Keren Dinkin

Keren is one of our Side Hustle Strategists! She has seven years of work experience in digital marketing and e-commerce before shifting gears and becoming a full-time content writer. She loves words and the power they hold, which explains her passion for writing. Keren is based in California. When she is not at her desk whipping up compelling narratives and sipping on endless cups of coffee, you can find her curled up with a book, playing with her dog, or pottering about in the garden.

How to Get Your eCommerce Side Hustle Up and Running in Less Than a Week

Ever thought about running an eCommerce store as a potential side hustle?

If you’re like us, you’ve probably thought of online stores as labor and time intensive. Shopping on Amazon and eBay can give one that impression. All those professional-looking product pages!

But we couldn’t be more wrong.
Our research proved that starting an eCommerce store can be done in a week or even less if you follow the right process. You don’t need big capital, either. The perfect ingredients for a side hustle!

That’s why this week we’ll walk you through the best practices and tips for starting your own eCommerce business.

Growing Your Side Hustle With Social Media Influencers

Growing Your Side Hustle With Social Media Influencers

We’re betting that when you think of social media influencers, the Kardashian-Jenner gals, and their respective Instagram posts immediately popped into your minds.

In truth though, social media influence goes far beyond celebrities like Kim!

Consider these Statista findings:

– Influencer marketing was worth $13.8 billion worldwide in 2021, double the market value from the year before.
– Instagram is the most popular platform for influencer marketing. With 6.12 million sponsored posts on Instagram in a year, the platform’s influencer marketing value is about $2.3 billion.
– Companies are known to spend their marketing budget on YouTube posts featuring influencers (While YouTube is technically a search engine and not a social media platform, it’s another important channel used by influencers)
– TikTok is another popular platform for influencers.
– For every $1 spent on influencer marketing, the average return on investment (ROI) is around $18.

So, what is the relevance of all this to your side hustle?

The experts have spoken: According to a study by Influencer Marketing Hub in 2021, 90% of marketers give influencer marketing a big thumbs up.

This is probably the foremost reason why you should, too.

And that’s what we’ll be talking about inside this newsletter!

The Top Side Hustle Growth Hacks

Side Hustle Growth Hacks to Shortcut Your Way to Success!

Having a side hustle can be extremely rewarding…

It gives you extra money to pay your bills or spend on really cool stuff. You get to meet awesome people, too. Best of all, you get to do your thing without a boss breathing down your neck.

However, it comes with its challenges!

Is your side hustle something you see doing long-term? And if you decide to do it full-time, is it possible to turn it into a business?

Taking a side hustle to the next level is not easy, especially if you don’t have the budget to turn it into a legitimate business. But you can explore various growth hacks that will not cost you an arm and a leg.

Side hustle growth hacks can range from easy (DIY-level) to tricky (need-more-study-and-practice-level), but all of them are worth at least exploring. While some “growth hacks” may be doable or even easy to accomplish, it still requires focus and dedication to truly grow your side hustle.

Keep reading to discover the latest side hustle growth hacks, trends, and tools.

How to Grow Your Side Hustle With YouTube Ads

How to Grow Your Side Hustle with YouTube Ads

Did you know that people worldwide, from the US to Africa watch 1 billion+ hours of video on YouTube on any given day?

Of this number, 70% purchased a product after viewing its ad on the platform.

And contrary to popular perception, YouTube isn’t a social media platform… It’s actually a search engine, like Google.

The second-largest in the world, in fact. It handles 3 billion+ searches per month. That’s more than the combined searches on Yahoo!, Bing, AOL, and Ask.

Mind-blowing, right?

But why are those statistics relevant to you, as a side hustler?

Well, they are telling signs that YouTube is an effective platform for marketing any kind of brand or business, whether you’re selling products or offering freelance services.

How? Two words: YouTube ads.

If you’re looking to grow your side hustle or dream of someday ditching your 9-5 for it, YouTube ads maybe your best ride to get there.

There are many different types of advertisements on YouTube, as well as strategies that can help you get the most out of each one.

And that’s what we’ll talk about in this newsletter!

Landing page not converting?

Landing Page Not Converting? Here’s Why

So you’ve decided on a side hustle, you’ve uncovered your ideal market, you’ve bought a domain name, opened a few social media accounts… …and you’ve even built a landing page …

Read more

How to Launch an Amazon FBA Business

How to Build an Amazon FBA Business in 2023

Back in 2015, Jo and her husband decided to have a crack at building an Amazon FBA business as a side hustle.

Jo and her husband decided to start small, no huge investment, not a lot of risk. They started out by selling a simple kitchen product that seemed to be in high demand on Amazon.

The product cost less than $2 to buy and ship to Amazon. Jo and her husband then sold that product on Amazon for $15. Within a year, they’d sold over 84,000 units and cracked 7 figures in revenue.

Hot damn!

Not bad for a little side hustle.
Now you might be wondering if that type of success is still available in 2023.

In short: Heck yes it is.

That’s why in this newsletter, we’ll be giving you a step-by-step guide to starting your own Amazon FBA business.

Write To Sell: Principles of Sales Copywriting

Write to Sell: Principles of Sales Copywriting

There’s really only one secret to success in business: Get better at sales.

No matter how good your product or service is, if you don’t know how to sell it well, you risk leaving huge amounts of money on the table.

And if there’s one skill that will grant you a license to legally print money, it’s this: SALES COPYWRITING.

Whether you are persuading consumers to buy your product, book a discovery call with you, or subscribe to your newsletter, you need to write convincing and engaging copy.

But how exactly do you come up with the words that will work wonders for your business?

What separates good copy from bad copy?

Can you just “copy” what your competitor is saying about their product? (See what we did there?)

In the latest installment of Side Hustle Strategies, we will provide ANSWERS to all your SALES COPYWRITING-related questions and MORE!

Selling Online Courses—Your new potential side hustle!

Selling Online Courses—Your new potential side hustle!

There’s this myth circulating that eLearning is exclusive to academic subjects. And as always, your friendly neighborhood side hustlers are here to bust it.

There’s an online course for everything now.

Computer and technology are currently the most in-demand subject for online courses, but people are interested in more than just the nerdy stuff. Cell phone repair, video editing, and podcast production are popular subject for online courses, too.

Arts and crafts are the third most profitable online courses—isn’t that the most delightful surprise? What does this tell you, dear side hustlers?

Selling online courses can be a profitable side hustle for people who don’t have the time to commit to running their own full-time business.

You read that right.

Inside this newsletter we spill the beans on the whys and wherefores of selling online courses.

A Complete Guide to Dropshipping

A Complete Guide to Dropshipping

Dropshipping is on the rise as one of the most popular side hustles in the post-pandemic new normal. With a market size worth $162550 million in 2021, it is expected to grow 20.7% between 2022 to 2028.

When looking at eCommerce sellers, 22-33% use dropshipping exclusively.

There are plenty of ways to dropship, especially if you take advantage of the Internet and online marketplaces that provide ready-to-dropship products.

Some of these sites make it even easier by providing customer service and delivery on your behalf. All you have to do is list the items on your eCommerce store and promote them!

But just because it’s easy to start doesn’t mean it’s also easy to succeed. Before you dive in, you need to know the basics.

Inside this newsletter, we will give you everything you need to know to take on dropshipping as a side hustle in 2023 and beyond!