161: The Mini-Victory Theory and 17 Mini-Wins You Can Get Today

Parenthood has got me thinking, every BIG victory is built on the back of a ton of mini victories.

You don’t wake up one morning and win the Super Bowl. You win it one quarter at a time, one possession at a time, one down at a time, one yard at a time.

We all want the BIG win; quit our jobs, passive income, early retirement, location-independence, whatever it is. But what’s the next mini win to help get us there?

160: Turning a Service Business into a Passive Income Stream

A couple months ago, Matt Bochnak sent me a note about his motorcycle repair side hustle. As someone who is, shall we say, less-than-savvy when it comes to mechanics, I was impressed.

But Matt shared that the passive income from this service business now actually exceeds his revenue from “turning wrenches.”

159: How to Earn 6-Figures Teaching Online Part-Time

Teaching online is a fantastic way to earn money from your experience, skills, and expertise

Phil’s built up a HUGE library of more than 50 online courses and teaches more than 130,000 students. While he now focuses on his business full-time, he hit the 6-figure income mark before leaving his day job.

In this episode we chat about how he comes up with course ideas, how he structures his content, and he markets his material, along of course with the tech he uses to get it all done.

158: How to Find Your First Amazon FBA Private Label Product (Tips from 7-Figure Amazon Seller Greg Mercer)

I’m happy to introduce Greg Mercer, who is the go-to guy for Amazon product research.

His own ecommerce empire has grown to $400k per month in revenue — yes, per month — and he’s the founder of the popular Jungle Scout software tool that helps make the product research process faster and easier.

In this call we dive into his specific sales criteria and next steps in evaluating a product’s profit potential and how to bring it to market on Amazon.

157: Amazon FBA: Retail Arbitrage on Steroids (Six-Figures in Year One)

Assad’s a Finance Director by day so he’s got some street cred when it came to offering consulting, and quickly built that business up to around $1000 a month.

In April, he mentioned he’d also started selling products on Amazon FBA using the clearance arbitrage model Travis Scott shared on the show. Nine months later, that little experiment had grown into a six-figure side hustle.

Check out our conversation to learn how it happened.

The Pinterest Traffic Experiment: I’m Up 2350% In 60 Days

From September 20th to November 20th, Side Hustle Nation generated 479 visits from Pinterest.

The next 2 months, from November 21st to January 21st, Side Hustle Nation generated 11,733 visits from Pinterest.

Why the sudden 25x increase?

It was anything but an accident.

156: How to Stand Out With Words: Copywriting Tips for Side Hustlers

When it comes to your side hustle, the words you use matter.

In so many businesses, our first impressions with customers often come from a website, an email, or a product description.

Are you sending the right message? Is it unique and powerful enough to stand out from the crowd?

155: How to Drive Viral Traffic From Reddit

My guest this week, Brian Swichkow, is a viral marketing pro, having achieved outsize results on several different projects.

Having one viral hit could be considered a lucky fluke, but to be able to do it again and again, and you start to recognize a repeatable, learnable pattern.

That’s what listeners can look forward to in this episode; how you can apply Brian’s tactics to your own side hustle to get more visitors, leads, and customers.

Find an Expensive Problem and Get Paid to Solve It: Your First $5k Consulting Business

Jonathan Stark says the key to side hustle success — for consultants, at least — lies in finding an expensive problem, and solving it.

Jonathan’s a pro at finding these expensive problems, having run a successful online consulting business for several years, focusing on mobile-ready web development.

At the recommendation of two-time Side Hustle Show guest, Kai Davis, he dropped by to share some of his insight on how to get a side hustle consulting business off the ground.

The Ultimate Side Hustle: Starting a Subscription Business

When most of us think of a side hustle, we think of e-commerce, copywriting or other single-serving offerings.

These projects can be great, but the reality is they can also be highly unpredictable. Sales can dry up and writing gigs can disappear.

For those who want a sustainable side hustle with dependable recurring revenue, there’s a new model making noise: subscription commerce built around monthly boxes.

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