#1091 - Seattle Developer Takes Flight With Popular Travel Site
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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In search of beer money, a Seattle web developer starts his own travel site. He ends up with a business that attracts more than six million email subscribers.
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| 0:00.0 | In search of beer money, a Seattle web developer starts his own travel site. |
| 0:13.0 | He ends up with a business that attracts more than 6 million email subscribers. |
| 0:17.0 | I did say 6 million. |
| 0:18.8 | He's got a lot of people on his email list, but thankfully, he didn't have to get them |
| 0:22.4 | anything for the holidays. |
| 0:24.4 | Welcome to Side also School. |
| 0:25.5 | My name is Chris Gilabo. |
| 0:27.0 | The right kind of travel deal site can become a sensation that rivals a viral video. |
| 0:32.2 | I am reminded of a friend of ours, Scott Keys, who runs the site, Scott's cheap flights. |
| 0:37.4 | We featured Scott on the program long ago and also in the 100 side oscillas book. |
| 0:42.0 | On his own, as a journalist, Scott ended up building this really simple newsletter that |
| 0:46.1 | became a million dollar business, which is in many ways like what you'll hear about today. |
| 0:50.4 | Although Scott's model is one of a paid membership site. |
| 0:53.3 | This story is largely about earning commissions. |
| 0:56.1 | So same topic, but two different approaches that are both hugely successful. |
| 1:00.1 | We're calling it Seattle Developer Takes Flight with TravelSight. |
| 1:03.7 | That story is coming up in just a moment. |
| 1:06.7 | This football season, get a hand from Betfair's popular bet builder and easily add our fan |
| 1:11.3 | favorite football selections to your bet slip in just one tap. |
| 1:14.9 | And you can get a completely free 2 pound bet builder on any Premier League game this weekend. |
| 1:19.8 | Now that's handy. |
| 1:24.3 | Betfair. |
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