My side hustle generated $22,500 in one day. I’m not telling you that to brag. I am telling you that to get you excited and motivate you into action. The internet has totally changed the game of entrepreneurship and has also changed the game for side hustles. In the old days, you couldn’t quickly get in front of a vast audience, and you often needed more startup money or capital to create a business. The beautiful thing is you can do it for a little bit of money while you have another job.
The term’ side hustle’ started being used in the 1950s, describing scams and legitimate jobs. The origin of the side hustle is both clear and cloudy. The clear part is the ‘hustle,’ although this term has had several similar cloudy meanings in the past few hundred years. The earliest use of hustle in English originated from the Dutch word husselen, meaning to shake.
Later, as a verb, hustle added other meanings such as to crowd or push roughly, to obtain energetic activity, or to obtain money by fraud or deception. As a noun, hustle came to mean something similar to its verb counterpart — the act of jostling, a job, or a scam. Today, a side hustle is a way of earning money in addition to a full-time job. A side hustle is mainly piecework, freelance, or independent contractor work that provides additional income.
Now is the best time to start a side hustle. You could do it on the weekends and give it as much as you’re willing to give, which is fine because you have a job providing a stable life and living. If the side hustle picks up and you love it, you may grow with it. Never burn bridges with your career, however.
Here are my choices of the best side hustles. But you can always go to Google and search for the best side hustles in 2023 to start. You’ll get a list of different ideas, but regardless of the hustle you want, Skillshare has courses that can help you get started and take it to the next level. They’re constantly adding new incredible courses.
TikTok is crazy popular as a side hustle in several ways. This may entail creating and selling content where you sell your creations on TikTok or other platforms. TikTok can be an optimal way to monetize your creative skills and reach a large audience. Also, you could offer lessons or coaching services through TikTok if you have a particular skill or expertise. Next, many TikTok users earn money by promoting products or services on their account and earning a commission (passive income) for any sales that result.
Start a YouTube channel — and don’t worry about not knowing what to talk about or thinking you won’t be good at it. You need to start the YouTube process, and you will figure it out along the way. But understand that just posting videos, even amazing ones, without some kind of outside promotion will be slow growth. Share in relevant groups (Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram) and be active in the communities you share in (or people will just think you’re spamming). Once you start gaining tracking, subs and views start to snowball.
Open an online shop! Figure out what you want to sell, as there is no right or wrong answer as it’s a personal preference. White labeling is one of the quickest and easiest ways to start an online business. The minimum order quantity will be much smaller than a custom product like Pete & Pedro’s deodorant, for which I had to order 30,000 units to custom formulate it. Simply Google search ‘white label’ to discover a vast array of different manufacturers and vendors.
Alibaba also has anything you can think of to get samples and negotiate. Going overseas to start is nuanced, so many people will buy a product on Alibaba and then resell it on a site like Amazon. But if you want to create your own brand, I recommend setting up an e-commerce store like Shopify. Use Skillshare as your resource because there are tons of creators teaching step-by-step. If you want to set up a Shopify store, they can walk you through the process, as it’s not as complex or complicated as you think.
This one blew my mind. Go to thrift stores and resell stuff at yard sales. I have a friend who has a yard sale every weekend after she purchases inventory from different thrift stores. She knows what will sell, and she moves a lot of items. You could post a message on Facebook, offering to buy people’s old purses and shoes. From there, set up an Etsy account. You can sell those items as-is or modify/refinish them. If you’re creative or like doing crafts, Etsy is a fantastic opportunity to create a side hustle because you can build a storefront quickly. Refinishing old furniture is another idea. Find pieces at thrift stores or yard sales, strip them, and then refinish/paint them. You can charge twice, if not three times, the amount that you bought the product for.
Create a guide or a course and then market it yourself. Create high-quality PDFs that offer value to a target audience and then market to create awareness.
(1) Create PDFs (eBooks, guides, tutorials, worksheets, templates) that offer valuable information or content on a particular topic and sell them online via Etsy or Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
(2) Create PDF printable files that can be used for various purposes, such as planner pages, calendars, coloring pages, or wall art. These printables can be sold on your website or through online marketplaces.
(3) Create expert PDFs that serve as course materials for online courses you hold, which the PDFs can be offered as digital downloads for those who enroll. You could also try an affiliate network to sell it or give other people with an audience the ability to make a commission off your course.
(4) Create PDFs with beneficial business templates like business plans, proposals, contracts, or financial spreadsheets. Sell them to small business owners or entrepreneurs.
(5) Create PDFs that offer advice or consulting services, which include marketing plans, branding guides, or financial planning advice.
You are in control of your destiny. Develop financial freedom and FU money! What will you accomplish in your spare time?
