It’s time to dive into the ol’ listener mailbag and answer a few questions in this week’s edition of The Side Hustle Show.
I’ve had quite a few interesting questions come in since the last Q&A episode, and picked 20 to talk through in today’s show, including:

Let’s say you’ve got $100. How do you turn it into $200?

What's your #1 morning ritual?

Should I create a course around self-care? Am I even qualified to?

I haven't made a single sale (on Etsy) and am super demoralized. What can I do?

How hard is it to  make a website?

How do you find a "tech" person for a reasonable rate?

Why don't you use ads to monetize your website?

In starting my online business, which social media platforms should I focus on?

What side hustles do you recommend that could generate $100k a year within a year?

When you started Side Hustle Nation, how'd you get engagement from Day 1?

No one is buying my book. How can I market it?

What WordPress template do you suggest?

How do you refer to affiliate links when you haven't used the product?

How big of a content backlog do you have / should you have?

I'm a college senior interested in entrepreneurship. What do you recommend with the "real world" fast approaching?

How was your trip to Mexico? Did you feel unsafe?

How do you balance family, job, and business?

What's the goal of your local meetups?

Why'd you give away the PDF version of The Progress Journal for free?

How do you organize your side hustle financially?

Which gigs should I create first on Fiverr?

Full Show Notes:  Multiplying Money, Morning Routines, and $100k Side Hustles: 20 Questions with Nick

320: Multiplying Money, Morning Routines, and $100k Side Hustles: 20 Questions with Nick

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One of the most common questions I get is, "What if I don't have any skills? Can I still start a side hustle?"
On the one hand, I totally get that feeling.
If you're a teacher, tutoring might seem like an obvious side gig. If you're an accountant, you could freelance or start a bookkeeping business.
But not everyone's skills neatly align with a natural side hustle. So what do you do if you don't think you have any marketable skills? Is there still a path to earning extra income on the side?
Yes, there absolutely is! And that's what I'm breaking down in this post—your four options to start a profitable side hustle, even if you think you're skillless today.
Full Show Notes: What Side Hustles Can You Start if You Don't Have Any Skills?
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603: What Side Hustles Can You Start if You Don't Have Any Skills?

If you've ever thought about traveling the world while getting paid (and mingling with the rich and famous on the side), Hugo Ortega's side hustle story may appeal to you.
After spending 9 years working as a yacht crew member and captain, traveling to over 60 countries, the former engineer decided to turn his niche career experience into a fast-growing online course business—Superyacht Sunday School. 
Now, it has grown into a full-time business earning $10K/month.
(Sign up for Hugo's free superyacht training here!)
Tune into Episode 602 of The Side Hustle Show to learn:

building audiences with free valuable content

turning followers into email subscribers using lead magnets

boosting sales through live virtual trainings and webinars.

monetization models like courses, plans, and memberships.


Full Show Notes: $10k/mo On The Side Sharing What You Already Know
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602: $10k/mo On The Side Sharing What You Already Know

Austin Miller built a $1.2 million real estate portfolio at 31 years old -- for free.
He's a side hustling real estate investor specializing in "creative" financing deals -- houses he can buy without using his own money.
Austin is the author of Free Houses: How To Build Your Real Estate Investment Portfolio With No Money.
His basic strategy is this:

Find a killer deal on a house that needs some work.

Buy it with the creative financing methods Austin talks about in this episode.

Either do the work yourself or hire contractors.

Put a paying tenant in the newly rehabbed home.

Refinance the home with a traditional bank loan and pay back the original funding source.

The end game is positive monthly cash flow from rental income, plus building a long-term wealth through tenants paying off the mortgage.
Austin has developed some unique and interesting ways to hard money and private money to fund his property purchases.
The best part – it’s truly a side hustle that can be done in a few hours a week the end result is passive income from rental revenue.
Tune in to hear how Austin finds killer deals, buys the houses without risking his own capital, and then rehabs them to get ready to rent.
Full Show Notes: Free Houses: How to Build a $1 Million Real Estate Portfolio on the Side
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GH: Free Houses: How to Build a $1 Million Real Estate Portfolio on the Side

When you hear "college admissions essay consultant," you might imagine some dull, overly formal academic type.
But Carter Osborne from carterosbornetutoring.com took a pretty unconventional path to dominating this niche business.
When he started providing tutoring services on the side, he was just a "broke, desperate graduate student" in need of some extra money.
Carter actually had no formal business training. His background was in political science and public administration—so not exactly the traditional entrepreneurial breeding grounds.
Not exactly the traditional path for an entrepreneur, right?
And yet, the untraditional route Carter took allowed him to build a unique $100k consulting business, with almost all the revenue coming in just half the year.
While Carter's career path didn't seem logical as a tutor, he was about to discover an untapped market niche that was waiting to be explored.
Tune in to Episode 601 of The Side Hustle Show to learn:

How to come up with your lucrative side hustle offer

How to get your first customers

How to grow the business

How to handle the delivery logistics as a solopreneur


Full Show Notes: The $100k niche consulting business
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601: The $100k niche consulting business

Liz Wilcox found herself at a crossroads.
With a growing email list of beginners wanting to learn about email marketing, she knew she wanted to find a way to step away from client work within a couple of years.
She had just signed a huge copywriting contract worth $20,000... her biggest one yet. But instead of excitement, all she felt was dread about the massive project she now had to take on.
And as a single parent, she knew the importance of creating a business that would support her lifestyle and allow her to be present for her family.
This is where the idea of "low cost = low responsibility" appealed to her, as it would allow her to serve her audience at LizWilcox.com while maintaining a manageable workload.
So Liz had the idea to create her flagship offer The Email Marketing Membership - a set of done-for-you email newsletter templates that members could access for just $9 per month.
Tune in to Episode 600 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:

How to come up with ideas for your own recurring revenue membership

How Liz built her own email list and audience

How to improve retention and continue delivering value to members


Full Show Notes: $500k from a $9 membership
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Squarespace - Start building your professional website today!


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320: Multiplying Money, Morning Routines, and $100k Side Hustles: 20 Questions with Nick

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