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.

Girl Scouts Are Better Hustlers Than Cub Scouts – And What It Means For Your Business

March 13, 2023November 10, 2014

Like I’ve mentioned, I’ve got a soft spot for cold callers, and a warm place in my heart for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts (since scouting was good to me), so combine the two and I’m already pulling out my wallet.

The other night our neighbor’s grandson came by in his Cub Scout uniform, almost too shy to even speak, to sell some popcorn products as a fundraiser.

The whole thing got me thinking about how the Girl Scouts are a million times better at this fundraising hustle.

79: Getting Started in Real Estate Investing for Less Than $100

April 26, 2024November 6, 2014

J. Massey discovered real estate as a business out of necessity. He and his wife were both in poor health, and as he explains, had a 398 credit score and $75 to their name.

Then, introduced to real estate wholesaling, the picture began to turn around. This strategy allowed J. to develop some cash flow without risking his own limited assets, and he says he got started by dedicating just 2 hours a day, or 10 hours a week to this new side hustle.

78: How to Build a Full-Time Freelancing Business

November 9, 2021October 30, 2014

Carrie Smith’s CarefulCents blog is one of my personal favorites.

Why? Because she’s a side hustler who’s been there, done that.

She’s built her part-time freelancing business to the point where she was able to quit her job and become a full-time entrepreneur. In the process, she’s built up a popular blog and personal brand, paid off $14k in debt, and commands significantly above-market rates for her work.

76: Building Recurring Revenue Streams as a Side Hustler

November 4, 2021October 16, 2014

Today, Alexis Grant runs a social media, content marketing, and blog management agency and manages a team of 10 people to get it all done.

But like many of us, she started off as a side hustler, working her way up and adding clients until it was time to make the leap.

She took some very strategic steps along the way, including setting up clients on a retainer model instead of a one-off project basis, and building a “personal brand” and audience of her own through her blog.

Short on Time? 6 Ways to Improve Your Side Hustle Energy

April 22, 2019October 13, 2014

Time is our most valuable commodity, and it’s uniquely egalitarian; we’re all dealt the same 24-hours each day.

But it’s also a non-renewable resource — once it’s used up it’s used up.

That means we have to be conscious of how we use our time, of how we invest it.

And I’ll use the word “invest” rather than the word “spend” because I believe side hustling time, business-building time, is an investment — an investment in your future that will, with any luck, result in MORE time down the road.

75: How I Earned $7490 in My First 14 Months on Fiverr (and my plans to double it)

May 18, 2026October 9, 2014

One of the surprising bright spots in my side hustle portfolio (my strategy of building multiple income streams) has been Fiverr.

After hearing the incredible story of AnarchoFighter last year, I knew I had to give the platform a shot!

While I haven’t exactly earned house-buying money, it has turned into a nice little revenue source. I’m up $7490 through 14 months, or a little over $500 a month on average.

73: How to Build and Monetize an Authority Site

August 25, 2023September 25, 2014

Everybody’s an expert in something, right?

Well this week’s guest, Matt Giovanisci, is an expert in pool care. He describes it as the most boring industry that serves such a fun product.

He’s taken an innovative approach to rank his site, SwimUniversity.com, in Google and monetize it with affiliate relationships and private advertising.

I feel like Matt’s process is proven and repeatable — but takes real work.

My Top 10 Books of All Time … so far

May 13, 2026September 22, 2014

Now that the “ice bucket challenge” has died down, there’s another challenge going around my Facebook feed this week.

People are asked to share 10 books that have “stuck with them” through the years, fiction or non-fiction, and tag their friends to post their list next.

(So I guess it’s not technically a TOP 10, but more 10 of the most memorable or impactful.)

It’s been fascinating to see some people’s title selections, including many new books I’ve never heard of.

71: One Page Adsense Sites and Productized Consulting

May 13, 2026September 11, 2014

If you’ve been in the “niche site” game at all over the past few years, this week’s conversation will open your eyes to a whole new world of possibility in the realm of making money with Adsense.

Kurt Elster is the co-founder of EtherCycle, an online marketing strategy and web design and development firm. But on top of that, his company also runs a plethora of one-page micro-sites that earn advertising revenue with Adsense.

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