In Episode 43 of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Pat Flynn from ChroniclesOfStrength.com, one of the leading sites on "fitness minimalism." Pat is a kettlebell enthusiast who shares exactly how he built his blog from a side hustle hobby in college into a thriving business with multiple revenue streams. We talk how to generate traffic and email subscribers, how to craft viral facebook posts, and how to sell products, services, and subscriptions through your site.
Mar 20, 2014•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm Nick and I have a confession. When I recorded this episode with Alex Barker from AlexBarker.org (The Leadership Dojo podcast), I had never been in any sort of formal mastermind group. Listen to the collective gasp in my blogger/podcaster/entrepreneur-type circles, that information is blasphemy! It's totally my fault. Masterminds are something I see huge value in but just never made a priority -- until now. In this episode, we talk all the details of what a mastermind is and why they're impor...
Feb 27, 2014•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 39 of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Mike Newton from HackingPhotography.com. We discuss how to make a name for yourself in any business, how to score corporate clients (and why you'd want to), and how to generate passive income streams from a service business.
Feb 20, 2014•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Melissa Witmer runs UltyResults.com, a strength and conditioning membership site for ultimate frisbee players that generates a full-time income. In episode 36 of The Side Hustle Show, learn how she took the concept from idea to side hustle to full-time business and how can replicate her success. A big thank you to David from ThePowerofPartTime.tv for the introduction!
Jan 30, 2014•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In episode 34 of The Side Hustle Show, fellow side hustler Ryan Cote from WPAmplify.com discusses how he's built his part-time service business into a high-value recurring-revenue machine. We talk scoring customers, pricing, delivering the goods, retention, and much more.
Jan 16, 2014•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast In episode 33 of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Virginia Roberts from TheHeartographer.com. Virginia shares an awesome story of side hustle success, turning a personal skill into a hobby, then into a part-time coaching business, eventually quitting her job to be a full-time entrepreneur.
Jan 09, 2014•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast A subscription-based business is a beautiful thing, because you have a predictable recurring revenue stream you can grow over time. Online, one of the most popular subscription business models is a membership site, where customers pay for exclusive content, exclusive networking, and exclusive access to you, the site owner.
Dec 19, 2013•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 30 of The Side Hustle Show, we learn how to build a real estate wholesaling side hustle, without any experience and without risking your own money or credit score. Veteran investor Nick Ruiz shares how he earns $10,000+ per deal with his "Flipping Factory" system. This is definitely an interesting one! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! Learn: The 2 neighborhoods in your city you need to focus your efforts on How to find and mar...
Dec 05, 2013•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 29 of The Side Hustle Show, Timo Kiander of ProductiveSuperdad.com shares his top 6 productivity hacks for side hustlers to maximize their time and output. We also get into a fun discussion about managing email, something I definitely have an unhealthy addiction to. This conversation is built on years of experience and research, as well as the habits of top-performing online entrepreneurs. In fact, Timo is the perfect guy to discuss this with since he literally wrote the book on the s...
Nov 21, 2013•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 27 of The Side Hustle Show, Jonathan Shank and I geek out over outsourcing, microsourcing, and crowdsourcing for side hustlers. This is an action-packed episode with some high-value takeaways for everyone looking to get started with outsourcing. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! Learn: Why side hustlers should consider outsourcing. Outsourcing as an investment in the business, rather than a cost. The broad range of jobs other p...
Nov 07, 2013•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast In episode 26 of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Josh and Jill Stanton from ScrewtheNinetoFive.com. This pair is living the digital nomad dream, coming to us all the way from Chiang Mai, Thailand! Thanks to Adam from TropicalNomad.com for the intro! They earn a living running their location-independent affiliate marketing business from their laptops, and share the five keys to their success during our call. I can't believe we made it to episode 26 without having an affiliate marketing conver...
Oct 31, 2013•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 25 -- we made it to the quarter-century mark! Learn how to create valuable and profitable time-leveraged online courses utilizing the skills and experience you already have. Vasavi Kumar, a certified life coach, shares her transition from a one-to-one business model to a one-to-many model that funds her lifestyle and freedom. This is a "meat and potatoes" conversation filled with both the strategies and actionable steps and tactics you can take to get started down this path today. Many t...
Oct 24, 2013•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this edition of The Side Hustle Show, Laurel Staples from GoFireYourself.com shares 6 questions and tips you can implement to determine the best side hustle idea for you. Laurel brings a wealth of business experience to the table, from retail to coaching to photography, and priceless education along the way. You'll walk away from this episode with some concrete actions to take toward building your business. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stit...
Oct 17, 2013•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 22 of The Side Hustle Show, Jullien Gordon of SideHustla.com gives the detailed story about how he transitioned from employee to entrepreneur and built his speaking business into a 6-figure a year enterprise. I discovered his site through David Hutcherson from ThePowerofPartTime.tv, another awesome side hustler. Jullien is a super-smart guy, a talented speaker, and is deliberately shaping his own way in the world. I was really excited to have him on the show, and he'll definitely get ...
Oct 03, 2013•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 20 of The Side Hustle Show, local SEO expert and entrepreneur Adam Steele shares how local side hustlers can set their business up to generate more leads than they can handle. We discuss the exact tools and tactics to use to get to the top of the local search results. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! In exchange for your 31 minutes, you'll learn: How Adam quit his job to start an online marketing agency. How to use Google Plac...
Sep 19, 2013•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 19 of The Side Hustle Show, Lee Drozak from MyOfficeAssist.com shares how she got started as a virtual assistant and how you can do the same. We talk setting up shop, getting your first clients, setting your prices, establishing a niche, and more. Quick background on this side hustle if you’re not familiar - a virtual assistant is not Siri, despite how much Apple wants to hijack the term, it’s a real-live person that works for you remotely as an independent contractor. This is a huge ...
Sep 12, 2013•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 18 of The Side Hustle Show, Spencer Haws of NichePursuits.com shares his detailed process for niche site creation and monetization, including idea generation, competitive analysis, content creation, link building, and much more. Spencer is the leading expert in this field, which is one of the most popular side hustles around. If you know a thing or two about WordPress (or are willing to learn) and can follow a few simple rules that Spencer lays out, there's no reason why you can't bor...
Sep 05, 2013•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast In episode 17 of The Side Hustle Show, veteran app entrepreneur Benny Hsu shares his insider tips on how to get app ideas, build them out (even if you don't know how to code), launch them, and promote them in the App Store. In 2011, Benny famously made $30,000 in 30 days from his first app. Now he has a portfolio of different apps and quit his job earlier this year to be a full-time "app-preneur." More importantly, he has a new excitement for life that simply wasn't there before discovering this...
Aug 29, 2013•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 15 of The Side Hustle Show, I'm excited to have the hardest working man in radio, John Dumas on the show. John's Entrepreneur on Fire podcast is tearing up the airwaves and earning him a healthy six-figure income less than 1 year after launching. We discuss the viability of podcasting as a side hustle as well as the monetization strategies he uses to bring home the bacon giving away free audio content. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on S...
Aug 15, 2013•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 14 of The Side Hustle Show, Chris Guthrie helps me explore the idea of buying income-producing websites as a side hustle investment strategy. It takes a little bit of capital to play in this game, but Chris explains the first site he bought cost just $500 and has paid for itself many times over. Buying websites is a risky endeavor, which is in part why the potential returns are so attractive. In the interview, we talk about how to mitigate your risk, find some winners, and make some m...
Aug 08, 2013•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Robert Farrington is more successful than 99% of all bloggers on the planet. He routinely earns between $3000 and $5000 a month from his blogs. And the kicker? Yeah, he still has a full-time job completely unrelated to this amazing side hustle! His sites: TheCollegeInvestor.com KidsAintCheap.com EntrepreneurshipLife.com MyMultipleIncomes.com (inactive) BeatThe9to5.com. He shares his tips for blogging success as well has his plan to leave the corporate world behind in the next two years. Subscrib...
Jul 11, 2013•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast I love the idea of having something for sale in an established marketplace, and I think there's no better example of that than Amazon. If you don't have a book for sale on Amazon you're missing out on a huge audience of buyers. You might not make a fortune, but self publishing is a viable side hustle and one I'm particularly excited about. And even though I have a couple titles myself and am earning a little bit of "passive" income from them, there are a ton of authors with far more success than...
Jul 03, 2013•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of The Side Hustle Show, we meet Jeremy Blanchard, a soon-to-be full-time Life and Leadership Coach. While working as a web developer, Jeremy has been cultivating his coaching business as a fun, profitable, and fulfilling side hustle. During our interview, he shares his passion for the business of helping others, and gives his firsthand advice on how you can do the same. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! In exchange for y...
Jun 27, 2013•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 6 of The Side Hustle Show, I have a chance to sit down with Emma Perez of OrlandoWeddingDances.com to discuss how she's built her side hustle business by leveraging her passion for dance along with some savvy marketing moves. This show has some great tips on how to crack the multi-billion dollar wedding market without spending a fortune on advertising. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! In this episode you'll learn: How to get ...
Jun 13, 2013•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast This podcast interview wraps up Fiverr Week here on Side Hustle Nation. From earlier: 15 Ways to Start, Grow, and Expand Your Side Hustle Using Fiverr 19 Fiverr Gigs to Help Start Your Side Hustle Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! In this episode of The Side Hustle Show I'm joined by AnarchoFighter, a Top-Rated Fiverr seller who earned enough money in his first year on Fiverr to buy a house in cash. His inspiring story holds some valuabl...
Jun 06, 2013•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 4 of The Side Hustle Show I'm joined by fellow entrepreneur Kai Davis, who built an impressive freelance business in his spare time that allowed him to move from Oregon to Hawaii. Kai's a real hustler and drops a ton of great value in this interview. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show on Stitcher! In this episode you'll learn: How a teenage Kai first turned a hobby into a profitable business. Why he stood in the middle of his university cam...
May 30, 2013•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 3 of The Side Hustle Show, I'm joined by Alex Genadinik, a smartphone app developer whose apps have been downloaded more than 100,000 times! I love his story because it's about building an audience from scratch and learning along the way. Plus, the cool thing about Alex's apps is they're built to help aspiring entrepreneurs plan, market, and grow their businesses. If all goes well, we'll see tens of thousands of new side hustle enterprises as a result! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Sho...
May 23, 2013•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 2 of The Side Hustle Show, I have my good friend and "genyus" Theresa Campbell as my guest. By day she's helping Ford reclaim the American Road and by night she's helping people harness their superpowers and ignite meaningful lives. Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via Stitcher! In this interview we talk about: When to start charging money. Why the "average" customer doesn't matter. Why it's so difficult to put a price tag on your work. W...
May 21, 2013•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the inaugural episode of The Side Hustle Show podcast, I have Chris Kilbourn as my guest. Chris is one of those guys who started more companies by the time he graduated college than most people will start in their lifetime. He's a tremendous entrepreneur, full of hustle, and a perfect guest to kick off the podcast. So young but so wise! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via iTunes! Subscribe to The Side Hustle Show via Stitcher! In the interview we talk about: Landing your first customers (an...
May 16, 2013•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
