666: $300/hr as a Content Creator w/ No Audience Required
What if you could make $300 an hour filming short videos with your phone … and you didn’t need a single follower to get started?
That’s the side hustle Megan Collier carved out for herself with UGC (user-generated content).
Think of it as getting paid to create authentic-looking social media content for brands, even if you're not an influencer.
And she’s not alone. Brands are hungry for this stuff.
In just a couple of years, Megan built her side hustle into a six-figure income stream and quit her day job in 2023.
Let’s take a look at how she did it, and how you can, too.
Tune in to Episode 666 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
how Megan landed her first $750 UGC deal in 10 days.
the exact outreach strategies she used to book brand clients.
how she scaled to $300/hour and replaced her 9-to-5 income.
Full Show Notes: $300/hr as a Content Creator, w/ No Audience Required
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Introducing Marketing Secrets with Russell Brunson
The Marketing Secrets podcast offers a unique, behind the scenes look into the world's best sales funnels. A number of Side Hustle Show guests have recommended Russell Brunson's books and ClickFunnels software, and I hope you check out his podcast too.
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Zero to $6k a Month With a Mobile Detailing Business (Greatest Hits)
Josh Belk is a full-time college student, he works full-time in web design, and in what little spare time, he’s started a $6,000 a month mobile detailing business with his younger brother.
This idea came about when Josh connected the dots between obsession and opportunity.
On the obsession side, Josh would always see his brother out in the driveway cleaning his car.
On the opportunity side, he received an email about business ideas anyone could start, and mobile car washing was one of them.
He asked his brother if he wanted to team up to see if they could make some money cleaning cars — and with that, Belk Mobile Detailing was born.
Tune in to hear the full podcast episode to hear how the pair:
landed their first mobile detailing customers
price their service
stand out from the competition
Full Show Notes: Zero to $6k a Month With a Mobile Detailing Business
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Sponsors:
Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month!
Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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665: The Path to $1k/mo with Mini Digital Products
Cody Berman is no stranger to selling digital products.
He’s known in the side hustle world as the "printable guy" and co-founder of Gold City Ventures, but when Internet skeptics told him the Etsy market was "too saturated now" compared to when he started in 2018, Cody accepted the challenge.
And proved them wrong.
From zero to $1,000/month in 116 days with a brand-new Etsy shop, with no followers, no email list, and no marketing. Just skill and data-driven decisions.
(If you want to shortcut the learning curve, check out his course:
(sidehustlenation.com/etsyprintableslaunch)
Tune in to Episode 665 of The Side Hustle Show to learn:
how Cody launched a brand-new Etsy shop to $1K/month in just 116 days
keyword research strategy behind finding low-competition, high-demand niches
why printables aren’t just for passive income but powerful marketing tools too
Full Show Notes: The Path to $1k/mo with Mini Digital Products
New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here!
Sponsors:
Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month!
Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!
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664: The $1 Product Challenge
I can almost guarantee you've heard the phrase the "money is in the list."
And all the experts, myself included, extol the virtues of building your email list, right? Because it's the platform that you own and control.
But the question is, are you building an email list of buyers?  Subscribers are great, but you're not buying groceries on subscribers alone.
Pete Boyle is the founder of growthmodels.co and he  has a unique list-building and business-building strategy that throws free lead magnets out the window in favor of low-priced products, starting at just $1, and has seen some exciting results, including $4,000 in just 10 days.
Tune in to Episode 664 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
how a $1 product can turn cold leads into paying customers (without ads)
why low-ticket offers convert better than free lead magnets
how to stack simple offers into a $250+ funnel that leads to high-ticket sales
(Start your own $1 product experiment at growthmodels.co/dollar.)
Full Show Notes: The $1 Product Challenge
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Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month!
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OpenPhone — Streamline and scale your customer communications with Open Phone. Get 20% off your first 6 months at www.openphone.com/sidehustle.
Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
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