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Side Hustle School

#2039 - First $1,000: “I posted videos on TikTok and started getting paid…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Small Business, Business, Side Hustle

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from viral TikTok sensation Rebecca Rogers, a social studies teacher with millions of followers. She now charges $6,000 for a single video post! 

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


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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0:00.0

Hey there, thanks for tuning in today. This is Sadusel School. My name is Chris Gilabot.

0:12.1

And welcome as well to a brand new month. We are now in the month of August 2022.

0:17.0

You can be listening later, but you know, this episode is going out August 1,

0:20.8

episode 2039. In fact, 2-039. We are just cruising along here. And this episode,

0:27.8

this particular episode today, it's part of a new feature we've been doing in 2022 called

0:32.4

your first $1,000. Now as you might surmise from the title, or as you might know,

0:37.0

if you've been listening for a while, it's all about how someone made their first $1,000.

0:41.4

How do they get to that point? How do they make it happen? Not their first $100,000 or $1,000.

0:46.7

That's cool, but it's also a long story. And in some ways, I think the first $1,000 is much

0:51.5

more interesting, because that shows how somebody really gets off the ground, you know, from zero to

0:56.5

something significant. And then as we've seen from many stories, it often goes on to be much more

1:01.5

from there. So with that in mind, today's feature comes from Rebecca Rogers, the Social Studies

1:07.5

TikTok sensation. Social Studies teacher, I should say. We first featured her back on episode

1:12.8

1641, where this teacher gained 1.5 million TikTok followers. She now has much more than 1.5 million.

1:21.2

She's also now on multiple social networks, not just TikTok, very smart to diversify. But what about

1:27.0

those early days? How did she make it happen? What did it feel like? And what did she learn?

1:31.5

Rebecca's got some insight for us. And an entertaining story. I'll come back at the end with a quick wrap-up.

1:38.2

What I tell you today about our new sponsor, Lands and Business. Lands and Business offers

1:43.2

fully customized clothes, accessories, and promotional products featuring your logo and colors

1:47.9

elevated by decades of experience. The Lands and Sent Me a box of some samples, including a high quality

1:55.4

blanket. I thought it was pretty cool. Got the nice Lands and Business logo on it. They also sent

2:00.5

me a mug with Jordan Harbinger's name on it. So Jordan, he's a pretty cool guy. He's got a podcast

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