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10 Legit Ways to Get Paid To Be An Online Friend: Up to $50 an Hour From Home

10 Legit Ways to Get Paid To Be An Online Friend: Up to $50 an Hour From Home

Yes, you really can get paid to be an online friend. I'd seen sites like RentaFriend show up in lists of ways to make money online for years, and wa…

Amazon Influencer Program: From Zero to $5k a Month Part-Time

Amazon Influencer Program: From Zero to $5k a Month Part-Time

Last month, I did an episode on the 17 different income streams I was working on. One of the smallest on that list generated the largest response, a…

How Much Does it Cost to Start a Podcast? Less Than You Think

How Much Does it Cost to Start a Podcast? Less Than You Think

I'm almost 7 years into hosting The Side Hustle Show, and what started as a little side-project experiment has turned into a life-changing adventure.…

How to Earn $200k/Year in Semi-Passive Income Through Small Business Acquisitions

How to Earn $200k/Year in Semi-Passive Income Through Small Business Acquisitions

Why go through the trouble of building your own cash flow when, with a little determination and a little hustle, you can insert yourself into some in…

Is Freecash Legit? Inside the “Most Rewarding GPT Site”

Is Freecash Legit? Inside the “Most Rewarding GPT Site”

Freecash claims to be “one of the most rewarding GPT websites in the world.” (GPT = "get paid to...") But is Freecash legit? And how much can you r…

Is Cointiply Legit? Earn $30-$100 Per Month in Free Crypto

Is Cointiply Legit? Earn $30-$100 Per Month in Free Crypto

Cointiply calls itself “the #1 Bitcoin Rewards Platform.”  According to Cointiply, the average user earns up to $30 per month. While this probably …

Built to Sell: Design a Business to Run Without You

Built to Sell: Design a Business to Run Without You

Service businesses can get a bad rap. After all, there are still clients to deal with, there’s actual labor involved in fulfillment, they’re just no…

The 13 Best Ways to Get Free Amazon Gift Cards – $100+ on Autopilot

The 13 Best Ways to Get Free Amazon Gift Cards – $100+ on Autopilot

Since I know I'll eventually spend the money on Amazon, an Amazon gift card is pretty much as good as cash these days. But why would you buy Amazon …

12 Ways to Monetize a Podcast – Plus My Actual Results

12 Ways to Monetize a Podcast – Plus My Actual Results

How do podcasts make money? Producing a show takes real work, and if you want to keep your show running, you've got to find a way to make it work fo…

Can You Really Get Paid to Watch Ads? The Truth + 13 Apps to Try

Can You Really Get Paid to Watch Ads? The Truth + 13 Apps to Try

Ads are everywhere—interrupting your binge sessions, popping up mid-scroll, and even sneaking into your favorite apps. If we’re stuck watching them,…

Can You Really Get Paid to Watch Ads? The Truth + 14 Apps to Try

Can You Really Get Paid to Watch Ads? The Truth + 14 Apps to Try

Ads are everywhere—interrupting your binge sessions, popping up mid-scroll, and even sneaking into your favorite apps. If we’re stuck watching them,…

17 Genius Ideas To Help You Stop Spending Money!

17 Genius Ideas To Help You Stop Spending Money!

It’s easy to get caught up in the habit of spending without thinking. But the good news is, it’s totally possible to break the cycle. In this artic…

Is Solitaire Cash Legit? Win Up to $139 Per Tournament

Is Solitaire Cash Legit? Win Up to $139 Per Tournament

Solitaire Cash says you win real money playing solitaire on your phone. How much are we talking? According to several sources, players can earn as m…

I Interviewed My AI Self: What It Got Right, Wrong, and Just Plain Weird

I Interviewed My AI Self: What It Got Right, Wrong, and Just Plain Weird

It’s 2025, and the line between reality and science fiction is getting more and more blurry every day. In this episode, I sit down with someone I’ve…

The 8 Best Receipt Scanning Apps to Get the Most Cash Back

The 8 Best Receipt Scanning Apps to Get the Most Cash Back

Getting paid to take pictures of your receipts may be one of the world's easiest ways to make extra money. It won't make you rich, but the income ca…

How to Get Out of the Rat Race: A Realistic Guide to Escape the 9-5 Grind

How to Get Out of the Rat Race: A Realistic Guide to Escape the 9-5 Grind

Getting out of the rat race is simple, but not necessarily easy. To escape, all you need is monthly income — from non-job sources — that exceeds you…

30 Passive Income Ideas To Stop Trading Time for Money in 2025

30 Passive Income Ideas To Stop Trading Time for Money in 2025

I set out to write the best damn passive income ideas post on the Internet. Because here's the thing. Most "passive income" list posts just repeat t…

How to Start a Dress Rental Business: $150k Renting Out Dresses

How to Start a Dress Rental Business: $150k Renting Out Dresses

In 2022, Summer Fisher discovered the world of renting out dresses. "Oh, well, I have all these dresses. Let me just put one up," she told Yahoo Fin…

27 Best Ways to Get Free Money: Legit $500+ Inside!

27 Best Ways to Get Free Money: Legit $500+ Inside!

Is there really such thing as free money? Well, it depends on what you consider "free." Money is almost always an exchange for value. But over the p…

How to Make Money on LinkedIn

How to Make Money on LinkedIn

If you’re looking to turn LinkedIn into a money-making machine, you’re in the right place. Joe McKay has taken his LinkedIn ghostwriting side hustle…