If I exclude the $10 I found in the back pocket of my trousers, then it was probably checking one box in the WordPress dashboard. Problem solved, $10.

I’m curious what’s actually working right now. What do you guys do to make a decent income on tne side?

While there’s no such thing as a 100% success rate, over the last 20 years I’ve seen many small businesses and side hustles come and go. But most businesses in these niches survived every crisis and continued making money no matter what was happening in the economy.

Pet Care

The pet care industry is a powerhouse, and it was one of the few sectors that continued growing during the 2008 financial crisis. It’s no surprise that companies like Nestlé, Mars, and Procter & Gamble started their own pet care divisions.

Senior Care

It’s no secret that the population in many wealthy countries is aging. But there’s one interesting thing I’ve noticed, at least here in Europe. Some senior care companies intentionally set very high prices so families won’t accept them. Then they offer seniors free care and accommodation in exchange for signing over their apartment or property after they pass away. I’ve even seen something similar in my village, where Caritas delivers food daily to elderly people in exchange for land or property rights later on.

Rental Property in College Towns

Students will always need a place to stay, and colleges aren’t going anywhere. They also usually care less about having a perfect apartment, which is why rentals in college towns have stayed a solid business for years.

Parking Lots in Tourist Areas

Tourist destinations are like magnets for foot traffic and where there’s foot traffic, there’s a dire need for parking. Parking lots in these areas are like gold mines waiting to be tapped.

Food Truck in a College Town

College students are the perfect customers for food truck owners. They love cheap, tasty food, and many of them will eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Septic Pumping

When it comes to dirty jobs, septic pumping is near the top of the list. But that’s exactly why it can be such a profitable business. Most people don’t want to do this kind of work, which means there’s usually less competition.

Cleaning Business

Who doesn’t love a clean home or office? But the truth is, not many people love the actual act of cleaning.

Organic Chicken Eggs

The demand for organic food keeps growing, and eggs are no exception. More people are moving away from rural areas, and fewer want to do farm work anymore. That creates a big opportunity for people willing to raise and sell organic eggs.

Roofing

Not many people are skilled enough or willing to get up on a roof and do this kind of work.

Porta Potty Rental Business

My cousin had this business when I was a kid. He lived near a border crossing and charged $1 per use. He never told me how much money he made, but I remember people standing in line during the summer, especially women.

I’ve had over 2 million views on my answers over the years, and I made decent money with Quora.

My strategy was pretty simple. I looked for niche questions that had very few answers but were still searched.

Instead of competing on huge questions with 50 replies already posted, I focused on smaller questions where my answer could stay near the top for years.

I promoted Payoneer for Amazon sellers. Back then, Payoneer was paying $25 per signup and I’d answer questions like:

“Can I sell on Amazon from Equatorial Guinea?”

And I’d answer:

“Yes, but you need a Payoneer account because Amazon doesn’t support direct bank transfers in Equatorial Guinea.”

That’s it.

Then I repeated the same answer for other countries and similar questions.

The whole method is basically: Find questions people keep asking. Answer them in a useful way. Add a referral link only when it actually helps solve the problem. Repeat.

What are the best ways to make money with your phone while waiting in line, during your commute by train, or while waiting for commercials to end? I know it won’t be much, but a couple bucks here and there can make a difference for some folks out there.

I've licensed some videos almost 10 years ago and I still make anywhere between $30 and $50 per month in royalties. This probably isn't the only way to make money passively, so what are the other ways to create a beer money passive income stream?

P.S. I'm aware of savings accounts, but for $100 per month you'd need to put around $30k in a bank, and considering inflation, that wouldn't be the smartest thing in the world right now.

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I used to sell on eBay and Amazon, and these days I flip items from Temu. It’s not strictly a weekend side hustle, but around 80% of my profit comes over the weekend. What are some other side hustles that work well on weekends?

We’re just two friends who’ve been making money online for a while.

Between us, we’ve made over $3M. Most of that came from affiliate marketing (~$1.5M) and Mediavine ads (~$1.5M), plus about $500K from YouTube AdSense. Then there were smaller streams like Pinterest, Reddit, Newsflare, Fiverr, Substack, Medium, and a few others.

Right now, our main focus is Pinterest and YouTube, both doing over $10K/month each. That’s where most of our attention goes these days.

Not everything we tried still works. Some things died off, and we had to adjust more than once.

Now we’re thinking about starting a paid mastermind for people who are already making money online and want to grow or branch out.

The idea is simple:

• We’ll show you what’s working for us right now on Pinterest and YouTube
• Break down exactly how we make money with Substack
• Show how we use Reddit for affiliate traffic
• How we'll grow a FB page from scratch and get it monetized

We’ll actually help promote members where it makes sense.

If you’re on Pinterest, I can give regular shoutouts from my accounts.

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If you’re on YouTube, we’ll do our best to push your channel too, and no, it’s not a faceless setup.

This is for people who already earn online but don’t want to rely on just one source.

If that sounds interesting, let me know.

Anyone here running FB pages? Not interested in courses or “DM me bro” stuff, so skip that.

I have a food blog with ~100 recipes, 300+ original images, and a few videos. I’m not trying to send traffic off Facebook. I want to keep everything on-platform and monetize through FB itself.

Is anyone here doing this?

What are you using for scheduling, Post Planner, Strevio, something else, or just posting manually?

How much are you spending on ads to grow a page, or are you doing it all organic?

How many posts per day are you running?

And the most important question... Is the food niche too competitive?

Let’s say your flight gets canceled or you’re a truck driver and your load gets canceled, and you suddenly have a couple of free hours. You can spend that time scrolling Reddit, or you can use it to make a few bucks. What would you do?

I had set a goal for myself of $100/day before quitting my full-time job, but now I’m hesitating. I make over $200 per day (in Q4 I even had some $300 days), but so far this has just been a supplement to my much larger income from my job.

I survived 2014 when Facebook killed my pages, 2018 when Pinterest shadowbanned my account, and the Google HCU that hit my sites and every other blog on the internet. I’m at the point where I feel like I’m reaching my limits (I’m not as young as I used to be), and I feel like I should quit.

That said, I’m really excited and really nervous. Has anyone done this? Any advice?