Last quarter I wrote about feeling more stressed, anxious, and tired, and wondering if that was just the price of parenthood.
With our little hustler growing every day, things are definitely getting better. I think we’ve already blocked from memory how horrible the first 6 weeks were!
This quarter he started daycare 3-4 days a week, which has helped block off longer hours of hustle time and rebuild a bit of a routine.
Last fall, Chris Deardorff had a passion for startups and entrepreneurship, but wasn’t sure which direction to go. He had — and still has — a good job doing product marketing.
But as he studied the local startup scene, he noticed a common problem. Many startups struggled to gain traction for the products and services; a problem an experienced product marketer could solve.
In this episode, you’ll hear how Chris landed his first clients, the suite of services he decided to offer, and how he’s delivering the work in addition to his full-time job.
As you know, I’m excited about alternative investments like peer-to-peer lending. And if your aim is to replace your income, I think it makes sense to invest for cash flow.
This week’s Side Hustle Show guest argues when you want something in other areas of your life, you go out and buy it: a pair of shoes, a computer, a new car. You don’t make it from scratch!
So why are we so insistent on building income from scratch? He says there’s a faster way, and that’s to “buy” assets that are already generating positive cash flow.
It’s time to dive into the ol’ listener mailbag and answer a few questions in this special Friday edition of The Side Hustle Show.
The last Q&A show I did was back in November and I’ve had quite a few interesting questions come in since then.
Today we’re chatting about SEO tools and strategies, affiliate marketing, self-publishing, Udemy, real estate, taxes, consulting, and more.
Scott Tarcy reached out to me with a listener success story of taking some of his on-the-job skills and turning them into a business on the side.
Scott’s a mechanical engineer by trade, and his job involved lots of product design work, including computer aided drafting and 3D modeling. Recognizing that other individuals and companies might have a need for those skills, he took to the interwebs.
Over the last few months, I’ve systematically deleted more than half of my site… and my traffic went up?!?
And I’ll be the first to admit, this sounded like completely nuts. Why would you delete perfectly good content? Each page is an extra chance — however remote — for someone to discover you, right?
Darrel is a full-time Operations Manager for a startup in Atlanta, but has built a sizable side hustle on eBay.
In the last 12 months, he’s sold over 6-figures worth of merchandise.
eBay still gets massive traffic; it’s currently the 7th most popular site in the US and 26th most popular in the world. That’s a lot of eyeballs, and more importantly, that’s a lot of buyers!
In this conversation, Darrel breaks down his inventory acquisition strategies, his step-by-step auction strategy, and how he batches packing and shipping to make the most of his time.
At the end of nearly every episode of The Side Hustle Show, I ask my guests for their #1 tip for Side Hustle Nation. There’s always a great variety of responses, and I wanted to take some time today to go through some of my favorites from the past 50-ish interviews.
My #1 Tip? Find your WHY.
Why side hustle? What are you trying to build? What will that afford you?
Matt Inglot was following the hustler’s path.
He built some skills on his spare time, and began selling those skills as a freelancer. The first project he sold was to build a website for $300.
Soon, he had a full-time freelance business, and decided to grow into an agency. But before long, Matt found himself working 80 hour weeks and stressed out during down months about covering rent and payroll.
While outwardly successful, Matt knew the business was broken.
If you want to learn English, you may have come across one of Gabby Wallace’s hundreds of YouTube videos on the subject.
Her channel, which started only because the video she recorded for her classroom students was too big to email, has grown to more than 170,000 subscribers and nearly 9 million views.
Gabby is a long-time teacher and found a way to turn her subject matter expertise into a business.
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