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**The Side Hustle Show**

The entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers creative ways to make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.

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Latest Episodes:

Hiring Your First Virtual Assistant: When, Where, and How to Do it Right (Greatest Hits) Jul 04, 2024

Show notes

We all have a limit to our capacity. For some entrepreneurs and small business owners, that’s a tough pill to swallow.

But when you’re up against that ceiling you've got two options. You can:

Settle in.
Get help.

This episode is about growing your team in such a way that you have some breathing room in your schedule and in your mental bandwidth to do the work that’s required of a business owner.

Even though I’ve been hiring virtual help in my businesses since 2005, I’ve still got a lot to learn! This is something that’s been on my mind this year as I think about where I want my current operations to go and who can help get me there.

To help dive into this topic, I’m excited to welcome John Jonas and Nate Hirsch to the show.

Between them, they’ve got more than 60 virtual team members and have been practicing remote management for more than a decade.

They both run platforms to help you make your first virtual hire as well:

John heads up OnlineJobs.ph, the largest remote job board and resume database for workers in the Philippines.
Nate created FreeeUp.com, a curated freelance marketplace for workers all around the world. He also founded Ecombalance.com, a monthly bookkeeping service for Ecommerce Sellers/agencies, and OutsourceSchool.com where he teaches his hiring processes.

Tune in to hear John and Nate’s take on when it’s time to hire, how to find the best talent for your budget, and some common mistakes to avoid.

Full Show Notes: Hiring Your First Virtual Assistant: When, Where, and How to Do it Right

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616: Lifestyle Creep, Luck, and Why Every Podcast Guest Has an Online Course: Q&A w/ Nick Jul 01, 2024

Show notes

In this episode, we're diving deep into the listener mailbag for a Q&A session.

I'll tackle things like lifestyle creep, the role of luck, and inadvertently breaking a bunch of links.

And hey, why does it seem like every podcast guest is selling an online course?

Spoiler: there’s some truth to it, and we’ll dig into why that happens.

This is the 16th installment of this series, so feel free to check out the older ones:

It's a jam-packed Q&A session with actionable insights to help you level up your side hustle game, so there's a little something for everyone in this episode.

Let's dive in!

Full Show Notes: Lifestyle Creep, Luck, and Why Every Podcast Guest Has an Online Course: Q&A w/ Nick

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615: Local Newsletters: $200k from 18k subscribers Jun 27, 2024

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Local newsletter business opportunities have always caught my eye as a side hustle enthusiast.

I'm constantly on the lookout for ventures that are low overhead, scalable, and sellable.

Newsletter businesses, with examples like The Hustle and Morning Brew, tick all these boxes, selling for impressive 8-figure exits.

But Ryan Sneddon from Naptown Scoop has taken a unique approach to the newsletter business, focusing on his local hometown, Annapolis, Maryland.

He has become a pillar of the community along the way while making $200k a year from 18k subscribers.

Tune in to Episode 615 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:

how Ryan grew his subscriber base
how he monetizes the business
the logistics of putting out high quality newsletter five days a week

Full Show Notes: Local Newsletters: $200k from 18k subscribers

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614: Scaling a Local Service Business: Multi 6-Figures in Pet Waste Removal Jun 20, 2024

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It's not every day you spot one of your podcast guests' yard signs while driving, but that's exactly what happened to me.

As we cruised the neighborhood, a bright pink "Kroopin's Poopin Scoopin" sign caught my eye.

We first heard from this guest in 2020.

She was earning around a thousand bucks a week from her part-time pooper scooper/pet waste removal business.

And since then, it has grown to serve almost 200 weekly residential customers at an average ticket price of $99/month.

In this 'Where Are They Now?' episode, I have once again Erica Krupin from Kroopin's Poopin Scoopin to talk about what this former side hustle looks like at scale.

Full Show Notes: Scaling a Local Service Business: Multi 6-Figures in Pet Waste Removal

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10 Life and Business Lessons from Dad (Greatest Hits) Jun 17, 2024

Show notes

In honor of father’s day, I wanted to share some of the best advice I’ve received from my dad over the years, and how we can all work to apply it in life and in business.

For the sake of background, dad is a chemical engineer — he spent decades of his career at one company — but still had lots of entrepreneurial experiences and insights along the way.

(He did do a bit of consulting in retirement!)

The funny thing is almost all of these were very literal conversations, which I’ve extrapolated out (30 years later!) to have a broader meaning.

And as I think about the kind of advice I want to be passing along to my own kids, I think these kinds of concrete illustrations may be a really effective way to do it. Especially if they turn out to be the over-analyzing types like me!

Full Show Notes: Best Dad Advice: 10 Life and Business Lessons from Dad

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613: 14 Income Producing Assets Jun 13, 2024

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Income producing assets are things you own (or control) that pay you every month, quarter, or year.

In this post, I’ll share some of the best income producing assets you can build or acquire — starting on the side.

These selections are based on:

15+ years building income-producing assets online
20+ years as an investor in income producing assets
500+ interviews with successful side hustlers

You’ve probably heard the saying that it “takes money to make money,” but that’s not always true. Sure, starting with money will help, but you can also create income producing assets with a little sweat equity.

Ready? Let’s do it!

Full Show Notes: 14 Income Producing Assets

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Tailor Brands — Get 40% off the all-in-one platform to build your online brand the smart way w/ code SIDEHUSTLE.

Side Hustle Showdown: Freelance vs. Agency (Greatest Hits) Jun 06, 2024

Show notes

A service business is one of the fastest side hustles to get off the ground, and you can scale it by hiring other people to deliver the work.

But is there an advantage to staying a solo operator?

In this Side Hustle Showdown, we're looking at freelancing vs. building an agency.

For this debate, I invited a couple members of The Side Hustle Nation community who both run cleaning companies:

Chris Schwab from ThinkMaids.comrepresented the agency side. We last heard from Chris in episode 294, where he talked about how he’d built his cleaning business to $60k a month in revenue, and scaled back his own involvement to just 10 minutes a day.
Ken Carfango from SmartCleaningSchool.com represented the solo freelance side. Ken’s a former engineer and a father of 5 who’s got his cleaning business dialed in where he can knock out the work himself in just a couple days, and enjoy 5-day weekends with his family.

Tune in to hear both Chris and Ken discuss which business model is best for:

Getting started
Finding new clients
Scaling
Start-up costs
How to exit
And more

If you’re trying to decide which path you want to take, stick around to learn how to avoid the dreaded “valley of despair” that often afflicts service businesses, and how to get started on the right foot.

Full Show Notes: Should I Start a Freelance Business or Build an Agency? Side Hustle Showdown

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612: 10 Ways to Make Your Side Hustle Feel “Real” Jun 03, 2024

Show notes

Before we begin, I should note that the single BEST way to make your side hustle feel official is to get paid.

As soon as you’ve got your side hustle idea, go sell something.

Seriously.

That first income — no matter how small — is an empowering moment.

In fact, I did a whole episode describing how I got my first sale in 6 different businesses, and later another 25 members of Side Hustle Nation shared their story in this fun round-up episode.

But I also understand that many people — myself include — often want some level of “establishment” before they feel comfortable saying they’re open for business.

I opened my first LLC while I was still in college and really had no idea what I needed it for. But it felt good, and if I’m being honest, made me feel smart and important too.

And later I got plenty of use out of it.

And that’s what this post is about. Even though in the early days of your side hustle, you’re better off focusing on getting customers, sometimes you need a little foundation before you’re mentally ready to focus on getting customers.

My only caution is not to use this list as fodder for procrastination, but to use it as a checklist to build positive momentum and keep going.

Again, before you pull my hustle card, know that you don’t need any of these to get started. But you will need to do most of these eventually, and if you’re the person who likes to get everything in order first, let’s get that excuse out of the way.

Ready? Let’s do it.

Full Show Notes: 10 Ways to Make Your Side Hustle Feel More Official

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611: The 6-Figure Video Game Mom May 30, 2024

Show notes

You know those endless hours you've spent perfecting your Fortnite skills or learning how to defeat a Guardian in Zelda games?

There is a chance those skills aren't just good for bragging rights or racking up likes on Twitch.

In fact, it is possible to make money out of these games without being an online streamer.

I'm talking about teaching video games online, and the demand for these is exploding.

In this "Where Are They Now?" series, we have once again Devyn Ricks from missdevyn.com share how much her online gaming teaching business has grown over the last years since we talked in Episode 499.

When Devyn and I connected a couple of years ago, she was making around $4,000/month.

Today, her business has more than doubled, earning her the title of "six-figure video game mom." She has since expanded her team to 14 teachers.

Tune in to Episode 611 of The Side Hustle Show to learn:

mechanics of setting up classes on Outschool
strategies Devyn used to market her classes
how Devyn identified her profitable niche
connected with her audience

Full Show Notes: The 6-Figure Video Game Mom

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610: How a Teenager Built and Sold a 6-Figure Lawn Care Business May 23, 2024

Show notes

$70k in profit at age 19?

Not bad for a summer business. Jack Fleming started his lawn care journey with just one lawn mower, knocking on his neighbors' doors.

He grew Yard Boyz to generate tens of thousands in profit, allowing him to pay for college debt-free, before selling the business for a six-figure sum.

In this inspiring episode, we cover:

marketing a local service
collecting reviews and protecting your reputation
hiring and scaling
setting the business up for a 6-figure exit

Full show notes:

How to Start a Lawn Care Business: $70k in Profit at 19

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