How I Made an Extra $317.97 on Autopilot on Etsy

Here are the exact steps I took to earn some extra cash in my sleep.

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I must warn you, if you’re looking for a quick fix, this won’t be it. It got molded into its current form over time. The motivation was not to make extra bucks. That idea came much later. Nonetheless, I’ll share with you what I did to make an extra $317.97 (€265,48) on autopilot on Etsy.

Table of Contents
#1 Write articles with free templates attached to them 
#2 Set up a Medium publication to house articles about Google Sheets
#3 Add newsletter signups below each article
#4 Add a lead magnet (free download) to a newsletter signup form
#5 Add listings for each Google Sheets template to the Etsy shop
#6 Set up a YouTube channel to supplement the blog articles
#7 Set up a Pinterest business account and create boards and pins
What I did: The summary
Etsy sales numbers
What do the Etsy stats say though?
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#1 Write articles with free templates attached to them

Everything started after I shared the first Google Sheets template with the public, which also is my first ever Medium article. It’s about an expense tracker that helped me go from broke to more in…