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360: How to Start an Aquarium Maintenance Business – $70k a Year Part-Time

August 25, 2023November 7, 2019

He knew his $12 an hour gig at Walmart was a dead-end job.

His escape route was a business idea you probably walk past at least a couple times a year without even thinking about it.

What’s he do?

Today, Larry McGee’s the guy who takes care of the aquarium at the dentist office and other commercial waiting rooms.

And it earns him around $70,000 a year, doing something he enjoys and working just 15-hours a week.

11 Simple Ideas that Tripled My Business

August 25, 2023October 10, 2019

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most effective.

This post (and podcast episode) are inspired by my presentation at FinCon last month. I broke my own rule of not seeking out any speaking gigs, and submitted for a breakout session.

The idea was a bit of an homage to the conference: 10 FinCon Breakthroughs that Tripled My Business.

355: The Dream 100: Stop Building Links and Start Building Friendships

January 9, 2020October 3, 2019

If you have an online business, chances are you’ve tried your hand at outreach.

If you want to expand and grow your business, especially from an SEO standpoint, you need good quality links pointing to your site from other websites.

The problem is that getting other sites to link to you is not easy, as I’m sure you’ve found it. The “traditional” method is to send out dozens, even hundreds of emails to other site owners trying to land a guest post.

There’s got to be a better way! Enter the Dream 100…

Q3 2019 Progress Report

June 9, 2023October 1, 2019

It’s a fun creative challenge to keep coming up with new episode ideas. I’m happy to see a nice little upward trend there in September.

Compared to last year, the show was up 22% for the quarter.

We’re closing in on 10 million lifetime downloads!

354: Turning a Service Business into a Passive Income Stream – Part 2

December 2, 2020September 26, 2019

Sick of trading time for money?

Looking for ways to turn a service or a skill you already have into a digital product?

This is exactly what Matt Bochnak of HowtoMotorcycleRepair.com has done. He’s turned a “blue collar” service business–repairing motorcycles–into a lucrative business with multiple streams of time-leveraged income.

350: Is Real Estate Your Next Income Stream? Rental Property Q & A

November 27, 2023August 29, 2019

Buy a house.

Rent it out.

Tenants pay it off for you.

It’s possibly one of the oldest side hustles in the books, right?

Done right, owning rental properties can be an attractive long-term income and wealth-building strategy. But done wrong, it can be a recipe for headaches and a mountain of debt.

ActiveCampaign Review and Demo: The Best Marketing Automation Tool for You?

September 29, 2023August 20, 2019

Now that I’ve been an ActiveCampaign customer for over a year, I wanted to share a review of my experience so far.

In this post, I’ll go through why I made the change from AWeber, and in-depth look at the pros and cons of Active Campaign.

A Millionaire Business Coach Takes a Look Inside My Day-to-Day

June 9, 2023July 25, 2019

Jaime Masters has interviewed more than 500 millionaires. On top of that, she runs some premium mastermind programs and is a sought-after business coach.

I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to get on the podcast for years, and I think we came up with something unique and hopefully compelling.

Jaime agreed to actually coach me on a couple of areas of my business.

Movie Extra Jobs: Earn Up to $200 a Day Working on Nearby Movies

November 5, 2021July 15, 2019

Have you ever thought it would be cool to be an extra in a movie but have no idea how to land movie extra jobs?

I was clueless, too, but once I found out how the process worked, I landed several roles in a few major Hollywood films.

Hiring Your First Virtual Assistant: When, Where, and How to Do it Right

July 3, 2024July 11, 2019

The hard truth is that we all have a limit to our capacity and how much we can do in and on our businesses — and that’s a tough pill to swallow for some entrepreneurs and small business owners.

But when you’re up against that ceiling you have to decide between two options — you can settle in, like OK, this is my life now. Or you can ask for help in breaking through, and that’s what this episode is about.

Growing your team in such a way that you have some breathing room in your schedule and in your mental bandwidth to do the work that’s required of a business owner, instead of the work of the business doer– to borrow from Sean Marshall in episode 312.

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