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How to Start a Daily Deals Business: $1,000s/mo Sharing the Best Bargains in Your Niche

June 24, 2026October 19, 2023

David Paxton had a passion for golf but quickly realized how expensive the sport can be. Between equipment, apparel, shoes, and greens fees, costs add up fast.

As a self-described frugal guy, David appreciated good deals that helped make golf more affordable. So in July 2021, at the height of golf season, he had the idea to launch DailyGolfSteals.com — a website to curate and share the best daily golf deals he could find.

And thanks to David’s hustle and some key strategies, Daily Golf Steals earned over $2,000 in its very first month.

Tapestri App Review: Don’t Waste Your Time

January 31, 2025October 16, 2023

Tapestri promises to pay you in cash for information you’re already giving away.

But does the app deliver?

Your mileage my vary, but my data didn’t turn out to be worth much at all.

Turo Review: How Renting Out Our Cars Turned Into a Free Tesla

May 18, 2026October 14, 2023

Have you heard of Turo? Think Airbnb but for cars.

This is my review of the Turo peer-to-peer car rental platform, from the owner’s perspective.

Over the last 4 months, my husband and I have managed to leverage underutilized cars in our driveway and the Turo platform to get a free Tesla Model S for our day-to-day driving.

How to Use AI to Create Digital Products: $30k a Month

October 12, 2023

Becky Beach’s side hustle journey began like many others—with an unhealthy relationship at a day job. After being fired from her toxic work environment, Becky was inspired to start her own business. She launched the blog MomBeach.com in 2015, but it took 6 long years of blood, sweat, and tears before it became a full-time income source.

When COVID-19 struck, Becky’s blog exploded from 20,000 pageviews a month to over 250,000. Riding the growth, she took the leap into full-time blogging and digital product creation.

Just two years later, Becky now earns $30,000 a month, largely from digital product sales. She sells printables, courses, planners, workbooks, and more through her website, Etsy store, and TeachersPayTeachers.

Bootstrapping a $1M Direct to Consumer E-Commerce Brand as a Side Hustle

September 29, 2023September 28, 2023

Ben Feys and Kevin Niehoff had a problem. As young professionals working busy day jobs, they struggled with skincare issues like acne and eczema but couldn’t find products that worked for them.

Rather than accept their fate, these best friends decided to take matters into their own hands. They dreamed of creating the “Nike of skincare” — a brand built specifically for active males like themselves.

In 2019, Ben and Kevin finally decided to scratch their entrepreneurial itch and turn this passion project into a side hustle reality. Little did they know their bootstrapped men’s skincare line YoPrettyBoy.com would generate over $1 million in annual revenue just a few years later.

Make Money on Craigslist: How to Make $1000 on the Side this Month

October 3, 2024August 31, 2023

Cassandre went from $0 in side income on May 18th to a total of $2230 by July 30th.

While $2230 isn’t a remarkable amount of money, it’s helped her pay down a significant amount of student debt in a very short amount of time, starting with zero money invested and zero experience.

This is her story.

Side Hustle Showdown: Sweaty Startups vs. Laptop Lifestyle

May 18, 2026August 31, 2023

Starting a side hustle is all about finding new ways to make extra money outside of your regular 9-5 job.

And in today’s digital world, there are two primary paths people take — starting a local business or building an online business from your computer.

But which strategy should you pursue to start earning real income as a side hustler?

Scaling an Online Business for Recurring Revenue: From Course to Membership

May 18, 2026August 24, 2023

Starting an online tutoring business while juggling nursing school and 6 kids sounds daunting.

As a nursing student struggling to keep up with her coursework, Nicole discovered a passion for helping fellow students learn difficult concepts and develop effective study skills.

This launched her on an incredible 10-year-long journey – from tutoring classmates to building a thriving online membership site, YourNursingTutor.

How’d she pull it off while raising 6 kids?

Audience Growth Hacks w/ a Multi 6-Figure Creator

August 17, 2023

Growing an engaged audience is crucial but challenging when starting a podcast or online business. This week’s podcast guest Chris Hutchins shares smart tactics that rapidly expanded his listenership.

Chris Hutchins started the All the Hacks podcast in May 2021. Since then, he now reaches over 250,000 downloads per month and has released over 120+ episodes optimizing life, money, and travel and built other content to help listeners upgrade their lives.

3 Questions, a $10k Launch, and 8,516 Warners: My 2023 Mid-Year Progress Report

August 11, 2023August 10, 2023

The first half of 2023 has been filled with exciting new projects, experiments, wins, challenges, and everything in between for Side Hustle Nation.

In this progress report, I want to give you an inside look behind the scenes at what I’ve been working on so far this year. The goal is to provide a transparent view into running this side hustle that’s now over 10 years old.

There’s been some new habit installations, email marketing tests, product launches, podcast experiments, website updates, and more. I’ll share what’s going well, what’s still a work in progress, and what’s on the horizon for the rest of 2023 and beyond.

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