The Side Hustle Show

Dec 19 2024 618 ep. 42 mins 2.5k
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The entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers creative ways to make money online and offline, including blogging, online business, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get the business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.

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647: How to Start an Online Directory as a Side Hustle

Dec 19 2024 60 mins  
Why should your first online business be a directory? This is one of the most overlooked yet potentially lucrative side hustles out there. I've got a little bit of experience in this space (I actually built a virtual assistant directory years before), so this is something close to me. But my experience is nothing like John Rush’s from JohnRush.me, who is a master at quickly build

646: The 9 Buyers: The Key to Stronger Connections and Easier Sales

Dec 16 2024 54 mins  
If you create content online, sell anything—whether it’s in person, over the phone, or on a website—and want to make stronger connections, reach more people, and ultimately grow your income, here’s something to help you learn how to do it by speaking directly to the 9 types of buyers. To help us is Melanie Warren, a professional copywriter and the author of The 9 Buyers Sys

645: The $60k/mo Remote Cleaning Side Hustle

Dec 12 2024 51 mins  
Building a remote cleaning side hustle from scratch. How crazy unique is that? Skyler helps homeowners get the help they need while also helping on-the-ground professional cleaners get the work they want — and still makes a margin in the middle. And the most interesting part is he’s running this $60k/month operation in less than two years — all while keeping his day job. Tun

Side Hustle Showdown: Buying a Business vs. Investing in Real Estate (Greatest Hits)

Dec 05 2024 59 mins  
If you’re looking to add some time-leveraged cash flow to your bottom line, two of the best options are investing in rental real estate and buying small businesses. Both are viable options, and to help you figure out if either or both of these investment options are right for you, it’s time for another Side Hustle Showdown. For the debate, I’ve invited back two Side Hustle Sh

644: $2k a Month in Semi-Passive Income on the Side

Dec 02 2024 43 mins  
Would you believe there's a marketplace of millions of buyers eager for digital products for teachers — and it's not Etsy? Rob is a high school math and personal finance teacher at fieducator.com. He's built an impressive side hustle selling lesson plans and resources online at fieducator.store. Through the popular platform Teachers Pay Teachers, Rob has turned his passion for fi

643: 10 Creative Side Hustles That Make Real Money

Nov 28 2024 44 mins  
It's that time of year again—Thanksgiving! What's particularly fascinating about this year's collection is the blend of traditional services reimagined for the digital age alongside completely novel business ideas. This is the 7th installment of the series, so I encourage you to check out the previous episodes if you like this format, make sure to grab the full playlist here. Her

642: 50+ Tools and Apps to Work Smarter and Get More Out Of Your Side Hustle

Nov 21 2024 75 mins  
I'm always looking for ways to work smarter and more efficiently, and to that end I took a recent inventory of my online business "toolkit." Of course many of these will be obvious to you, but hopefully you discover some helpful new resources as well. The good news? Many of these are free or at least have a free version! And if you're looking for the definitive guide to online reso

641: Starting Over? Podcasting, Newsletters, Competing in a “No Click” World, and more (10 Questions with Nick)

Nov 18 2024 40 mins  
It’s time once again to dive into the ol’ listener mailbag and answer a few questions in this week’s edition of The Side Hustle Show. I’ve had quite a few interesting questions come in since the last Q&A episode, and picked 10 to talk through in today’s show. Click here to join Side Hustle Nation for free! We're covering everything from building audiences in today's digit

640: Get Paid to Sell Other People’s Stuff: Starting a Consignment Side Hustle

Nov 14 2024 40 mins  
How do you make extra money in a low-risk way? And one method I keep coming back to is the idea of starting a consignment business. So you're selling other people's stuff and just taking a percentage. They get paid, you get paid, and you've got no upfront inventory risk like you'd have with a traditional physical product business. Sarah McAffry of Statemint Consignment earned over

639: 30 Ways to Make Extra Money for the Holidays

Nov 07 2024 49 mins  
Looking to make extra money for Christmas? You’re not alone! The average American spent over $900 on Christmas last year. In this episode, I'm joined by Allison Baggerly from Inspiredbudget.com and we’ll share our top side hustle picks to make extra money for the holidays. These side hustles are easy to start and have no to low startup cost so you can earn what you need for the