How do you go from gym whistles and dodgeballs to foam cannons and $150,000 in side hustle income?
This elementary PE teacher discovered a unique business opportunity that lets him earn six figures during his summer break — and have a lot of fun along the way.
Tim Carstensen from FoamPartyAllStars.com runs a full-service mobile foam party that brings an interactive experience to the Chicagoland area. The best part is he started with zero business experience and figured it out as he went.
Tune in to Episode 676 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
The smart marketing strategy that got his first customers
How he scaled from 1 foam cannon to 9 setups across multiple locations
Why this business model works better than bounce house rentals
Full Show Notes: This PE Teacher Started a $150k Side Hustle
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$10k a Month Helping Babies and Toddlers Sleep (Greatest Hits)
Jayne Havens went from being a “bored stay at home mom” to running a multi 6-figure business in just a few short years.
This is a 2-for-1 episode where we’re going to learn about starting a service business from scratch and selling an online course.
In Jayne’s case, the service business is coaching parents to help their babies and toddlers sleep through the night.
Then, after earning thousands of dollars a month doing the coaching, Jayne created an online course teaching other people how to do what she did.
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Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to hear:
how Jayne got started coaching parents on how to get their babies and toddlers to sleep better
why she decided to start the online course component of her business
the methods she’s used to grow both sides of her business
Full Show Notes: How to Start a Sleep Consulting Business: $10k a Month Helping Babies and Toddlers Sleep
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675: Rating 10 Popular Passive Income Ideas with Pat Flynn
Let's look at 10 popular passive income ideas to see which ones might actually make sense for you.
To help me do it is Mr. Smart Passive Income himself, Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income.
Nobody had a bigger influence on the creation and early years of Side Hustle Nation than Pat. It’s always fun to have him back on the show, especially with his new book coming out this week: Lean Learning: How to Achieve More by Learning Less.
We went idea by idea and gave each one a score from 1 to 10.
Some of them surprised us, and a few may have outlived their usefulness.
Tune in to Episode 675 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
which passive income ideas are actually worth your time (and which to skip)
a real-world business ideas you can start fast
the marketing tactic, tool, and book Pat Flynn is using right now
Full Show Notes: Rating 10 Popular Passive Income Ideas with Pat Flynn
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674: How to Make $500/day as a Personal Chef
$500/day doing work you love?
Let’s talk about it.
In today's topic, we'll look at the delicious business of being a personal chef, with someone who’s been doing it for 25 years and turned her skill into a six-figure solopreneur business.
Jessica Leibovich, from ChefJessica.com, didn’t start off aiming for this. She was working in catering, young, overworked, and — like a lot of us at some point — burnt out. But one suggestion changed her life: "Have you ever thought about being a personal chef?" she was asked.
So not only was she good at it, but her first client paid her more in a day than she used to make in a week. And she's been doing it ever since and sharing it with her students through her Prosperous Personal Chef’s Success Suite.
Tune into Episode 674 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
how to get your first high-paying personal chef client
what tools, pricing, and offers actually work
ways to scale with digital products and partnerships
Full Show Notes: How to Make $500/day as a Personal Chef
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673: Reddit Marketing: How to Drive Traffic from Reddit
If you notice that your traffic is dominated with AI snippets and Reddit results, here's how you can take advantage of that and learn how to drive traffic from Reddit.
It really does feel like an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" situation, but we can't ignore that Reddit, the self-proclaimed front page of the internet, now shows up on the first page of almost every Google search.
To help me out is Amy Aitman from ReddVisible.com, a professional content marketer who's been helping businesses and brands take advantage of this new Reddit-dominated search world.
Tune in to Episode 673 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
how to get some Reddit traffic flowing back to you
the reddit research and content best practices to be aware of
and common mistakes to avoid
Full Show Notes: Reddit Marketing: How to Drive Traffic from Reddit
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