The Side Hustle Show
Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation
- 49 minutes 27 seconds723: How to Make 5-10x More Money from Amazon
What if you could unlock 5-10x more money from Amazon than you're currently earning?
The Amazon Influencer Program has changed quite a bit over the last couple of years.
What worked before, namely the strategy of uploading a bunch of product review videos and hoping they generate commissions, has started to produce diminishing returns.
But there's a new strategy that is giving creators a way forward, and it's called Creator Connections.
Jared Bauman from 201creative.com and host of the Niche Pursuits podcast is back on the show.
He's earning around $3,000 a month from the Amazon Influencer Program, and most of that income is now coming from this new approach rather than the old method of just making videos and putting them on product pages.
Listen to Episode 723 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- how Creator Connections is changing the Amazon Influencer Program
- how to pitch brands and get free products sent to you for review
- how to choose high-selling products and create review videos that actually convert
Full Show Notes: How to Make 5-10x More Money from Amazon
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About The Side Hustle Show
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The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
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Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
12 February 2026, 10:00 am - 40 minutes 57 seconds722: The Million Dollar Business in Your Backyard
What if the million dollar business you're looking for is literally in your own backyard?
William Milliken went from zero to 350 recurring customers in his first three months in business, starting a pet waste removal company as a side project. Last year, his business racked up over $3 million in revenue, all from the not-so-glamorous service of cleaning up dog poop.
And if that wasn't enough, William turned his knowledge into another side hustle, teaching others through swoopscoop.com and the Poop Scoop Millionaire community. That's turned into another almost million dollar a year business.
Listen to Episode 722 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- how to start a pet waste removal business with almost no money
- the surprising economics that make this a six-figure opportunity
- • creative strategies to scale beyond your local market
Big thanks to Erica from Kroopin's Poopin Scoopin for the intro!
Full Show Notes: The Million Dollar Business in Your Backyard
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About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
9 February 2026, 10:00 am - 47 minutes 54 seconds721: $1k a Month with your First Co-Living Property
What if you could create $1,000 to $2,000 per month in cash flow from a single property and need just three homes to replace your W-2 income?
Sam Wegert discovered this path 14 years ago when he started house hacking a single property.
Today, he owns over 200 rooms across his co-living portfolio, all passively managed while he lives overseas.
Co-living is when you buy a larger house and rent out individual rooms instead of the entire property.
It's the difference between earning $250 a month from a traditional single-family rental and $1,000 to $2,000 from the same-sized property set up for co-living.
From the Scale Your Co-Living Real Estate podcast and ScaleYourRealEstate.com, Sam Wegert shares how he turned a simple house hack into a six-figure business addressing affordable housing from the ground up.
(Join his Free 5-Day Co-Living Challenge to learn how to develop the mindset that will take you to success as a CoLiving investor!)
Listen to Episode 721 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- how co-living can produce 4-5X the cash flow of traditional rentals
- the formula for converting homes into profitable co-living spaces
- creative financing strategies to get started with minimal capital
Full Show Notes: $1k a Month with your First Co-Living Property
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About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
5 February 2026, 10:00 am - 46 minutes 52 secondsHow to Start a Junk Hauling Business: From $0 to $300 Million and Beyond (Greatest Hits)
Are you willing to fail?
Let that be your new mantra. It's the only way to get up the courage to get started.
That's the rule Brian Scudamore -- the founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK -- lives by.
What started with a $1000 investment (Brian's life's savings at the time) has turned into a home services empire that does $1 million in sales on any given day.
Brian's come a long way since that beat-up pickup truck going door-to-door that first summer.
His portfolio now includes house painting, moving services, and home detailing--all under the umbrella of Ordinary 2 Exceptional Brands. He’s formulated some unique and effective ways to build teams of passionate employees that share his goals and has leveraged the franchise model to grow his businesses and revenue from $0 to $444 million and beyond.
Tune in to hear how Brian started the junk hauling business as a soon-to-be college student, his thoughts on marketing and hiring, and how you can apply nearly 30 years of his own successes and failures to your business.
Full Show Notes: How to Start a Junk Hauling Business: From $0 to $300 Million and Beyond
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About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
29 January 2026, 10:00 am - 47 minutes 54 seconds720: From $50k in Debt to Mortgage-Free Millionaire and a 3-Day Workweek
Owning your time is a goal we all share, and today's conversation is about giving you concrete steps you can take to reclaim some of that time.
Andy Hill went from $50,000 in debt to mortgage-free multi-millionaire and now works a three-day work week.
His new book is Own Your Time: 10 Financial Steps to Put Your Family First and Escape the Corporate Grind.
From MarriageKidsandMoney.com, Andy Hill shares how he built financial independence through Coast FIRE, side hustle income, and intentional life design.
Tune in to Episode 720 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- How Coast FIRE works in real life
- The exact financial sequence Andy used to go mortgage-free and reduce pressure before leaving corporate work
- How evergreen side-hustle income helped support a flexible 3-day workweek lifestyle
Full Show Notes: From $50k in Debt to Mortgage-Free Millionaire and a 3-Day Workweek
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Sponsors:
- Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
- Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
- Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
26 January 2026, 10:00 am - 43 minutes 49 seconds719: $1,000 per Postcard: The Every Door Direct Mail Side Hustle
What if you could turn every mailbox in your neighborhood into a $1,000 payday?
That’s exactly what Rachel and Dalton from Big Sky Automation have been doing with Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) postcards.
Here’s the idea: the Postal Service lets you deliver a postcard to every home on a mail route for about $0.25 apiece.
You can use that to advertise your own business — or you can do what Rachel and Dalton do and sell that exposure to other local businesses.
By stacking multiple advertisers onto a single oversized postcard, they spread out the cost, create an affordable local advertising product, and keep the difference as profit.
They’ve mailed 20 postcards in about seven months, so this isn’t a one-off experiment. In this episode, they break down exactly how the model works — and why it keeps businesses coming back.
(Want to learn how to do this in your own area? Check out their free mini course at CommunityCardPlaybook.com)
Tune in to Episode 719 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- how the Every Door Direct Mail side hustle works
- how to sell it to local businesses
- how to make it repeatable and scalable
Full Show Notes: $1,000 per Postcard: The Every Door Direct Mail Side Hustle
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Sponsors:
- Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
- Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
- Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
22 January 2026, 10:00 am - 46 minutes 9 seconds718: Does it Make Sense to Buy a Franchise as a Side Hustle?
This side hustle model has a lower failure rate than most independent startups. You get to follow a proven playbook for success. But is it the right path for you?
Today we're exploring the strategy of franchises as a side hustle, buying into somebody else's brand and system instead of starting completely from scratch.
Done right, today's guest says it can replace your income in 2 to 3 years on a part-time basis.
Greg Mohr is the author of Real Freedom, Why Franchises Are Worth Considering and How They Can Be Used for Building Wealth. He runs FranchiseMaven.com.
Tune in to Episode 718 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- how franchises can work as a semi-passive side hustle
- what industries offer the best opportunities
- the real costs and financing options
Full Show Notes: Does it Make Sense to Buy a Franchise as a Side Hustle?
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Sponsors:
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- Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
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About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
15 January 2026, 10:00 am - 49 minutes 18 secondsWillpower 101: How to Strengthen This Critical Success Muscle (Greatest Hits)
Willpower predicts academic and professional success better than IQ, charisma, or having rich parents.
It’s not the only ingredient in our success recipe, but it’s a critical one — and one I certainly struggle with at times.
So how do we get more of it?
Derek Doepker of ExcuseProof.com is an expert when it comes to increasing willpower and strengthening this critical success muscle we all have.
He is the author of 7 bestselling books in personal development, a speaker, consultant, trainer, and specializes in helping individuals create permanent change and achieve mind, body, and business success in as little as 5 minutes a day.
In this episode, we walk through several powerful willpower strategies you can start with today.
Big thanks to my brother Chris for the inspiration for this one. Check out his excellent willpower article at BecomingBetter.org.
Full Show Notes: Willpower 101: How to Strengthen This Critical Success Muscle
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About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
12 January 2026, 10:00 am - 55 minutes 43 seconds717: How to Get ChatGPT to Recommend Your Business
Google's market share is shrinking, customer behavior is shifting, and as business owners, we've got to adapt.
The good news is people still need your help. It's just how they find you that's changing.
By the end of this episode, you're going to have a proven roadmap for how to get found in ChatGPT and other AI tools.
Return guest Tanya Van Gastel (Episode 700) from RankingonAI.com is back to pull back the curtain on how you can get ChatGPT to recommend your business.
Tune in to Episode 717 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- The three foundational things every business should do to improve AI visibility
- How to create content that actually gets cited
- The biggest content mistake people make
Full Show Notes: How to Get ChatGPT to Recommend Your Business
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Sponsors:
- Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
- Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
- Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
8 January 2026, 10:00 am - 46 minutes 45 seconds716: Your Best Year Yet: Goal Setting and Action Planning that Gets Results
The new year is upon us and with it comes a certain level of optimism and maybe even obligation to make some changes, set some meaningful goals, and aim for some big wins.
But it's no secret that most New Year's resolutions fail and a lot of goals lose steam after just a few weeks. To help make sure that doesn't happen to you, I've recruited my good friend and master goal planner Tom Sylvester to join us today.
He's a serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, author of the book Lifestyle Builders, and head business coach at 2x.co. Tom set a goal to retire by 35, later retired young, and now helps six and seven-figure business owners scale up without burning out.
Listen in to Episode 716 of the Side Hustle Show to learn:
- how to plan your year without burning out
- a GPS-style approach to goal setting
- how to turn big goals into daily actions
Full Show Notes: Your Best Year Yet: Goal Setting and Action Planning that Gets Results
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Sponsors:
- Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
- Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
- Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
1 January 2026, 10:00 am - 1 hour 1 minute715: The 10 Best Side Hustles of the Year
The end of the year is upon us, which means it's time to reflect back on the side hustles that stood out — the ones that got people talking, the ones I was most excited to share, the ones that made me think, "Dang, I need to drop what I'm doing and go try that."
Now the mark of a good episode, for me, is when I hang up the call thinking exactly that.
And I try to exercise some level of discipline because the shiny object syndrome is real, but when the shiny object shines for me, I know it's going to be a hit episode.
So I've selected my top 10 for the year, presented in chronological order. If you're new to the show, I've included episode numbers so you can check out the ones you're interested in.
And if you're a long-time listener, see if your favorites made the list.
(Here's the Spotify playlist to make it easy to add these to your device: Best Side Hustles of the Year 2025)
Full Show Notes: The 10 Best Side Hustles of the Year
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Sponsors:
- Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post!
- Quo (formerly OpenPhone) — Get 20% off of your first 6 months!
- Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!
About The Side Hustle Show
This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply!
The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and side hustle ideas. We share how to start a business and make money online and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more.
Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and passive income strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle.
Hosted by Nick Loper of Side Hustle Nation.
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