How to Create a $45,000.00 a Year Side-Hustle Online

Would it change your life to earn an extra $40,000 a year on a side-hustle? Today's guest has the proof that you can do it and do it will working a full-time W-2 job. MAKING MONEY BLOGGING Julie believes that people can still make money blogging and wants to help other people do it.  She has figured out the secret sauce. She first began taking monetizing her blog seriously in July of 2016.  It took her about six months to get it right; learning it all by herself by doing Google searches and trial and error. Once she had it figured out, she started to make money, slowly but surely.  Things clicked in January of 2017; that month she made $793.00. She continued at it and by December of 2018, she hit her highest month - $7,000.00! WOW!  In two years - she went from $793.00 to $7,000.00 a month.  That is almost 1000% growth. Incredible.  She also believes that blogging and making money online does not need to be icky or spammy. Her philosophy is to create content that helps people.  Doing it this way - everyone wins. One of her very first money-making posts was her tips for a Themed Wedding on a budget.  One of her biggest saves at her own wedding was to order her flowers from 50flowers.  By doing this, she paid $300 vs. the $4000.00 she would have paid with a traditional florist. In her blog, she shares her Step-by-step portrayal of her $15,000.00 budget-themed wedding.  As Game of Thrones fans, Curtis and I thought this was really cool.  ETSY STORE One of the other ways Julie has succeeding in making passive income is through her Etsy Store.  Her first ideas were for bachelorette parties and she sold temporary tattoos for the bride and her party.   She would get the tattoos from temporarytatooes.com, then resell them on Etsy.  But that became a little cumbersome and so she wanted to try printables.   Printables are PDF files that can be duplicated over and over and be downloaded thousands of time.  Skills needed:  NONE!  She says she is not creative, artsy or into bachelorette parties!  She encourages anyone with a better idea, to do it! So, if you have some fun ideas, what are you waiting for?  To promote your shop, Julie shares two secrets:  1. You need to get your first purchase and five-star review, and  2. Go after specific keywords.    JULIE'S COURSES If you are interested in one of the three courses Julie and Cody, from Fly to FI, are offering, you can sign up for them below.... AND....if you sign up with our links, you will get our new workbook, Shut Up and Budget for FREE!  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BLOGGING FOR PROFIT, CLICK HERE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ETSY DIGITAL DOWNLOADS, CLICK HERE  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FREELANCE TOOLKIT, CLICK HERE JULIE ON THE FINAL QUESTIONS:  Lessons she learned as a kid that she has carried over into FIRE journey.   Money is not finite.  It is an unlimited resource.  One money lesson she would like to pass on to her daughter:  She wants her to be resourceful and be someone who can get back up when she gets knocked down.    Favorite read:  Anything ocean-themed.  Sea books.    WHERE CAN YOU FIND JULIE:  On her podcast, The Fire Drill