5 Easy Ways to Build Backlinks and Outrank the Competition

Jeremy Poland

By the end of this episode, you’ll have at least a dozen new backlinks for your website.

For those who are new to SEO, quality backlinks will help you climb the ranks in Google — which means you’re going to make more money.

To talk through his best link-building quick wins and link-building tactics, I’m joined by Jeremy Poland.

40 Things I Have Learned in My 40 Years

40 life lessons

I wish I was half as smart now as I was at 16!

But learning everything you don’t know is part of the process.

One thing I love about my work is I feel like I learn new things every day. Sometimes they’re small little tweaks and hacks, and other times they’re broader strategies or ideas.

I originally drafted this list 7 years ago, after my 30th birthday, but decided it was due for an update.

Flipping Shoes for Profit – $250-1000 a Month in Your Spare Time

flipping shoes for profit

One of the most popular side hustles, and really one of the most popular business models in the world is to buy a product and resell it for a profit.

Today’s guest, Beau Hunter, is an expert at that and he walks us through how to earn an extra $500-1000 a month in one particular flipping niche: and that’s shoes.

Beau is a full-time band director with a couple young kids, but with the help of his flipping side hustle, he’s paid off over $100k in student debt.

17 Business Ideas Free for the Taking!

free business ideas

Today we’re giving away a bunch of business ideas, and to help me do it is Steve Chou.

Steve is a serial entrepreneur who runs a 7-figure e-commerce business at BumbleBeeLinens.com, a 7-figure blog and podcast at MyWifeQuitHerJob.com, and also a conference in the e-commerce space called Sellers Summit.

It’s been 7-8 years since Steve was last on the podcast back on episode 128, so it was long overdue to get him back on.

Catching up with the 6-Figure Houseplant Blogger

profitable houseplant blog

In this week’s episode, we’re catching up with the 6-figure houseplant blogger, Raffaele Di Lallo of OhioTropics.com.

You might remember Raffaele from a blog coaching episode we did last year with the help of Matt Giovanisci from Money Lab.

At that time, Raffaele was generating over 300,000 pageviews per month, which translated into around $10k in income, mostly from display ads and a little slice of affiliate commissions as well.

16 Marketing Tips from Side Hustle Show Listeners

marketing ideas roundup

Whatever your side hustle or business is, your marketing efforts are going to be crucial to your success.

To find out what’s working today across a wide range of industries, I’ve crowdsourced some wisdom from Side Hustle Show listeners.

I asked listeners to share a marketing tactic that’s working well for them this year, and I got back a ton of great responses.

The Backyard Nursery Side Hustle: $10k a Year Selling Plants

backyard nursery business

Today I’ve got an awesome story for you — on the one hand, it’s about matching your interests and skills with a hungry market, but maybe more importantly it’s about documenting your work.

When you do those two things, like Craig Odem has, you start to see some fun results.

I found Craig through the Side Hustle Nation Facebook group; he’s a pastor in Tennessee but as a side hustle he sells plants out of his backyard.

How a Self-Published Book Turned into a Full-Time Business

alexis and justin

This week’s episode is about self-publishing, which we’ve covered before. But this week’s guests have turned the success of their book into a full-time business that’s still growing in momentum.

In late 2020, Justin and Alexis Black self-published their first book Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and Love.

Redefining Normal currently has over 200 reviews on Amazon and has sold more than 9,000 copies in the two years since it was published.

21 Recession-Proof Businesses That Thrive in Hard Times

rental real estate recession proof business

Recession-proof businesses are those positioned to survive and thrive during an economic slowdown, like the one we’re experiencing now.

It might seem like a recession is a kiss-of-death for business owners, but that’s not always the case.

This Teacher’s Side Hustle Brought in $20k in Her First Year

megan champion

Megan Champion is a mom of 3, a 15-year elementary education teacher, and in the past year, she’s started a side hustle that has brought in $20,000.

Megan’s side hustle is in the parenting niche and has 3 main parts:

An Instagram account to drive awareness

A podcast called On The Hard Days to drive connection

And a paid membership to drive community — and recurring revenue.

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