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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3218 - TBT: I Built a Supplement Guide People Actually Trust

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Throwback Thursday segment, learn how a side hustler built a trustworthy supplement guide from one TikTok video, turning it into a $40,000 affiliate business.

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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0:00.0

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0:46.0

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0:50.7

How I built a supplement guide people actually trust. Welcome to Side Usul School. My name's

0:59.8

Chris Gillevoh. This supplement guide, it's actually not for me. It's from one of our case studies.

1:04.8

He built a successful business, I think $40,000 a year on the side, part-time, largely passive once it was set up.

1:12.7

And so he took this approach of affiliate sales. It started with a single TikTok video about

1:17.7

magnesium supplements. I do actually take magnesium. I do a little calm drink most nights

1:22.6

before going to bed. So maybe I need to check out what this guy's got. Anyway, the video didn't just get views.

1:29.5

It got trust. People started asking questions. The creator realized there was a real opportunity,

1:34.2

not just to promote products, but to hopefully help people navigate this messy and confusing

1:39.3

landscape. There's a lot of supplements out there, and a lot of them are not that great.

1:43.8

So his goal was to build a no BS supplement guide, monetize it with affiliate links. He eventually added a newsletter and other stuff. So it's not a million dollar exit, but it's brought in $40,000, as I said. So that's pretty cool. Let's hear a bit more about how it worked. This is part of our throwback Thursday series, where we take an in-depth look at someone whose story has evolved since we first featured them. So this is Jesse, Jesse from North Carolina, I believe. Let's pass the microphone to him. I'll be back at the end with a quick wrap-up.

2:14.7

Hey, I'm Jesse. I live in North Carolina. I never set out to make money online. I just got

2:21.1

annoyed by how hard it was to find solid info on supplements. Like every time I googled something

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