pipe dream of passive income is a beautiful thing.  And, it’s a real thing too.  I mean, I’ve made money on a passive level where I did nothing to earn that money for months and months.  I mean, I never lifted a finger for months or even touched the business for months, but money continued to come in to my bank account.  So, it is real.

And, a lot of people out there are very-very passionate about figuring out the puzzle that equals = passive income!  yah!

Trading time for money would be doing some service for people, like copywriting or graphic art, or programming, or… the list is endless.  The cool thing about offering services like this is there’s a HUGE fricken demand for those services.  And, while most out there are jumping around from one “major breakthrough system to earning money online” to the next “pie in the sky offer now hitting your inbox”, you could indeed build yourself a nice-fat-income from the comfort of your own home, doing what I call “brokering!”… or actually providing those types of services.

Yes, you’re not going to catch others out there teaching that or talking about brokering, because they are busy selling you what you wan to hear — passive income with the click of a button.  BTW, that stuff sells like hotcakes!

I actually do teach this stuff in great detail in my 5 Star Silver Club.  So, I guess people do infact want to simply quit jobs, earn extra income from home, make money fast and make money online from home doing anything it takes.

All in all, I will say this… I think the best way to earn a big-time passive income (for most out there) is to first become a business owner.  Brokering is one of those ways to become a business owner very easily and without spending much money at all.  And, while the money is flooding in with your brokering business — you can be building that passive income on the side.  Eventually – like what happened with me – your passive income will eclipse your “trade time for money” income, and your dreams will have come true.

Meanwhile, do yourself a huge favor and stop jumping from one pie-in-the-sky to the next pie-in-the-sky, and start selling stuff.  After all, nobody makes any money until someone sells something to someone who buys something.  Therefore, if you’re not selling… nobody is buying… and if you’re not selling anything, and nobody is buying anything, one thing is certain…. you are not making any money.  Sell stuff!

Eric Louviere

We recently went on a month plus vacation to Florida and then on to The Cayman Islands. We were there in the Cayman Islands for about a month and it was tremendous!  Me, my wife and 18 month old son had a great time swimming in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean (steps from our condo).

We’ve always taken long trips (two weeks or so), but this one really took the cake.

I designated a day or so each week to catch up on emails, partners, customers, etc (4 hour work week on steroids)…

It really drove home for me, the fact that making money online is the greatest business in the entire fricken world.  I’m extremely grateful each day for the blessings me and my family have received.

Thank You Baby Jesus!

While I was there, close to the last week, I took my flip camera for a little walk on the beach to record some footage.  While walking by myself on the beach by our condo (and taking a break from a teething baby), I decided to point that camera at myself and record some tips on making money from home.

Well lucky you huh?  (See… I was thinking about you nubs while sipping rum runners at the rum point beach club)

BTW, if you drink, which I’m sure you do, and you’ve never had a rum runner, well… now… you just have not lived yet.  Those things rock… are very dangerous (easy to drink fast), but taste oh-so-great. 

Now — with these videos.  Let me handicap myself real fast on these… keep in mind, these videos are raw as can be, unedited, and some of these mini-videos are frankly flirting with being completely stupid… I record this little crab who seemed to enjoy the media attention, almost busted my ass on these rocks while recording… got my new shoes wet as can be… had a beach audience (who I’m quite sure they thought I was completely insane).  I had no idea at first they were watching me… and not to mention it was hot as hell

…But I do end up looking over and noticing about 5 people watching me, clearly wondering what the hell I am doing… as you’ll see on one of these videos (I chopped them up into a handful of videos because most of the world has ADD now, including me sometimes, and long videos can get boring fast).

Regardless, I offer you a glimpse of The Cayman Islands… with a touch of “How To Make Money Online” tips thrown in!

Now, if you are interested in visiting The Cayman Islands, I do have my own personal review for you.  Here it goes:

A Must is swimming with the HUGE sting rays.  That’s right, I jumped into weist high water on this sand bar in the middle of the ocean, and swam with a bunch of HUGE sting rays.  I even held one in my arms (it was barely submerged) for about 10 minutes.  Simply amazing.  Absolutely the hightlight of the trip IMO.  I FULLY recommend it.

We rented a private charter (more on that later in a different post).  It was just me and my family out there with these two native guys, who took us swimming with sting rays and also snorkeling.  Very cool indeed.  Very cool guys, very helpful and it totally Rocked!

…will do that again someday

Next, I recommend staying on 7 mile beach.  We stayed at rum point and will not do that again.  The condo was very nice (The Retreat), but the air condition was locked and would not go below 76 degrees (I like it very cold when I sleep and that just did not cut it for me).  Big let down.  Note to condo owner, it’s fricken hot as hell on the island, let your residents enjoy some air conditioning.

Next, rum point has terrible service.  The restaurants were good there (Rum Point is on the north end of the island and 7 mile beach is on the west end).  The north end and east end are more isolated, and the west end is more populated, more restaurants, more to do, everything is on the west side.

But yeah, the service was flirting with ridiculous at times.  They were even rude at times and just did not have that friendly feel, like the west side did.  I mean, there is what they call “island time” which means slow the hell down, but c’mon… waiting 45 minutes for my check is BS.

I even got up and refilled my own tea, not once, not twice, but several times at one place.  Get a clue, hire more people, make sure they are nice.

Not so on the west side.  The west side rocks.  People are very friendly, from all over the world (mostly US though)… and there is plenty to do.  The beach on 7 mile is georgeous.  Crystal clear water, calm most of the time, nice thick sand, etc.

So, we drove across the island to hang out at 7 mile beach most of the time.  The Ritz Carlton and the Westin looked great.  We hung out at their beaches, swam at their pools, and had dinner there most of the time.  I recommend staying there.  There’s a dinner type restaurant across from the westin, and it was very good and cheap.

It only took 2 hours or so to fly there and back, so it’s a great place to vacation.  Oh, and you have to drive on the other side of the road — no big deal, I picked it up pretty fast.

All in all, if you want very quiet vacation, and you have lots of patience, stay at rum point.  If you want plenty to pick from, lots to do, then 7 mile beach is the way to go.  Oh, and the beach is better at 7 mile beach.  At rum point, there’s a lot of coral, rocks, sea grass, etc and the snorkeling is so so.

7 mile is sandy, and very nice and luxurious.  You’ll dig it.

NEXT, I’m ready to go to Aspen again and go snowboarding.  I”m tired of the heat.  Bring on the snow already!

Enjoy the Videos!

Eric Louviere

PS – more videos to come