To make money online, you generally need 3 things:
There will always be exceptions to this rule, like the YouTube celebrities who don’t have their own site, but most of the successful entrepreneurs online (myself included) have figured out those 3 things.
An online business is a great asset; you can work from anywhere and serve people worldwide. Depending on how you have it set up, you can even earn money while you sleep. Ahh that elusive “passive income!”
The location-independent business models you’ll find here include blogging, podcasting, self-publishing, teaching online courses, and more.
If you’re not sure where to start, let me recommend this “Greatest Hits” collection:
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.”
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.
From September 20th to November 20th, Side Hustle Nation generated 479 visits from Pinterest.
The next 2 months, from November 21st to January 21st, Side Hustle Nation generated 11,733 visits from Pinterest.
Why the sudden 25x increase?
It was anything but an accident.
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 masterfully experimented with 5 different avenues and built up a huge email list. 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.
The universe of free plugins is one of the most important benefits of WordPress. If there’s some functionality you’re looking for, odds are someone else has already built it!
Now I’ve been called — and this is true — a bit of a plugin junkie in the past. And there is a dark side to all this delicious free software; installing too many plugins can slow down your site, break some functionality, or even put you at risk for security breaches.
Here are a few I think you should consider, organized by functional area.
You’ve probably heard the success stories of people rapidly growing their email list by running contests.
Taylor Pearson got 700 new subscribers giving away his favorite books.
Bryan Harris got 2,239 subscribers in 10 days.
So of course I had to give it a shot.
For authors looking to expand their reach — to grow their “platform,” in marketing-speak — NoiseTrade is worth checking out.
NoiseTrade started as a site to connect musicians with fans. The premise is pretty simple: download our tracks for free in exchange for an email opt-in.
It’s the same tried-and-true list growth tactic that’s been going on on the interwebs for years.
In October, I wrote about how I built a membership site on the cheap. Today I want to share a little more about what was “behind” the membership wall and how I found my initial beta testers. I created a curriculum for a 30-day challenge to help people earn their first side hustle income. I … Read more
One of the biggest problems facing new bloggers is a lack of traffic. You pour your heart (and hours of your time) into creating great content, and no one sees it.
I know the feeling.
I blogged in relative obscurity for years. And while I loved the practice of writing and everything I learned during those years, if you want to accelerate your growth curve you might want to apply the technique I’ll share today.
We’ve covered Kindle publishing in a variety of ways on The Side Hustle Show in the past, and it’s one of my favorite side hustles.
But one area of frustration, at least for me, is that for all the effort put into writing, editing, publishing, and launching the book, it’s still tough to sustain sales for long periods of time.
My guest this week has a way to keep moving units month after month, and it works for both books AND physical products (for all you FBA sellers out there).
