#721 - Online Memorial Services Are the New Funerals

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2018

⏱️ 6 minutes

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An Australian communications strategist creates an online memorial service that earns $250,000 a year. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchoolShow notes: SideHustleSchool.comTwitter: @chrisguillebeau 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	Who is going to disrupt or at least adapt the obituary business?
0:13.4	Welcome to Sadistle School.
0:14.4	My name is Chris Gellabo.
0:15.8	These days most people don't read newspapers, at least not in the way they used to.
0:20.1	This change has forced a lot of industries and professions to adapt more than just journalists.
0:24.8	So for example, webcomics have become a thing.
0:27.7	Being classified ads and auctions have largely replaced newspaper ads.
0:31.4	But what about obituaries?
0:33.4	Honoring a loved one who has passed away in the form of an obituary, or obit, has traditionally
0:37.8	been a service that newspapers have provided, often exclusively.
0:41.9	But in today's story, an Australian communication strategist creates an online memorial service.
0:46.5	A summit say this is an overdue service, should have happened a long time ago.
0:50.1	But whatever you say about it, understand that it's currently bringing in more than $250,000
0:54.4	a year.
0:56.1	And some of the memorial services are the new funerals.
0:58.2	Stay tuned for the story.
1:07.5	Andrew Ranger is the serial side hustler.
1:10.0	He made an iPhone app that did NDA agreements.
1:12.7	He was involved with a crowdsource website for coming up with company brand names.
1:16.4	And somewhere in there, he developed a payments platform for cafes and restaurants.
1:20.7	He did all these things while working his day job at an advertising agency in their
1:24.0	marketing department.
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