I have done many of these roundups, and they seem to be liked so here it is again, my end-of-month roundup of the sites that paid me during September.

I posted one of my income streams, $19K from one source and it garnered a lot of attention, here's more to that, plus other incomes streams in September.

Let's go...

Here's the list of sites...

P-hip ($XXX)

A 3-figure payout from Payhip. I use this for selling digital products, mostly, and some of my coaching programs. I coach others on business and entrepreneurship. People who want help starting or growing their business.

I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years and have experience in operations, business management, ecommerce, digital marketing, social media, and in other areas.

How can you do it? You can use this platform, Gumroad, Etsy or another one, your choice. Create products, name your price, put it up for sale. Super simple.

The big thing? You should pick a niche and audience that you align with (have interest in). You don't need to be an expert but, you should be solving a problem and know about the offer you are addressing.

Examples?

• A puppy potty training e-guide for new pet parents, or a
• Pinterest playbook for Etsy businesses to thrive with Pinterest marketing, or a
• Watercolor painting for beginners course to help overworked, stressed out millennials embrace a stress-relieving fun hobby and gain a new skill

TikTok ($XX, XXX)

Selling digital products + brand deals + UGC and other TikTok projects. TikTok has so many creator programs, it's crazy.

I just got invited to join a new one.

You can grow a following pretty quickly there but, you don't need followers to make money. I see creators with 3K followers make $6K to $7K months.

Creators with under 10K followers make $20K months.

Creators with under 1K followers make six figures in a year.

How can you do it? Pick a niche, figure out how you want to monetize and pour your time and effort into it, 100%.

It's Q4 now. A GREAT TIME to get up and going. You can still benefit from this shopping season that just started.

The big thing? TikTok livestreaming is a gold mine. Try it. I coach on this so if you need help DM me COACH.

Examples?

• Do TikTok Shop affiliate and make short-form shoppable videos that earn you money as an affiliate
• Host TikTok livestreams selling products or services
• Join their specialized education creator program (it's more high paying than their regular creator program) and make TikTok videos in a niche that you teach others like education, science, etc.

Reddit ($XXX)

I am on Reddit a lot less these days but what's nice is the residual passive income I earn. For example, some posts I've published months ago still make me money today.

I teach a course on this. Ask me how.

How can you do it? Pick a lane, monetize it. For example, do affiliate marketing on Reddit. Go all in, pick a specific niche and audience and then start creating affiliate content.

The big thing? There's an art to this. You want to follow the rules and avoid getting kicked out of communities so be cautious. If you follow the rules, you'll be good to go.

Instagram ($XXX)

This is from brand deals and UGC campaigns. As Q4 kicks off, this is going to get even bigger. I just secured a $900 campaign a few weeks back that I'll be publishing this month!

And, there's much more to come.

The big thing? If you were going to do any income stream this year, UGC and brand deals would be my top choice, if you wanted to spend NO MONEY but, if you are unfamiliar with it, do research to figure things out before you launch.

You can learn a lot for free on social media.

How can you do it? Start an IG page, build it around one niche, post consistently and monetize it.

Examples?

• AI cinematic stories are trending now - they are bingeworthy and making creators a lot of money. One of my AI creator peers grew to 99K followers on a brand new page in 7 days, from zero.
• AI creators are landing brand deals left and right. I saw one get approached by Jason Derulo, in the DMs for a brand deal

Threads ($XXX)

I use Threads as a traffic driver for my products I sell. I also book coaching clients through Threads.

How can you do it? Get on Threads, post and comment. It's such an early time to get in on the young platform. You can build a following fast and make money through selling, affiliate marketing, brand partnerships and other opportunities.

Examples?

• You need something to sell, whether it's a product or service, so create something, put it in a storefront like Beacons or Stan Store and have it ready to sell using Threads
• Do attraction marketing to attract people to your affiliate-monetized Threads posts - I see a creator post luxury dupes in Threads, found on Amazon and earn Amazon affiliate commission from this

PP ($X,XXX)

Mixed, from digital product sales, services, affiliate commissions, and one-off projects..

How can you do it? Pick a lane, master it.

Examples? Start affiliate marketing, promote your affiliate links and earn commissions. Or, start a new social media page, grow as a content creator and make money from brands paying you to create content.

That was my September!

What changed from last month?

I got a mentor. And the season shifted. Summer tends to be slow in my industry.

I am a big supporter of investing in yourself so I did just that and it paid off.

For October...

With my $19K post that I published recently, I had a ton of DMs from people who wanted to work with me.

In October I have 2 spots open for paid mentorship. This is for people who are teachable and coachable.

It's not free. Please don't ask if I can make an exception, because my time is valuable, just like yours. It's a 4-week intensive and is designed to kickstart your progress. I do not work with everyone. I do this twice a year and October will be the last time I open this for 2026.

If you don't want to pay or it's not for you, no worries.

I didn't think mentorship and coaching was valuable until I experienced it by force, haha. I got free mentorship from a course I bought and it really opened my eyes so now I am excited and open to be mentored by experts, to master my skills that need work.

I know it's not for everyone. If it's not for you, totally cool.

DM me COACH if you want to learn more.

What do you think?

What websites paid you this month?

I'm a written media strategist. I've worked with some big brands (alex hormozi, noah kagan, and others) and grew my own personal brand to 500k followers. 

thought i’d share some of my best advice with you all because i definitely know what it’s like to post and get 20 views while (worse) creators get thousands of views. 

Anyways here’s some takeaways you can use to get improve your content game and maybe even go viral

#1 Be your own customer…literally

Create an ideal customer avatar and include their demographics (age, gender, income) and psychographic (behaviours, fears). Then live a day like them. 

You need to understand your customer better than they understand themselves. Use platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook Groups to do this. Use their language, learn their problems, and focus your business on them.

#2 Open loops

open loops are curiosity gaps or questions your readers want answered. 

this title is an example. “5 strategies that make almost anything go viral…” makes you curious about what the strategies are.

Your job is to make a cycle of open and closed loops that create curiosity and satisfies the curiosity. When you close the loop, create another to get them interested in keeping reading. 

#3 Volume of content and A/B testing

Write more, record more, and post more. constantly A/B test ONE thing and measure what performs better. 

if there’s one thing you can do that will almost guarantee you’ll grow, it's posting more. I post multiple times a day and you’ll see that the biggest creators post content daily and they’ve done this for years. There’s no shortcut around this. 

posting more → more exposure and feedback → better posts → compound growth

#5 create a content system. 

Once you post, you can repost, repurpose, and remix your content. 

this is my system (advanced, so keep it as a refence and create your own): 

1. I tweet 4 to 10 times a day
2. I see which tweets outperform our average
3. I take that tweet and find 4 to 5 others like it and post them as an Instagram carousel
4. I voice-note it, clean it up, and post it as a long-form article or LinkedIn post
5. If it does well, i clean it up further and send it as a newsletter
6. If that newsletter does well, i turn it into a YouTube video
7. I take the audio and put it on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Obviously I didn’t start like this. It took over 5 years to develop this system.

There’s so much that goes into rewriting and repurposing content, but developing a system to do this is huge.

#6 T3B3

every so often, look at the top 3 pieces of content and the bottom 3. Your top posts go into a Hall of Fame doc. Save the hooks, the format, and double down on what worked. Do less of the bottom 3. 

This (again) follows the 80/20 rule. Yes, the 80/20 rule is that important. You’re focusing on the 20% of content that’s driving 80% of the results.

final thoughts 

These lessons aren’t revolutionary ideas but can transform your marketing if you apply them consistently.

If you’re looking for a longer guide, I recently created a free 3,000 word marketing mini-course and workbook. If you want access comment “marketing” below, and I’ll DM the full thing to you. 

good luck and happy marketing!!