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173: How to Turn Your Ideas Into Recurring Revenue, with Stephen Key May 12, 2016

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"To build income you can hustle, but to build wealth you need to build something that doesn’t require your hands." That's what this week's guest told me, and then walked me down an interesting path in building that elusive "hands-free" business. His angle? Product licensing.

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172: Case Study: Creating a $1k per Week Online Authority Business and a Service Business From Scratch May 05, 2016

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Carey Green had spent the last 20 years as a pastor, before making the leap into entrepreneurship. As he studied to become a licensed mortgage broker, an idea took hold to put his study notes online. Today Carey helps other aspiring mortgage brokers pass their certification exam, a test he says was the hardest he ever took. That business, which actually derives most of its traffic from YouTube, generates $1000 a week! But Carey didn't stop there.

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171: How to Get Paid to Create Content – Even When You’re Just Starting Out Apr 28, 2016

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Want to get paid to create content? Jason Zook is the undisputed king when it comes to sponsored content. You may know Jason as the IWearYourShirt guy, where he earned over $1,000,000 wearing t-shirts for various companies. He's even sold his last name (twice -- each for $40k+), formerly going as Jason Surfrapp and Jason Headsetsdotcom. In this episode, he shares his tips for getting sponsors for your work, even if you're just starting out. I think you'll like it!

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170: Side Hustle Idea Brainstorming: The 7 Rules of Business Idea Generation Plus Live Listener Feedback Apr 21, 2016

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In my recent annual member survey, one of the biggest challenges named was coming up with the right side hustle idea. Over the years, I've been on both ends of the idea spectrum: feeling hopeless in search of a business idea, and (more recently) feeling like there are more ideas than I could ever hope to tackle. Still, if you're in the brainstorming stage, I think this week's podcast session with Don "The Idea Guy" Holliday will help.

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169: The Best Passive Income Model: Raw Land Investing Update (Part 2) Apr 15, 2016

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This is the second in what will (at least) be a 2-part series on side hustlers earning income from their land investment endeavors. In this special Friday edition of the show, I'm joined by Chris Pritchard. Chris is a software developer by day, but has built his land investing business up to $1500/mo in recurring revenue. In addition, Chris does the occasional cash flip and also has more than $70,000 worth of land payments under contract. Not bad for a year of dedicated focus and effort!

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168: The Best Passive Income Model: Raw Land Investing Update (Part 1) Apr 14, 2016

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In episode 108 of The Side Hustle Show last year, we met Mark Podolsky, a real estate investor specializing in raw land. He called it "The Best Passive Income Model," because there are no products to build, no tenants or toilets, and you can start without a huge upfront investment. This year, I wanted to feature a couple of listeners who took action based on that episode. The first is my friend Josh Brooks, an Army Battalion Commander and founder of The Enduring Charity Foundation.

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166: $10k a Month Blogging Part-Time Mar 31, 2016

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We first heard from Robert Farrington back in 2013, on episode 10 of The Side Hustle Show. At that time, he was earning $3-4k a month from a portfolio of different sites, and looking to expand his online empire.

This week, we catch up on what’s changed since then. Robert’s doubled down on his main site, TheCollegeInvestor.com, narrowed his focus, and roughly tripled his earnings.

Oh, and he’s still working full-time too.

We chat content, traffic, and monetization strategies, as well as how he manages the business in his spare time.

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I think you’ll like it!

If you don’t have a blog of your own yet, use my free 6-part video course to get started today.

165: How to Earn an Extra $1000 a Month as a Brand Ambassador Mar 24, 2016

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Kenny Azama has worked with massive global brands like Nike, Samsung, Apple, Chevrolet, and Coca Cola, but he's not an ad agency or a top secret marketing mogul. He's a professional brand ambassador, "someone who is temporarily hired to represent a brand in a positive light, and provide consumers with a memorable face-to-face experience." I think this in an interesting side hustle, and one we haven't covered on the site before, because as Kenny explains, there are always gigs nearby, they're fun, and they can actually pay pretty well.

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164: $4k a Month within 6 Months: Marketing and Growing a Freelance Side Hustle, with Gina Horkey Mar 17, 2016

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Gina Horkey has come highly recommended by a number of listeners, and I’ve seen her work what seems like “all over the Internet” for the past couple years so I’m excited to finally connect and bring her on the show. She’s a freelance writer extraordinaire, but also a virtual assistant, and someone who now helps others follow in her footsteps. Gina successfully built her freelance writing and virtual assistant business to be earning several thousand dollars a month; enough to quit her day job and go full-time.

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163: How to Build a 6-Figure Blog in Less Than a Year, with Jon Dykstra Mar 10, 2016

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Do you know Jon Dykstra from FatStacksBlog.com? I've been following his work since last summer and have been really impressed.

Jon is a former attorney turned full-time entrepreneur, and he’s the master of building high quality niche blogs and monetizing them to $10k-20k per month in record time.

(Sixty days to $10k in one case.)

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On the call, we use the example of a snow sports site, which in years past may have been considered too broad. Niche down to something like “powder ski reviews,” experts might have said.

Jon takes the opposite approach: broader appeal means more visitors and more ad revenue.

Inspired to start a blog of your own? My free video course will show you how.

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