362: Get Paid to Answer Questions: How I Make $20,000 a Month Online

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

How To, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Can you really get paid to answer questions? That’s exactly what Debbie Gartner from TheFlooringGirl.com does - and her answers are earning her $20,000 a month. Debbie used to run a local hardwood flooring consultation business. She’d estimate jobs, make recommendations, and match homeowners with reliable installers. In her spare time, she started her blog with the goal of showing up in some local search results to generate some more business. “I wrote blog posts that were questions that my customers would have,” Debbie told me. But as you might have guessed, the site soon started to reach an audience well outside her local area. A couple of years later Debbie got out of the brick and mortar flooring business and decided to monetize her blog. She was already pulling in more than 100,000 visitors and by simply turning on ads she made $1,100 in her first month. From there she continued to grow her traffic numbers, added affiliate posts, created her own products, and is now making more than $20,000 a month. Tune in to hear how Debbie is driving traffic, how her site earns money, and how you may be able to replicate some of Debbie’s tactics in your own niche. Note: If you don't have a blog of your own yet, my free video series will show you how to get up and running quickly and affordably. Full Show Notes and PDF Highlight Reel: Get Paid to Answer Questions: How I Make $20,000 a Month Online

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0:00.0	Can you really get paid to answer questions? My guest today does and her answers are earning her 20 grand a month.
0:12.0	What's up, what's up Nick Loper here? Welcome to the Side Hustle Show because
0:15.9	Making Extra Money Never Goes Out of Style. Today's guest attended my session
0:21.0	at FinCon a couple months ago and stopped me in the hallway afterwards to tell
0:26.0	me about how her offline business had turned into a pretty lucrative online one.
0:32.0	Debbie Gartner used to run a local hardwood flooring consultation business where she'd
0:37.4	estimate jobs and make recommendations and match homeowners with reliable installers.
0:43.0	her spare time, she started at the Floringgirl.com with the goal of showing up in some local
0:48.8	search results and getting a few more phone calls.
0:51.8	But as you might have guessed, the site soon started to reach
0:54.9	an audience well outside her local area. Stay tuned to learn how Debbie drives traffic today,
1:00.5	how the site earns money, and how you may be able to replicate some of Debbie's tactics
1:04.9	in your own niche.
1:06.5	Notes and links for this one, along with the free downloadable PDF highlight reel with all of Debbie's
1:11.0	top tips from the call are at
1:12.8	side hustle nation.com slash Debbie it's D E B B I E.
1:17.8	As you may know I've been on something of a personal mission lately to be less busy but more effective.
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