Cloud Living Review: How to Become an Internet Superstar
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Quick Summary, Soundbites et al.
Glen Allsopp is a genius.
He has built a 4000+ subscriber blog, PluginID, in less than a year, living the dream-nomadic “cloud” lifestyle, moving from city to city as he likes, writing about and living the life he wants.
…and he’s a good friend of mine. He helped me set up this site and he’s been into “internet business” for over 4 years, having worked for fortune 100 companies, he earns thousands of dollars per month… and he’s finally written a book.
Cloud Living is a step-by-step guide on how to set up a website, make it popular and earn money online.
It’s the easiest way to go from “i don’t know the first thing about making money online” to earning thousands of dollars on the internet, “the cloud” – doing what you love.
It’s 176 pages soaked in crazy detail with…
• loads of screenshots
• 6 tutorial videos
• a free template to get started immediately
• 2 detailed interviews with top bloggers
• full email support – glen will answer any question, no matter how stupid
…pretty much everything you need to become an internet superstar.
Two main sections are covered in insane detail – blogging and affiliate “mini-sites”.
step-by-step.. how to get a domain, set up a site, pick keywords and products, build links from scratch, make your site popular and make money online. And other fancy bonuses and online trickery too.
I know I sound biased. I am… but it’s because before glen put out an ebook, he helped me set up this site and answered some of the supidest questions alive. He knows his stuff, and he explains it really well.
And I’m proud to recommend this.
The Benefits of Being Biased
So… colourful sales pitch out the way, time to be fully honest. Here goes:
If you’re looking for an unbiased, detailed review of “Cloud Living”, then you’ve come to the wrong place.
…but, before you click away to read some half-baked, bullet-pointed kinda-review by a greasy online hustler, lemme give you some background.
Glen is, as I said, a really good personal friend of mine.
We’ve known each other for years and had some crazy adventures.
Okay okay. This is getting less credible as you read on. I know.
…but here’s the thing: you wouldn’t be reading this if it weren’t for the content within Cloud Living.
I spent nearly every day hanging out, partying and lording Cape Town with Glen when he was working for an internet marketing company here in South Africa last year.
…and the result of a whole lot of Sunday afternoon lunches and 3AM post-night-out chats, deep and personal developmentish in nature, combined with Glen’s supreme leader of the internet status – is Unleash Reality. Yip. The site you’re reading right now.
I could give you the details of Glen’s phenomenally successful internet business career (4 years running, working day and night, he’s worked for fortune 100 companies and has been featured on 10 of the top 100 blogs in the universe evar)
Or I could give a chapter outline and break down how Glen describes his 2 main online business models – blogging and “minisites” (affiliate sites).
But there’s no need. He gives all that “specific” info here.
I can tell you why you HAVE to read Glen’s book though…
Why You HAVE to Read Cloud Living
If you are at all interested in “Making Money Online”,
you have to read Cloud Living.
And I mean “have to”.
Here’s my reasoning…
If you’re a beginner at this whole “make money online” thing, then this book will save you literally days of reading time and frustration. You could flip burgers at McDonalds and make more money than the book’s price in the time you’ll save.
If you’re already making money online then you’ll really relate to and appreciate the statistics and deeper levels of Cloud Living while learning how to do things better – and if you’re legitimately making money online then those little bits that have taken Glen years to refine (he started internet marketing 4 years ago) will be worth a mere few sales worth of commissions that Cloud Living costs.
And if you’re an internet deity, making trillions online already, then you won’t have to pay. Just send Glen an email and he’ll fawn all over your internet celebrity aura and send you a copy for free. Guaranteed.
Memoir Deluxe – Free Bonus, Operators Standing By!!
…besides, Cloud Living, while it is a detailed, step by step guide on making money on the internet, it isn’t just a step by step guide on making money on the internet.
It’s also a memoir of sorts.
Okay. Honestly, that might be taking it a lil far.
But Glen does also tell you his story – which, though it’s in the context of internet business, will probably inspire you far more than anything else you’d spend the $37 on – he covers productivity and how he managed to work for multiple fortune 100 at the age of 18 – which is the main topic of his 4000+ subscriber blog, PluginID.
Wrapping Up: This Kind of Honesty Would Get Me Fired (if I had a boss)
End of the day, there’s probably one overarching question remaining in your mind.
“Is this anything new and do I need to buy it?”
…and, although Glen is really a great friend of mine, the simple answer is “no”.
You can find most of the information in this guide online for free.
But you won’t find anything like this.
You’ll find a whole lot of scattered, badly put together guides and bits and pieces that will take you hours and hours to sift through. Specially with the headache they’ll give you.
Nowhere else will you find such detailed, step by step instructions complete with screenshots and videos, full of veteran tips and insights where you can email a man who lives by his advice and get help on anything you need (as long as it’s internet related of course, you frikken weirdo)
Glen is real deal.
And we have the kind of friendship where if he put out something bad, I’d rip him off about it for years to come and tell him how much it sucks and how stupid he was.
But, even though I’d love to see the look on his face if I did that, in a joking way of course, I just couldn’t.
Because this book is super awesome.
Don’t take my word for it though, you can check out what other people are saying here.
And you can purchase and find more information about Cloud Living here.
Unleash Reality
Alex
update: Glen now focuses on a new site soaked in info and magic dedicated just to becoming an internet superstar. check it!
P.S. If you have any questions or compaints or hennything, leave a comment, drop me an email or tweet me
P.S. part II: If you have read Cloud Living, please leave your thoughts in the comments below
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Hey, I'm Alex. Nice to meetcha.

Cool review Ally
Thanks brah!!
Was kinda weird to write a review for it, given that anything i say would be seen as biased…
so i just wrote whatever came out.
turned out to be an “anti-review” of sorts
…so strange man, society i mean.
anything i say positive about it will be construed as bias.
but it does legitimately rock.
my site – this site – wouldn’t be here without the info you finally got down onto paper in your book.
hopefully other people will decide to make something happen and check it out…
Don’t forget, the book also makes you more attractive.
I think it’s cute that Glen’s buddy is Ally and my buddy is Ali… I wonder if that means something?
Loved the bit about Glen fawning over internet celebs. Only a true friend can say stuff like that and get away with it.
Great Book! I wasn’t too interested in the part about blogs because I prefer to do other sites but the part on niche websites was great. I learnt a great detail despite having already read a few books on online marketing.
Hey Craig!!
Yeah. completely relate.
…and it’s seriously long.
that was prolly my biggest downside
welcome to the sound-bite generation of summaries and twitter sized content haha
initially i kinda skimmed the blogging section actually but when i read it closely there were quite a few things that i implemented here. seen solid results too. feedburner numbers and ad revenues are up… devil’s in the detail they say.
busy working on a few minisites at the mo too.
i’ll facebook you the links
keep well bra
alex
Welcome to the sound-bite generation? That was like a three-page review?
I have a major bone to pick with the four reviews I’ve read on this product, but before that I’ll point out one thing I think you forgot to mention. There are two very helpful interviews in this book, with people who you’ve just got to respect, given their own huge success online. Even if you could track down all Glen’s advice on the internet (months reading forum posts), you would NEVER get to read such personal stories about Glen and, Jonathan and Chris.
Now, I’ve read Cloud Living from cover-to-cover, and I think it’s great, but there is one thing I’m not so sure about. It’s a problem I have with these ebooks in general, and I think people will relate to this. The question is: it really going to help you?
Imagine you had a whole day speaking one-to-one with a professional, entirely focused on creating success for you in this area. You would be able to streamline the conversations to points that are completely related to YOU and your success, and you could really soak up as much relevant information as possible. With ebooks, though, it’s different. There’s nobody there, you’re just reading some static pages that won’t help you if you get stuck, won’t inspire you when you’re unmotivated, and definitely won’t answer all the questions that you’re bound to run up against doing this thing. In short, it’s just not ever going to be sufficient enough to hold your hand the whole way. No matter what the sales copy says, you’re always going to have to figure things out for yourself.
Now, I’m not trying to rail against what Glen’s done. I know Glen personally, I know Alex personally, and this is their show not mine. But I do feel like it’s my duty to make it clear that no ebook is going to be the instant competence provider that will automatically make you be successful at this. Like you said, Glen spent YEARS learning this stuff. It’s just not feasible that someone is going to read something he wrote, no matter how comprehensive it is, and have the same instincts that Glen has for this.
That said, I do think that it’s a great book. Of course, of course it is. It’s the best thing you’ll find out there on this subject, guaranteed. But you aren’t going to move mountains just because you’ve read some ebook. It’s going to take a lot more than that.
On the other hand though, if you think that you can succeed in this without reading up on this stuff, then you’ve got another thing coming. The reason why it took so many failures and years for people to learn this stuff is because there never used to be documents like this out there. It makes sense to cut your learning curve by learning from those who have been successful in this, reading their personal experiences, and following their steps – it’s called modelling successful people. But if you aren’t up to it, if you know that you don’t have what it takes to do well in this, stop deluding yourself, and don’t let sales copy persuade you that this stuff is easy.
That said, if you’re serious about doing it, really doing it, then the book will help you.
The truth.
Graeme
It’s sad that I can’t find the money to buy this… I’ll wait till I monetize my blog. But wait, to do that I need Cloud Living first… I’m trapped :’(
Hey Anyhony!!
haha quite a paradox.
as i said above, there is ample free information out there.
just search “make money online”
…and if you put in the hours, you’ll start to earn money.
It’s not difficult, people just don’t want to put in the hours.
…and then once you’ve made some cash, check out Cloud Living for the subtleties.
But as i said above, you don’t NEED it.
it’s impressive to turn $50 into millions. Creating the $50 from scratch is even more impressive.
Gotta hustle yo
Wooohooo!
Cloud-living totally rocks.
I must admit its a totally awesome book, incredible for both beginner and more advanced alike, but once you master the basics, I suggest learning some Css and wordpress theme editing skills to hone the website even more.
It doesn’t cover editing your theme or customizing your site in much detail but managed to figure most of it out.
Since I got my hands on my copy and read it cover to cover that same night, I’ve been working like mad following the tutorial on setting up minisites.
Glen gives a great free template with the ebook that is ready to use for any affiliate product, I just prefer to modify it and do my own thing:)
Seriously, if you are thinking about internet marketing, dont even think twice, get this book, its the best value for money in my opinion.
Especially if you’re a beginner. It can be a little repetitive if you’ve been doing this for a while but there are some amazing tips and things to try that i hadn’t considered or seen before.
Cheers
Diggy
upgradereality.com
made $26 a few moments ago, first tattoo sale in a week:) woot!
sup diggy!!
yeah. completely relate to the CSS thing.
man, remember what my site looked like when i started?! baha. i take screenshots every week and looking back on how it looked in the beginning makes me quesy
that said, i don’t think you can really learn CSS in a guide. It’s a trial and error thing. Just need to know how to use google and make endless backups in case you mess summen up
i’ve seen that template cropping up EVERYWHERE. wilding. hint hint
haha. HQ
keep well bra.
alex
p.s. dude, you’re upsetting ample parents with your tattoo minisites… but well done
Hey Alex! I read cloud living the day before it went out. I agree that it has a powerful potential. I say potential because I need to test the advices myself and take action.
Hey Oscar.
Powerful potential is useless unless you actually do something
let us know how it goes.
keep well bra
alex
Just got the book buddy – will keep you posted.
Right on Alex!
You AND Glen are the real deal.
I just bought Cloud Living and for a mere $37 he has shown me more than I would have ever received from anyone else.
Your friend,
Keith
Hey guys!
Seems I found this real late. Sorry I’ve been SO
STUPIDLY out of touch but selling all your possessions
and moving to Bangkok on a whim can keep you pretty busy…
Yeah, I’d have to agree with everyone above.
Except Alex! (”’ve seen that template cropping up
EVERYWHERE. wilding. hint hint haha. HQ”)
I kid, I kid…all good stuff. Hahaha!
I thought I’d add one more thing here though.
I Facebooked Glen 2 days ago for help on a pretty
hefty topic (keep in mind that I haven’t bought Cloud
Living or a single other thing from him, even through an
affiliate link) and he totally set me straight.
King!
To Cloud Living!