The Side Hustle Show

We first heard from Robert Farrington back in 2013, on episode 10 of The Side Hustle Show. At that time, he was earning $3-4k a month from a portfolio of different sites, and looking to expand his online empire.This week, we catch up on what’s changed since then. Robert’s doubled down on his main site, TheCollegeInvestor.com, narrowed his focus, and roughly tripled his earnings.Oh, and he’s still working full-time too.We chat content, traffic, and monetization strategies, as well as how he manages the business in his spare time.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: $10k a Month Blogging Part-TimeI think you’ll like it!If you don’t have a blog of your own yet, use my free 6-part video course to get started today.

Kenny Azama has worked with massive global brands like Nike, Samsung, Apple, Chevrolet, and Coca Cola, but he's not an ad agency or a top secret marketing mogul. He's a professional brand ambassador, "someone who is temporarily hired to represent a brand in a positive light, and provide consumers with a memorable face-to-face experience." I think this in an interesting side hustle, and one we haven't covered on the site before, because as Kenny explains, there are always gigs nearby, they're fun, and they can actually pay pretty well.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Become a Brand Ambassador

Gina Horkey has come highly recommended by a number of listeners, and I’ve seen her work what seems like “all over the Internet” for the past couple years so I’m excited to finally connect and bring her on the show. She’s a freelance writer extraordinaire, but also a virtual assistant, and someone who now helps others follow in her footsteps. Gina successfully built her freelance writing and virtual assistant business to be earning several thousand dollars a month; enough to quit her day job and go full-time.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Start a Freelance Business

Do you know Jon Dykstra from FatStacksBlog.com? I've been following his work since last summer and have been really impressed.Jon is a former attorney turned full-time entrepreneur, and he’s the master of building high quality niche blogs and monetizing them to $10k-20k per month in record time.(Sixty days to $10k in one case.)Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Build a 6-Figure Blog FastOn the call, we use the example of a snow sports site, which in years past may have been considered too broad. Niche down to something like “powder ski reviews,” experts might have said.Jon takes the opposite approach: broader appeal means more visitors and more ad revenue.Inspired to start a blog of your own? My free video course will show you how.

Voiceover acting may be -- at least in my mind -- one of the most universal side hustles. I mean, almost all of us can speak, right? My guest this week, Carrie Olsen, assures me there's a little more to it than that, but also says it's a business with low startup costs and low barriers to entry. Carrie went from her first audition to quitting her job in a span of just 4 months.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Getting Started in Voiceover Acting

Parenthood has got me thinking, every BIG victory is built on the back of a ton of mini victories. You don't wake up one morning and win the Super Bowl. You win it one quarter at a time, one possession at a time, one down at a time, one yard at a time. We all want the BIG win; quit our jobs, passive income, early retirement, location-independence, whatever it is. But what's the next mini win to help get us there?Full Show Notes: The Mini-Victory Theory

A couple months ago, Matt Bochnak sent me a note about his motorcycle repair side hustle. As someone who is, shall we say, less-than-savvy when it comes to mechanics, I was impressed. But Matt shared that the passive income from this service business now actually exceeds his revenue from "turning wrenches."Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: From Active to Passive Income with a Service BusinessDon't Miss our Follow-ups with Matt: Part 2: Episode 354 up to $5k a monthPart 3: Episode 484 up to $20k a month

Teaching online is a fantastic way to earn money from your experience, skills, and expertise Phil's built up a HUGE library of more than 50 online courses and teaches more than 130,000 students. While he now focuses on his business full-time, he hit the 6-figure income mark before leaving his day job. In this episode we chat about how he comes up with course ideas, how he structures his content, and he markets his material, along of course with the tech he uses to get it all done.Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: How to Make Money with Online Courses

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