The Side Hustle Show: The Blogging Mixtape
by Nick Loper, Blogger at Side Hustle Nation
A binge-worthy series of episodes all about blogging pulled from the main Side Hustle Show archives, featuring some of the most successful bloggers in the business.Stay tuned to learn how to create content that readers and search engines love, how to grow your traffic, audience, and email list, and ultimately how these successful bloggers make money.
Episodes
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19: Profitable Affiliate Marketing, Even in an Insanely Competitive Niche
Just because a niche is insanely competitive, it doesn't mean you can't start an affiliate site and claim a slice of the revenue. At least, that's what Sa El of SimplyInsurance.com has done, and the way he lays out how he's done it will pique the interest of affiliate marketers out there. Sa was…
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18: The Raw Truth About Blogging - How a "Dog Mom" Built her Online Business on the Side
Kimberly Gauthier has been running KeepTheTailWagging.com since 2011, but things really started to take off when she niched down her focus to raw feeding for dogs. Raw feeding is basically the paleo diet for dogs -- attempting to mimic their ancestral diet. Her blog had than 2 million page views...
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17: YouTube for Bloggers: How One Mom Turned Her "Accidental" YouTube Channel into A Full-Time Income
Meredith Marsh is a "total introvert with over 3 million views on YouTube." When Meredith started VidProMom.com she didn't set out to be a "YouTuber". She started a blog and YouTube channel because she wanted to help families better capture those classic, picture-perfect family moments. What she...
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16: The $5k a Month Part-Time Girl Scout Blog
Jodi Carlson has been running her blog LeaderConnectingLeaders.com part-time since 2014 and has slowly built it up to $5-6k a month in revenue. The earnings come from a combination of mostly digital product sales, as well as advertising, and affiliate relationships. Click here to download Jodi's...
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15: Blogging for Multiple Income Streams – How a Part-Time Blog Became a Diverse Revenue Engine
"I feel like this is the most important project I've ever worked on," Mike said about his blog YoungArchitect.com. Mike Riscica runs a blog, podcast, and has built a thriving community for young professionals in the architecture field. The idea for the blog came from a pain point in Mike's life,...
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14: How to Build a $60k a Year Part-Time Blog
FoodTruckEmpire.com generates $60k a year on the side from Brett Lindenberg's marketing consulting job. Why'd he start a blog about the food truck industry? "I started the blog at a time in my life when I was looking at just a whole bunch of different business ideas," Brett said. Originally…
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13: SEO for Bloggers: The Simple Way to Get More Free Traffic From Google
"Go big or go home, that's kinda my whole philosophy with SEO," Matt said. And his results speak for themselves. Note: Click here to download Matt's top SEO tips for writing and ranking epic content from this episode. It's been more than 200 episodes since we last heard from Matt Giovanisci. Back...
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12: Blogging ROI: From $18 to $100k a Month in 2.5 Years
Could a part-time blog really bring in that kind of cash? Rosemarie swears she only works 20 hours a week! Yes, The Busy Budgeter is back for her 3rd round on The Side Hustle Show, and it's a good one. If you missed the first two: In episode 142, Rosemarie Groner's blog was about a year old and...
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11: The Most Common Website Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
Is your website guilty of these common sins? How secure is your site, really? WordPress is like the new toy you unwrap on Christmas morning -- you know it's going to be awesome, but there's some assembly required. To break down some of the most common website mistakes, I invited my friend Anthony...
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10: Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers: How Michelle Makes $50,000 a Month Selling Other People's Products
You might know Michelle Schroeder-Gardner from her super-popular blog MakingSenseofCents.com where she gets hundreds of thousands of readers and makes 6-figures a month. Around $50k of that monthly revenue (or more) comes from affiliate marketing. Note: Click here to download Michelle's top tips...
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9: Going Big on Medium: How a New Blogger Got His First 6000 Email Subscribers (and Made $10k) in 6 Months
Ben Foley started writing about how to use mindfulness to reduce stress and anxiety at FullyRichLife.com a little over 6 months ago. Since then, his little side project has generated over 6000 email subscribers and $10,000 in revenue. His secret sauce? Tapping into the big audience of readers on...
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8: Affiliate Marketing the Authority Hacker Way: Build a Profitable Website from Scratch
Perrin Carrell is a senior contributing editor at AuthorityHacker and well-known within the internet marketing community for building niche/authority sites. He has built several successful sites from scratch, including one recent project that went from a valuation of $0 to $200,000 in just under…
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7: Steal This Process: A Step-by-Step System to Consistent $10k Months
Nagina Abdullah turned her weight loss blog, MasalaBody.com, into a 6-figure side business. By day, she works for a large consulting company, and with a busy work schedule, a young family, and limited time to work on her side hustle, Nagina has been very smart about her marketing and pricing.…
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6: Blogging for Recurring Revenue: Turn Readers into Members
Erin Chase is a busy mother of 4, a former teacher, and today runs 5DollarDinners.com and the 5dollarmealplan. Back in 2008, after some number crunching, Erin was excited at saving 50% on her grocery bills. She shared how she did this on her family blog, but with a low amount of interest she...
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5: From Content to Cash Flow – Affiliate Marketing and Automated Sales Funnels
As co-host of the #1 marriage podcast in iTunes, the ONE Extraordinary Marriage show, Tony DiLorenzo speaks to a worldwide audience about sex, love, and commitment. Along with his wife Alisa, their goal is to reach as many couples around the world as they can, equipping them with the tools and...
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4: Building a Blog to $20k a Month and Beyond
You may remember Rosemarie Groner from episode 142 of the Side Hustle Show last year. She revealed how her blog Busy Budgeter was just a year old and receiving around 400,000 pageviews and making around $5k a month — primarily through Pinterest traffic. It's almost a year later now and I had to...
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3: Traffic Hacks with Neil Patel
Before people can do business with you, they have to know about you, and before they know about you, they have to find you. And that's universal, whether you're running a brick-and-mortar shop, an ecommerce store, a blog, or a virtual consulting business. Neil Patel is a master at solving the…
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2: $10k a Month Blogging Part-Time
We first heard from Robert Farrington back in 2013, on episode 10 of The Side Hustle Show. At that time, he was earning $3-4k a month from a portfolio of different sites, and looking to expand his online empire. This week, we catch up on what's changed since then. Robert's doubled down on his…
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1: How to Build a 6-Figure Blog in Under a Year
Do you know Jon Dykstra from FatStacksBlog.com? I've been following his work since last summer and have been really impressed. Jon is a former attorney turned full-time entrepreneur, and he's the master of building high quality niche blogs and monetizing them to $10k-20k per month in record time....
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0: The Blogging Mixtape Intro - The Best Blogging Podcast
In this binge-worthy podcast series, you'll hear from some of the most successful bloggers in the business. Learn how to create killer content, grow your traffic and audience, and monetize your website. If you don't have a blog of your own yet, check out blogstartercourse.com, my free video…
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About this show
A binge-worthy series of episodes all about blogging pulled from the main Side Hustle Show archives, featuring some of the most successful bloggers in the business.Stay tuned to learn how to create content that readers and search engines love, how to grow your traffic, audience, and email list, and ultimately how these successful bloggers make money.
Hosted by
Nick Loper, Blogger at Side Hustle Nation