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560: $250k Selling Spreadsheets on Etsy in Under 2 Years Apr 06, 2023

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I love a business where you can get paid over and over again for work you do once.

That’s exactly what Emily McDermott from PrettyArrow.com has done by selling spreadsheets online.

Emily is a top 0.1% Etsy seller who went from selling $2 printables to $20 spreadysheet templates. She now helps entrepreneurs earn passive income by selling digital products, even if they’ve never made one before.

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear how:

Emily differentiates herself from her competitors
she took her store into six-figure territory
the tools she uses to get it all done

Full Show Notes: $250k Selling Spreadsheets on Etsy in Under 2 Years

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559: From Pandemic Side Project to $40k a Month: An Affiliate Marketing Case Study Mar 30, 2023

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This week’s guest took inspiration from a previous guest — Alex Goldberg from FinvsFin.com — but more importantly, took action.

In episodes 367 and 410, Alex broke down the model of the modern comparison shopping site: in-depth product reviews and comparisons that help buyers make informed decisions, and earn affiliate commissions on those referrals.

Matt Oney from ZenmasterWellness.com saw what Alex was doing and how much he was earning, and thought he could do something similar.

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

How Matt chose a niche for affiliate marketing
the creative way he builds backlinks
the methods he used to turn his side hustle into a full-time income stream

Full Show Notes: Affiliate Marketing Example: From Pandemic Side Project to $40k a Month

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558: From $40k a Year to a $40k Payday: How to Start Your First Online Store Mar 23, 2023

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Today’s guest is your friendly neighborhood forklift driver turned e-commerce entrepreneur.

Over the last nearly 10 years, Ben Knegendorf from DropshipBreakthru.com has started, grown, and sold several different online stores. (Check out the free on-demand webinar for more.)

Ben advocates for a model of “high ticket dropshipping,” where he acts as a virtual retail storefront for brands. Those brands or their distributors ship products to his customers without him ever having to touch the inventory.

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear how:

Ben sold his first online store
he differentiates himself from other sellers
you can start your own online business in the next 30 days

Full Show Notes: High Ticket Dropshipping: From $40k a year to a $40k payday

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557: The 17 Income Streams I’m Working on Right Now Mar 16, 2023

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Can you live for free?

That’s what The Side Hustle Snowball framework tries to answer.

The idea behind this framework is to slowly erase or eliminate monthly expenses — starting with your smallest expenses and working your way up — with new income streams.

Most of the income streams I’ll share in this post are not huge but they are snowball-worthy, and I think you can use them to build momentum toward that ultimate goal of financial independence.

This is the 3rd installment of the series, so check out the previous episodes if you like this format:

(I’m going to follow the snowball framework and roughly go in order from smallest to largest.)

Let’s do it!

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Full Show Notes: The 17 Income Streams I’m Working On Right Now

556: Pricing, Podcasting, Permission to Quit, and More: 20 Questions with Nick Mar 09, 2023

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I’ve got another 20 Questions episode for you today, diving into the ol’ listener mailbag.

As is customary on these episodes, I’ve pulled out questions from the Side Hustle Nation community from over the last few months and will attempt to answer those for your benefit and listening pleasure.

This is the 14th installment of this series so feel free to check out the older ones:

A common piece of advice you’ll hear is to take audience questions and turn them into content, so here’s a meta example of that in action.

We’re talking pricing, podcasting, pre-aged domains, privacy, personal growth, permission to go full time, and lots more.

Enjoy!

Full Show Notes: Pricing, Podcasting, Permission to Quit, and More: 20 Questions with Nick

555: From Side Hustle to $300k a Year: Building an In-Demand Business with Local SEO Mar 02, 2023

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Today, we’ve got a killer case study for you, where my guest has built his business to almost $300k in revenue — all on the back of local SEO.

Kody Smith from AwwCrap.com started his pet waste removal service as a side hustle, earning $26k his first year. He did $187k after quitting his day job and nearly doubled that last year without any paid ads!

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear how:

Kody found his first customers
he prices the service
gets it all done

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Full Show Notes: From Side Hustle to $300k a Year: Building an In-Demand Business with Local SEO

554: 10 Ways to Get Free Items to Flip for a Profit Feb 23, 2023

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One of my favorite side hustles is buying low and selling high. This is the business model of Amazon, Walmart — pretty much every store in the history of stores. You buy inventory at one price and resell it at a higher price. It works great, but you still have to buy that initial inventory.

What if you wanted to start with super low upfront costs? Turns out, there are lots of ways to get “free” stuff to resell, and I want to walk you through 10 of those methods in today’s show.

Let’s get right to it!

Your Free Bonus: The Best Items to Flip for a Profit

Full Show Notes: Free stuff to flip for a profit

553: How I Built a Multi 6-Figure Business While Still Working Full-Time Feb 16, 2023

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Turn the skills you already have into a new income stream!

Shannon Weinstein is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) who turned her fractional CFO (Chief Financial Officer)/tax strategy service at KeepWhatYouEarn.com into a full-time income stream — while still working a full-time job.

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

the low-cost, high-return marketing tactics that Shannon used to start her business
how she found her first customers
how she took the leap to turn her side hustle into a full-time job

Free Bonus: 101 Service Business Ideas

Full Show Notes: How I Built a Multi 6-Figure Business While Still Working Full-Time

552: 10 AI-Powered Side Hustles You Can Start Today Feb 09, 2023

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AI (artificial intelligence) is one of the hottest topics of the year. And today, we’re going to explore some of the actionable ways that you can capitalize on this new technology to either start a new business or grow one that you’ve already got.

To help me talk through these is Matt Wolfe from FutureTools.io and the FutureTools YouTube channel. Matt’s a long-time friend who’s been doing a deep dive on this stuff for the past few months and I’m anxious to get caught up.

Last week, Matt shared some of his advanced affiliate marketing strategies that helped him earn over $900k from ONE affiliate product — if you missed it, be sure to check that one out as well, but that’s where I want to start this list.

Full Show Notes: AI Side Hustles

551: $900k from Someone Else’s Product: Advanced Affiliate Marketing Strategies Feb 02, 2023

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Affiliate marketing is a great business. You:

help people make decisions
point them to the products that will help them
earn a commission on those referrals

But most affiliate marketers — myself included in a lot of cases — don’t put as much effort as they could into their campaigns. And as a result, we cut ourselves short of the results we could have seen if they just went a little deeper.

Today’s guest is Matt Wolfe from FutureTools.io, and he’s going to break down what that looks like in practice and the specific tactics you can use to earn more commissions and better serve your audience.

Because the difference isn’t a 15% incremental improvement — it may be a 10x gain or more!

Tune in to the Side Hustle Show interview to hear how Matt:

made almost $1 million dollars from one affiliate product
promoted his affiliate link
drives traffic today

Full Show Notes: Advanced Affiliate Marketing

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