#1739 - Viking Geek Turns Podcasting Pro
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2021
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A teenage history fan starts a podcast about vikings that grows to 50,000 downloads/month. He then becomes a podcast growth consultant, bringing in a full-time income.
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| 0:34.9 | Two weeks ago on the podcast, episode 1725, I told you the story of a dinosaur-loving couple |
| 0:42.0 | who starts a website and podcast all about their prehistoric passion. |
| 0:46.8 | It was a great success and it continues to be. They went on to do it full-time. |
| 0:50.8 | So today, we're moving further along in history to look at another passionate podcaster |
| 0:55.8 | making a good income with a topic you might think it's hard to be profitable. |
| 1:00.0 | What is that topic? It is Vikings. |
| 1:03.0 | Vikings, as I said, further along in history. |
| 1:05.5 | So in this story, a teenage history fan starts a podcast about Vikings that grows to 50,000 downloads |
| 1:11.6 | a month. He then becomes a podcast growth consultant bringing in a full-time income. |
| 1:16.8 | Lots of good lessons here. Also, networks like Upwork offer a lot of opportunities for new freelancers, |
| 1:23.8 | but they're also pretty crowded. So what can you do differently to charge more money? |
| 1:28.5 | While the teenage podcaster figured that out too, his name is Noah. |
| 1:32.0 | Viking Geek turns podcasting pro is our story. It's coming up after this quick message from our sponsor. |
| 2:02.0 | We know a Tet Sner started his podcast at the age of 17. He wasn't expecting it to become |
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