Filling Needs and Finding Fulfillment | How To Create and Promote Your Own Side Hustle

Today we talk with Nick Loper, creator of Side Hustle Nation (<a href="https://www.sidehustlenation.com/)" rel="noopener">https://www.sidehustlenation.com/)</a>, which is a website with resources to help you create new income streams, build your business, and escape the corporate world. We talk about how Nick decided to start his largely successful podcast, and his process of gaining a following. We discuss busybudgeter.com’s (featured on Nick’s podcast) advertising and affiliate model for audience and product-based business. We also give examples and dissect the approaches of successful service-based businesses. We talk about Nick’s current side hustles, as well as the mechanics of Nick’s podcast’s growth. Other topics include more about affiliate relationships and links, and user-friendly URL’s with Pretty Links (<a href="https://prettylinks.com/)" rel="noopener">https://prettylinks.com/)</a>.<br /><br />-Gaining a Following For Your Podcast 1:18<br />-Success Stories of Audience, Product, and Service-Based Businesses 8:44<br />-Nick’s Side Hustles, Podcast 27:04<br />-Affiliate Links 39:59<br /><br />“None of these businesses are necessarily curve-jumping, or extremely innovative. Like the question to ask might be, ‘How many dry cleaners are in your town?’ Right? If they’ve been in business for more than a year, they’re probably profitable, and it’s not some crazy, innovative business model -- they do the same thing as the guy in the next strip mall over-- but, there’s enough business to go around. And I think in the case of the blue collar services -- the yard care and stuff -- there’s a growing demand, so you’re not necessarily taking market share from somebody else. It’s just a growing pie in general.” 23:40