FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! $100/hour is just the beginning and this companion manual gives you paint by numbers steps to quickly and efficiently land your first freelance gig, free from confusion. Companies need your skills, and they are willing to pay BIG BUCKS to have you work at your convenience to solve their problems. Or, if you want to go bigger, you can use this booklet to help guide you as your start your own business! Either way, here s how you can get paid handsomely to do something you love. Side Hustle 101: How to Achieve Freedom Risk-Free Today Lise Cartwright wrote the book Side Hustle Blueprint. In our interview outlined in Side Hustle Bible, she gives some great advice finding a side hustle, and then developing it into your full-time income. Here are some tips for laying out your plan. BRAINSTORM: What are some of your marketable skills? What are you seen as an expert in? (List 10) Examples could be: Writing, graphic design, organization, landscaping, proofreading, email funnels, gardening, cooking, building resumes, interior design. Maybe you have a great reading voice or a knack for finding bargain antiques. Anything, really. A good gauge: What are your friends always asking you to help them with? Or what are some of the microskills listed on your resume?
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME RESEARCH: Find other people offering those skills. What sets you apart? RESEARCH: What platforms can you find to advertise these skills? (List 10) For example, Fiverr, Freelancer, 99Designs, Craigslist, Facebook, etc.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! DO THE MATH: How much would you have to make from your side hustle to quit your job? It doesn t have to be what you make with your employer. Consider your bills and however much extra money you need to get by. RESEARCH: How much can you realistically charge for your side hustle services? Look into the existing market to see the common rates. DO THE MATH: How much side hustling would you need to do, and for how long, to meet your minimum required income?
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME BRAINSTORM/RESEARCH: What can you offer for free to entice new clients? (List 10) Offering a free 30-minute phone consultation or an e-book is a great way to bring in new clients and build your email list. Check out what some other email marketers are doing to get some ideas.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! PRACTICE: Once you figure out what you re good at and a platform to use, post your services. See if you get any bites. If not, do some research on best practices what are some of the top freelancers doing differently? Revise your ad accordingly. BRAINSTORM: Is there anyone in your personal or professional network who would be interested in your side hustle services? (List 10) Maybe a friend of your old boss needs an assistant. Maybe your neighbors need their lawn mowed.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME OUTREACH: Email at least three of the people listed above, asking if they would be interested in your proposed side hustle. I Will Make You a Millionaire If you had your own TV show, what would it be about? What would you call it? Why would people want to watch it?
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! Simple Skills + Great Ideas + Paying Customers = $$$ BUILD YOUR WRITING MUSCLE: I suggested writing an article every day to practice and build your skill. Brainstorm 10 article topics you could write about:
SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME AN INSTAGRAM MARKETER: COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME List 10 local businesses in your city. List the most popular hashtags in those industries. BECOME AN ALL-STAR VIDEO EDITOR: Check out this tutorial video on how to edit Videoblock footage.
Could you design the next big app? List 10 ideas for new apps. FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! RESEARCH: What would go into designing your app? Would you need a graphic designer, a software developer, etc.? Check out this how-to article on what goes into app design. DESIGN: Draw your concept, including functionality and user interface.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME RESEARCH: Check out freelancers on Fiverr or Freelancer.com to get some quotes for building your app. Write your quotes down to compare. OUTREACH: Hire someone! Your Career Is Over: How to Navigate the Changing Landscape of Work and Entrepreneurship THE DAILY PRACTICE When I don t take care of myself, I can t reinvent. I stop being creative. I start stressing out. Whenever that happens, I always go back to my Daily Practice and make sure I m able to check each of these boxes every day. PHYSICAL: What have you done to take care of yourself physically today? Have you eaten well, exercised, slept well? EMOTIONAL: What have you done to you connect with someone or something you love today?
MENTAL: What have you done to be creative today? FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! SPIRITUAL: Have you practiced gratitude today? List 10 things you re grateful for.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME What Feeds You? Finding a Niche, Creating a Business and Living the Life You Want Susie Wyshak created her own niche as a food business strategist by finding the intersection of a passion and a skill: food and business. Brainstorm a list of your passions and skills. Then combine them to create a unique niche. (List 10)
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! From Passion to Platform: A Guide to Living Your Daydreams BLOGGING Steve Kamb created his blog, Nerd Fitness, to cater to an underserved market: people who want to get fit, but aren t your typical fitness buffs. Brainstorm 10 blog ideas.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME Now, brainstorm how to pivot those ideas to connect with an underserved market. Research your ideas. See if any of them exist already. Create your first blog post!
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! PODCASTING If you were to start a podcast, what would the topic be? Are there any other podcasts out there like yours? What sets you apart? List the 10 people you d want to have on as guests.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME Pick one of your dream guests. Brainstorm 10 questions you d want to ask them. INSTAGRAM Determine your instagram persona. Is it food? Fitness? Fashion?
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! Brainstorm 10 businesses that you could promote on your instagram account. ETSY RESEARCH: Go onto Etsy and peruse the sellers and their products. Focus on an area that interests you. Read the reviews. Check out the price points. BRAINSTORM: Based on your research, list 10 ideas of products that interest you.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME RESEARCH/PLAN: Pick one product. What would go into developing it? DO THE MATH: What would be your costs be? How much could you realistically charge? How many would you need to sell to become profitable? YOUTUBE: RESEARCH: Go onto YouTube and check out which videos are trending. List some of the top ones here.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! BRAINSTORM: What are 10 things you could host a YouTube channel about? RESEARCH: Are there other channels that do the same thing? What sets you apart? RESEARCH: Check out this tutorial on how to make a video go viral. TEST: Create a video and use the above advice to try to make it go viral.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME Entrepreneurship Opportunities: Finding the Opportunity You Love PRODUCTIZED SERVICES There s a fine line between a productized service and a consulting gig. Think of Brian Casel, for instance. He used to design websites for people as a service. Then he moved to providing pre-designed, standardized websites that the client could then take and tailor themselves. He sold those websites one-off as a product. This can be done with a lot of things. Think of software, party-planning packages, catered dinners with set pre-made menu, etc. Brainstorm a list of 10 services you could sell as products. Consider a skill you ve mastered at your dayjob.
Make a list of 25 names you could use for warm leads FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME 2 2 2 2 2 Now, send a simple email to each of those people, asking if they d be interested in your productized service. This is how Brian Casel got his first customers and started making revenue day 1 for both of this businesses. TIME FOR COLD LEADS: Once you have an idea of who your potential customer is, start searching for businesses online. Make a spreadsheet of 100-500 names and emails. Use mail merge to contact them all at once. CONTENT MARKETING: Create a content marketing plan. Brainstorm a list of platforms, including blogs, open-publishing websites, podcasts, etc. where you can get the word out. List at least 2
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20. 2 2 2 2 2 Now, narrow your list to the top 5 platforms that match the service you re offering.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME FACEBOOK ADS MANAGEMENT Try what Jenny DuRose did when she created her own Facebook ads management agency. Follow these steps: GET EDUCATED: Jenny recommends the course Facebook Ads University. EXPERIMENT ON YOUR OWN PRODUCT: If you don t have one, create something simple like a $0.99 e-book. Then start playing around with ads to see what works. FIND CLIENTS: Go for a drive and take note of every company that has bought a billboard. These are companies with advertising dollars to spend. Write down what you ve found here. Contact those companies and offer to run their Facebook ads free for a month. Negotiate an ongoing fee going forward. ALIBABA ARBITRAGE If you ve been following me for a while, you probably know of my Alibaba Arbitrage strategy. A few readers have made some tweaks, and I ve combined their suggestions into the steps below. Let s try it out together. RESEARCH: Go on Amazon and find a product that has sold a lot of units but has low reviews. Scan through the reviews to find out what the biggest complaints are. Write down some ideas here.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! Go onto Alibaba.com and find a manufacturer who creates that product. Contact them and ask if they could create the product for you but make a few changes to address the complaints. Write down some names. HAVE THE PRODUCT SENT TO THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE. This way, Amazon ships all the products for you directly and you never have to touch your inventory. OR HAVE THE PRODUCT SENT TO YOUR HOUSE. Order the lowest quantity of the product you can and store / ship it yourself. This will save you some startup costs. LIST YOUR PRODUCT. Check to see what similar products are selling for, and price competitively. GO TO REVIEWKICK.COM TO START GETTING REVIEWS QUICKLY. This will force the Amazon algorithm to start showing your products. PAY FOR INFLUENCER MARKETING. Find influencers related to your product on Instagram. Accounts available for paid shouts will have their contact info available. Reach out to get their rates. List some of the influencers here.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME Buy, Borrow or Steal: How to Start a Business Without a Big Idea BRAINSTORM: If you could own a franchise of a business, or buy an existing business, what would it be? (List 10) What steps would you take to improve the business plan, customer experience, products or services?
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! Competitive advantage is important in any business. What can you bring to the table that your competition can t? The Entrepreneurship Model That Works Every Time BRAINSTORM: What do you have in excess capacity? (List 10) Maybe it s a bedroom (Airbnb), room in your car (Uber), knowledge (newsletters, online courses, etc.).
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME How could you turn those ideas into products or services? (List 10) BRAINSTORM: If you were going to create a newsletter, what would the topic be?
BRAINSTORM: List 10 article ideas for your newsletter. FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! BRAINSTORM: If you were going to create an online course, what would it be on? (List 10)
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME Who would the audience be for this course? List 10 topics you would cover in your course.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS FORTUNES! If you were going to start a consulting or coaching business, what would it be? (List 10) If you had a previous career, there are probably at least a couple things that you were particularly good at. Think about responsibilities you had in your business things that you trained new employees on, accomplishments that you were recognized for, skills you were asked to teach other people, etc. These are all potential areas you could specialize in as a consultant.
COLLECT YOUR FIRST $100/HOUR + INCOME Who would your clients be? GO FIND THEM. Look for professional groups on LinkedIn and Facebook. Post in the groups asking if these are services people would be interested in. PRICE YOURSELF. Find other consultants who do something similar. What are they charging? What is their experience level? Now tell us your success stories! If you ve successfully started a side hustle or business using any of these strategies or any strategies I DIDN T mention then I want to hear from you! Email me your stories and ideas to feedback@chooseyourselffinancial. com, with the subject line: Side Hustle Story!