Online Side-Hustles From Scratch: Update #11 — New Sales and Using AI

Created by HungryMinded, images from MidJourney.com

Intro

Earlier this year I decided to start a series documenting my journey of side hustles. And these truly are just side hustles for me. The time I spend on them is limited. And the progress is slow. But what I show you is genuine.

No get-rich-quick schemes. No fake promises. Just pure, regular progress. And if I can do it by not spending that much time. You can probably do it even better. I will share everything. My failures, my successes, lessons learned, my thought process, and exactly what I did. So if you are interested, follow along on my journey. Better yet join in. Get this e-mailed to you every Thursday by signing up for my mailing list.

And if you missed the previous updates, here is a complete list for you:

Trying Popular Online Side-Hustles From Scratch

Hopefully, in a year or so, we can look back at this list as a roadmap to a successful side hustle.

Update #11

This week has been exciting. I experimented a lot with AI tools. Created new design ideas, and started working on a new shop. And got 2 more referral sales.

Earnings

Total: $41.42

Breakdown:

Print-on-demand: $0.61

Affiliate marketing: $47.72

This week: $6.91

Breakdown:

Affiliate marketing: $6.91

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

Affiliate Marketing

My article about converting youtube videos from Medium articles lately has got really good traction on Medium. And the incoming traffic generated one new affiliate sale.

I Turned My Medium Stories Into YouTube Videos and You Can Too! Here’s how I did it.

So far 18 people have signed up to Pictory.AI(affiliate link) using my link. That’s 10 more than last week. And we also got another sale. I think it’s not bad for the first affiliate link I ever posted.

Another article I wrote a couple of weeks ago hasn’t generated any leads. And I think I won’t focus on stuff involving cryptocurrencies anymore.

4 Ways I Get Free Crypto Online and You Can Too

And I also got a new Medium referral last week. What’s great about both of these affiliate programs is that the revenue is recurring. I will get paid every month as long as my referrals keep paying for their subscriptions.

Print-On-Demand

As I have made some money, I decided it’s time to reinvest. And I purchased a subscription to MidJourney.AI $30 for an unlimited amount of image generations.

I got a bit carried away with using this tool. I will soon write about my experiences. I came up with a lot of design ideas. But I still need to edit them a little bit before uploading them on RedBubble.

You can see some of my experimentation as the lead image of this story.

I also started working on another store with a focus on Christmas. My plan is to get my Christmas designs up early and make a good amount of sales in December. We will see how this plays out.

Goals For The Week

Overall goals:

Keep making more content, improve the quality of my writing and designs, and branch out to reach more audiences.

Affiliate marketing:

• 1 article about Medium
• 1 article about Pictory.ai

Print-On-Demand

• Upload new designs
• Upload 1st Christmas 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

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