Can You Really Get Paid to Watch Ads? The Truth + 14 Apps to Try

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Ads are everywhere—interrupting your binge sessions, popping up mid-scroll, and even sneaking into your favorite apps.

If we’re stuck watching them, why not make some money?

Yep, there are apps and websites that actually pay you to sit through those “limited-time offer” jingles.

It’s like flipping the game: ads stop being annoying and start paying back.

Well, maybe slightly less annoying…

Is Solitaire Cash Legit? Win Up to $139 Per Tournament

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Solitaire Cash says you win real money playing solitaire on your phone.

How much are we talking? According to several sources, players can earn as much as $139 per tournament.

But how realistic is this?

To find out, I installed Solitaire Cash and gave it a try.

I Interviewed My AI Self: What It Got Right, Wrong, and Just Plain Weird

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It’s 2025, and the line between reality and science fiction is getting more and more blurry every day.

In this episode, I sit down with someone I’ve never met, but they know me pretty well. He even kind of sounds like me in an eerie sort of way.

I was curious how well today’s AI models could pretend to be someone else, given a few simple prompts. The result is this chat with Robo-Nick, my AI alter ego.

Let’s see how well Robo-Nick answers these questions, plus my real thoughts about them.

How to Start a Dress Rental Business: $150k Renting Out Dresses

In 2022, Summer Fisher discovered the world of renting out dresses.

“Oh, well, I have all these dresses. Let me just put one up,” she told Yahoo Finance.

Now with a streamlined inventory of around 200 pieces, she made $150,000 last year using what she calls a “double-dip profit strategy” — renting dresses multiple times before selling them for more than she paid.

(Check out her free masterclass at theprofitcollective.co/RookieResellerMistakes)

Swagbucks Review: Earn $20-100+ Per Month Completing Simple Tasks

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Swagbucks is one of the most popular side hustle apps, but does it really work?

And if it does, how much money can you really make?

Swagbucks is a legit way to make a few extra dollars by taking surveys or playing games. However, it can be buggy at times, and can require a significant time commitment to generate larger sums of money.

How to Make Money on LinkedIn

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If you’re looking to turn LinkedIn into a money-making machine, you’re in the right place.

Joe McKay has taken his LinkedIn ghostwriting side hustle from zero to a multi-six-figure business, generating millions of impressions along the way.

And he’s here to fill us in on how to make money on LinkedIn this year.

We broke down the 3 types of posts you need to make money on LinkedIn, how to navigate the platform as a side hustler, and the most common (and costly) mistake people make.

My Podcast Production Process, Start to Finish

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In this post, I’ll walk through my complete podcast production process for The Side Hustle Show.

If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s a top-rated and award winning business podcast with more than 8 million lifetime downloads.

I’ve been producing the podcast weekly since 2013, and though I know this process will continue to evolve, here’s what it looks like today.

7 Proven Ways to Come Up with New Business Ideas – With Real Life Examples

Aspiring entrepreneurs often get stuck in the business idea phase — that is, they’re confident they could run a killer business, make a ton of money, and live the good life — if they could only come up with the right idea.

And if you fall in that camp, I’ve got good news for you: coming up with new business ideas is actually pretty easy.

Let’s go through some of the proven methods you can use to come up with your first (or next) business idea.

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