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The Side Hustle Show

431: Fear of Selling, Protecting Ideas, Podcasting and More: 20 Questions with Nick

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to dive into the ol’ listener mailbag and answer a few questions in this week’s edition of The Side Hustle Show.

I’ve had quite a few interesting questions come in since the last Q&A episode, and picked 20 to talk through in today’s show.

Click here to join Side Hustle Nation for free!

Here are the questions I cover:

  1. How do you get over the fear of asking someone to buy your service or product? (1:42)
  2. Should I gain a skill to start a side hustle or just jump on some ones that have little barrier to entry? (3:45)
  3. How do you combat shiny object syndrome? (5:14)
  4. Do you have to have an established site to qualify for affiliate programs? (6:52)
  5. I'm thinking of expanding the focus of my website. Should I rebrand? (7:59)
  6. Are there tasks too small for virtual assistants? (9:32)
  7. What are your thoughts about leaving a side hustle as a "hustle" instead of a business? (10:08)
  8. Can you send it to me in French? (10:58)
  9. What low startup cost businesses can a 14 year old do? (12:07)
  10. Is there a service you would recommend for monetizing newsletters through sponsorships? (13:55)
  11. What are the top three things you would do to monetize a (new) podcast? (17:21)
  12. What’s the hardest part about hosting a podcast? (18:59)
  13. How do block days work if there's a conflict between your schedule and someone you're trying to meet with? (20:17)
  14. What's your take on the best length of time for a podcast? (21:26)
  15. How do I transition from my full-time career to my side hustle? (22:44)
  16. I have a idea that if shared with anyone or investors could be easily stolen. How do I protect it? (25:04)
  17. I just made my first $5 in passive income! How can I keep this newfound motivation alive? (27:51)
  18. I'm finding it difficult to grow my Facebook page. Any ideas or advice? (29:29)
  19. How would you go about getting your first freelance clients? (30:37)
  20. What makes a good KPI? (33:02)

Full Show Notes: Fear of Selling, Protecting Ideas, Podcasting and More: 20 Questions with Nick

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, what's up? What's up, Nick?

0:01.4

Oh, Lopper here. Welcome to the Side Hustle Show because multiple streams of income looks

0:06.7

good on you.

0:07.7

It's time for another round of 20 questions with Nick, where I dive into the listener mail

0:11.9

bag and attempt to answer for your education and entertainment, 20 questions that came

0:17.8

in over the last few months.

0:19.8

This is the 11th installment in this series.

0:23.3

So notes and links to all the resources mentioned are at SideHustleNation.com slash Q and

0:28.7

A11.

0:30.5

Question for you before we get started.

0:32.6

Did you know that 75,000 people get my weekly newsletter packed with money-making ideas?

0:38.3

If you are not one of them, I'd love to remedy that.

0:41.2

You can join for free at sidehustlenation.com slash join or through the link in the episode

0:45.9

description of your podcast player app.

0:48.2

And when you do, you'll also get access to hundreds of members, only a goodies and bonus

0:51.8

files that I've created over the years plus an invite to the world's largest, most active

0:56.7

and most supportive side hustle community.

0:59.8

This edition of the side hustle show is sponsored by Skillshare.

1:03.3

If you want to accelerate your learning curve on the skills that matter most to you, I think

1:08.0

our sponsor Skillshare.com is worth a look because no matter what 2021 has in store for us,

1:13.7

you can spend it creating something meaningful with the help of Skillshare's online classes.

1:18.8

Skillshare is home to thousands of premium on-demand classes designed to fit your schedule on topics

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