I'm happy to introduce Greg Mercer, who is the go-to guy for Amazon product research. His own ecommerce empire has grown to $400k per month in revenue -- yes, per month -- and he's the founder of the popular Jungle Scout software tool that helps make the product research process faster and easier. In this call we dive into his specific sales criteria and next steps in evaluating a product's profit potential and how to bring it to market on Amazon.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Amazon FBA Private Label Product Research

Assad's a Finance Director by day so he's got some street cred when it came to offering consulting, and quickly built that business up to around $1000 a month. In April, he mentioned he'd also started selling products on Amazon FBA using the clearance arbitrage model Travis Scott shared on the show. Nine months later, that little experiment had grown into a six-figure side hustle. Check out our conversation to learn how it happened.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Amazon FBA Retail Arbitrage Tips

When it comes to your side hustle, the words you use matter. In so many businesses, our first impressions with customers often come from a website, an email, or a product description. Are you sending the right message? Is it unique and powerful enough to stand out from the crowd?Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Copywriting Tips for Side Hustlers

My guest this week, Brian Swichkow, is a viral marketing pro, having achieved outsize results on several different projects. Having one viral hit could be considered a lucky fluke, but to be able to do it again and again, and you start to recognize a repeatable, learnable pattern. That's what listeners can look forward to in this episode; how you can apply Brian's tactics to your own side hustle to get more visitors, leads, and customers.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Get Traffic from Reddit

Jonathan Stark says the key to side hustle success -- for consultants, at least -- lies in finding an expensive problem, and solving it. Jonathan's a pro at finding these expensive problems, having run a successful online consulting business for several years, focusing on mobile-ready web development. At the recommendation of two-time Side Hustle Show guest, Kai Davis, he dropped by to share some of his insight on how to get a side hustle consulting business off the ground.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Start a Consulting Business

We've heard of niche sites seeing success with AdSense or Amazon Associates income, or even with selling private advertising, but Jon Haws took a completely different approach. Since last November, Jon has: Released more than 150 podcast episodes. Written nearly 3 dozen Kindle books. Created the definitive course on pharmacy medications. Built a nursing test-prep app that gets 100+ downloads a day. Started to sell physical products for nursing students with Amazon FBA. All told, these different channels -- that didn't even exist a year and a half ago -- are earning more than $20,000 a month!If you're looking at a niche or authority business and need some new ideas on how to serve your audience, this is a can't miss episode.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Zero to $20k a Month in a Year: 5 Ways to Completely Dominate Your Niche, with Jon Haws

What separates the 5% of fulfilled, successful people from the 95% rest of the population? Author Jeff Olson argues it's The Slight Edge. Successful people have harnessed the power of relentless incrementalism, the daily practice of making progress toward their goals -- even if imperceptible at the beginning. Today is a brief solo show to discuss how you can find your slight edge in 2016 and beyond.

Three years ago, Bryn and her business partner Brooke had each made less $500 from their photography hobby -- far less than they'd spent on equipment. Fast forward to this year, and they shot more than a dozen weddings and booked top-line revenue in excess of $40,000. Listen in to hear what happened in between. Remember, every professional starts as an amateur, and there are parallels in this conversation I think will apply to any freelance service-based side hustle.Full Show Notes: How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Business

Recurring revenue models are all the rage these days, and for good reason. You can make a sale once and continue to earn from it as long as you keep your customer happy. There are quite a few recurring revenue business examples from The Side Hustle Show archives, but today I'm excited to introduce Ross Simmonds, a side hustler turned full-time entrepreneur, and the founder of Hustle & Grind, a coffee subscription box service.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Start and Market a Subscription Box Service

Elizabeth Colegrove and her husband are budding real estate moguls. So far they've acquired 7 houses, and neither of them are 30 years old yet. Between their 7 properties, they're earning around $1800 in cash flow every month, and their tenants are paying off $1650 in loan principal. But real estate side hustles are not without risks and Elizabeth joked that I just have easily could have called the episode 27 and $1.1 million in debt.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Building a Real Estate Empire on the Side