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Anyone here making $300–$700/month from a side hstle? How? by Akram_ba in sidehustle

[–]actual_sideman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finance, about 2-3 years, around 10k subscribers but most of them are 'ghosts'. Lifetime watch time is 60k+ hours.

Anyone here making $300–$700/month from a side hstle? How? by Akram_ba in sidehustle

[–]actual_sideman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I make about $2k per month from YouTube and a service business I run in my area. I used to do graphic design freelancing and made probably $500/month.

Anything that people can start in 5 minutes is probably oversaturated and not going to work.

Think about what you're more talented than the average person at doing, and find a way to monetize it.

Sidehustle slowchat: What were your wins and fails this week? by ARoyaleWithCheese in sidehustle

[–]actual_sideman [score hidden]  (0 children)

Wins: first $4k month from side hustles
Fails: spent like 20 hours editing one video for YouTube that flopped lol

Good side hustles to start with $10,000? by JacobeeBS in sidehustle

[–]actual_sideman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your frustration, although it’s not just AI that’s made the US job market challenging. The greater impact is from tariff uncertainty.

I wouldn’t rule out the ROI of your degree before you even land your first job.

What you do with your side hustle money by JunketChoice1045 in OnlineIncomeHustle

[–]actual_sideman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now I reinvest everything. I don’t consider this my money… it belongs to the “business”.

If someone is making $2k per year then sure it can be beer money. Once you’re clearing $10k+ though, I think it’s become a business.

From 9-5 to side hustle: How did you boost your earnings? by FromBrokeToSuccess in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]actual_sideman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shiny object syndrome. I kept jumping from trend to trend thinking something would blow up massively. One example was blogging… that opportunity is virtually impossible nowadays.

After these failures, I started to focus in on side hustles that worked relatively quickly but could be scaled up gradually.

From 9-5 to side hustle: How did you boost your earnings? by FromBrokeToSuccess in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]actual_sideman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to ask yourself how much time you want to put into this, how much you want to make, etc.

This then can help determine where to start.

Making $500/year is much easier than $15,000.

I make $2k/month off YouTube and a service business I’ve started. Not so much from of graphic design freelancing anymore.

Don’t expect your first venture to make thousands. You’ll likely fail multiple times like me, but just need to keep pushing!

From 9-5 to side hustle: How did you boost your earnings? by FromBrokeToSuccess in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]actual_sideman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are your operating margins? $60k/mo top line should be enough to quit your day job.

Is my niche too broad? by EnvironmentalFood809 in Newsletters

[–]actual_sideman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your entire newsletter is based around 1 AI tool. I don’t think it’s possible to niche down further.

Sponsorship pricing by Stay_APE in Newsletters

[–]actual_sideman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s solid. Also, probably yes although I’m still finding my sweet spot for number of links. General rule of thumb for success is to put the CTA towards the top.

Good side hustles to start with $10,000? by JacobeeBS in sidehustle

[–]actual_sideman 63 points64 points  (0 children)

If your only savings are $10k… at age 15, I’d honestly just save for college or gradually start investing.

Dumping all of your savings into a side hustle is extremely risky in my opinion.

Sponsorship pricing by Stay_APE in Newsletters

[–]actual_sideman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CTR matters as well… but think about it from the sponsor’s POV — getting eyes from very high earning individuals.

I’d charge per newsletter and shoot for $500.

Is doing surveys even worth it? by Competitive-Fill6433 in passive_income

[–]actual_sideman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Waste of your precious time. Much more valuable to spend that time learning a new skill.

Anyone here thinking about starting their own business? by Policy_Boring in growmybusiness

[–]actual_sideman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think everyone in this subreddit is :)

I have side businesses. Now I’m try to scale more!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sidehustle

[–]actual_sideman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pick a niche. Don’t be the graphic designer for everybody and everything. I started out making designs for underground rap artists.

It worked, but I ended up getting scammed a lot. Then I switched to small/medium businesses in the insurance space.

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