The Side Hustle Show

When the pandemic hit, Timmy Bauer from DinosaurHouse.com pivoted his business from being a traveling children’s book author to running a children’s book production company.Timmy was enjoying working as a traveling children’s book author, but he was forced to change directions when schools started locking down and not allowing guests.His story is the perfect example that you don’t always need to make a complete 180 if your business hits a wall.Sometimes you just need to make a slight re-calibration, a couple degrees one direction or the other that can set you off on a new path.This new path has taken Timmy from “just over the poverty line” to running a 6-figure business in the last 12 months.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how Timmy pivoted his business model when the pandemic hit how he uses content-based marketing and other people’s events to drive sales the ways you might also be able to take your existing skills and knowledge to serve a different customer base Full Show Notes: 6 Figures in 12 Months: Pivoting from Low-Ticket Products to a Productized Service

From a $10,000 a month “blog” to a 7-figure “Media Company” — a lot can happen in six years.Today’s guest is one of my most important real and virtual online business mentors — I’m always trying to pay attention and keep an eye on what Robert Farrington from TheCollegeInvestor.com is up to.Fun fact: Robert was one of the very first guests on The Side Hustle Show back in 2013.Our last update was 6 years ago, in early 2016. Back then, The College Investor was earning $10k a month and Robert was still working full-time at Target.There have been lots of life changes since then, plus some exponential growth on the business side.Today, The College Investor is one of the biggest personal finance media brands in the world.With over 1 million visits a month, covering student loans, taxes and tax software, investing, insurance, budgeting — if it’s related to money, you’ll find it at The College Investor.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: what the biggest changes Robert has seen in his online business are since 2016 what marketing channels are driving traffic for him today why he’s started a new brand and the future of his business Full Show Notes and PDF Bonus: From 6-Figure Blog to 7-Figure Online Business: Catching Up with Robert Farrington

There are a million and one ways to make money online, but they almost always come down to helping other people.Today’s guest, Kat Norton aka Miss.Excel, has been doing plenty of that. She’s reaching hundreds of thousands of followers as a spreadsheet influencer — you didn’t know there was such a thing, did you?Kat started on TikTok in June 2020 and already has over 734k followers, she later branched out onto Instagram and has already built a following of more than 573k followers there, too.She hit 6-figures in sales within 6 months and has since scaled to consistent 6-figure months and even the occasional 6-figure DAY - which is absolutely nuts.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: how Kat built her following so quickly her tips for viral success on TikTok and Instagram how she’s turned those views into real-life revenue and profits Full Show Notes: 6 Months to 6 Figures … Helping People with Excel

While he was a full-time student, Johnny Robinson built OrangeWindowCleaning.com into a $700k a year operation.If you want to start your own business, it doesn’t necessarily take a never-before-seen business idea to have a never-before-seen impact on your life.Johnny's a long-time Side Hustle Show listener, and we actually recorded this on his last day of college.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: How Johnny got his first customers The marketing engine you can borrow for your own business How he fulfills the work and the tech and tools he uses to manage the whole operation Full Show Notes PDF Bonus: Building a $60k a Month Business as a Full-Time College Student

People out there will pay for your skills, you just have to find them.One person who’s done an excellent job of finding them over the last 9 months or so is Georgia Austin from WizardOfContent.com.Georgia took her skill of writing, and despite a crowded world of other writers out there, did over $500k worth of work through the Fiverr platform last year, including $90k the month before we recorded.In this episode, Georgia shares her top tips for getting started on Fiverr and quickly gaining traction.As well as explaining why being a Fiverr seller doesn’t have to be a race to the bottom and how you can command high rates by knowing your worth.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: Georgia’s best practices for getting started on Fiverr how she manages her huge order volume how Georgia is transitioning to a standalone agency Full Show Notes PDF Bonus: $90k a Month on Fiverr: From Freelancer to Agency

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Happy New Year! May this be a year of stacking up incremental improvements and optimizations — getting 1% better every day — that’s the idea.To help out with that goal, I’m excited to introduce Chris Hutchins. He's a serial entrepreneur, a new dad, a professional life optimizer, and host of the new AllTheHacks podcast.The stated mission of All the Hacks is to help listeners upgrade every aspect of their life while spending less and saving more.I think that’s a mission we can get on board with since this show is also about upgrading your life through entrepreneurship.Chris shared a full docket of hacks in this episode to help you start your year off right, and I did my best to chime in as well.Many of these are quick actionable ideas you can apply to make little upgrades to your life.Tune in to this episode of The Side Hustle Show to hear 33 hacks covering work and productivity, networking, money, travel, and health.Full Show Notes: 33 Life Hacks to Experiment With in 2022

The Side Hustle Show is a top-rated podcast featuring the ideas, actions, and results you need to start and grow a successful business.Put a little hustle in your earbuds as I extract the actionable tips and business strategies from successful entrepreneurs.Each week you’ll get new business ideas, side hustle opportunities, and high-value content to help you make extra money and make the most of your time.

Selling JPEGs and other digital collectibles - do NFTs present some of the hottest investment opportunities right now?You could hardly open your laptop or unlock your phone this year without reading about NFTs or non-fungible tokens.When you start to see jpegs selling for tens of thousands of dollars, you can’t help but ask, wait, what’s going on here?And as is often the case when these new shiny things pop up, I try to learn from those who are a few steps ahead.In this episode you’ll meet Michael Quan from FinanciallyAlert.com, he’s a father of 2 who retired at 36, and calls himself “an accidental NFT investor.”I met Michael at FinCon this fall, and called him up to try and get some clarity on the murky world of NFTs, and where opportunity may lie for side hustlers, on the buying, trading, and creating side.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear: why Michael is investing in NFTs and the returns he’s seeing where you can get started creating or buying NFTs yourself how to avoid scams and what Michael thinks the future holds for NFTs Full Show Notes: How to Make Money with NFTs: Opportunities for Side Hustlers and Creators

Smart side hustlers go where the cash is already flowing…One place it’s been flowing at a rapidly increasing pace is Facebook Marketplace.What started as a Craigslist competitor — a place to buy and sell secondhand stuff — has morphed into an e-commerce powerhouse in its own right.How Facebook Marketplace works will not be new to most reading this. But how today’s guest, Andrey Kozlov is taking advantage of this platform will be a real eye-opener to most.So, how can you take advantage?In this episode, you’ll learn how Andrey Kozlov is making hundreds of dollars a day, selling stuff on Facebook he never even has to touch.Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to learn: how dropshipping on Facebook marketplace works how to find profitable products and make your listings stand out the risks and pitfalls to avoid Full Show Notes and PDF Bonus: $500 a Day Selling Other People’s Products with Facebook Marketplace Dropshipping