The Side Hustle Show

No matter how you shake it, that first sale is a powerful one. What's the story of your first job-free income?I asked people to tell me how they first started making money on the side, and got 25 different voicemails!In this episode, you'll hear first-hand the steps your fellow listeners took to put themselves back in the driver seat of their own financial well-being. Full Show Notes: How 25 Side Hustlers Made Their First Job-Free IncomeGet Your Personalized Side Hustle Show Playlist

Want to bring in extra money but don’t know where to start?Well, you’re in luck. This week, we’re diving into a special Thanksgiving episode on 10 creative side hustle ideas that make real money.This is the 5th installment of the series, so be sure to check out the previous episodes if you like this format: 10 Creative Side Hustles Part 1 – 2018 10 Creative Side Hustles Part 2 – 2019 10 Creative Side Hustles Part 3 – 2020 10 Creative Side Hustles Part 4 – 2021 Let’s get right to it!Full Show Notes: 10 Creative Side Hustles That Make Real Money - Part 5Get your personalized Side Hustle Show playlist!

Learn about optimizing conversion rates with quizzes, updating content for SEO benefits, harnessing superpowers for side hustle success, and building systems for business growth. Discover strategies for side hustle growth through SEO tactics, podcast growth playbook course, and valuable guest advice on consistency and key ideas.

This week’s guest began his side hustle with the goal of getting just 10 clients in 90 days. Four years later, he’s now the proud owner of a 7-figure business!Justin Tan is a Side Hustle Show listener who was inspired by Russ Perry’s story in Episode 248 of how he began Design Pickle.In 2014, Russ was running a creative agency when he started to hate everything about it. Not wanting to feel like a prisoner of his own creation, he sought out a new business model, one that offered reliable, affordable, and scalable creative work at a flat rate.Justin took inspiration from that model and applied it to video editing. And so, Video Husky was born.Justin’s story is one of many examples of what can happen when you combine a demonstrable business model with a novel idea and an untapped market.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear how: Justin found his first clients he scaled into a full-time business he made the ultimate decision to step away Full Show Notes: Growing a Productized Service from Zero to 7-Figures as a Digital NomadDownload Your Free Listener Bonus: 101 Service Business IdeasGet Your Personalized Side Hustle Show Playlist: https://hustle.show

This week’s guest booked $100k worth of work in their first 9 months of a new side hustle they had no experience with.Haley Gallagher and her husband are serial side hustlers and were specifically looking for a side hustle they could do after hours.Seeing an opportunity at a bar he was working security for, Haley’s husband asked if they could take on the cleaning contract.That job snowballed into more jobs and as they hired employees and grew their business, MoonlightCommercialCleaning.com, they turned over $170k in revenue in their full first year.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how Moonlight Commercial Cleaning found their first customers how they price their work and manage a growing team of cleaners mistakes they made along the way Full Show Notes: How to Start a Commercial Cleaning BusinessGet Your Personalized Side Hustle Show Playlist

Your next income stream might be sitting right in your driveway…This week we’re talking about how to get your piece of a $100 billion market.It’s the same model practiced by Hertz, Avis, Enterprise, National: renting cars out for a profit.It’s a business with lots of built-in demand, and new platforms like Turo help put your car or cars in front of that demand and get paid.Two years ago, Kirtis Murphy of FamilyTalksAuto.co decided to give this a shot on the side.He started with his personal vehicle, and since then and with the help of a couple of partners has grown it to a 6-figure business that now has 14 cars in its fleet.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how you can get started renting out your car for cash how to protect yourself and your vehicle assets Kirtis’ tips for setting yourself up for profitability and scaling your operation Freshbooks.com – Start your 30-day free trial today! Full Show Notes: How to Start a Rental Car BusinessDownload Your Free Listener-Only Bonus: 25 Unconventional Things to Rent Out for a ProfitGet Your Personalized Side Hustle Show Playlist: https://hustle.show

Andrew Fiebert, co-founder of Lasso and creator of the $1.2 million site Giftlab.co, shares his insights on affiliate marketing. He discusses strategies for optimizing older posts and increasing revenue through analytics. Andrew dives into low-competition keyword research for long-tail queries, transforming established sites into revenue-generating machines. He emphasizes the importance of perseverance amidst challenges while highlighting the shift from display ads to affiliate links. His journey showcases the power of solving problems and adapting in the online business landscape.

This week we’re exploring a unique opportunity to turn the world’s largest buyer of goods and services into a customer of yours.That’s right, we’re talking about selling to the government.There’s nothing like having a client that can literally print the money. But there’s a lot of confusion and misunderstandings around getting government contracts so I’ve enlisted some expert help to help us learn how to do it the right way.Retired Lt Col Ricky Howard of DoDContract.com spent years on the purchasing side for the U.S. Department of Defense and now helps small businesses like yours get their foot in the door.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: why there are so many lucrative opportunities with government contracts Ricky’s tips and best practices for winning contracts how you can also win contracts acting as matchmaker or partnering with other business owners Sponsors: Freshbooks.com – Start your 30-day free trial today!Full Show Notes: How to Win Government ContractsGet your personalized Side Hustle Show playlist

This week you’re going to meet an entrepreneur who recently left her 6-figure job in biotech to become a full-time podcaster and online business owner.Gill Tietz of SoberPowered.com started the Sober Powered podcast in mid-2020 and has released over 100 episodes on the science of alcohol addiction and other content to help listeners get and stay sober.In that time she’s also grown her Instagram account to over 43k followers, created a podcast network for other sober-related podcasts, and created several other income streams.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how Gill made her podcast stand out from the crowd how she’s grown her audience through different platforms the different ways she’s monetizing her business Full Show Notes: Growing an Online Business from ScratchDownload Your Free Bonus: The Podcast Starter KitGet Your Personalized Side Hustle Show Playlist

By the end of this episode, you’ll have at least a dozen new backlinks for your website.For those who are new to SEO, quality backlinks will help you climb the ranks in Google — which means you’re going to make more money.To talk through his best link-building quick wins and link-building tactics, I’m joined by Jeremy Poland.Jeremy is a long-time Side Hustle Show listener, he’s a former Pastor and non-profit worker turned SEO pro, and he’s gone from digital marketing freelancer to agency owner.Jeremy specializes in helping small businesses leapfrog the competition with easy SEO wins.The backbone of what Jeremy does is build backlinks, and best of all he does it without needing a huge marketing budget.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: some of the quickest and easiest ways you can pick up backlinks why industry-specific links are so important and how to build those some of Jeremy’s best “special plays” backlinking tips Full Show Notes: 5 Easy Ways to Build Backlinks and Outrank the CompetitionDon’t have a site of your own yet? Check out my free video series on how to start a website of your own.New to the show? Get your personalized Side Hustle Show playlist!