#1920 - First $1,000: “It doesn’t sound like much, but it meant the world to me…"
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from the founder of Katie Goes Platinum, a blog for women embracing their natural hair color. In addition to boosting self-confidence, this blog now brings in a full-time income!
Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:37.9 | Hey there, thanks for tuning in today. I'm so glad you're out there. My name is Chris |
| 0:41.1 | Gullabo. You're listening to Side Us All School. Today's episode is part of a feature |
| 0:45.0 | we've been doing called your first $1,000. This is a very popular segment. As you might |
| 0:50.2 | surmise from the title, it's all about how someone made their first $1,000. How do they |
| 0:54.7 | get to that point? What choices did they make? What was difficult? What was easy? Not |
| 0:58.6 | their first $100,000, which is cool, but it would be a very long story. It's actually |
| 1:03.1 | all about their first $1,000. What are those points of origin? With that in mind, today's |
| 1:07.7 | feature comes from Katie Emory. We first featured Katie back on episode 1732. Going Grey |
| 1:13.7 | Blog brings in $6,000 a month. Let's talk about this a moment. The Going Grey Blog. |
| 1:19.6 | This is a blog. She describes as an honest and comprehensive resource for women who want |
| 1:24.9 | to confidently embrace their naturally grey hair. It's a blog about going grey. As mentioned |
| 1:31.4 | in the title of that previous story, brings in $6,000 a month. Obviously, doing pretty |
| 1:35.7 | well. I believe she has actually surpassed that now and is climbing towards six figures |
| 1:39.9 | a year, which is pretty amazing. For such a niche topic, although I've even been listening |
| 1:45.3 | for a while, you're like, wait a second, Chris. Maybe she's being so successful because |
| 1:49.6 | it is a niche topic because she has really tried to understand her market. After all, she |
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