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Side Hustle School

#2865 - First $1,000: From Spreadsheets to Secret Shopping

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s “First $1K” segment, we hear from an accountant who turned her attention to detail and data collection skills into a side gig as a mystery shopping evaluator. 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: [email protected] 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.substack.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. 😎 🙏🏼  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All the big names are here.

0:01.9

Ooh, who is that?

0:03.2

I think she was in the movie about that really big shark.

0:05.9

No, not her.

0:06.9

The florist.

0:07.8

She's automating invoices on the go so she can spend more time on that flower wall.

0:12.6

QuickBooks can save you up to eight hours a week so you can bring your vision to life.

0:17.1

That's how you business differently.

0:18.9

Into its QuickBooks.

0:20.4

Adobe Express is the quick and easy create anything out.

0:24.2

It's my go-to for making my business stand out,

0:26.8

from videos and social posts to flyers and logos.

0:30.9

Search for Adobe Express to find out more and use it for free.

0:36.9

Music and use it for free.

0:47.8

From spreadsheets to secret shopping.

0:50.7

In this week's first $1,000 segment,

0:59.0

we're going to hear from an accountant who turns her attention to detail and data collection skills into a side gig as a mystery shopping evaluator. This is fun because guess what?

1:01.0

Long, long ago, in one of my early, early side hustle days, I did exactly this.

1:06.0

Well, I wasn't an accountant. I actually tried to study accounting in college.

1:09.0

It didn't go very well. I changed to sociology.

1:11.5

But I did do mystery shopping as a side hustle. It was really fun because I was super young. I was like

1:17.8

18 and 19 and I got to go to all of these fancy restaurants. By fancy restaurants, I mean like

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