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“Everybody doesn't have the same ability, but if you have something, do it until the cows come home.”
Welcome to Throwback Thursday, where we take a look at someone whose story has evolved considerably since we first featured them.
Today we hear from Dion Lynk. We first featured him in Episode 521: Man Earns $100,000 Serving Clients on $5 Website. Dion specializes in naming businesses. If you have an idea and aren't sure what to call it, that's what he does. He started out selling jokes for $5 each on Fiverr, but he's come a long way since then.
Back in 2008, Dion started looking at how people earned money online through blogging and affiliate marketing. He launched a couple of blogs and earned some affiliate and AdSense income. When Fiverr came onto the scene, he wasn't yet confident in his design skills, so he offered jokes for $5 a pop. Then he gave design a shot, and that morphed into what he's known for now: naming things for clients all across the globe.
These days, Dion splits his time between Toronto and Washington, DC. He's focused on learning and on scaling what he's learned over the last decade. He's working on courses where he can teach and share his story, and he creates themes on Envato. His goal is to build the one theme that does for him on Envato what Fiverr did.
His biggest challenge is time. Clients need him, and he's always available. He walks around with his phone naming things and texting people. Finding time for passion projects is hard.
If you make digital assets, Envato is worth a look. It describes itself as a marketplace for digital assets such as code scripts, audio files, stock photos or video, and even 3D models. Go to author.envato.com for the side that focuses on selling. It reminds me of Creative Market, a similar platform.
Dion is a classic hustler. He works hard and experiments. Over time he specialized in the art of naming businesses and ideas, and he has a research process for it. I respect the hustle.
Thanks to Dion for sharing his updates. Want to see someone from our archive featured on a Thursday? Let me know at SideHustleSchool.com/questions.
