Online Business

To make money online, you generally need 3 things:

A website (don’t worry, they’re not that hard to make)
An audience
Something to sell

There will always be exceptions to this rule, like the YouTube celebrities who don’t have their own site, but most of the successful entrepreneurs online (myself included) have figured out those 3 things.

An online business is a great asset; you can work from anywhere and serve people worldwide. Depending on how you have it set up, you can even earn money while you sleep. Ahh that elusive “passive income!”

The location-independent business models you’ll find here include blogging, podcasting, self-publishing, teaching online courses, and more.

If you’re not sure where to start, let me recommend this “Greatest Hits” collection:

Podcast Marketing Brain Dump: 25 Tips from 400 Episodes, 7.5 Years, and 15 Million Downloads

January 21, 2021January 18, 2021

The Side Hustle Show just hit 428 episodes and almost 15 million lifetime downloads. It’s all pretty crazy for what started as a little side project experiment in 2013 with a $50 mic from my living room.

Podcasting is an incredibly powerful medium and it’s honestly been life-changing for me.

I wish I could give you a definitive answer on how to grow a podcast but the truth is I don’t know. I think there’s a combination of factors at play, and I’ll do my best to outline those in this post.

My $550k Side Hustle: An Online Business from Idea to Exit

January 7, 2021

In October, I sold a website.

It wasn’t a 7-figure, never-work-again type of exit, but when the funds were deposited, it was the largest single amount ever to hit one of my accounts.

$6k a Month Blogging About Gray Hair

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

I love stories like Katie’s! In just two years Katie Emery has grown her blog to an average of $6,000 a month in revenue.

The niche? Helping women transition to natural gray hair.

After dying her hair for 25 years, Katie decided to go gray without regret. Still, she had questions about the transition, but couldn’t find the answers she wanted online.

How to Grow and Monetize an Email Newsletter: Zero to $50k and 55k Subscribers

November 30, 2020November 19, 2020

Zero to 55k subscribers and $50k in revenue in 8 months?

That’s exactly what Codie Sanchez did with Contrarian Thinking, her newsletter about investing and entrepreneurship.

Minimum Viable Memberships: Build a Recurring Revenue Online Business

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Want to get started with an online business but don’t feel like you’re an expert in anything?

Maybe you’ve started a business but you’re struggling to monetize it?

This week I’m joined by Shane Sams of FlippedLifestyle.com. Shane and his wife Jocelyn teach people how to start online businesses and monetize them with a membership model.

How I make $10,000+ on YouTube WITHOUT Filming or Being on Camera

December 4, 2020October 8, 2020

$18k in 9 months … from ONE YouTube video?

And that’s without even filming or putting your face on camera!

Jon Corres identifies trending topics on YouTube and produces viral videos to ride that trend. Or at least videos he hopes will hit the algorithm just right.

314: The Simple Way to Finally Set up and Sell Your Online Course (And Scale to $40k a Month and Beyond)

September 25, 2020

After sitting in on a free webinar and seeing dozens of people buying a course about urban farming, Nate knew he could also create and sell his own course.

Nate Dodson of MicroGreensFarmer.com began urban farming initially to take greater control over the food he was eating and to combat Crohn’s disease.

Affiliate Marketing Case Study: Zero to $20k/month in a Year

December 5, 2020September 24, 2020

Helping people make decisions is a big business!

In fact, these two Side Hustle Show listeners started a website to do just that, and it’s now bringing in $17-20k a month.

Oh, and the project is only a little over a year old.

Email Marketing Tips from Australia’s Best Marketer

September 4, 2020September 3, 2020

Build your email list!

Get your first 100, 1,000, 10,000 subscribers.

“The money’s in the list,” right?

That’s the chorus of advice you hear from all the marketing experts.

But what do you send someone after they join your list?

Merch by Amazon and Print on Demand w/ a 6-Figure Designer

September 1, 2020August 20, 2020

Create a design.

Upload it to a store.

Earn passive royalties whenever it sells.

That’s the passive income dream, and that’s the premise behind the Merch by Amazon and print-on-demand side hustles.

Usually Hustling, Occasionally Social