485: The $90k Niche Daily Deals Blog

What’s one thing people want?

They want to get great deals on great products, and for you as a side hustler, that spells a business opportunity to curate and spread the word about those deals.

This is exactly what Side Hustle Show listener Camron Stover from HuntingGearDeals.com is doing.

Camron stumbled into the business, starting with his hunting hobby and a passion for finding good deals.

He ended up acquiring the site from the original owner and has accelerated its revenue growth to $90k last year.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

• how the site is making money
• the creative ways Camron gets free content and products
• how you may be able to apply similar strategies in your own business

Full Show Notes and PDF Bonus: The $90k Niche Daily Deals Blog

484: Turning a Service Business into a Passive Income Stream – Part 3

Today’s guest, Matt Bochnak of HowToMotorcycleRepair.com, is one of my favorite examples of how you can dedicate part of your week to generating time-leveraged income.

This is Matt’s third time on The Side Hustle Show, and every time we speak he’s made huge leaps forward with his business.

Matt first appeared on the show back in 2016 when he was making around $1,000 a month recording himself performing motorcycle repairs in his garage and selling digital products.

When Matt appeared on the show for a second time in 2019 he was making $4,000-5,000 a month from a combination of digital product sales, YouTube ad income, affiliate commissions, Patreon, and sponsored content.

As you’ll discover in this episode, Matt is now making almost $20,000 a month in revenue. He’s completely shut down the service side of his business, expanded into physical products, and more.

Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:

• how Matt’s business has changed since we last spoke in 2019
• where the idea for a physical product came from and how he validated it
• the various revenue streams ringing the cash register for Matt right now

Full Show Notes: Turning a Service Business into a Passive Income Stream – Part 3

483: 6 Figures in 12 Months: Pivoting from Low-Ticket Products to a Productized Service

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

482: From 6-Figure Blog to 7-Figure Online Business: Catching Up with Robert Farrington

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

481: 6 Months to 6 Figures … Helping People with Excel

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

480: Building a $60k a Month Business as a Full-Time College Student

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

479: $90k a Month on Fiverr: From Freelancer to Agency

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

Bonus: 9 Business “Wins” From 2021: My Annual Review and Q3/Q4 Progress Report

Inside my biggest wins, best purchases, favorite books, most popular episodes, and most important projects.

Full show notes

478: 33 Life Hacks to Experiment With in 2022

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

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