@MoneyCanWorkForYou 10 November 2022 more from that month

Side-Hustles From Scratch #20 — I Need An Upgrade This computer ain’t gonna cut it no more

*Photo by* *Musa Ortaç on Pexels* https://www.pexels.com/photo/camera-and-electronic-devices-beside-glass-with-beverage-5609071/ Intro Another Thursday and another progress update. No miracles, just real, slow progress. Get future updates e-mailed to you every Thursday by signing up for my mailing list. https://medium.com/@HungryMinded/subscribe And if you missed the previous updates, here is a complete list for you: Trying Popular Online Side-Hustles From Scratch View list https://medium.com/@HungryMinded/list/trying-popular-online-sidehustles-from-scratch-e04988033439?source=post_page-----dd6a7a521d06-------------------------------- Hopefully, in a year or so, we can look back at this list as a roadmap to a successful side hustle. *Disclaimer: This article contains affiliate links, if you purchase something using them I might earn a commission.* Update #20 As I already mentioned last week. I am planning to start several new projects soon. Most notably I want to grow and monetize a YouTube channel in 2023. But I have already started working on the channel. And as soon as I got to work I faced some obstacles. On a side note, I am doing pretty well at my writing side hustle which I haven’t included in this series. I have already published over 100 articles online. You can read more about that here: Life Changing Experience of Starting Writing Online - 100th Story on Medium https://medium.com/seeds-for-the-future/life-changing-experience-of-starting-writing-online-100th-story-on-medium-b98b1ff13d00 Now let’s get into the regular stuff. Earnings Total: $117.98 Breakdown: Print-on-demand: $0.61 Affiliate marketing: $117.37 This Week: Affiliate marketing: $0 Accomplishments Series started — April 21, 2022 First photos accepted to Shutterstock — April 26, 2022 First video published on Youtube — May 5, 2022 First sale on RedBubble — May 10, 2022 First referral on Medium — May 12, 2022 First actual affiliate sale 34$ — August 7, 2022 Crossing $100 mark — November 1, 2022 YouTube I have added a new section to document my journey on YouTube. So far I have created the channel. Uploaded a couple of experimental shorts and one video. Hungry Minded on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@hungryminded But in the future, I want to focus on a more informative style of videos. Last week I set a goal for myself to record a voiceover with a decent enough quality. And I did it. There is still a lot of improvement to do. But I could come up with something I can work with. I used my Shure SM 57 microphone which I originally purchased to record my guitar. But after browsing the web I found out that it works well for voiceovers too. And a lot of podcasters use it. https://amzn.to/3X1R2nM One thing I need to upgrade the setup is a windscreen for the mic. Something like this should work. https://amzn.to/3g0q7rz This upgrade would eliminate unwanted popping noises. And I should definitely work on my pronunciation and voice in general to get the audio to a level that I like. But I have a bigger problem than this. My current laptop is getting old and just won't cut it if I want to succeed on YouTube. Yesterday I was working on editing a video and not only it was painstakingly slow, but at one point the whole thing crashed and my progress was lost. I need to upgrade my computer as soon as possible. And I am looking at a MacBook Air with an M1 chip. I know this might not be the top choice for video editing. But from the reviews I’ve looked at, I feel confident it will get the job done. If you’d like to support me in making this purchase you can leave me a tip on Ko-Fi. Everything helps. https://amzn.to/3TqXhyv https://ko-fi.com/hungryminded Channel Stats Subscribers: 6 Videos: 1 Shorts: 2

*screenshot by HungryMinded* Affiliate Marketing I haven’t made new sales this week. But I signed up for Amazon Associates which is their affiliate program. And I can now share links to Amazon products and if anyone buys something using my link, I will earn a commission. https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/home I already shared some gear I use or plan to purchase in this article. And I will also be able to do this on YouTube. We will just have to wait and see how all of this works out. Print-On-Demand I haven’t been actively working on new designs for the past weeks. And I still have some designs to upload. But I haven’t seen any meaningful returns from this hustle so far. So I am currently focusing on other projects. Here is my RedBubble store: HungryMinded Shop | Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/hungryminded/shop?asc=u And here’s the traffic it got during the past 7 days:

*screenshot by HungryMinded* As you can see it is not a lot. Goals For The Week Overall goals: Start working on a Newsletter Youtube: Edit and publish a video Affiliate marketing: Come up with creative ideas to take advantage of Amazon’s affiliate program. Print-On-Demand keep uploading the old designs In Future updates: A transparent look at my progress I will share what I have learned I will share other valuable sources of information Here is a list of all articles in the series: Trying Popular Online Side-Hustles From Scratch https://medium.com/@HungryMinded/list/trying-popular-online-sidehustles-from-scratch-e04988033439?source=post_page-----dd6a7a521d06-------------------------------- Feedback If you have any suggestions or questions or want to share your thoughts, leave a comment below Before you leave If you enjoyed reading my work consider subscribing to get e-mails about my future writing on Medium - Sign up Here, or tipping me on Ko-Fi. https://medium.com/@HungryMinded/subscribe https://ko-fi.com/hungryminded *This article was originally posted by me on* *Medium* https://medium.com/seeds-for-the-future/side-hustles-from-scratch-19-new-challenges-3ece5461d46d