Side Hustles & NoCode Apps 🤠
👋 Welcome!
September is on a roll 🚀 There is such amazing Maker & NoCode news coming out every day, it’s difficult to mention just a few. So bare with me as today’s newsletter will be a little longer, but so will my summaries. Enjoy!
To kick-off a brilliant guest post by Justin Mares on Superorganizers all about building Side Hustles. Justin has launched a wide range of side businesses over the past decade and even his current business Kettle & Fire started out as one. What began as a $400 test, is now a multi-million dollar company. To be successful side hustles need to “solve a problem someone is already aware of, not require a lot of maintenance and have a no-brainer path to profitability.” In his experience, there are four ways to build such a successful side hustle:
Buy an existing asset;
Launch a product on a marketplace with existing demand;
Launch a unique, one of a kind product in a new space where you can buy demand (Adwords, Facebook, etc.); or
Arbitrage (Craigslist, Airbnb, trading, Uber).
For anyone thinking of starting a side hustle, this is a must-read resource with many helpful insights. Justin has promised to write more about his learnings in future newsletters, so stay tuned. To learn more read the full newsletter on Superorganizers.
🚀 Maker News
Info Product Success
I think most of us have all heard of Daniel Vassallo’s success. Not only has he grown a giant and active Twitter following over the last 1.5 years, but he has also generated over $210k in profits since last December by selling two info products on Gumroad. Over 50% of this stems from his learnings growing his Twitter network. This is a brilliant run-through of his journey. To learn more Read the post.
NoCode Apps
Seth Kramer shares a useful thread listing a variety of NoCode apps with Makers who have built products or services using them. Read the full thread.
Amazing Carrd
Following on from above, Yoroomie shares a useful thread on how he has used the Carrd website builder and other resources to build a niche community and website that’s generated 5-figures in revenue. Read the full thread.
Finding Problems
In an Indie Hackers post, Bilal poses the question how Makers & Founders go about finding problems to solve. This resulted in a string of useful ideas and suggestions, which are well worth reading. Review the thread.
Fast
I don’t think anyone active in the Maker Twittersphere has not heard of Fast. In this clip from a recent interview by Jason Calacanis with the exuberant CEO domm, we learn about how the company makes money. Watch the clip or the whole interview.
Twitter growth
KP shares an insightful Indie Hackers post by Brandon Zhang on lessons learned growing his Twitter followers by 4,777 over the last three months. He now stands at over 6,000 followers. It contains some great ideas and strategies you can implement to grow your following. Read the post.
eCommerce Holiday Prep
Zapier shares five great ways you can prepare your business for the holiday shopping rush. Read the post or learn more on how to save time using Zapier to manage your Shopify store.
💭 Afterthought
To finish off this amazing news day, a great post by Anne-Laure Le Cunff on productivity. She points out that “a smart deadline balances productivity and performance.” Too right, fast does not always mean better! Take care and see you tomorrow!
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