Ideas are Worthless? Nate Earned $300,000 in Passive Income From His (An Intro to Product Licensing)
Nate and his brother earned $300,000 in passive income by licensing one of their ideas to Mattel. They didn't have to design it, produce it, or sell it. But they found someone who could, and they cashed the checks. And to be fair, Nate will be the first to tell you these kind of results aren't typical -- but he's proof they ARE possible. Nate's actually a dentist by day, but a pretty serious ...
41m Mar 19, 2015
41m
From $100 to $30,000 in Nine Months
John Corcoran is well-known in online business circles for being "the connections guy," but I was more curious in how he's built his own online business than networking tips. Today he sells his own premium course on Connecting with Influencers, plus earns money as an affiliate for other high-dollar, high-value online products. In January, he earned $30,000 in one month, through sales of his o...
52m Mar 12, 2015
52m
Public Coaching Kickoff: Introducing Our Stars As They Begin Their Quest
"Gun to your head, what would you do to earn an extra $500 in the next 30 days?" By far the best response I received to this question came from Mike Greig: "I go Bruce Lee circa 1970 on the guy holding the gun. Quick chop, headspin roundhouse kick...now I've got the gun. I'd leave the assailant alive but immobile, take the gun and pawn it to make my $500."
59m Mar 05, 2015
59m
Essentialism and Finding Your ONE Thing
In Hawaii and on the plane home I read two books with very similar themes: The ONE Thing by Gary KellerEssentialism by Greg McKeownBoth titles share the common message of FOCUS -- de-cluttering your day, your work, your mind, and your life. They came at a good time because I was starting to feel overwhelmed with projects and wanting to pursue new ideas and opportunities as they came up.
25m Feb 27, 2015
25m
$10k from a Single Sale … on Fiverr
Twenty months and 90 episodes ago, I was introduced to the incredible story of AnarchoFighter, the Top-Rated Fiverr seller who earned enough cash on the platform to buy a house. That episode convinced me to give Fiverr a shot as a seller myself, and it's turned into a fun side hustle income stream. Since we last spoke, Fiverr has implemented a bunch of changes, including the option to create c...
51m Feb 26, 2015
51m
Tax Saving Tips for Side Hustlers
It's tax season, and I think it would be foolish to give Uncle Sam more than you're legally required to. This week I'm joined by Joshua Sheats from RadicalPersonalFinance.com and the host of the Radical Personal Finance podcast. He explains there are 2 tax codes: the personal tax code and the business tax code. As a business owner, even as a side hustler, there are a number of distinct tax ad...
51m Feb 19, 2015
51m
How to Start and Scale a Service Business to Quit Your Job
Dayne Shuda runs GhostBlogWriters.com, a done-for-you blogging service that commands premium prices, and oversees a team of 20 part-time writers to deliver the work for clients around the country. But like most businesses, Ghost Blog Writers came from some pretty humble beginnings. In fact, Dayne started it as a side hustle with $0 upfront investment.
43m Feb 12, 2015
43m
Building a Location Independent Business of Freedom and Travel — Even With a Family
Here's a guy who built an online business, and had the courage to up and move to Cozumel, Mexico -- with his wife and 3 young daughters. It's not your typical single-23-year-old-dude digital nomad type of story, though Sean's business itself is simple enough to be replicated. This is a fun chat about hustling for business and building a lifestyle on your own terms. I think you're going to lik...
39m Feb 05, 2015
39m
Rapid Product Creation, Book Launch Tactics, and Turning a Book into a Business
This may surprise people, but I'm a pretty slow writer. I have a challenging time writing in "rough draft" mode. You know, where you just brain dump onto the page and clean it up later. That's one reason I wanted to have Chandler Bolt back on the show; because he's got a cure for that I'm anxious to try out. In this episode, we talk about his 3-step writing process to quickly create a new boo...
40m Jan 29, 2015
40m
How Non-Techies Can Build a Passive Software Business
Jon Nastor is lifelong side-hustler, the co-founder of VelocityPage.com, a pain-free webpage building tool for WordPress that’s grown to hundreds of users, and as a side hustle, he hosts the top-rated Hack the Entrepreneur podcast. His situation is somewhat unique in the software world in that he's NOT a coder or a programmer. Instead, he had an idea of what he wanted to build, from his own f...
41m Jan 22, 2015
41m
15,000 Subscribers in 6 Months: How to Build Your Email List From Amazon
You want traffic? You want readers? You want customers? You'll want to listen to this episode. Your free book is essentially your epic "guest post" -- only a MUCH bigger site than you could ever hope to publish on regularly. Like a good guest post, it leads readers back to more of your content, where they opt-in with their email to continue their relationship with you. This works for authors...
41m Jan 15, 2015
41m
6 Figures in 6 Months … with No Inventory, No Coding, and No Selling
I'm thrilled to welcome Benny Hsu back to The Side Hustle Show! Remember Benny from way back in episode 17, when we talked about dominating the app store? In 2014, his app business took a backseat to a new side hustle: selling t-shirts through Teespring. I ran into Benny at Podcast Movement last summer, where I was proudly rocking my "Every day I'm hustling" tee, and we got to chatting about ...
40m Jan 08, 2015
40m
The 5 Step System to Quit Your Job In the Next 12 Months
If you're not already following Bryan Harris, I recommend you do. The guy is super smart and has a unique way of breaking things down so that they're easy to understand and implement. He doesn't mess around, and gives super-detailed actionable advice with some awesome examples, but gives the caveat that it takes real work. This is not a 4-hour workweek passive income system -- at least not at ...
36m Jan 01, 2015
36m
Unlocking LinkedIn: Secrets to Grow Your Email List, Expand Your Network, and Build Your Business
It had been several years since I'd given any thought to my LinkedIn account, and it was due for a serious overhaul. Enter Joshua Jordison, a former side hustler turned full-time entrepreneur (primarily in the event production industry). Joshua, who goes by JJ, walked me through step-by-step on how to turn my LinkedIn profile from zero to hero.
46m Dec 25, 2014
46m
Part-Time Podcasting for Profit ($1900 in Week 3?)
Scott Oldford sent me a proposal for a podcast episode about part-time podcasting, and included the hook, "I've made $1900 in revenue from my first episode." OK, I'm listening! In this episode we discuss how a podcast can be a very part-time venture but still reach a wide audience and begin to earn revenue on its own.
46m Dec 18, 2014
46m
$33k in 30 Days? Getting Started with Private Labeling and Amazon FBA
Selling on Amazon is one of the hottest side hustles around, and I'm not talking about selling books! In this show, we'll dive into sourcing and selling your own physical products on Amazon by finding what's hot in the marketplace, making smart purchases, and out-marketing the competition. I'm joined by Andy Slamans, an Amazon seller who turned his online side hustle into a full-time business...
49m Dec 11, 2014
49m
How to Win Clients With Your Personal Brand, Plus 3 Live Listener Brand Audits
Jessica is a PR professional by day, but gets in her side hustle work of freelance writing, blog management, and branding bootcamps primarily in the early hours of the morning. 5:00am wake up call! During this call we discuss the merits of personal branding and why it's important even if you still have a day job. We also selected 3 audience victims/volunteers to have their websites and persona...
46m Dec 04, 2014
46m
The OMG and 5 Other Habits That Will Make You a More Effective Entrepreneur
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you're having an amazing holiday with friends and family, and taking a moment to reflect and recharge. Even though it's an American holiday, the idea behind giving thanks for what we have is universal. What's your Turkey Day tradition? I'm behind the mic solo this week, talking about 6 habits I believe have made me a better entrepreneur, and how you can implement t...
27m Nov 26, 2014
27m
The Path to $5k a Month Passive Income Sharing What You Already Know
When I asked listeners last month who they'd like to hear on the show, Rob Cubbon is a name that came up from a couple different people. Rob's been crushing it lately between is online teaching efforts and his Kindle publishing business, and as luck would have it, is a Side Hustle Show listener himself. I've been following Rob's blog for some time myself, and have been really impressed with h...
45m Nov 20, 2014
45m
How a Single Apartment Turned Into a $60,000 a Year Hands-Off Business
Jasper Ribbers is one of the leading experts on building an Airbnb side hustle, having done it himself with his Amsterdam apartment and having co-authored the bestselling book on the topic, Get Paid for Your Pad. (He also runs a blog and podcast by the same name.) I was introduced to Jasper by Jesse Krieger (Episode 62, Generating Lifestyle Business Ideas That Work), and grew fascinated by hi...
37m Nov 13, 2014
37m
Getting Started in Real Estate Investing for Less Than $100
J. Massey discovered real estate as a business out of necessity. He and his wife were both in poor health, and as he explains, had a 398 credit score and $75 to their name. Then, introduced to real estate wholesaling, the picture began to turn around. This strategy allowed J. to develop some cash flow without risking his own limited assets, and he says he got started by dedicating just 2 hours...
47m Nov 06, 2014
47m
How to Build a Full-Time Freelancing Business
Carrie Smith's CarefulCents blog is one of my personal favorites. Why? Because she's a side hustler who's been there, done that. She's built her part-time freelancing business to the point where she was able to quit her job and become a full-time entrepreneur. In the process, she's built up a popular blog and personal brand, paid off $14k in debt, and commands significantly above-market rates...
34m Oct 30, 2014
34m
Growing a $4k a Month Business in an Hour a Day
When I learned the results Kellie Gimenez was seeing in her business, I knew I had to hear the story firsthand. She's a former co-worker of mine, who became a Beachbody coach in the spring of 2013. After following along with her journey on social media, I finally reached out to invite her on the show. In just 18 months, she's built her business up to more than $4k per month, with plans to pus...
34m Oct 23, 2014
34m
Building Recurring Revenue Streams as a Side Hustler
Today, Alexis Grant runs a social media, content marketing, and blog management agency and manages a team of 10 people to get it all done. But like many of us, she started off as a side hustler, working her way up and adding clients until it was time to make the leap. She took some very strategic steps along the way, including setting up clients on a retainer model instead of a one-off projec...
39m Oct 16, 2014
39m
How I Earned $7490 in My First 14 Months on Fiverr (and my plans to double it)
One of the surprising bright spots in my side hustle portfolio (my strategy of building multiple income streams) has been Fiverr. After hearing the incredible story of AnarchoFighter last year, I knew I had to give the platform a shot! While I haven't exactly earned house-buying money, it has turned into a nice little revenue source. I'm up $7490 through 14 months, or a little over $500 a mon...
49m Oct 09, 2014
49m
How to Make Money Driving in Your Spare Time
This week’s side hustle requires ZERO technical skills or expertise, you don’t have to sell anything, and you don’t have to make a big upfront investment. In fact, you probably already have the 2 key ingredients: a car and some spare time. The fine print (as I learned while I was recording this) that your […]
33m Oct 02, 2014
33m
How to Build and Monetize an Authority Site
Everybody's an expert in something, right? Well this week's guest, Matt Giovanisci, is an expert in pool care. He describes it as the most boring industry that serves such a fun product. He's taken an innovative approach to rank his site, SwimUniversity.com, in Google and monetize it with affiliate relationships and private advertising. I feel like Matt's process is proven and repeatable -- ...
43m Sep 25, 2014
43m
How to Make a Full-Time Living on Craigslist
Ryan Finlay from ReCraigslist.com makes a full-time living (and supports his family of 7) buying and selling items on Craigslist.In fact, he used this business to pull himself out from $25,000 in debt and now teaches others to do the same. This is really one of the most fascinating side hustle stories I've come across because there's a Craigslist for your city that is probably teeming with "in...
37m Sep 18, 2014
37m
One Page Adsense Sites and Productized Consulting
If you've been in the "niche site" game at all over the past few years, this week's conversation will open your eyes to a whole new world of possibility in the realm of making money with Adsense. Kurt Elster is the co-founder of EtherCycle, an online marketing strategy and web design and development firm. But on top of that, his company also runs a plethora of one-page micro-sites that earn ad...
32m Sep 11, 2014
32m
Software as a Side Hustle: Mistakes, Market Validation, and Massive Scale
I'm excited to welcome Spencer Haws back to the show this week! Longtime listeners may remember Spencer from episode 18 of the show, where he gave us a step-by-step walkthrough of how he builds profitable niche sites from scratch. But in addition to his niche site empire, Spencer is also an accomplished software entrepreneur. His popular Long Tail Pro software powers the keyword research for ...
41m Sep 04, 2014
41m
How to Build a Private Blog Network to Quickly Get to the Top of Google
In the SEO community, private blog networks (PBNs) have been all the rage lately. The basic premise is this: You buy up a small portfolio of expired domains that still retain a strong Domain Authority (a Moz metric for estimating a site's search engine clout), and put links on those sites to your "money" site. The net effect is 5-10 perceived high value sites linking to your site, which boos...
35m Aug 28, 2014
35m
How I Got My First Sale in 6 Different Businesses
One of my favorite questions to ask guests on The Side Hustle Show is how they got their first customer. Because that's an empowering moment! So today, I'll take you through how I got my first customers in a half dozen different business ventures. This show covers some formative moments in my journey, my struggles with sales, and some of my biggest takeaways from these businesses.
28m Aug 22, 2014
28m
The Hustler’s Path: From Freelance to Agency to Product
It's been quite a while since our last discussion of a software business here on the show. Even though we touched briefly on Long Tail Pro with Spencer Haws, I really have to go all the way back to Josh Isaak in episode 12 to find an in-depth breakdown of a Software as a service business.So that means today's conversation with Garrett Moon from CoSchedule is long overdue! After all, the low inc...
37m Aug 21, 2014
37m
How to Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half
A few years ago, Josh Elledge became obsessed with one line item in his family's budget: the grocery bill. His family of 4 was spending $700-800 per month on groceries, and he already considered himself a fairly frugal shopper -- it's not like they were eating filet mignon every night! So he set out on a mission to figure out how to feed his family for less, and ultimately cut his grocery bill...
26m Aug 14, 2014
26m
How to Reverse Engineer Your Blog to Get Paying Clients (and 10x Your Hourly Rate)
Corrina Gordon-Barnes is a sought-after coach and mentor, and today she shares with Side Hustle Nation exactly how she built her business from the ground up. There are some surprising turns and some eye-opening responses in this one, as I ask Corrina about how she prices her services, how she landed her first clients, how she's scaling her business, and how she made blogging work as an effecti...
34m Aug 07, 2014
34m
The Path to Passive Income on Udemy – Even If You’re Not an Expert
I'm excited to welcome Scott Britton from Life-LongLearner.com and The Competitive Edge podcast to The Side Hustle Show. In this chat, we talk about how he built up a passive income stream from online courses on Udemy, which gave him the freedom to travel and live in South America for several months. He's a super smart guy and really delivers a ton of excellent tips in this episode. I think yo...
43m Jul 31, 2014
43m
The 8 Income Streams I’m Working on Right Now
It's a special Friday edition of The Side Hustle Show, and I'm flying solo on this one discussing the 8 income streams I'm working on right now. Add a little diversity to your revenue sources to protect yourself if any one of them gets cut off suddenly (been there!). You'll hear what's working well for me, as well as some challenges, opportunities, and plans going forward.
17m Jul 25, 2014
17m
Generating Lifestyle Business Ideas That Work
Jesse Krieger is THE Lifestyle Entrepreneur, and author of the book of the same name, subtitled Live Your Dreams, Ignite Your Passions and Run Your Business From Anywhere in The World. Today we're chatting about how aspiring side hustlers can come up with new business ideas, validate them quickly, and begin earning money outside of their day job. It's a fun session with a lot of brainstorming...
35m Jul 24, 2014
35m
How Ryan Quit His $50k/year Job to Sell Online Full-Time
In this edition of The Side Hustle Show I'm joined by Ryan Grant, founder of OnlineSellingExperiment.com, and a guy who turned his online selling side hustle into a full time gig. Ryan and I connected on Twitter after I published a post from Travis Scott on how he earns $500 per month with Amazon's FBA program. I'm pretty fascinated by this opportunity, but by how smart Amazon is to crowdsour...
34m Jul 17, 2014
34m
Punching Fear in the Face and Escaping Average, with Jon Acuff
Through his best-selling books, Jon Acuff may be one of the most prominent advocates for the side hustle "brand" of entrepreneurship. Jon's a sought-after author, speaker, and consultant, with a share of side hustle stories to tell. While some flopped, one was almost an overnight success: his Stuff Christians Like blog. We talk about all that and more during our call.
31m Jul 10, 2014
31m
How to Start a Side Hustle Consulting Business that Gets Paid
Consulting can be a beautiful business model because it transitions you from selling what you do to selling what you know. So what do you know that other businesses might pay for? What could you consult on? We cover all that and more with Kai Davis this week on The Side Hustle Show. We talk everything from landing more clients, increasing your rates, getting paid to do work you used to do for...
38m Jul 03, 2014
38m
Engineering a 20,000 Download Kindle Launch: My Tactics, Takeaways, and Biggest Mistakes
I've been anxious to share the results of my Work Smarter Kindle launch with you, including all the behind-the-scenes work and strategy that went into it. In this special edition of The Side Hustle Show, I break down start-to-finish everything I did to create the book, market it, and set it up for success on Amazon after the free promotional period ended.
58m Jun 27, 2014
58m
How to Launch, Grow, and Scale a Speaking Business
What do you do when your side hustle demands being available (and even traveling) during normal business hours? It's a challenge that a lot of us are facing and this week on The Side Hustle Show my guest shares is unique way to get around it and build a successful business. Grant Baldwin is a youth motivational speaker and host of the "How Did You Get Into That?" podcast. We talk about how en...
38m Jun 26, 2014
38m
From Miserable and $100,000 in Debt to Self-Employed Author, Speaker, and Coach
This edition of The Side Hustle Show is probably one of the most inspiring yet. I'm joined by Kimanzi Constable, who shares his story about the struggle of entrepreneurship and his dream of becoming a writer. We talk about the specific steps he took to get out of debt, build an audience of buyers for his books. This is powerful one because Kimanzi opens up how serious he needed to make some ch...
48m Jun 19, 2014
48m
How Side Hustlers Can Get More Done in Less Time
In this edition of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Chandler Bolt, co-author of The Productive Person: A how-to guide book filled with productivity hacks & daily schedules for entrepreneurs, students or anyone struggling with work-life balance. When Chandler first reached out, I was excited to learn we had a lot in common, including both being Eagle Scouts and both having run house painting...
44m Jun 12, 2014
44m
Passive Income on Etsy, Scoring Book Deals, and Recession-Proofing Your Life
Kim Palmer stopped by The Side Hustle Show this week to talk about her various side hustles and how you can get started. As the author of The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life, Kim has connected with dozens of part-time entrepreneurs and is one of the biggest advocates for having a "side gig" as part of your financial backup plan.Even though she love...
33m Jun 05, 2014
33m
How to Earn Your First $1000 as a Freelancer
In this edition of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Cameron Rambert all the way from Melbourne Australia! He's a freelance marketing strategist and the founder of DigitalMined.com, a growing resource for struggling freelancers. We talk about how aspiring side hustlers can get started earning their first dollars outside of their day job as freelancers -- and I agree -- freelancing is one of ...
33m May 29, 2014
33m
How to Use Freelancing to Find Business Ideas (and Cold Showers to Find Yourself)
Nick Reese is an accomplished entrepreneur and sought-after business coach. We set out to record an episode on the mindset necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur, and I think we reached that goal, but along the way, Nick shared a fascinating way to build a lucrative side hustle by starting out freelancing. And on top of that, he shares why he started taking cold showers 2 years ago, and why h...
34m May 22, 2014
34m
One Listener’s Year of Hustle: Apps, YouTube, Kindle, Udemy, Fiverr, and More
I'm excited to welcome Alex Genadinik back to The Side Hustle Show as the first-ever repeat guest. Alex reached out and told me how he'd applied many of the strategies and tactics discussed on the show over the past year, and I thought it would be fun to highlight some of those along with his progress. Alex's "year of hustle" has created at least 4 new income streams, including a couple more "...
58m May 15, 2014
58m
What I’ve Learned and Applied from 49 Awesome Entrepreneurs
The best thing about starting a podcast is the excuse to talk to awesome and inspiring people on a weekly basis. I've learned so much from The Side Hustle Show guests over the past year, I thought it would be an appropriate time to recap some of their shared wisdom, how I've applied it to my own projects, and how you can apply it to yours. This is episode 50 -- the big 5-0, and it's also my f...
24m May 08, 2014
24m