Nick Loper

Nick Loper is a side hustle expert who loves helping people earn more money and start businesses they care about. He hosts the award-winning Side Hustle Show, where he's interviewed over 500 successful entrepreneurs, and is the bestselling author of Buy Buttons, The Side Hustle, and $1,000 100 Ways. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Forbes, TIME, Newsweek, Business Insider, MSN, Yahoo Finance, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Hubspot, Ahrefs, Shopify, Investopedia, VICE, Vox, Mashable, ChooseFI, The Penny Hoarder, GoBankingRates, and more.

The Fastest and Cheapest Way to Build a Great-Looking Website for your Side Hustle Service [Case Study]

August 25, 2023February 23, 2018

A couple weekends ago I finally got around to creating a website for a new side hustle of mine; non-fiction book editing.

Now I should mention that this is something I’ve been quietly doing on the side for the last year or so without a website, landing clients via word of mouth and even a few through Fiverr.

When your service business is just starting out, you absolutely don’t need a website. In fact, it can be one big giant distraction from your primary goal of winning paying clients.

271: Brilliant Blogging, Ruthless Productivity, and Guaranteed Success: 20 Questions with Nick

August 28, 2023February 22, 2018

It’s time to dive into the ol’ listener mailbag and answer a few questions in this week’s edition of The Side Hustle Show.

I’ve had quite a few interesting questions come in since the last Q&A episode, and picked 20 to talk through in today’s show.

Like this format? This is the 5th installment of “20 Questions” so feel free to go back and binge on the older ones too.

270: The 6-Figure a Month “Funnel”: How to Systemize Your Business with Marketing Automation

November 5, 2021February 15, 2018

How would you like to add thousands of dollars a month to your bottom line without any extra work, sounds pretty good right?

Greg Hickman of System.ly has achieved this for his own 6-figure a month business and does the same for his clients using marketing automation and effective sale funnel formulas.

269: How to Set Up and Sell a Paid Mastermind Group

November 5, 2021February 8, 2018

Women pay up to $2000 a month to hang out with Natalie Eckdahl for a few hours.

The mother of 3 has turned her BizChix podcast (which started as a side hustle) into a thriving business based largely on paid mastermind groups. She curates groups of high-performing female entrepreneurs – and gets paid handsomely to do it.

Is this a revenue stream you could add to your business?

268: Blogging ROI: From $18 to $100k a Month in 2.5 Years

November 5, 2021February 1, 2018

Could a part-time blog really bring in that kind of cash? Rosemarie swears she only works 20 hours a week!

Yes, The Busy Budgeter is back for her 3rd round on The Side Hustle Show, and it’s a good one.

Since we last spoke, she started posting consistent $100k months from her blog, so of course I had to invite her back to hear what changed.

If you guessed creating her own products and driving paid traffic, you’d be the big winner.

267: The Hustler’s Mindset: The 10 Traits of Successful Side Hustle Entrepreneurs

July 5, 2023January 25, 2018

This should probably be episode 1, not 267, but if I’m being totally honest, I probably wasn’t in a place personally or professionally to record it as episode 1.

I’ve avoided doing a “mindset” episode for almost 5 because I didn’t think it was necessary.

But older and (hopefully) wiser, I’ve come to see the mindset conversation as an important one, and one I’ve been overlooking for a long time.

266: The Simplest Side Hustle Ever? How to Earn $30-50 an Hour Picking up Trash

August 29, 2025January 18, 2018

Brian Winch calls it “America’s Simplest Business.”

What started as a side hustle way back in 1981 has now grown into a $650k a year operation.

So what does Brian do?

His company picks up litter from parking lots. Sadly, it’s still an essential service (boo litterbugs!), but has very low startup costs and Brian says you can earn $30-$50 an hour doing this on the side.

2017 Annual Review and Q4 Progress Report

July 11, 2024January 15, 2018

Progress report time!

Why go through this exercise?

It’s time to evaluate what happened over the last 3 months (and in this case to look at the year as a whole), to see if you achieved your goals, and to ask if you’re happier or otherwise better off than you were when you started.

So am I?

264: Challenge Marketing – How to Explode Your List and Revenue with Free Challenges

November 5, 2021January 4, 2018

Kelly Snyder from AdoreYourWardrobe.com teaches women how to confidently dress their unique bodies through the principles found in math and science.

That sounds pretty cool, and it is.

263: The Top 3 Amazon FBA Private Label Product Research Strategies for 2018 and Beyond

November 5, 2021December 28, 2017

It’s no secret that Amazon FBA is one of the hottest side hustles going right now, and it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

FBA is Fulfillment by Amazon, the program that allows you to list your own products for sale on Amazon, tap into their giant audience of customers, and have them handle all the shipping when orders come in.

The trick is figuring out which which products to sell, and that’s where Greg Mercer comes in.

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