Author: Side Hustle Archives
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Why Most Blogs Never Make Their First Dollar
People don’t usually quit blogging because they hate writing. They quit because the math never starts working. I wanted to understand why so many blogs die before earning even one dollar. Not why they feel hard. Why they fail mechanically. The reasons are more boring than people admit. 1. What the method is A blog…
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The Best Passive Income Models for Long-Term Income
Most passive income ideas sound good for about a week. Then the maintenance shows up. So I tried to isolate the ones that actually survive after the novelty wears off. Not the flashy ones. The ones that keep paying years later with minimal new input. There are fewer than people admit. 1. What the method…
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How Newsletter Businesses Actually Make Money: Costs, Revenue, and Risks
People talk about newsletters like they’re leverage machines. Write once. Hit send. Money shows up. That story doesn’t survive contact with numbers. So I tried to figure out what the economics actually look like once you remove screenshots, outliers, and sales pages. What follows is not a playbook. It’s an estimate of how this tends…
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From Trapped in a 9-5 to Making $5 Million: The Inspiring Story of Ali Abdaal
Introduction In the world of online business, few transitions are as dramatic as the jump from the hospital ward to the YouTube studio. Today, we are breaking down the business of Ali Abdaal. He is a former UK junior doctor who spent years treating patients by day and editing videos by night. What started as…