With Black Friday and Christmas coming, Yuriy and Keishi discuss nine different things that you can do today to make sure you maximize your site's earnings during what tends to be the most profitable part of the year for website owners.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e69
After a month break, Keishi and Yuriy are back to set goals for their side hustles and fail them later on! Tune in to see how their progress is going. Or don't, we can't force you.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e68
With October 2021 here, it's time to reflect on our September progress and plan out some goals to hit this month. In addition to that, we go through our Amazon sales reports to find the most interesting items we sold and we chat briefly about some of the books that we are currently reading or that we have recently read.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e67
In this unscripted episode, we jump through all kinds of topics - Keishi's 2nd shot, traveling in Japan, asymmetric opportunities (like starting a side hustle) that may give you oversized results, and college and wealth.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e66
From indulging in inspirational quotes all the way to hiring coaches, side hustlers and entrepreneurs like to talk about mindset. That said, "mindset" can be a vague word. In this episode, Yuriy and Keishi talk about what "mindset" is in their minds and what they do to keep it in the right place to be able to move their side hustles forward.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e65
Having a side hustle can be great - it can earn you some extra money to spend on a nice dinner with your family, to pay a bill or two, or even to replace your regular income. That said, starting a side hustle is not always easy. In this episode, we talk about some of the common reasons why it's hard to start a side hustle and share some of our personal stories on the topic.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e64
September is here... That means Yuriy and Keishi look back at their August 2021 goals to see if they hit them or not. They also set goals for September 2021, talk about the books they are reading (or collecting...), and pick some of the most interesting purchases their website visitors bought in the last month.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e63
Should you forego relationships while striving to be a sidehustler... or while managing side hustle? Is 100% focus in one direction the most important? Maybe yes, maybe no, we don't know. You shouldn't take our answer for it because you should think through and decide your own decisions. Either way, in this episode, we talk about... relationships and side-hustles... and whether they mix or not. So, listen in.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e62
In this episode, Yuriy and Keishi talk about accounting - DIY vs. outsourcing, optimizing taxes, and more. They also discuss the books they have been recently reading including Jay-Z's Decoded and Sam Walton's Made in America. Finally, they chat about Keishi's recent experience with a Japanese wedding photo studio and why he thinks the company operating that and many other studios is slated for growth.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e61
Can't think of a side hustle idea? How about selling air? Selling rocks? Or glitter? If you think theses are ideas are crazy — and they are — you'll be surprised to know that people have indeed made money off of these ideas. In this episode, we discuss the 7 crazy and bizarre business ideas that actually worked.
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e60
With another month having passed, Yuriy and Keishi look back to reflect on the progress they made in July 2021. They, of course, set some new goals for August 2021 too. Finally, they comb through their Amazon Associates sales reports to find the most interesting items they sold over the last month.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e59
Thinking of quitting your side hustle? How do you determine whether you should stop of keep going? You'll want to listen to this quitter-palooza doozy of a podcast. Keishi drops his YouTube. Then Yuriy recaps his past abandoned projects.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e58
Starting a side hustle is easy. Sticking with it, that's a whole different story. Both Yuriy and Keishi started (and quickly gave up on) multiple different projects before finally sticking with their current "winners." In this episode, they share their seven best strategies to sticking with a side hustle that could be your "winner."
Show notes: https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e57
What's the process like? Do you think of a topic? Then write it? Well, in this side hustles & stuff episode, K & Y reveal their simple processes for planning and publishing content on their sites.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e56
Today, we chat about goals for June 2021... some of which we MISSED. Keishi contemplates doing email marketing. Yuriy's keeping on with creating an email lead magnet. No breakthroughs. But such is the journey when you're working at a side hustle.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e55
Continuing the tradition, in this episode, Yuriy and Keishi talk about a number of random topics related to business and life. Besides briefly discussing Not Necessarily Rocket Science which they are both reading, they talk about buying watches, blogs, and scanners (the device that one uses for digitizing photos and documents for the younger generations) as well as a myriad of other topics.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e54
What do we do when we don't have a topic to teach or goals to discuss? ...We just ramble. And that's what happens to day in this unscripted conversation on..... Long Term Investing, Broccoli, Taxis & Uber promotions, and much more.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e53
Goals are important for any side hustle. If you're not setting and doing 'em, are you even hustling? And for us, May was a stretch goal month. We set higher goals than usual to see if we could hit them. You know, the whole "shoot for the moon and even if you miss, you'll... get pulled down by gravity and smash back into Earth."
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e52
In this episode, Keishi and Yuriy talk... more books. Can't ever have enough books. Then of course, tips and tricks on how to KEEP going with your side hustle and hit your goals. So if you've been able to start, but not quite "continue" and see things through, this is for you.
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https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e51
Hey, it's episode 50! In this unscripted #SideHustles and Stuff Episode, Keishi & Yuriy talk books, NFTs, new youtube channels, recapping goals, and more.
https://www.sidehustlesandstuff.com/e50