Blogging: Recent Episodes
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Podcast: The Side Hustle Show (LS 64 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)
Episode: 304: The $5k a Month Part-Time Girl Scout Blog
Pub date: 2018-10-11
Jodi Carlson has been running her blog LeaderConnectingLeaders.com part-time since 2014 and has slowly built it up to $5-6k a month in revenue.
The earnings come from a combination of mostly digital product sales, as well as advertising, and affiliate relationships.
Click here to download Jodi’s top tips for growing a blog and creating digital products from this episode.
The surprising thing – to me at least – is that she’s done this in a niche that theoretically doesn’t have any money.
Her readers and customers are almost all volunteers and they’re donating their time to local non-profit groups – in this case, Girl Scout groups.
On the surface that makes it seem like it’s as tough a niche as any to tackle, which makes Jodi’s results even more impressive.
She brings more than two decades of experience in Girl Scouts to the table, as a scout, then as a troop leader, and even though the blog didn’t start out with dollar signs in mind she’s turned it into a substantial income stream.
“I actually started it to help myself, and to then help troop leaders in my community,” Jodi said.
Jodi started documenting the activities she was doing with her Scout Troops in her blog and making PDF books so she could refer to them again in the future, and shared her articles with a small circle of other leaders in her community.
It wasn’t long before Troop leaders further afield started asking for her activity books. This sparked the idea to start selling her books and growing her blog.
Tune in to hear how Jodi comes up with product ideas and prices those, how she made her first sales, how she’s grown her traffic to more than 100k pageviews a month, and income to $5k + a month – all while working full-time and raising a family.
Related: Check out my free video series on how to start a blog.
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Podcast: The Side Hustle Show (LS 64 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)
Episode: 348: Blog Coaching: Building Traffic and Income to a Brand New Site
Pub date: 2019-08-15
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Podcast: The Side Hustle Show (LS 64 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)
Episode: 353: Small Blog, Big Income: Recurring Revenue from a Low-Traffic Site
Pub date: 2019-09-19
A small blog doesn't have to mean a small income.
By helping a specific group of people solve their problems, Carol Tice has attracted more than 1500 members -- at $25 a month -- to join her community.
Note: Click here to download Carol’s top tips for starting and growing a paid membership community from this episode.
Carol went from working as a freelance writer, to coaching others how to become freelance writers, to building one of the largest online membership sites for freelance writers.
(I found Carol while doing keyword research for terms like “get paid to write” and “make money writing” – and Carol OWNS this space.)
The best part is that the paid membership model is an awesome way to build an online business, and it’s a model that can be applied to just about any niche.
It didn’t come without sacrifice for Carol, who was working full-time and had two preschoolers when she started her blog. “I didn’t see a TV show, I didn’t go out to a movie, I didn’t go to dinner parties,” Carol explained.
But with hard work, a laser-focused attitude towards her goals, and good communication with her audience, Carol has built something special for freelance writers.
Tune in to hear how Carol built her membership site from the ground up. She explains how she uses funnels to constantly bring in new members, and how she keeps members engaged (any paying) for the long-haul.
You’ll learn loads of actionable stuff, and how you can also apply the same tactics to develop a recurring revenue business of your own.
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Podcast: Side Hustle School (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: #1046 - Belgian Blogger Gets Paid to Wander Through Europe
Pub date: 2019-11-12
A Belgian travel blogger gets paid by tourism boards to visit their destinations and report back to her readers.
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Podcast: Side Hustle School (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: #1103 - Q&A: Is it still possible to profit from a blog?
Pub date: 2020-01-08
Jon is wondering if he’s missed out on the golden age of blogging. He wants to start a blog … but is it too late?
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Episode: #670 - Financial Blog Sprouts into $35,000/Month Money Tree
Pub date: 2018-11-01
A registered nurse and financial manager start a blog for millennials. After a rough beginning, they figure out their audience and go on to earn tens of thousands of dollars a month.
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Episode: #846 - New Mom Uses Pinterest to Launch Parenting Blog
Pub date: 2019-04-26
With a goal of avoiding “fluffy” content, a new mom launches a parenting blog that provides lots of detailed, practical info. In one recent month, she earned more than $1,500 from advertising and referral fees.
Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are.
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Episode: #903 - The Travel Blog That Pays for a House
Pub date: 2019-06-22
A “Digital Nomad Wannabe” goes from aspiration to vindication, earning up to $50,000/month and eventually buying a home with the proceeds from her blog.
Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchoolShow notes: SideHustleSchool.comTwitter: @chrisguillebeau
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