After School Empire: Side Hustling Tips for Teachers Who Want to Learn How to Make Extra Money

Most teachers' side hustles involve pursuits like flipping items online, providing a service like tutoring, or starting their own hot sauce brand.

Dr. Robert Stinson's side hustle involves getting hit in the face with chairs, being choke slammed through tables, and calling Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins his second boss.

In this episode, Robert talks about the ins and outs of being a good guy at school and a bad guy in the ring, the importance of work-life balance, and why so many professional wrestlers have had second lives as teachers.

To learn more about Rob "Robbie Rude" Stinson, check out @realdocstinson on social media, www.awfwow.com, or https://www.nationalwrestlingalliance.com/

Looking to start your own side hustle? Flipping shoes online is a an easy and highly profitable side hustle that anyone can start in their spare time. Check out ⁠www.afterschoolempire.com/shoes⁠ to learn more and download my free "Get or Forget" Shoe Guide.

Online courses are a fantastic side hustle for teachers. By packaging up your expertise in a given niche into an online course, teachers can make bank helping others extend their knowledge, skills, and abilities.

In today's teacher hustle spotlight, we are talking with Kendal Shipley of 36 University whose online ACT prep course went from a "get rich quick" pursuit with a colleague to a thriving online business that serves thousands of students across the country.

Learn more about 36U by going to www.36university.com

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If you're interested in taking an online course to help you with launching a side hustle, please consider my Flippin' Shoes for Teacher Hustlers course at www.afterschoolempire.com/shoes.

Most side hustlers are looking for ways to grow their impact on social media...we want more followers, more likes, more shares - and ultimately more paying customers.

However, the majority of us are using social media all wrong. We treat it like a billboard instead of a conversation. We have taken the social out of social media.

In this episode, Drew Small, owner of BRDDG, a digital marketing agency based in Nashville, Tennessee, shares organic social media growth strategies that he has used to help clients gain almost 2 million followers and over 100 million impressions in 2023 alone.

The interview is taken from a previous discussion that I had with Drew for my other podcast, The Book Your Band Podcast and has been edited (with Drew's permission) to share on After School Empire. Although the original context of our discussion was how musicians can grow their following online, the strategies discussed also apply to teacher hustlers who want to grow their reach on social media.

Follow Drew online at @itsdrewsmall on social media or at www.brddg.co

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If you haven’t signed up yet, go to www.afterschoolempire.com/goals to register for the free “Goal Setting for Teacher Hustlers” workshop!

Episode Overview: In this episode of After School Empire, Tony Neely chats with Dr. Natae Feenstra, a high school guidance counselor turned college professor, with a unique side hustle. By merging her counseling expertise with her love for running and the outdoors, Dr. Feenstra has developed a niche practice in movement-based therapy. This episode delves into her journey, the challenges she faced, and how she balances her side hustle with her full-time career and personal life.

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Most teachers start side hustles because they want to supplement their income to either relieve stress over bills that are piling up, pay for their kids' extracurriculars, save for vacation, or even to fund hobbies they feel guilty paying for out of their paychecks.

Others, however, launch side hustles as part of an exit strategy. Due to a variety of factors, we know that there's been a mass exodus of teachers leaving the career over the last few years. And today's guest is one who deuced out of the classroom after being pushed to the brink by some really toxic administrators.

After seven years in the classroom, Liz Langs decided to take her tutoring side hustle and scale it into a full-time business.

On today's episode blitz shares her story and talks the ins and outs of growing a side hustle into a second career.

You can find Liz Langs online at

Web: www.travellingtutorsofchatt.com

Socials: IG - @travellingtutorsofchatt

TikTok - @traveling.tutors

FB - https://www.facebook.com/travelingtutorsofchatt

If you haven't done so yet, be sure to follow After School Empire on TikTok at @afterschoolempire

You can also sign up for my 100% free "Goal Setting for Teacher Hustlers" workshop at www.afterschoolempire.com/goals

Few things make me truly angry...but something that absolutely gets my blood boiling is vultures preying on people in a state of desperation.

If you search "side hustles for teachers," online you will see an overwhelming number of scammers trying to loop teachers into their MLM scams.

In today's episode, I cover 5 red flags that should set off alarms in your brain telling you DANGER! DANGER!

If you only listen to one episode of this podcast, make it this one because I sincerely want you to be informed so you don't become part of the 99% of people who lose money participating in MLMs.

Want to learn the first big step in launching a successful side hustle? Sign up for my FREE "Goal Setting for Teacher Hustlers" workshop at www.afterschoolempire.com/goals

If I could describe researching a Disney vacation in one word, it would be "overwhelming."

Where resort should I book? Is a meal plan worth it? Which character dinner is best? Park hopping, After Hours events...and on and on and on.

Today's guest grew up going to Disney World and decided to combine her love for traveling and her extensive knowledge of the "house that Walt built" to launch a money making side hustle as a travel professional. More than a "travel agent", Hannah Sosebee views herself as a consultant, who offers advice, support, and expertise to minimize the stress that is a vacation at one of Orlando's famous theme parks (e.g., Disney and Universal).

In this episode, Hannah gives a peak into her world as a travel professional and shares how she balances her responsibilities between her job as an academic coach and her side hustle.

You can find Hannah online at:

https://www.roadtorelaxationtravel.com/hannah-sosobee.html

or on IG at @hannahrtrtravel

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The wedding and beauty industries do billions of dollars in revenue every year. There is a ridiculous amount of money waiting to be made in these markets if you can get your foot in the door and start building a reputation of providing high quality goods and services. As I say every week, people WANT to give you money, you just have to find a reason for them to do so...

Today's teacher hustler, Megan Howard Maynard of Megan Howard Makeup, has carved out a lucrative side hustle based around her talents as a special event makeup artist.

In this episode, she not only shares her story, but also gives a wealth of tips for any other teachers who may want to launch a side hustle in the health and beauty niche.

Be sure to check out Megan online at https://meganhowardmakeup.format.com/ and on Instagram at @meganhowardmaynard

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In today's Teacher Hustle Spotlight, we are talking to Kristen Von Glahn of Lambie Cakes Clay. During Covid, Kristen filled her boredom with a hobby that now makes her up to $2,000 per day by selling polymer clay earrings at local markets.

During our conversation, Kristen not only shares her story and process, but also discusses her goal of using her side hustle to empower and support fellow survivors of domestic violence.

Check out Kristen's awesome earrings at www.lambiecakesclay.com and on FB/IG at @lambiecakesclay

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You're already making amazing resources for your classroom...so why not sell them to other teachers?

On today's Teacher Hustle Spotlight we are talking with middle school ELA teacher, Kellsea Stafford, about her thriving side hustle selling digital products on Teachers Pay Teachers.

In this episode, she not only shares her story...but also gives some great tips to help new sellers stand out on this highly saturated platform.

Be sure to visit Kellsea's Teachers Pay Teachers page at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Mind-Hive

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