Matt makes $200+ a month sharing his writing on Medium.com. It's a hobby he genuinely enjoys doing anyway, so the revenue it brings in is a bonus!Here's how to get started making money on Medium.Links and resources: Matt on Medium  Matt's site Episode 510: The 6-Figure Bird Blog New to the show? Get your personalized playlist here!

We're halfway through the year, and 2022 is flying by!In these quarterly Progress Reports, I break down how the business grew (or shrunk), what I worked on, and other happenings from the last three months.I worked more hours the first half of 2022 than I did in 2021, and (not surprisingly) I feel like I'm getting more done as a result. I'm still struggling to come to terms with a to-do list that's never going to be done, but do feel like I'm making progress on building a business that serves me and serves others.Full show notes: My $10k Launch (and Other Projects)

“You have a skill, but you’re not using it correctly.”That the tough love advice Vincent Pugliese’s father gave him.Vincent was working what he thought was his dream job as a photojournalist. He’d just won the most prestigious award in his industry (International Sports Photographer of the Year), and he and his wife Elizabeth had a baby on the way.Yet the newspaper job didn’t pay well. With the impending arrival of their son, Vincent took a hard look at his financial picture: he was in his mid-30s, 6-figures in debt, and earning $15 an hour.Not great.Something had to change, and something did.Full Show Notes: Freelance to Freedom: From $30k a Year to $30k in a DayNew to the Show? Get your personalized playlist

This week’s guest took a pain point she was experiencing - finding a nanny for her 3-month-old - and turned it into a multi 6-figure full-time business with 500 nannies across 5 states.Kristy Bickmeyer started TwinkleToesNanny.com back in 2011 in response to not being able to find a nanny herself.At least not without going through the “traditional” agency model of paying $1,500-3,000 upfront and with few guarantees it will work out long-term.Kristy decided to start her own agency without the upfront fees, and with a more streamlined approach and robust guarantees for parents - and it’s snowballed from there.I love this strategy of taking a fragmented, localized industry and adding a layer of branding and professionalism to it.This is what 1-800-Got-Junk did in junk removal, and is what Belay Solutions has done in the executive assistant space.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how Kristy found her first customers how she’s scaled into a full-time business with locations in multiple states the mistakes and challenges she faced along the way Full Show Notes: Building an Offline Agency to Multiple 6 FiguresDownload Your Free Bonus: 101 Service Business IdeasNew to Show? Get Your Personalized Money-Making Playlist

Play matchmaker between pallet buyers and sellers to flip pallets for profit. Varnie Sambola started his pallet flipping business in 2020, and has already scaled it to $1000 a day (and beyond).He credits another Side Hustle Show guest — John Wilker from episode 274— and his Simplest Biz course with helping him get started.Full Show Notes: Pallet Flipping 101New to the Show? Get Your Personalized Playlist

“Nothing puts a smile on a consumer's face quicker than a good peach.”This week’s guest is Shannon Houchin of RoadsideRepublic.com, and she’s passionate about peaches, fresh produce, and delivering an awesome customer experience.Shannon actually reached out to me and said, Nick, you’ve got episodes on flipping books and mattresses, clearance products, domain names, flea market finds, and a ton of other stuff - but have I got a side hustle for you: I flip peaches.So, of course, I had to call her up to learn more.Turns out Shannon has been doing this for 10 years and has scaled up to operating up to 100 roadside stands at once.Whether you’re looking for a way to make extra money on the weekend, or to scale to something larger, Shannon has a compelling story for starting a roadside produce stand.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how to find suppliers and price your produce the best places to set up your stand some of the common mistakes to avoid Full Show Notes: How to Start a Roadside Produce StandGrab Your Free Bonus: The Best Items to Flip for a ProfitNew to the Show? Get Your Personalized Playlist!

Escaping the rat race is simple, but not always easy.In this episode, I break down the 3 most common ways out of the rat race, and the pros and cons of each.(This was originally recorded for YouTube, which explains the faster-than-normal pacing and some video sound effects.)Full Show Notes: How to Escape the Rat RaceNew to the Show? Get Your Personalized Playlist!

Dom and Nicole Draper, professional voiceover artists, share how they turned their voices into a monthly income stream worth thousands. They discuss getting their first gigs, scaling up their business, and raising their prices. They also highlight the broader tactics you can apply to your own side hustle.

Creating the right retirement plan for your business income can save you thousands of dollars in taxes. But between LLCs, IRAs, SEP IRAs, Solo 401(k)s, and more, it's a confusing acronym jungle out there.To help cut through the clutter, Matt Ruttenberg stopped by and schools us on how to choose the right plan for you and the key differences between them.Important Links: Matt's site - Retirement plans for solopreneurs  Retirement plan evaluator tool  Matt on LinkedIn Matt on TikTok 

This week’s guest, Scott Keller, left his high-paying but not super satisfying career in insurance to run a bird blog full-time.Scott started BirdWatchingHQ.com as a side hustle back in 2016 and has since turned it into a full-time income with half a million monthly pageviews and more than 1 million monthly YouTube views.But like all businesses, it’s been an evolution to get to that point.Scott started out chasing high-ticket affiliate commissions but pivoted into creating one of the best bird watching resources online with multiple revenue streams.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: what’s driving traffic for Scott today the creative ways Scott has grown his email list to over 50,000 subscribers how you can borrow some of the same tactics for your business Full Show Notes: The 6-Figure Bird Watching BlogDownload Your Free Bonus: 20 Hobbies to Monetize with an Online BusinessReady to Start Your Own Site? Here's My Free Video Series on How to Get Your Site Online Quickly and AffordablyNew to the Show? Get Your Personalized Playlist!