#1161 - Q&A: Can I pursue public speaking as a side hustle?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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This listener wants to get paid for public speaking, and he’s got a good story to share … but does he need a more specific topic?
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| 0:00.0 | Let's talk about public speaking as a side hustle. |
| 0:07.9 | Let's talk about talking for money. |
| 0:10.3 | Today's listener wants to get paid for public speaking and he's got a good story to share. |
| 0:14.6 | He's really passionate about it, but does he need a more specific topic? |
| 0:18.5 | That's what he's wondering. |
| 0:19.9 | So I've got some general commentary, a specific response and a referral to a couple people |
| 0:24.2 | I know who've done very, very well with speaking as a paid side hustle actually now paid full |
| 0:29.2 | time. |
| 0:30.2 | So if you're interested in doing the same, you should follow them and watch what they |
| 0:33.3 | do. |
| 0:34.3 | We'll get into all those things in today's episode. |
| 0:37.4 | Can I pursue public speaking as a side hustle? |
| 0:40.0 | Hi Chris, my name is Galen Elmore from Minneapolis, Minnesota and I've been listening to the |
| 0:50.3 | show for a couple of months now. |
| 0:52.7 | I'm just thankful for this resource that we have as a lot of this stumble our way through |
| 0:58.8 | having a side hustle. |
| 1:01.3 | So I've been public speaking for some years now and I've just recently began actively pursuing |
| 1:08.4 | it as a side hustle. |
| 1:10.4 | I believe that I have a very unique story to tell that would allow me to speak to a very |
| 1:14.4 | wide range of audiences. |
| 1:16.7 | But what I've picked up for me listening to you over time is that having a specific category |
| 1:21.9 | or niche to fill is better. |
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