Side Hustle Spark 181: Check out themanifest.com

While reading The Do’s and Don’ts of Publishing on Medium.com, I learned about themanifest.com.

You can subscribe to their how-to guides, here.


A realization: It’s entirely possible that the more resources I send you to, the less you’ll need to check in here. While I’m not trying to steer you away, hey, if the destinations help you more than this blog, then I guess ‘mission accomplished’.

Forge ahead!.

I promise I’ll keep plugging, myself.

Side Hustle Spark 180: Ali Mese and growthsupply.com

I liked this tagline found on growthsupply.com’s ‘Studio’ page.

I ran across Ali Mese while reading the post The Do’s and Don’ts of Publishing on Medium.com. (Note: You might need to sign in on medium.com to read that post. Otherwise, this article written by Rhonda Bradley can be found at The Manifest.

The writer noted that Ali (at the time with 64,000 readers) consistently uses bold statements, easy-to-read strategies (subheaders, numbered/bulleted lists), quotes, video, and social media posts in his pieces.

I followed up on Ali and his growthsupply.com site. (“Get smarter at building your thing.”)

Some relevant titles on the front page include:


A realization: It’s entirely possible that the more resources I send you to, the less you’ll need to check in here. While I’m not trying to steer you away, hey, if the destinations help you more than this blog, then I guess ‘mission accomplished’.

Forge ahead!.

I promise I’ll keep plugging, myself.

Side Hustle Spark 165: Copyblogger: “Connect Your Content!”:

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay 

Coopyblogger Editor-in-chief Stefanie Flaxman shares advice on using internal links to create a ‘web of content’.

Title of post: One Ridiculously Easy Blogging Ingredient that Satisfies Hungry Prospects

The post’s three suggested strategies:

  1. Plan your links. Look for/aim for/point to connections between your posts.
  2. Choose intriguing words and phrases. Use terms that match or pique your visitors’ interests. (Ex. ‘call to action’ and ‘selling points’)
  3. Let your content inspire more content. Link back to previous relevant posts and add a reminder to further explore a concept in future posts.

** Because of the nature of sidehustlecurator, this post is a prime example of do as she says, not as I do.

Also due to the nature of my blog, most posts are merely pointers to the better stuff. DO follow the links!

Side Hustle Spark 163: Ten email subject lines that worked on me…

  1. This never fails. Have a look and you’ll see why
  2. Your productivity is not a measure of your worth.
  3. These are the 10 best ads of 2020. [‘Best’ lists almost always get me.]
  4. Are you afraid to fail? [A question that provokes a lot of us.]
  5. Why great copy isn’t enough
  6. Secret tricks businesses use to impress you.
  7. The Letter that Keeps on Giving
  8. My Toxic Family, Then My Toxic Family Found Out
  9. If Only… [So open-ended, I had to follow it…]
  10. A free video on how to write great copy [which I will point to in my next post]

Side Hustle Suggestion 96: Email marketing podcast (with Daniel Throssell)

Side Hustle Nation podcast episode #404 features Daniel Throssell of PersuasivePage.com

Four takeaways:

  • Let your personality come through. (That’s Daniel’s #1 tip.)
  • Create a lead magnet that folks will actually consume!
  • Don’t ‘templatize’ [my term] your welcome email.
  • Use personal stories, but keep them succinct. [Don’t evoke the ‘Ugh, this is filler!’ reaction.]

Gotta say, the Side Hustle Nation folks do a great job of listing the interview’s key points and their exact location for those of us who have an itchy fast-forward finger. Love that feature.

Suggestion 77: Fiverr success stories

So we looked at a few Upwork success stories in the previous post.

Let’s look at some Fiverr folks who have done well.

How this dad made almost $1 million on Fiverr

How these three people make six figures annually on Fiverr

How this Fiverr freelancer made $150K in six months

As the word cloud shows, the gigs included:

  1. freelance writing
  2. copywriting
  3. resume writing
  4. career consulting
  5. doing voiceovers

As always, see what strategies these people have used that you might tailor to your own side hustle.

Suggestion 60: 700 Power Words to Boost Conversions

word cloud with persuasive words for selling
created with wordart.com

I have followed Syed Balkhi of wpbeginner.com since 2017 and his content is always focused and relevant.

You are bound to be helped by this wide-ranging list, [posted April 2, 2020 by Mary Fernandez for Balkhi’s optinmonster.com] which consists of the following word categories:

  • Greed
  • Curiosity
  • Sloth
  • Lust
  • Vanity
  • Trust
  • Anger
  • Fear

There’s also a link to a cheatsheet for the 700 words.

Here’s hoping you’ll get a conversion boost in the next week!