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How to Get Traffic to Your Website Without Relying on Google

March 31, 2025September 23, 2024

How can you drive traffic to your website without relying on Google?

The last 12 months haven’t been easy for content creators, especially those hit by Google updates. Some people saw a massive drop in traffic — up to 90-95%!

So is online publishing done for? Is the niche site era over? Not quite.

For those who adapt, new opportunities arise.

Jon Dykstra from Fatstacks Blog was among those affected but has since turned his attention to other strategies — and here are some of his strategies you can adapt.

How a College Student Built a $10k/Month Window Washing Side Hustle

January 20, 2026September 19, 2024

This episode’s guest is about to start his sophomore year in college, but he’s already making around $10k a month from his side hustle window washing side hustle.

And it all started with a $200 window cleaning kit from Amazon.

Let’s break down how Jack Leimbach (@jackexteriorcleaning) is doing it, all while balancing school.

Turning Junk Land Into Gold: How to Earn 10-100x Returns in a Really Surprising Flipping Niche

July 30, 2025September 12, 2024

How do you turn a “junk land” — a seemingly worthless piece of land — into a profitable investment?

We’ve talked about flipping products for a profit or real estate investing before. We’ve even talked about land investing.

But never like this.

Wayne Seminoff from JunkLandIntoGold.com specializes in finding unloved, unbuildable lots — then he fixes the issues — before reselling these new and improved lots for up to 10x his initial investment.

TEDx Revisited: The 3 C’s of Side Hustle Happiness (10 Years Later)

March 31, 2025September 9, 2024

Creation, connection, and contribution are the 3 C’s I believe everyone needs to live a happy healthy productive life, whether that life contains a side hustle or not.

In this episode I share the audio from my TEDx talk, which breaks down the 3 C’s and why they’re so important.

The idea for this episode came from an email I wrote last week in response to the statistic that only 30% of workers say they’re “inspired and engaged” at work.

41 Side Hustle Tools, Apps, and Resources I Use to Run My Online Business

November 20, 2024September 6, 2024

I’m always looking for ways to work smarter and more efficiently, and to that end I took a recent inventory of my online business “toolkit.”

Of course many of these will be obvious to you but hopefully you discover some helpful new resources as well.

The good news? Most are free or at least have a free version!

And if you’re looking for the definitive guide to online resources named by top entrepreneurs, check out the full collection in my book, Work Smarter.

Flea Market Flipping Case Study: $1000s in Profit Buying Low and Selling High

March 31, 2025September 5, 2024

Want to scale back on your day job?

Want to travel more, and spend more time with your family?

That’s exactly what Stacy Gallego has been able to do thanks to her part-time flipping business.

From $30/hr to $300/hr: The Software Consulting Playbook

December 20, 2024August 29, 2024

This episode is all about making use of the Piggyback Principle — why it’s easier to fill demand than to create it from scratch.

Just like how kids would rather get a piggyback ride than walk because it’s easier.

The same is true in business — this strategy allows you to ride the wave of success software products are experiencing to catch that rising tide and get better, faster results with less work.

To help illustrate this, I brought on Kristi DaSilva from DaSilvaLife.com.

DaSilva Life helps small businesses build success by setting up and integrating two popular software tools, HoneyBook and ClickUp, into their workflow and operations.

This earns her thousands of dollars per project along the way.

Renting Out Other People’s RVs: How to Build a Six-Figure Business

August 22, 2024

That’s exactly what Garr Russell from firesidervrental.com did with RVs (recreational vehicles), and he’s turned it into a thriving business.

Could you do the same thing? Could you apply this idea to a different niche?

I think there are some valuable lessons here for aspiring side hustlers in any niche.

Active vs. Passive Income: With Limited Time, Which Should You Focus On?

June 3, 2025August 12, 2024

Is your income active or passive?

If you’re wondering what’s the difference and which is better, you’re in the right place.

How to Start a Dispatch Business: $1000 per Client per Month

August 8, 2024August 8, 2024

Roman Shmundyak didn’t intend to start a freight dispatching business. But when other trucking companies kept asking for his help, he couldn’t keep ignoring the idea.

Plus, dispatching was lower risk than owning a fleet of trucks himself — and gave him the flexibility to work remotely.

In episode 622 of The Side Hustle Show, Roman shares how to:

market a dispatch business and get your first customers
match freight with truckers that can carry it
grow your dispatch business and free up your time

A good dispatcher can earn $1,000 a month per client, and can handle several clients at once.

Today, Roman still oversees the dispatch business at Alfa X Logistics, and also helps new dispatchers learn the business at LearnDispatch.com.

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