It’s a special Friday-before-Halloween edition of The Side Hustle Show!
Today we’re diving into some of the scary moments in my business and some frightening tales from Side Hustle Show listeners.
Even though we’re told to “punch fear in the face,” I think it’s something that will be a constant in our lives. There’s always something to be afraid of.
The self-publishing world has changed quite a bit in the last couple years. Amazon is constantly changing the rules and rewards for authors, and more and more writers are entering the fold.
In today’s show, I’m joined by Jyotsna Ramachandran, a “stay at home mom entrepreneur” and best-selling author. She shares candidly how she built her Kindle empire to more than 50 titles in less than 2 years, primarily with ghost-written content.
As the game has changed, she’s shifted her focus to produce more quality products and less quantity.
I’m excited to introduce you to John Rouda, an IT manager near Charlotte, North Carolina. He’s built a variety of non-job income streams on the side, while still working full time.
In fact, we recorded this session from his office at work!
John calls his side businesses for-profit hobbies, which I think is a great attitude to take. He has a handful of books on Amazon, dozens of apps in the app store, is a part-time professor, and runs a local IT/computer maintenance service business.
In this post you’ll learn how I built a membership site for just $10.95.
At Podcast Movement this summer, several friends (Alex, Meron, Bryan, and others) encouraged me “launch a product.”
If that sounds super Internet Marketing-y to you, it did to me too. They argued this was the next logical step for Side Hustle Nation (all the cool kids are doing it!) both from a business standpoint and actually from a helping people standpoint.
I first met Ryan Gray at New Media Expo in 2014. He introduced himself and when I asked what he did, he said he was a doctor.
Turns out that Dr. Gray, along with his wife (also a doctor), was building MedicalSchoolHQ.net, a resource for med school and premed students.
It’s another perfect example of building an authority site around a particular area of expertise.
This is the third installment of my quarterly progress reports. If you want to travel back in time, you can check out the first two here and here. Why “progress”? Because that’s what it’s all about. To me, progress means forward motion, or actively taking the steps to improve each day. It’s one thing we … Read more
Brian Clark has been content marketing since before the term even existed. In fact, he left a miserable corporate job and built several successful businesses using these effective new marketing techniques.
Then he started this little side project called Copyblogger to share some his findings, tactics, and ideas with the rest of the world. Fast forward 10 years and Copyblogger is now Rainmaker Digital on track to do more than $10 million in sales this year.
Ready to get nerdy with me?
I’m all scienced-up after reading The Martian, so consider that the inspiration for this post.
As you go about your week, think about the physics of your side hustle: Inertia and momentum, Force and impact, Action and reaction.
I’ve had an idea for a new affiliate site kicking around in my head for a while now, so I thought I’d do a live walk-through of my thought-process and analysis of whether this is an opportunity I should pursue or not.
The idea?
A comparison and review site for meal delivery services like Blue Apron, Plated, Hello Fresh, Gobble, and others.
Tyler Zey turned his web development side hustle into a full-time business, but not without a few twists and turns along the way. Tyler’s actually a classically trained musician (clarinet), but now runs EasyAgentPro, one of the leading marketing services for real estate agents — despite having no background in real estate.
What he lacked in real estate knowledge he made up for with hustle.
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