Selling Digital Products & Courses to make a Passive Income

The digital world is evolving at an unprecedented pace, opening up new possibilities for entrepreneurs, creators, and educators to turn their knowledge, skills, and passions into passive income. In the past, starting a business often meant dealing with physical inventory, warehouses, and logistical challenges. Today, the game has changed. Digital products offer a unique advantage: once created, they can be sold repeatedly with minimal ongoing costs and zero inventory.

The power of digital products lies in their scalability and accessibility. Whether you’re a subject-matter expert, a passionate hobbyist, or someone simply looking to earn income online, you can create and sell digital products without needing huge startup capital, a physical store, or even a large team. A single digital product—whether it’s an e-book, an online course, a digital art piece, or a software tool—can be sold to customers around the world, 24/7, creating opportunities for passive income generation.

Jasmine Kumm

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$19.00

$29.00

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$29.00

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$23.20

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Selling Digital Products & Courses to Make a Passive Income

Turn Your Knowledge Into an Evergreen Revenue Stream

In a world increasingly driven by knowledge and convenience, digital products and online courses offer one of the most powerful paths to financial freedom and flexibility. This book is your complete roadmap to creating, marketing, and scaling digital products and educational content that generate **passive income**—meaning you earn money while you sleep, travel, or work on your next big idea.

Whether you're a teacher, coach, freelancer, creative, or expert in your niche, this book helps you monetize what you know. No prior business experience required.

What You’ll Learn:

1. The Digital Goldmine

- Why digital products are a smart, scalable income stream

- How to make money with PDFs, templates, and online courses

2. Finding Your Profitable Niche

- How to choose a topic you love that also sells

- Market research methods to validate your idea before creating anything

3. Creating Irresistible Digital Products

- Step-by-step guide to creating:

- E-books

- Online courses

- Digital downloads (templates, printables, checklists, planners, etc.)

- Tools and platforms for beginners

4. Building Your Audience

- Strategies to grow an engaged email list and social media following

- Creating lead magnets that convert

5. Selling Without Feeling “Salesy

- Simple sales funnels explained

Who This Book is For:

- Freelancers tired of trading time for money

- Teachers, coaches, and professionals ready to monetize their knowledge

- Side hustlers and aspiring digital nomads

- Anyone looking to create true financial freedom through passive income

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Jasmine Kumm

I am married and have been a teacher for 9 years. I am always looking for ways to earn some extra cash, until I found a way to do that by using technology and platforms available to everyone. I love spending time in nature and going for walks and spending time with my family, but find that hard to do when I need to do everything I can to earn a living. I enjoy doing research about new topics and finding ways as to how that can earn me an extra income.

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