Making money while you sleep is the dream, right?

Creating sources of passive income can be very time-consuming at first, but it can generate you revenue for years to come and you’ll have something to fall back on during slower periods in your business. For me it’s also been great for improving my design skills – it’s like creating passion projects!

Chances are that you’ve already created some templates for your business that you use on a daily basis, so creating a version to sell online for other business owners to use might not even take much time at all! As a photographer you probably already use Lightroom presets to edit your photos that you could easily share with other photographers and designers have created templates for smoother client processes – if you think about it, surely you have something to start with and won’t have to create something entirely new as your first digital product for passive income! All you need to do is go through the templates you’ve already created!

Here’s a list of ideas for all of you online service providers and creative entrepreneurs – hope this will help and inspire you to add a new revenue stream to your business.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

• pricing guide template
• Lightroom presets
• editing guides
• photoshoot prep guide
• shot list checklist template
• stock photography

ILLUSTRATORS

• Procreate tutorials
• Procreate brushes
• printable wall art
• Instagram highlight covers
• clip art/vector graphics
• patterns
• print-on-demand products

DESIGNERS (web, brand, graphic)

• website templates (access 280+ commercially licensed Showit canvases)
• social media templates
• email newsletter templates
• pre-made logo and brand kits
• printable planners and checklists
• mood board templates and style boards
• lead magnet, e-book, and workbook templates
• custom fonts
• design process guides

COPYWRITERS

• social media captions guide
• website copywriting guide
• canned emails
• guide to better copywriting
• lists of words to use for sales

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGERS

• hashtag research for a specific niche
• social media content calendar template
• social media marketing strategy guide
• 30 day challenges with prompts
• social media templates

FOR EVERYONE

• membership programs
• affiliate marketing
• e-books and guides
• evergreen courses
• webinars and masterclasses
• Skillshare classes
• Notion templates
• contract and invoice templates
• client questionnaire template
• Google Sheets bookkeeping template
• client proposal and welcome pack templates

280+ commercial use Showit canvases to use for client websites and to create Showit website templates to sell.