$40,000 in Year 1 With a 4-Hour Work Week

Check out this interview on YouTube with Jared Bauman…

Jared started with the Amazon Influencer Program back in May 2023 and earned $40,000 in 12 months, despite only working an average of 4.5 hours per week on it 🤯

Basically he uploaded a video review for every product he owned that was listed on Amazon.

When people watch one of his review videos and make a purchase, Jared earns a commission 🤑

So it’s affiliate marketing, except you don’t need to have a website or drive traffic.

Your only job is to record and upload review videos. Amazon takes care of the rest 👍

Here are a few video reviews on Amazon to give you an idea…

• Tape measure
• USB adapter
• Book

To be clear: those aren’t Jared’s videos, just some random examples I found on Amazon.

But as you can see, they aren’t exactly high quality productions – you can record these on your phone – and you don’t even have to show your face 🙈

Sounds easy, right?

A couple of caveats though 👇

First: to get approved for the program you need to have an engaged social media profile with around 2000+ followers.

However, Jared says this isn’t too hard on a platform like TikTok, where you can post a few videos, spend around $50 on ads, and build up a decent following pretty quick.

(Pro tip: get your cat to star in the videos 😸)

Second: to earn $40,000 that first year, Jared uploaded 1200 videos.

Which works out to 3.2 videos per day.

Sounds like a lot, but Jared says each video took him only 7-8 minutes to make and he did them in batches.

Now you might be thinking like I did: how the hell did he have 1200 products to review? 🧐

Well, he started by reviewing everything in his house that was listed on Amazon. Then he reviewed items belonging to friends and family. 

And now he just reviews the 5-6 new items he orders off Amazon each week 📦

So his pace has slowed, but he’s still earning money from items he reviewed over a year ago, plus the newer items he’s reviewed.

Consider giving this a try yourself if you’re looking for a low effort side hustle.

As a bonus, once you get comfortable making these kinds of videos, you could branch out and earn more money as a UGC creator for brands 💪

Like these guys…

• From Struggling Influencer to $8000/Month as a UGC Creator
• $12K Profit in 1 Month Making Ads for Social Media

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