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Flight Attendant Gets Paid to Help Kids Learn About the World

What It’s About

A flight attendant uses her day job to take the Tooth Fairy international!

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Words of Wisdom

Tiffany recommends that other first-time side hustlers be as active as possible in local meet-ups and networking events. These have helped her both in brainstorming product enhancements and in getting the word out with limited marketing.

Passport4Change’s products are currently only sold online; they won’t work in the ultra-competitive retail space just yet, as she’d need a much larger budget to occupy the shelf space and marketing required to garner enough attention to make it worthwhile.

Fun Fact

While the specific concept of a fairy is recent, cultures around the world have been commemorating lost baby teeth for hundreds of years.

In the 13th century, Islamic scholar Ibn Abi el-Hadid referenced the Middle Eastern tradition of throwing a baby tooth into the sky (or “to the sun”) and praying for a better tooth to replace it.

Notes from Chris

Episode 480

Tiffany Reimer is a globetrotting flight attendant, with a side hustle featuring a character well known to many of us: the Tooth Fairy. Except hers is likely a much more well-traveled version than the one you and I grew up with.

Tiffany explains that the inspiration for her side hustle, Passport4Change, arose when she asked her niece a simple question. “If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?” –and the then five-year-old enthusiastically responded, “Target!” (Yep, she was referring to the big-box department store.)

This wasn’t just a red flag; it was a sign that there are likely a lot of other kids out there whose worlds could be bigger, and who could benefit from learning a thing or two about other cultures. So she decided to create a product that parents and kids both love: the concept of a passport-bearing Tooth Fairy who leaves coins from all over the world. Kids get a map that they use to check off countries where their Tooth Fairy has traveled and a passport for their special coins.

Every time Tiffany travels to a new country—and she’s so far logged an impressive catalog of 50 of them—she goes out of her way to collect more coins. She’s not alone in her quest, though: Tiffany’s husband, a pilot, is her biggest supporter, and a more than willing travel partner. It’s been an adventure for them both that has involved a lot of fascinating research along the way.

Tiffany says that Passport4Change is delivering more than cash; each coin sparks kids’ interest in different parts of the world, potentially opening a dialogue about different cultures, time zones, languages, superstitions, inventions, indigenous animals, and traditions. Or, you know, what the best airline lounge is!

For Passport4Change, Tiffany sourced product names from her day job in the airline industry. Currently, the best-selling kit is The First Class Kit. It comes with a random assortment of 20 coins that typically include currencies from countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Tiffany has also had a few parents request coins from countries that are special to them, like where they honeymooned, or where their relatives or ancestors came from.

In 2016, the U.S. national average that the Tooth Fairy left kids was $4.66. (Too bad adults don’t have baby teeth, am I right?) At Passport4Change, Tiffany sells individual coins for $4.95 each in addition to the expanded kits. Naturally, the coins do not cost nearly that much to acquire, in fact, they cost very little. With a solid margin, this already sounds like a lucrative venture, but Tiffany’s startup costs to produce the maps, passports, and a website were $5,000.

Still, she’s been able to grow the business primarily through word-of-mouth and is now bringing in $2,500 in monthly profit.

It’s pocket change that creates real change in the hearts and minds of families. Tiffany understands this intimately; before becoming a flight attendant, she was working a 9-to-5 job at a bank. After leaving, she hasn’t looked back, and her world has definitely expanded.

When Tiffany looks at the map she and her husband have at home that has pins for every country they’ve visited, she’s excited to fill in the spaces. And she’s betting that because of Passport4Change, there will be a new generation excited to do the same.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Passport4Change: Take your child’s imagination on an adventure around our world. Learn more about what Tiffany is doing over on her website!

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Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

Create your online store with Shopify using an exclusive discount for Side Hustle School listeners. For a limited time, get a free 21-day trial and a 10% discount for a whole year.

Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

GET YOUR FIRST 1,000 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

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Quote of the Day
"I grew up being told we are all equal and the same, but my travels showed me that we should celebrate our differences! Something like this could really change the way kids view others who may look different than themselves."
—Tiffany Reimer #SideHustleSchool

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23-Year-Old College Student Uses “Sweatcoin” App to Earn $2,000/Month

What It’s About

After finding success on his own, a student in the U.K. launches a side hustle as a fitness coach showing his tried and true methods to others.

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Words of Wisdom

If you’re looking to start a side hustle as a fitness coach, you will want to start by making sure that you know what you’re doing. Sometimes it’s helpful when you’re first getting started out by offering your services for free before you start charging. If you learn first, you most definitely will earn later.

Fun Fact

Oliver’s strategy has been based on giving. He was the first to give away a free training program on the popular health and fitness app, Sweatcoin. He also regularly gives free information and content on his Instagram page. He has never asked for anything, but he has received more than his fair share in return.

Notes from Chris

Episode 479

After making several mistakes working out in the gym, 23-year-old Oliver Anwar realized that the training plans provided by professional fitness competitors were unsuited for the average person. He would train in the gym with high reps and low weights but found that he wasn’t building enough muscle.

The mediocre results were discouraging, but they forced Oliver to conduct his own research and learn more about the science behind nutrition and training. Oliver saw better results in the next year than he ever did in the past three chasing fads. This led him to realized that even though the fitness and nutrition world was crowded, he had something unique to offer—after all, he had proven that his plans worked.

With the encouragement of some friends, Oliver decided to start an online fitness coaching business and called it Ro Anwar Fitness.

Considering that Oliver’s startup costs were just web hosting and a website theme which set him back by only $100, it’s an understatement to say that Oliver has made his investment back several times over. Today, Oliver makes up to $2,000/month, which is a comfortable amount for a university student. He’s also been featured by his university for his entrepreneurship and has managed to land public speaking gigs. The side hustle has also helped him land a part-time job at a startup.

There’s no doubt that the skills he’s building are valuable, and so are the 17 pounds of muscle and the $2,000 a month.

It paid off almost right away. Within two hours of launching his website using Shopify, Oliver received a Paypal email notifying him that someone had bought one of his coaching packages. He hadn’t done any marketing or promotion at that point in time, but only shared his website on social media, so this was a true shocker. Oliver recalls that he was so overcome with joy that he rushed downstairs immediately to tell his Mom about his first sale. This moment of validation told Oliver that his business could actually work.

Oliver never stopped working on his business after that. Besides offering coaching, he also published a range of meal plans. Due to his bad experience following generic plans previously, Oliver decided that he would offer only personalized plans. This was something that most trainers were unwilling to do since it didn’t necessarily scale well. But to Oliver, this was a chance to stand out in that crowded health and fitness niche.

Today, Oliver makes up to $2,000/month, which is a comfortable amount for a university student. He’s also been featured by his university for his entrepreneurship and has managed to land public speaking gigs. The side hustle has also helped him land a part-time job at a startup.

There’s no doubt that the skills he’s building are valuable, and so are the 17 pounds of muscle and the $2,000 a month.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Ro Anwar Fitness: If you’re interested in learning more about Oliver’s success, check out his website
  • Sweatcoin: The fitness app that helped to put Oliver on the map
  • Shopify: Oliver used Shopify to set up his store for Ro Anwar Fitness, and they’re offering a 21-day trial and exclusive discount for all Side Hustle School listeners!

SEE ALSO:

 

Inspiration is good; inspiration combined with action is better. Now get back to work!

Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

GET $625 IN FREE TRAVEL

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CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

Create your online store with Shopify using an exclusive discount for Side Hustle School listeners. For a limited time, get a free 21-day trial and a 10% discount for a whole year.

Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

Quote of the Day
"I’ve found that the key to success is to persist and persevere. Once people start to recognize you and see the potential in your side hustle, opportunities begin to open up and it becomes clear why you started the business in the first place."
—Oliver Anwar #SideHustleSchool

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Gmail Tool Generates $1 Million a Year

What It’s About

A web developer builds a Gmail extension to help businesses reach their audience.

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Words of Wisdom

Ajay was smart in the way that he set up his recurring revenue pricing. I’ve used another tool that I like, but it has a one-off license fee. Assuming that most people continue to use the tool, obviously, it’s better for them to continue paying for it—which is what happens the way he’s set it up.

And if you really want to up the ante, provide your customers or clients with options at differing rates!

Fun Fact

Last year, GMass became one of the first email marketing service providers, and one of the first SaaS companies in existence, to accept Bitcoin. When we asked Ajay about it, he said there are several factors that went into their decision:

First, they believe in the concept behind Bitcoin and want to support the Bitcoin movement. Secondly, users in certain countries have lamented that neither credit cards nor PayPal were available to them to pay for software services. And finally, the transaction fees for accepting Bitcoin are far less than the transaction fees for accepting credit cards and PayPal payments, allowing Ajay to keep a greater portion of the customer payment.

Notes from Chris

Episode 478

Web developer Ajay Goel was working a new business, but he hit a major roadblock. He was creating a service called Wordzen where people could get their emails proofread and edited, and Ajay wanted to build a team of editors. But he found keeping in touch with them and sending email “blasts” to people in his contacts was hard.

When he needed to create a new email chain in Gmail, he’d have to search through his database every time. Which, for someone who had spent the last fifteen years of his career building email marketing software, was quite tedious and frustrating.

Ajay felt there had to be a better way to do this. So, using his experience as a web developer, he decided he would create something to make life easier for himself and just maybe others as well.

Ajay admits the timing was fortuitous. As he became aware of this problem, Google had just released the API for Gmail, which is a fancy way of saying developers could now access the right code and build third-party apps to integrate with their email service. This made the job of creating the tool much, much easier.

While creating the tool, Ajay focused on keeping everything as simple as possible. He just wanted to be able to send mass email through Gmail, so he didn’t aim to add any extra features that would add time to the creation of the tool. He knew what his problem was, and he knew how to solve it. This clarity of vision allowed him to use his time wisely and efficiently.

When his tool was complete, Ajay called it GMass and sent it out to some of his friends. He didn’t think much about the commercial value of the tool a first. That is until everyone came back to him with really positive feedback. All of his friends loved the GMass tool and wanted to know if they could pass it on to their friends.

Some smart choices regarding price points and marketing tactics came together to help GMass generate extremely high levels of revenue. How high? As of 2018, GMass now makes over $1 million in annual revenue. This is all from a simple Google plugin that initially began with only one feature.

And he’s not the only one experiencing great results—a lot of his users have written in to tell Ajay how his extension has helped them succeed in their goals as well. One user credits it with helping him not only fully fund his Kickstarter campaign, but with getting him to almost 3x his initial goal amount. Another user used GMass to get more than 100 Amazon reviews as a first-time author!

Looking to the future, Ajay wants to keep creating more and developing the tool. Although he makes such great revenue from this, Ajay will continue to work on his main project, Wordzen and run GMass on the side. Of course, if he ever wants to do something different, he has the freedom and the opportunity to do so.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • GMass: Check out Ajay’s website if you’re looking to soup up your email marketing strategy!
  • Wordzen: The service that Ajay created that helps people get their emails proofread and edited
  • Amazon Web Services: The platform that Ajay used to create his website for GMass
  • Gmail’s API: The “available to the public” API that Gmail released prior to Ajay starting GMass

SEE ALSO:

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Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

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Quote of the Day
"When in doubt, solve a problem that you’re experiencing yourself."
—Ajay Goel #SideHustleSchool

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau

Weekly Recap: What Kind of Side Business Is Best FOR YOU?

Notes from Chris

Episode 477

THEMES & TAKEAWAYS:

In today’s recap, I talk about “what kind of side business is best for you”—a question that comes up pretty much every day, in so many different ways. To illustrate this, we’ll use three episodes from this week. Each of these stories is highly successful, but they’re all very different from one another—both in topics and models. While it may not be obvious to everyone, the model you choose is just as important when making side hustle decisions as the topic.

Listen to the Weekly Recap to learn more!

LISTENER UPDATES + QUESTIONS:

This week, we received a listener email from a side hustler whose name I’ve retracted since the topic of his question is rather personal:

  • Anonymous: “Your work has been very inspirational and motivational. I am currently in a dilemma, and in the absence of a mentor who can give me advice, I am writing to you with the hope that you can help me.I do not want to waste your time with my life story; the situation is that I left my full-time job to pursue a passion project, which failed. I’ve almost run out of my savings and my old job is no longer available. It’s been tough getting a new job too. While I’m thinking of continuing my job hunt to pay the bills, I also keep thinking if I should give my passion project a few more tries before calling it quits altogether.

    Your advice on having a side hustle is of course, on the back of my mind, but in my situation, would you recommend having a regular job and a side hustle or is it better to pursue my passion full-time?

    Thanks for all the work you do to help people across the world.”

I think that this is a relevant topic that a lot of Side Hustle School listeners struggle with. If you find yourself in this camp, listen to today’s Weekly Recap to hear my thoughts on what to do when things don’t quite go as planned.

If you have something you’d like to ask me or an update you’d like to share, I’d love to hear from you. Leave me a voice message on the website or call into the Side Hustle Hotline (Dial 844-9-HUSTLE // 844-948-7853), and your question may be featured on the show!

EPISODES FROM THIS WEEK:

Here’s what we heard this week on Side Hustle School! Listen to this week’s recap for a more comprehensive highlight reel.

  • Ep. 471 – A Pennsylvania couple turns a difference in home decorating taste into a bustling business, complete with mounted unicorn heads for your next remodel
  • Ep. 472 – A contest idea turns into a restaurant recommending algorithm, earning its creator an extra $50,000/year
  • Ep. 473 – A new resident of Charleston, South Carolina pursues a passion for watercolor print design. She ends up creating a stationery brand of prints, cards, mugs, and notebooks inspired by the coastal lifestyle
  • Ep. 474 – A construction engineer discovers how much energy is wasted by attics, creates a simple product that saves homeowners money, and builds a side hustle that earns more than two million dollars a year
  • Ep. 475 – A longtime side hustler develops a new tool that helps his clients optimize their business tasks
  • Ep. 476 – It started as a hobby when he was four years old. It’s now a profitable passion project for an Atlanta chess guru

Inspiration is good; inspiration combined with action is better. Now get back to work!

Yours in the revolution,

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Join me at the World Domination Summit!

Have you heard of the World Domination Summit? This is a gathering of awesome people—an event that I’ve been hosting together with an amazing team in Portland, OR every summer for the past eight years.

WDS 2018 is coming up at the end of June (June 26th-July 2nd), and we’ll be welcoming people from over 30 different countries. With inspiring keynote speakers, a week full of activities and attendee-led meetups, and two incredible parties, you won’t want to miss it!

This is our final wave of main stage tickets so visit our website to get your ticket to this incredible, once a year event! We promise that it’s unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.

Here’s what’s coming up next…

Each week I’ll feature more stories from people who are starting side hustles without quitting their job. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming next week:

  • After looking for a way to send mass emails by Gmail, this web developer stumbles on more than a million dollars a year in recurring revenue
  • A man in Australia spends a year eating nothing but potatoes to conquer his food addiction. Along the way, he loses 121 pounds and gains a $1,500 a month side hustle
  • And so much more!

Do you have a side hustle story you’d like to share? Fill out the Side Hustle School submission form and your story may be featured on the show!

Also, if you’re interested in joining the Side Hustle Society, visit our Society page to get notified when it goes live!

Resources

GET $625 IN FREE TRAVEL

Earn 50,000 travel rewards points (enough for 2 round-trip plane tickets or $625 in travel credit). You'll also earn 2x points on all travel and dining spend, with zero foreign transaction fees.

I use this card every day all over the world! ✈️ Learn More

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

Create your online store with Shopify using an exclusive discount for Side Hustle School listeners. For a limited time, get a free 21-day trial and a 10% discount for a whole year.

Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

Quote of the Day
"When you’re desperate, it’s hard to make good long-term decisions. Solve your immediate problems first."
—#SideHustleSchool

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau

Atlanta Chess Champ Finds Checkmate With Tutoring Side Hustle

What It’s About

A chess master helps others make the cut.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Beyond emails, Xiao says one-on-one networking has been a great way to build his business. Also, partnering with professional chess coaches on events like Chess Camps and writing for well-known industry sites like Chess Summit.

Fun Fact

About 200 million people play chess online in the world. Whereas only 2 million people play chess in person competitively. Xiao knew the market to tap, thus wanting to bring e-learning into his business plan.

Notes from Chris

Episode 476

What were you into when you were four years old? Well, Xiao (pronounced “shi-how”) Cheng fell in love with the game of chess at four and by six years old, he knew it was something he wanted to take seriously. Really seriously.

Where did Xiao acquire this love of the game? It started from his first chess mentor, his Mom. She taught him the basics, knighting in him the love of the game early on. Then as he grew up, Xiao took it to the next level with the guidance of professional chess coaches. This led him to top rankings in many chess tournaments, including first place in the Georgia State Championship.

What’s just as impressive is Xiao’s ability to turn this life-long interest into a successful side hustle called Chess 1000. 1000 not only references the chess rating that he helps his students achieve and advance beyond. But by a happy coincidence that his side hustle currently brings in an extra $1.000 a month. And by the way, you’re probably wondering what Xiao’s chess rating is: 2300. (Below 1200 is a novice, 2700 is a World Championship Grandmaster contender).

Chess 1000 is really built around Xiao’s chess tutoring business, one that he started after college. He found teaching chess was a nice complement to his full-time gig. Plus, he got to play a game he loved.

90% of his current student base came from simply talking to parents at different tournaments, and most of his students are school-aged kids. His lessons range from in person, one-on-one tutoring to virtual, using an online chess platform and Skype to teach. He personalizes every session based on the student, teaching them different tactics, how to work to checkmate, finish off opponents, or new patterns to get more pieces. All to work towards that 1000 rating goal.

What’s next for Xiao and Chess 1000? He wants to create online courses. Since he only has weekends and weeknights to dedicate to his side hustle, building a more online business will really help him efficiently scale… perhaps play a more offensive position. Taking the materials and techniques he teaches one-one-one and bringing it to a wider audience of aspiring grandmasters.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Chess 1000: Dominate at your next chess tournament—learn more over on Xiao’s website!
  • WordPress: Xiao used WordPress to setup Chess 1000, and here you can learn how to install your own WordPress site in 5 minutes
  • HostGator: The company that Xiao used to host his website
  • MailChimp: The email marketing platform that Xiao used to connect with those who signed up for his coaching sessions

 

SEE ALSO:

Inspiration is good; inspiration combined with action is better. Now get back to work!

Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

Create your online store with Shopify using an exclusive discount for Side Hustle School listeners. For a limited time, get a free 21-day trial and a 10% discount for a whole year.

Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

GET YOUR FIRST 1,000 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

Social media is nice, but building an email list is still the single best way to get customers and clients for your hustle. It's not hard to get started—sign up for a 30-day trial and join the list-building challenge! You’ll be up and running in no time. Learn More

Quote of the Day
"My favorite part about my experience is helping students get excited about the world of chess. Start with 2-3 students locally or online and then go from there."
—Xiao Cheng #SideHustleSchool

Sponsors & Gratitude

FIND LOVE WITH EHARMONY

This week, Side Hustle School is brought to you by eHarmony. eHarmony is built to help you find lasting, meaningful relationships. 💕

Right now, Side Hustle School listeners can get a free month with eHarmony when they sign up for a 3-month subscription! Enter my code HUSTLE at checkout. Stop waiting and start your journey to a love-filled, compatible relationship! Sign Up Here!

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau

Serial Business Builder Creates Digital Checklist Tool

What It’s About

A serial side hustler creates a digital checklist to fast-track business training.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

If you’re someone who wants to start down the side hustle path, Chris recommends testing before investing. He would see time and time again clients coming up with really complex app ideas meant to solve a certain business problem. But before he would recommend they invest, they’d test a workflow of the concept using something inexpensive like index cards.

And you won’t believe how something so simple can reveal deal-breaking issues, thus saving so much time and money before building an app they didn’t need.

Fun Fact

Chris is what we like to call a “serial side hustler.” Before Trainual, he started six other projects including an organic shade-grown coffee imported from an entrepreneurship school in Honduras, a graduation video filming service called Happy Grads, an aerial videography service for auto dealerships using drones, and a side hustle selling guidebooks!

Notes from Chris

Episode 475

As side hustlers, we’ve all been there. A brilliant business idea pops into your head that you know could be a success if you could just pull it together. But all it really leads to are more questions than answers. This is what Chris Ronzio’s side hustle is all about. Getting your business out of your brain.

Chris, a former full-time consultant, was in the business of helping companies build systems and processes to improve their operational efficiency. Inspired by his professional experience and empowered by his side hustle stamina, he decided to launch Trainual.

Trainual, Chris defines as “the easiest way to organize how you do what you do.” This web app helps business owners build a how-to guide on how to run and organize their business. Imagine every role, responsibility, process, policy, and procedure within your company outlined in one simple spot.

During his day job as a consultant, Chris realized that there was one thing he kept seeing business owners struggle with over and over again. Not having a good system for putting their business on paper that other employees could reference to hit the ground running.

Say a new employee is hired at your organization. How do you get them up to speed on your business quickly and effectively? In Chris’ mind, so much of a new hire’s success within any company is about giving them the right tools and information to do their job. This is where Trainual comes into play. You could introduce them to your business using the web app so that they feel empowered and invested in every aspect of their day-to-day.

Once the digital product was developed, Chris focused on finding his audience. He reached out to the companies he had been working with already and offered lifetime access to Trainual for a thousand dollars. And four of them said yes which was totally awesome, but he was really hoping that 50 would. At the time, he didn’t know much about preparing for an online product launch, so while he did celebrate the validation of his idea, it wasn’t like the first few dollars he had made from his first business at 14, when he tried to swim in a few hundred bucks like Scrooge McDuck.

But before he knew it, six more businesses had signed up. What was surprising about that though was that some of the sign-ups came from outside of his network. That meant the word was spreading!

For the first few years with his investment in time being super slim, Trainual profits grew from about $300 per month to $2,000 per month after minor site hosting expenses. Once profits were able to cover his mortgage for a couple of years, Chris decided that it was truly time for celebration. Since December, his profits are up to $4,400 per month. He’s been able to triple their customer base over the last two months and now has users from 22 countries. Now that’s a side hustle success story!

In the immediate future, Chris is focusing on making Trainual the premier product for all businesses to document how their company works. His biggest challenge now is the same one that many of us have—too many projects! Fortunately, he’s got a checklist to help him keep up.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Trainual: Streamline your business’ training procedures—learn more on Chris’ website!
  • Evernote & OmniFocus: Some of the different organizational tools I use to organize my tasks and goals

SEE ALSO:

Inspiration is good; inspiration combined with action is better. Now get back to work!

Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

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Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

GET YOUR FIRST 1,000 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

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Quote of the Day
"All of the income from my day job was a direct result of the time I spent physically working, but it didn’t leave much security for my family if something happened. Knowing that the mortgage would be covered for at least a couple years was a really great feeling."
—Chris Ronzio #SideHustleSchool

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Engineer Turns Home Energy Problem Into 15-Year, Million-Dollar Side Hustle

What It’s About

When the attic gets drafty, this engineer gets to building and creates a million-dollar side hustle in the process!

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Using feedback he’d received from customers, Mark created a handful of other energy-saving products. To this day, products that come from direct feedback are Battic Door’s best sellers.

Not sure how to expand your product line? Ask your customers—they’ll be sure to tell you what they want!

Fun Fact

Believe it or not, the Battic Door website starting generating sales from Day 1. Mark had no idea how people were hearing about it without him doing any marketing, but he went with it anyway.

Notes from Chris

Episode 474

Let’s take a trip back in time: The year is 2002. The internet is nothing like it is today. E-commerce is really just starting to get off the ground. And Mark Tyrol is a construction engineer. He tests and certifies building materials—and he loves it. But there’s something he doesn’t love, a problem he sees all the time.

Attics.

They’re never sealed properly, they always let in air from the outside, and they tend to cost homeowners hundreds of dollars per year in lost energy from heat or air conditioning… even if they don’t realize it.

Mark’s own attic wasn’t any different—and it really bothered him. So, one weekend, he created a foam cover for his attic stairs that would provide at least some level of insulation. Almost overnight, his electricity bill went down. It was so simple, yet so effective, and he knew he had landed on something that others would want.

So Mark started working on a website during nights and weekends. He wasn’t sure it would work—he was far more of a technical guy than a marketing one—but he figured it was worth a shot.

Being a construction engineer who dealt with materials on a daily basis, Mark had a pretty good idea of where to look to find a manufacturer for his product. He talked to a few in his area and signed an agreement with one: $5,000 for the first batch of product.

In late 2002, Mark launched his website (yep, 15 years ago) and new side hustle: Battic Door. The only product was his Attic Stair Cover, priced at just over $100. Mark called his friends, emailed the link to his coworkers, but really didn’t really do much else to market—largely because he didn’t know how.

And yet, somehow, Battic Door received its first sale that same day. Mark doesn’t really know how, but for the next several weeks he actually had a fairly steady stream of roughly 3-4 sales per week.

By the end of his second year, Mark was generating roughly $50,000 in sales annually. Using feedback he’d received from customers and fellow engineers, he’d created a handful of other energy-saving products. These products included a draft stopper for your chimney, shutter seals and covers, and even some energy efficient pet doors!

By the end of “Year 4,” Battic Door was generating over $200,000 annually. In 2012, after ten years in business, Battic Door had its first $1,000,000 year. In 2016, the business had its first $2,000,000 year—and sales have hovered around there ever since. But despite the growth, Mark never left his engineer day job. He loves it.

The year is now 2018. The internet is used around the world. E-commerce has spread far beyond what most people could have imagined. And Mark Tyrol is still an engineer—still, but probably not for long. He’s beginning to crave more time with his wife and kids—and, thanks to Battic Door, early retirement from his day job is now on the horizon.

 

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Battic Door: Leave drafty attics and windows in the past where they belong—get your upgrade over on Mark’s website!

SEE ALSO:

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Resources

GET $625 IN FREE TRAVEL

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Quote of the Day
"You don’t have to start a side hustle with the intention of making it your full-time gig—don’t let the side hustle goals of others dictate your own. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying your day job and saving up for an early retirement!"
—Mark Tyrol #SideHustleSchool

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South Carolina Transplant Creates Watercolor Stationery Brand

What It’s About

When she leaves her old life behind, this designer turns to watercolors to fill her time…and her wallet.

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Renee is an avid believer that if you write out your goals, you’re more likely to make those goals happen. She sets daily goals for herself because she firmly believes that it’s good to look at tasks from a day to day perspective and it’s satisfying to check things off as she goes. It’s an added boost of accomplishment!

Fortunately, she has plenty of paper to write down her goals.

Fun Fact

Renee’s first sale was actually from a neighbor. She had no idea he knew about her, and he had no idea he was buying from her! She refunded the shipping and personally delivered his order to him.

He was a little confused at first, but they had a good laugh about it and he and his wife are still customers of hers today.

Notes from Chris

Episode 473

Renee Gutzwiller has always had a bit of a creative streak, and these urges were heartily encouraged by the creative role models she had growing up. Her mother was a full-time photographer, and her grandmother had been a seamstress. Paired with the business acumen of her entrepreneurially inclined father, Renee was on the fast track to learning how to pursue a creative career.

Renee went on to get a Master’s degree in Design Management and landed a role as a User Experience Designer for a tech company in Charleston, South Carolina. But despite the creative elements of her day job, Renee realized that she still wanted more. She fell in love with watercolors, and she started filling her home with her works of art.

The move to Charleston brought many changes. Far away from her friends and daily routine, she found that she needed something a little more substantial to fill her free time. What she needed was a side hustle.

Inspired by the beauty of this old coastal city and its influx of tourists, Renee decided to start painting watercolors of the area and selling them to visitors eager for a keepsake to take home with them. She called her company Island Haus Paperie, and decided to start selling her watercolors in the form of prints, cards, notepads, and of course, stationery.

When she first got started, she sold her products in person at market events and on her website, but these days you can find her products in 10 different stores, 8 of which are located in Charleston.

So far she’s selling around $1,000 each month in product, and after her printing expenses, Renee clears approximately $700 each month. Her profit increases each month because she’s starting to print larger quantities, which makes her printing cost go down tremendously. She has a lot of plans up her sleeve, and this is one side hustle that she won’t be watering down.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

SEE ALSO:

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Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

Create your online store with Shopify using an exclusive discount for Side Hustle School listeners. For a limited time, get a free 21-day trial and a 10% discount for a whole year.

Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

GET YOUR FIRST 1,000 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS

Social media is nice, but building an email list is still the single best way to get customers and clients for your hustle. It's not hard to get started—sign up for a 30-day trial and join the list-building challenge! You’ll be up and running in no time. Learn More

Quote of the Day
"Let go of things that you don’t excel in. You don’t need to be everywhere, and you don’t need to make your product bend to every style. Do what you do best!"
—Renee Gutzwiller #SideHustleSchool

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Chris Guillebeau

“Netflix of Restaurants” Side Hustle Earns $50,000/Year

What It’s About

A self-proclaimed nerd at heart makes $50,000/year answering the most important question of all—”what’s for dinner?”

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Think about your skills and your personality—what are you good at? What do you enjoy doing? For example, this is a good side hustle for someone interested in data who maybe isn’t thrilled with the thought of interacting with people. With this web app, you never really have to talk to anyone with this kind of project. You have no clients, and you don’t even need to interact with most (if any) of the people who come to the website.

There really is something out there for everyone!

Fun Fact

What’s the equivalent of the Oscars, but for restaurants? The Michelin Star. It is given to restaurants who, according to anonymous ‘inspectors,’ have created dishes that are high-quality, skillfully prepared, creative, and offer good value. The Stars were originally launched by—you guessed it—the tire company, as part of their city guides. The restaurant section was the most well-received, and the Stars have since become the highest standard for chefs to aspire to.

Notes from Chris

Episode 472

Nobody likes going into a restaurant without having some idea of what to expect. And being the person that recommended a new restaurant is like playing with fire. It could go very well… but it could also burn you. And that was a risk that Mike Van Heyde, a product manager based in Austin, Texas, got tired of taking.

Mike is a self-described “nerd at heart” who was well-versed in application algorithms. So, when Netflix launched a contest that asked people to predict the rating their 2.5 million customers would leave 100 million movies, Mike was intrigued by the challenge. The prize was for $1 million… if you could beat their algorithm by at least 10%.

Mike had a firm grasp on computer algorithms. He didn’t know much about building a recommendation system, but he didn’t let that deter him from the potentially huge winnings. Since Netflix had set up a forum for the competition, Mike found himself doing lots of research into how to begin building this kind of system. He fancied himself a “complete novice” when it came to executing his idea, so he saw immense benefit in watching people with more experience discuss their problems and process.

Although Mike didn’t win the Netflix challenge, he did come up with a flexible algorithm that he could use for other occasions. This gave him his big idea: If people could have restaurants recommended to them in the same way that Netflix recommends movies, then the entire process (and deliberation) would be simplified. So, Mike spent a day building a simple prototype to test how his algorithm responded to the restaurants he already knew he liked, and the ones he knew he wanted to go to. A few tweaks here, a little adjustment there, and one application later… Foodio54 was the life of the party.

The algorithm was complex, but the concept was simple: Users would rate a few restaurants and Foodio would learn about their tastes and suggest places they might like.

Traffic to the site slowly began to grow through word of mouth and recommendations, but Mike kept it completely non-commercial for the first year. The easiest way to help Foodio grow was through advertising, and he was hesitant to put ads on his website in case it make the site look unprofessional. But, a year into his Foodio side hustle, he decided that he was “ready enough” and turned on Google AdSense—a platform that allows owners earn money through targeted ads placed on their site.

It was almost immediately profitable. Since then, Mike’s revenue has averaged $50,000 a year… and nearly hit $100,000 in annual revenue, twice. By early 2011, the traffic to Foodio was growing so quickly that Mike was considering quitting his day job and making his side hustle his full-time job. But then…disaster struck.

It turned out that Google updated their guidelines overnight and launched an important update which changed how they showed websites in their rankings. Traffic had declined by 75% in one day. Foodio was squashed like an overripe avocado.

Mike realized he’d made a critical mistake. He had focused on a recommendation algorithm that depended on ratings, making reviews and other content secondary.

The road to recovery took months, but he slowly and steadily built back Foodie54’s prominence. Before the crash, he was on track to earning $100,000 in a single year, and he hasn’t recovered to that point yet, but he’s still hovering comfortably at around $50,000/year.

The project remains a side hustle. Mike believes that the skills he’s gained would have been unlikely working for someone else would have been unlikely. He stills hope to one day be self-employed, and one of his next steps is to grow the Foodie54 site into a standalone phone application. But for now, he’s happy and comfortable, and the world is his self-recommending oyster.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Foodio54.com: Are bad recommendations causing you to lose your appetite? Check out Mike’s app over on his website and never go hungry again!
  • Google Adsense: Mike decided to try and monetize his web app using click through ads via Google Adsense

SEE ALSO:

 

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Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

GET $625 IN FREE TRAVEL

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CREATE YOUR ONLINE STORE

Create your online store with Shopify using an exclusive discount for Side Hustle School listeners. For a limited time, get a free 21-day trial and a 10% discount for a whole year.

Many Side Hustle School listeners are building sites using Shopify's easy-to-learn platform. Try it free today! Learn More

Quote of the Day
"I once took 38 days off from my day job and traveled on a 19,000 mile road trip. I drove through 48 states and flew to Alaska and Hawaii. Along the way I had Foodio54 recommend me a restaurant in every state. I’ve never been so well fed!"
—Mike Van Heyde #SideHustleSchool

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FIND LOVE WITH EHARMONY

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau

Faux Taxidermy Turns Heads on Home Decor

What It’s About

This family-run faux taxidermy side hustle really turns heads!

[podcast_details]

Words of Wisdom

Lindsay credits their success to the fact that since this was a side hustle for them, they were able to take it slow. They were able to test the waters before they dove in and made huge investments that may not have paid off.

Fun Fact

We asked Lindsay if she had any memorable customized orders and she said that they once were asked to create a human skull with fangs and a unicorn horn. Unfortunately, due to the client’s budget constraints, they did not create the piece.

Notes from Chris

Episode 471

When Lindsay and Rick Baublitz first started dating, there was a big difference between them that caused a few disagreements. Lindsay is an avid animal lover and PETA supporter, who would rather take a spider outside then step on it. Rick, on the other hand, is an avid animal hunter, who loves going deer, goose, and duck hunting.

They eventually worked through these minor issues and got married, but the topic reared its head again when Lindsay and Rick started looking for a house and talked about how they wanted to decorate. For some reason, the thought of having trophy animal heads peering down at her like they did at Rick’s family home did not appeal to Lindsay!

She had a crafty idea for getting around this—she decided to surprise Rick by decorating a resin deer head with fabric. In other words, an artificial, arts-and-crafts replica. It was a completely cruelty-free way to bring his love of hunting into their home without hurting so much as a fly… let alone a deer. She was nervous about what he would think of the faux decor, but not only did he love it—he encouraged her to make more and sell them.

So Lindsay made a second fabric-covered faux deer head and created an Etsy shop called Near & Deer. She was so excited when it sold within a week, confirming that she wasn’t the only person in the world who liked artificial animals hanging over their mantle. She immediately bought more supplies to make another faux deer wall mount, and eventually expanded the line by adding different patterns and sold them for two hundred dollars each. That first year she sold six pieces and was excited to have a little extra income.

Soon Rick joined in on the faux taxidermy fun by painting the resin heads solid colors to sell a higher volume at a lower price point. They also introduced other faux animals into their line-up, including moose, antelope, cow skulls, unicorns and even a dinosaur or two to expand their home decor options… because one challenge of hanging traditional animal heads has been that hunters always have a hard time finding unicorns and dinosaurs.

After six months of selling on Etsy, Lindsay and Rick created their own e-commerce site. After business started to pick up, they made the decision that Rick would quit his full-time job as an HVAC technician to work on growing the business full-time. They so busy keeping up with demand that one of them needed to do it, and Lindsay liked her day job as a business appraiser. That year they sold twelve hundred pieces—six times as many as they sold the previous year.

And all this from trying to make a little cruelty-free compromise and not wanting to be stared at by a real deer head on the wall. You never know what kind of ideas can lead to life-changing side and main hustles. For Lindsay and Rick, they really are turning unicorn heads and selling them worldwide.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Near & Deer: Turn heads with Lindsay and Rick’s faux taxidermy creations—get a dinosaur bust of your own on their website!
  • Etsy | Near & Deer: The Etsy page that Lindsay and Rick started with before creating their own website

SEE ALSO:

Inspiration is good; inspiration combined with action is better. Now get back to work!

Yours in the revolution,

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Resources

WEB HOSTING @ $2.49/MONTH

Want to build any kind of website for your hustle? If so, you'll need somewhere to host it! This is the reliable company I've used for many websites. It's cheap, flexible, and offers support 24-7.

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GET $625 IN FREE TRAVEL

Earn 50,000 travel rewards points (enough for 2 round-trip plane tickets or $625 in travel credit). You'll also earn 2x points on all travel and dining spend, with zero foreign transaction fees.

I use this card every day all over the world! ✈️ Learn More

Quote of the Day
"In many husband-wife businesses, both partners dream for the side hustle to turn into something they can do full-time, but we had a different approach. I like the stability of a steady paycheck and benefits, and I also like my career!"
—Lindsay Baublitz #SideHustleSchool

Sponsors & Gratitude

FIND LOVE WITH EHARMONY

This week, Side Hustle School is brought to you by eHarmony. eHarmony is built to help you find lasting, meaningful relationships. 💕

Right now, Side Hustle School listeners can get a free month with eHarmony when they sign up for a 3-month subscription! Enter my code HUSTLE at checkout. Stop waiting and start your journey to a love-filled, compatible relationship! Sign Up Here!

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To infinity and beyond,

Chris Guillebeau