You might know Michelle Schroeder-Gardner from her super-popular blog MakingSenseofCents.com where she gets hundreds of thousands of readers and makes 6-figures a month.
The bulk of her revenue comes from affiliate marketing, and Michelle now has a course explaining exactly how you too can build a profitable blog at MakingSenseofAffiliateMarketing.com.
In my annual member survey, one of the 3 most common obstacles I hear is the money needed to start a business. As in, “I don’t have enough money to start a business.” (The other 2 are time and ideas.) It’s kind of a chicken vs. egg problem: you need money to start the business … Read more
By day, Bryan Orr helps runs an air conditioning company in Central Florida, and by night he’s a father of 9 — yet somehow he’s found the time to build his HVAC School podcast into a 5-figure a month business in less than a year.
Tasked with training technicians at his day job, he had the idea to put it into an on-demand audio format, and that’s where he found his side hustle sweet spot.
“You have a skill, but you’re not using it correctly,” was the tough love advice Vincent Pugliese’s father gave him.
Vincent was working what he thought was his dream job as a photojournalist.
Yet the newspaper job didn’t pay well. With the impending arrival of their son, Vincent took a hard look at his financial picture: mid-30s, 6-figures in debt, and earning $15 an hour.
Not great.
Quit my job? “That’s stupid,” Kim Anderson told her husband, Cressel.
But she eventually did quit, and it turned out to be a really smart move. Together the couple paid off $93k in debt in less than 2 years, setting themselves up for a life of “financial flexibility.”
There’s a great deal written about how to find work in the first place, but once you have it, how do you manage everything effectively? You must avoid becoming a victim of your own success, keep your work-life balance healthy, delight your clients, and ensure you still have enough projects coming in.
If you want to work in harmony and avoid the anxiety monster, you need to look at every aspect of your work and ask “How can I make this better?”
Would you trade $1000 for $2000? How about $10,000 for $18,000?
If you’re anything like me, I’ll make those trades all day long!
Well, Deacon Hayes is doing exactly that every month through his blog, Facebook ads, and affiliate marketing.
In a way, that consistent effort has started to feel a little tedious, like I’m never getting ahead of it, and I’m trying to come to grips with never really being done. There will always be more I want to work on and new projects I’d love to tackle.
Instead it’s become a game of focus and prioritization, which I know is good for me, but frustrating at the same time for somebody who wants to do all the things.
So why a “progress” report? Because that’s what it’s all about.
In this episode Dustin lifts the lid on a business he invested a large chunk of time and money into, only to pull the plug on it a year and a half later.
He designed a great product that solved a pain point for people in the fitness community.
So, what went wrong?
Being a freelance writer is an amazing way to put your love of words to use while bringing in a nice chunk of change on the side.
So let’s talk about how you can build a sustainable and thriving side hustle as a writer.
Just follow this step-by-step guide and you’ll be well on your way to earning your first $1,000 as a freelance writer.
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