First $1,000: “It was the Super Bowl of professional fishing…”
In this week’s First title: "First $1,000: “It was the Super Bowl of professional fishing…”",000 segment, we hear from Pete Robbins, a government lawyer who gets paid to go fishing and write about it. His best advice: “Press the damn send button.”
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What It's About
This government lawyer got hooked ... writing a blog and freelance articles about fishing.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1864
Welcome! Today’s episode is part of a new feature we’re doing in 2022 called ‘Your First $1,000.’ As you might surmise from the title, this is all about how someone made their first $1,000. How did they get to that point? Not their first $100,000—that’s cool, but it would probably be a long story. One thing I’ve learned is that once you begin to earn real money, the steps required to go to the next level—whether it’s $1,000 to $2,000, or even to $5,000 or $10,000 are often easier than that first real paycheck. With that in mind, today’s feature comes from Pete Robbins. We first featured him back on Episode #1550: Government Lawyer Lands Whale of a Side Gig. Pete is in fact that attorney who makes a very good second income traveling to and writing about the world of professional fishing. But what about his first $1,000—how did he make that happen, what did it feel like, and what did they learn? He’s got a story that I’m assured contains no fishing exaggeration. In fact, it involves what’s known as “The superbowl of bass fishing…” I didn’t know that existed, but now of course I’m going to try to get tickets. Listen to today's episode to learn more...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Pete for telling us about their first $1,000. I hope you found it encouraging. Check out his website and get hooked at halfpastfirstcast.com.
- Government Lawyer Lands Whale of a Side Gig: A lawyer and long-time angler turns his passion for writing about the world of professional fishing into serious money.
- British Man Earns $700/Month Writing Fish Tank Reviews: How a British man wrote a series of reviews about fish tanks and ended up building a completely passive income business as an Amazon affiliate. He now earns $700/month without doing anything for it at all.
- Fishing Charter Marketplace Hooks Clients and Guides: Two friends team up to build “Airbnb for fishing,” a marketplace of fishing trips that connects guides and clients worldwide.
