WEEKLY RECAP: Pole Dancing and the Expat Life
In our sixth weekly recap, we'll highlight the lessons learned in this week of Side Hustle School. Also: we added four new stops to the Side Hustle workshop series: Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Sign up now before we sell out!
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The Vision:
A Side Hustle is a project you create to earn money apart from your day job. Ultimately it’s all about creating more freedom for yourself. Whether you hate your job and are trying to make a change, or you love your job and have no plans to leave, everyone should have more than one source of income—and that’s what a Side Hustle is all about.
No one will ever care about your career and wellbeing as much as you—you need to create your own security—and that’s what a hustle will allow you to do.
The whole point of the show is to guide you along the way of starting that first—or second, or fifth hustle.
Listener Q&A
Our listener questions for this week come to us from Jen McGuire and Ben Kapoor:
- Jen is considering starting a side hustle of her very own, but she's not sure that she'd want to go it alone. A few recent episodes have featured partner hustles (See Ep. 16, for example). If you're like Jen and are considering starting something up with a friend, there are three things you should do: 1) Have a written agreement, 2) Pick partners with different strengths as you, and 3) Divide areas of responsibility.
- Way back in Ep. 2, we featured Max Robinson and his side hustle, Fish Tank Bank. This quirky, little blog reviews fish tanks and includes affiliate links to Amazon for each. Despite not having to invest much time in it, Max has been able to consistently bring in $700/month in passive income. After listening to this episode, Ben began to wonder why a site that wasn't in the top four on Google would be so successful when companies like Ebay and Amazon exist, but a large part of Max's success is the result of his ability to think like his customers. This is a good rule of thumb no matter which direction you take with your side hustle!
Listen to the Weekly Recap for a more comprehensive look at this week's Listener Q&A! Also, if you have a question you'd like answered, send me a voice message. Your question may be featured on the show!
Highlights From This Week
Here are some quick highlights for each episode this week. Listen to this week's recap for a more comprehensive highlight reel!
- Ep. 36 - Sarah was able to grow her pole dancing fitness side hustle to four locations and a six-figure income within six years. Great success story!
- Ep. 37 - After living for years overseas with his family, Jeff received a lot of question from people looking to do something similar. When he realized there was a need for information, he figured out a way to monetize it.
- Ep. 38 - Sheila's side hustle is both a product and a service, and it's a good example of combining different approaches.
- Ep. 39 - Ian's side hustle provides us with an early look at SaaS (software as a service) and recurring revenue.
- Ep. 40 - A marriage counselor tends to work with couples experiencing difficulty. A wedding officiant tends to work with couples who are very excited about beginning a new life together. Jeffrey, a trained psychotherapist, found a way to experience both roles once he started his officiant hustle.
- Ep. 41 - A fun story of a physical product: a work of art that is marketed to new parents and expectant parents.
