The Side Hustle Show

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493: The $5K Side Hustle Spinoff Apr 11, 2022

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Rob's side hustle was crushed by the pandemic, but he found a winning spinoff buried deep in his YouTube stats and Google Analytics.

This one will definitely have you thinking about the simple long-tail search questions you can answer — and monetize — for your own audience.

Full Show Notes: The $5k Side Hustle Spinoff

492: $17k in 30 Days: Building a Reselling Business Apr 07, 2022

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There’s profit out there, you just have to learn how to find it.

On this week’s show, I’m joined by a pair of Side Hustle Show listeners who’ve been learning that skill and have translated it into tens of thousands of dollars in sales over the last 16 months.

Jack and Joan Ferrell of SecondTimeSellers.com are resellers. They find used items at flea markets, yard sales, online auctions, and flip those items for anywhere up to 10x what they paid for them.

Inspired to start reselling after listening to episode 406 with Stacy Gallego, they’ve hit the floor running and have set themselves the goal of turning over $250,000 in the next 12 months.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

the creative ways Jack and Joan source inventory
how they handle the shipping and logistics
the most effective ways they’ve found to grow their business

Full Show Notes: Building a Reselling Business

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491: My Latest Online Business Experiments (Q1 2022 Progress Report) Apr 04, 2022

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Here are the projects I've been working on lately and how they're shaping up, my favorite business and lifestyle upgrades of the quarter, a few things that sucked, and what books made my reading list.

Full Show Notes: My Latest Online Business Experiments (Q1 2022 Progress Report)

490: $10k a Month Helping Babies and Toddlers Sleep Through the Night Mar 31, 2022

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From being a “bored stay at home mom” to running a multi 6-figure business in just a few short years.

That’s the story for this week’s guest, Jayne Havens of TheSnoozeFest.com who decided to take a sleep certification course “on a whim.”

This is a 2-for-1 episode where we’re going to learn about starting a service business from scratch — in Jayne’s case that’s coaching parents how to help their babies and toddlers sleep through the night.

Jayne started earning thousands of dollars a month doing the coaching, before deciding to add the addition of an online course component teaching other people how to do what she did.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

how Jayne got started coaching parents on how to get their babies and toddlers to sleep better
why she decided to start the online course component of her business
the methods she’s used to grow both sides of her business

Full Show Notes: How to Start a Sleep Consulting Business

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489: How I Bootstrapped a 6-Figure E-Commerce Brand in Year 1 Business With Zero Ad Spend Mar 24, 2022

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“How I bootstrapped a 6-figure e-commerce brand in its first year with zero ad spend.”

That was the subject line that Side Hustle Show Connor Meakin sent me that grabbed my attention and earned him a spot on this week’s show.

The brand Connor is talking about is BluebirdProvisions.co, an organic bone broth, and bone broth powder company.

Connor started Bluebird Provisions after suffering a devastating foot injury that doctors said he would never fully recover from and be able to run again.

Searching for alternative, holistic ways to heal his foot, Connor decided to try drinking bone broth.

He accredits healing his foot injury, in part, to the healing properties in bone broth and decided to manufacture his own line of bone broth products.

Connor now sells his products through retail stores like Whole Foods, on Amazon, and through his own e-commerce site, and saw a 225% growth last year.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

how Connor came up with the idea to sell bone broth
how he’s turned it into a reality for a relatively low startup cost
the creative and effective ways he’s driving sales on and off of Amazon today

Full Show Notes: How I Bootstrapped a 6-Figure E-Commerce Brand in 1 Year

488: 16 Free and Low-Cost Marketing Ideas to Grow Your Side Hustle Mar 17, 2022

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Today we’re geeking out on the awareness problem — how to spread the word about your business.

And how to do it in a way that aligns with your style and your budget.

To help me out with this is long-time Side Hustle Show listener, Larry Towner. He’s a real estate investor, a handyman, and co-host of the Handyman Pros Radio Show podcast.

Larry runs a local handyman service in the North Atlanta area and always has his work calendar booked up months in advance.

He uses a wide range of free and low-cost ways to get his business in front of the right customers, so there’s going to be more than enough ideas you can use for your own business.

Tune in to this episode of The Side Hustle Show to hear 16 free and low-cost marketing ideas, including:

how you can use your website and business cards as an “electronic brochure”
why it’s so important for local businesses to use Google My Business
how Larry gets so much business through referrals both online and offline

Full Show Notes: 16 Free and Low Cost Marketing Ideas

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487: From $17/hr to 6-Figure Side Hustle Mar 10, 2022

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"Changing the world with chess" and making $100,000 per year on the side.

That’s the story of today’s guest, Jeff DiOrio from EliteChess.net.

Jeff went from working in summer camp chess programs teaching kids how to play chess, to running his own summer camps and earning five times as much.

He then transitioned to an online recurring membership model, in part due to the pandemic, while also keeping the in-person coaching side of his business alive.

Jeff’s approach to growing his student numbers so rapidly?

Organic growth through giving to charities and delivering a value-driven service. All while doing something he loves -- teaching chess.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

how Jeff built his minimum viable audience
the methods he used to set up the business for recurring revenue
how you can borrow some of these same tactics in your business

Full Show Notes: From $17/hr to 6-Figure Side Hustle

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486: Get Paid to Sell Other People's Stuff: Building a Successful Consignment Business Mar 03, 2022

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How does risk-free profit sound?

That’s the promise and of the consignment business — getting paid to sell other people’s stuff.

To help school me on how it all works I’ve invited Megan Church from PineappleConsignment.com onto this week’s show.

Megan experimented with her first popup consignment event in October 2018 with the goal of breaking even and to do something creative with her time.

Megan did a little better than break even with that first show, and more importantly, validated her business idea and had a lot of fun doing it.

She has since broadened her business into online sales, estate sales, and now has her own warehouse and storefront open to the public.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

how you can get started throwing popup consignment events right away
how Megan sources and manages her inventory
the creative ways she’s found to market and grow the business

Full Show Notes: Get Paid to Sell Other People's Stuff: Building a Successful Consignment Business

485: The $90k Niche Daily Deals Blog Feb 24, 2022

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What’s one thing people want?

They want to get great deals on great products, and for you as a side hustler, that spells a business opportunity to curate and spread the word about those deals.

This is exactly what Side Hustle Show listener Camron Stover from HuntingGearDeals.com is doing.

Camron stumbled into the business, starting with his hunting hobby and a passion for finding good deals.

He ended up acquiring the site from the original owner and has accelerated its revenue growth to $90k last year.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

how the site is making money
the creative ways Camron gets free content and products
how you may be able to apply similar strategies in your own business

Full Show Notes and PDF Bonus: The $90k Niche Daily Deals Blog

484: Turning a Service Business into a Passive Income Stream - Part 3 Feb 17, 2022

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Today’s guest, Matt Bochnak of HowToMotorcycleRepair.com, is one of my favorite examples of how you can dedicate part of your week to generating time-leveraged income.

This is Matt’s third time on The Side Hustle Show, and every time we speak he’s made huge leaps forward with his business.

Matt first appeared on the show back in 2016 when he was making around $1,000 a month recording himself performing motorcycle repairs in his garage and selling digital products.

When Matt appeared on the show for a second time in 2019 he was making $4,000-5,000 a month from a combination of digital product sales, YouTube ad income, affiliate commissions, Patreon, and sponsored content.

As you’ll discover in this episode, Matt is now making almost $20,000 a month in revenue. He’s completely shut down the service side of his business, expanded into physical products, and more.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

how Matt’s business has changed since we last spoke in 2019
where the idea for a physical product came from and how he validated it
the various revenue streams ringing the cash register for Matt right now

Full Show Notes: Turning a Service Business into a Passive Income Stream - Part 3

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