About this article
In fact, I have thought about it for a long time before writing this article. Why should I write about my own money-making experience? There are many people who make money in silence. I have indeed seen many seniors making 5,000 a day through the Internet. What does it matter if you only earn 8,000 a month? When I see many people asking me, how do you earn 8,000 a month? When many people talk to me about college life, they don’t know what they want to do and what they want to do in the future. And when I was confused, when I heard the harsh sounds of game battles in the dormitory. I think I should write something, write something about my own experience and my humble opinion. Jack Ma said: There are no secrets in today's shopping mall, and secrets are not your core competitiveness. I just simply write about my experiences and feelings about my college life. I hope some friends can get some inspiration or help from my experience. Even a little benefit makes me feel satisfied and relieved. On the other hand, even if you don't feel anything as a result of reading my experience, frankly I don't feel guilty about wasting a few minutes of your time, and I've long since gotten over that guilt.
How did I lay the foundation to earn 8,000 a month?
After the college entrance examination, during the summer vacation, I found a job doing after-sales service at a local computer company based on my knowledge of computer systems and hardware. Responsible for on-site repairs of computer problems. Once, my boss told me to introduce me to a person who was very good at making websites. He was a company in the city opposite that was responsible for advertising design and website design. The person in charge of the website was very young, and it was obvious that he was very familiar with the boss. So he and I talked endlessly about website and CMS system knowledge. Although I was confused by what I heard, I was very interested at the time. I started to understand and learn about it when I got home. I resigned three days later because I wanted to concentrate on studying website technology.
When I was a freshman, my family had just opened a kindergarten, so funds were tight. I live on campus and live a relatively frugal life. Since I was unfamiliar with the place and came all the way from Guangxi, communication was difficult. As a province with a large population, there is no shortage of labor force. I was peacefully working as a good student in school, and I had just started learning website design not long ago. I am very interested. I often go out to surf the Internet with my classmates and play all night long twice a week. For my daily expenses, in addition to surfing the Internet and eating, I bought two books, one on the C++ language. One was about website SEO optimization. I read these two books all day long in class. My classmates asked me why I kept reading this book. I said: This semester, it is enough for me to understand this book. I am too greedy. Those hands Most people who bring three books from the library return the book after only reading the first few pages. So when I go to the library to borrow books, I only borrow one. At the end of one semester, my family gave me a total of 1,000 yuan, plus a 500 yuan family financial subsidy from the school. I just spent the semester like this. From then on, I never asked my family for money again... …
In the second semester of my sophomore year, I decided to move out of my dormitory and rent an apartment with two fellow students. At that time, I relied on my knowledge of network security technology and computer systems to recruit a few students to make a living. At the same time, I am working hard to learn website technology, pondering the dedecms system, and then learn div+css by myself, and then go deeper into Php+Mysql. I have collapsed more than once because I could not solve technical problems. Because I am self-study, I have no communicators around me, and the experts on the Internet do not look down on me. I thought about giving up, but finally persisted. Technical problems have also been solved one by one, and my technology has also been greatly improved.
Although my website skills improved, my income at the time was barely enough to make ends meet. There is a saying that goes well: Technology can be learned quickly, but experience cannot be learned in a short period of time. In many cases, you have to experience it yourself. Although I have seen many articles on the Internet about making tens of thousands a month and online earning tutorials, how easy it is to say how easy it is. Now it seems that in the end, it is all about making money for the author himself. Who is so great that he is willing to share the real method of making tens of thousands a month with netizens who have never met him before? Or the method is outdated, so he will pretend to be profound and share it with everyone for free. Later, I no longer believed these beautiful lies, but sometimes lies also have certain reference significance. Not believing doesn't mean not watching. Haha~
This is how I make 8,000 yuan a month!
I don’t have any easy way to make money every month. There are no shortcuts. My income is directly proportional to my labor. Although I come from a technical background, from the bottom of my heart, I prefer planning and marketing. I like to watch the successful deeds of some successful great people and learn from their management knowledge and character. I envy the salesperson’s communication skills and persuasiveness. Although many people say that the computer Internet is the center of the world. However, I don’t want to face a computer for a long time. You must know that just communicating with a machine all day will cause many psychological and health problems. This is very serious. In his heyday, American tycoon Rockefeller once said with emotion: "If the ability to get along with others could be bought like sugar and coffee, I would pay more for this ability." However, I have to admit that computers have indeed brought me good income. For now, I can only rely on my youth and energy to support my life. Americans say: You make money by physical strength at the age of twenty, you make money by your brain at the age of thirty, you make money by friendship after the age of forty, and finally you make money by money. Microsoft's Bill Gates, Tencent's Ma Huateng, Giant's Shi Yuzhu, the founder of Google, Baidu's Robin Li, the working emperor Tang Jun, NetEase's Ding Lei... many, many leaders are from technical backgrounds.
I once went to the Black Hawk Base to study network security technology for a year. It was very cheap at the time, 96 yuan/year. In fact, I learned a lot. The biggest gain is that I have developed the ability to independently analyze and solve problems, which has greatly improved my self-learning ability and efficiency. Later, I learned website design, programming and writing programs so that I could quickly master them and stick to them.
When I first started taking orders online, the prices were really cheap. In order to make a living, I had to accept low-cost websites. Witkey.com, the price of orders from China is not necessarily high. Except for some companies whose orders are more reliable, other orders are purely physical work. Just a few days ago, in order to prepare a promotional poster for the Shangqiu Normal University campus website: www.476000.cn;, I posted a task on Witkey.com and asked people to make promotional posters. The mission bounty is: 50 yuan. I thought few people would be interested, but unexpectedly 37 people signed up and 31 submissions were submitted. That means 36 people will do it for nothing. Even if the bidder wins the bid, 20% will be given to the official. It’s only 40 yuan. As you can imagine, the competition is fierce. . The price of cabbage. So I usually go to some webmaster websites and webmaster forums to find orders. After a month of work, the average is about 700-800. Later, maybe because I did more and became more familiar with it, my efficiency naturally improved, and I was able to reach an average of about 1,500 in a month. Regardless of the price, large or small orders, I will kill them all. It can be as small as writing collection rules for people. A rule costs 5-15 yuan, and I can do it all. Although the money is very small, the more you do, the more money you will make. This is how I comfort myself: A barbecue seller on the street can sell a chicken drumstick for only 5 yuan after cooking it for a few minutes. It also takes a few minutes to write the collection rules, which is equivalent to selling three drumsticks without any cost and with pure profit. It's actually much better than many hawkers outside. Be content.
After several months of trial and error, I have gained some experience in taking orders. It has also accumulated a certain customer base. But only a small number of clients come back to me for website work. Most of the customers have lost contact. I realized that the technical support service in the later stage was very inadequate. As a result, I lost many old customers from returning. So in the process of placing orders in the future, every order I take will no longer be less than 200 yuan. Generally ranging from 500---2000. Because for all orders, I provide an additional technical support service to my customers. Provide instant solutions to technical problems encountered by customers in maintaining and managing the website. So that customers can have a better experience and also gain a good reputation for my reputation. In order to lay a good foundation for cooperation with old customers again. Maybe this is the so-called brand effect of a company. In fact, a person is also a brand. If a person gets good reviews from others, has a good image in the minds of others, and gains the trust of customers, then this person is a trustworthy brand in the minds of others.
Starting from the second half of 2008, I no longer need to take the initiative to find orders. Many customers have taken the initiative to find me and add me on QQ to discuss business. In the past, the transaction method with customers has always been through the intermediary transaction of Webmaster.com. The webmasters all believe in the King of Pictures and all specify to trade through the King of Pictures. Or you can complete the task first, then demonstrate it to the customer, and then pay after you are satisfied. For this reason, I was let go several times by clients. After completing the task, I could not be contacted. After working in vain several times, I made a rule for myself: for any order, the customer must pay a 50% deposit in advance, otherwise there is no need to negotiate. Except for old customers. Fortunately, most customers are willing to accept it, and some even pay the full amount directly. Of course, I will try my best to do better in every task. Keep customers happy. My monthly income increased from 1,500 to 4,000-5,000. Being the nature of this kind of freelancing, the income is certainly unstable. The more you work, the more you get, and the more you work, the more you get. In the long-term process of making websites, I have not only accumulated a lot of experience, but also accumulated many website programs that I have made for clients. For some better programs, I will take time to beautify and enhance their functions before selling them. It also brought very objective benefits. Or some customers ask me to make a website that has many similarities with the original customer. I can directly take the website I made before and modify the details without having to re-create it. This greatly increases my work efficiency and can complete a lot of work in a short period of time. Along with the list, I am also selling some excellent programs. The monthly income increased again from 5,000 to 8,000 yuan. Later, I established a technical exchange group for CMS systems, a QQ group for newbies to solve problems. The group number is: 11205232 and the group name is: de-There are always more methods than problems. In fact, the more you help others, the more you get. When you try to help others, you build trust. This effect will be much better than your sincere sales pitch.
About my major and my choices
As a sophomore, I usually have a lot of classes to attend, so I can only do these things in my spare time. There is really a lot of spare time in college, and I only have about two and a half days of classes a week. You have four and a half days at your own disposal. It is undeniable that I spend a lot of time on things other than my major. Some classmates said that I stopped studying just to make money. In fact, I have taken this issue very seriously and have done a lot of consultation on how to choose between my major and my amateur interests. In the end, I chose to do what I like to do and what interests me. I like programming and doing work that involves strong logical thinking. The animation major also involves computers, and I have learned 2D and 3D tools such as 3DMAX, Photoshop, MAYA, Zbrush, etc. But no matter how good the software is, it is still a tool, and the computer as a whole is an auxiliary tool. Whether it can produce good works depends on the person who operates it. No matter how familiar a designer is with computers, if he or she does not have unique creativity and ideas, is not sensitive to and grasps colors, and does not have a strong interest in the design industry, he will definitely not be able to produce good works or go far.
As long as there is a school, there will inevitably be many training courses nearby. These training classes are designed to solve problems for students who are satisfied with "not having enough to eat" in school. I also think it’s a harmless thing to go to an outside training class to recharge your batteries. Although I personally have never participated in any training classes, I have always wanted to recharge myself when I have the conditions. But you don’t just choose a class to study at random. At present, the level of training institutions is uneven, and the advertisements and current status are often marked with a 30% discount. A classmate said before that he and I would go to a training class during the summer vacation. I said that if I went, I would not go to any other courses except Mars Age or Crystal Stone. Of course, I do not deny that other training institutions are not good. There are many excellent training institutions. But I think if I want to go, it’s the best one. Crystal stones are the best choice. Although relatively expensive, money is not the key issue, because many times it is more regrettable to waste time than money.
I once saw an article written by Xue Yanping, a senior animation major at Communication University of China: "What is Reliable and Unreliable in China's Animation Industry". Although it was several years ago, I had read this article before I went to college. But I still chose the animation major. I am now a sophomore in college, and now I think back to Mr. Xue about the reliability and unreliability of China’s animation industry. I think this article is the best explanation of the current status of the animation industry. This is indeed a very real problem. Chinese universities generally follow the trend and set up animation majors without a systematic and scientific teaching plan, which will inevitably bring about many employment problems. Students majoring in animation-related majors should read this article: "The Reliability and Unreliability of China's Animation Industry" If you are studying related majors, I hope you can read this article. At least it shows that you are reliable.
A classmate in the class told me that not long after graduating from this industry, many people were earning a monthly salary of 30,000 yuan. This number did make my heart beat a little. Maybe someone did get this reward. But I can't imagine how many people can get this annual salary of 360,000 yuan??? A company is for the purpose of making profits, creating value for products and creating benefits for society, not philanthropists. If a company doesn't have certain profits, how can it give you such a high remuneration? I heard that a cartoon requires the cooperation and investment of many departments and a large team to complete. Publicity is still a huge investment. Who would be willing to invest in such a project with large investment, long production cycle and slow results? Even if it is completed, will the income really be such a huge return? Capitalists always extract the value of surplus labor to the maximum extent, can you If you create a value of 100,000 for the company, the company can only give you a reward of 5,000 at most, and then give you the highest performance award for outstanding employees. It is already good if you can successfully get the year-end dividend bonus. If everyone can get a monthly salary of 30,000, then this company will definitely be the Chinese Disney of the future. On the other hand, in this era of Japanese and American animation monopoly, everyone has grown up watching foreign animations. China really How many excellent cartoons have been produced? I am relatively closed-minded and hardly know how many of them. In short, I think a monthly salary of 30,000 is too ideal. I believe many people can achieve it, but it can only be used as some special cases. It is definitely not something that people in the animation industry can generally achieve.
China's animation industry is developing very fast now. Only when this industry develops and the company becomes profitable and grows stronger can the company be able to give you ideal remuneration. Otherwise, even if you are a top animation designer, your company and industry are not developing well and the company is not making money, then who will pay for the remuneration you expect? This may also be because some high-end technical talents have gone abroad to develop. One of the reasons. The Chinese animation industry is definitely promising and will thrive, but in the short term, I don't see as optimistic a scenario as others see. I don’t understand, I don’t understand, I can’t do it purely out of interest, because I need to survive, and my family and parents will need to live in the future, so I chose to do what I like to do and what I am good at. Professional learning is nothing new. Many national leaders, presidents, successful entrepreneurs... what they are currently engaged in often has nothing to do with their university majors. Therefore, I don’t think that failure to study well in your major means unemployment or anything like that. You have to believe that there is always something you are good at, and there is no need to hang on a tree. It is obviously something you don’t like or are not good at. Why? Do you want to force yourself to do it? Regarding the animation industry, maybe I am just a frog in the well. What I said is purely personal short-sightedness. I am not qualified to deny an industry. . Li Ka-shing once said: If you choose the wrong direction at the beginning, the harder you work, the more complete your failure will be. My choice is based solely on my own personal circumstances. No matter what industry you choose, I still think that as long as you are outstanding or top in the industry, you will definitely get what you need. And you only have a little knowledge of what you are doing and have no basic skills. You are arrogant because you got first place in a small place or a small school. Little do you know that there are many people in the outside world who are much better than you. Having said all this, I just want to say: less fantasy, more sense!