Category: Blog

  • Earn good money and get fit

    Earn good money and get fit

    Being a referee or sports official is the perfect side gig. You earn great money — usually $40 to $100 per game — and get fit at the same time. Demand is good year-round.

  • Side hustle to pad your resume

    Side hustle to pad your resume

    Recruiters say side hustles show imagination, initiative, commercial savvy, customer service and other desirable skills in job applicants

  • How to use your car to make money

    How to use your car to make money

    You can use your car to make money without having to drive a single extra mile if you’re willing to emblazon it with ads, rent to tourists or photographers.

  • Top-rated side hustles, from A-to-Z

    Top-rated side hustles, from A-to-Z

    SideHusl.com’s editors wanted to see if we could find top-rated side hustles for every letter of the alphabet. We failed. But we did find 24 of 26.

  • Side hustle to seven figures: 7 steps to success

    Shaan Patel took his side hustle to seven figures in less than a decade. His tips on choosing and pursuing a side gig may help take your side hustle to seven figures too.

  • Top-rated side hustles, from M-to-Z

    Top-rated side hustles, from M-to-Z

    Our editors went searching for top-rated side hustles representing every letter of the alphabet, and found two-dozen great options

  • Freelancer training programs for better work

    Freelancer training programs for better work

    If you’re a freelancer who is not getting enough — or the right kind — of work, you might want to consider enrolling in one or several freelancer training programs.

  • How to negotiate the new freelance law

    How to negotiate the new freelance law

    A new freelance law that goes into effect in California this week could impact workers everywhere. And though there’s a lot of fear, most will be able to navigate the law to their advantage

  • Earn more than $30 per hour with moving jobs

    Earn more than $30 per hour with moving jobs

    If you’ve got a truck and some muscle, now is the time to look into moving as a side hustle. Moving is a lucrative side hustle. Most movers earn more than $30 per hour

  • New-collar work: high-pay, no degree required

    New-collar work: high-pay, no degree required

    New-collar work that promises high pay without a degree — is exploding, providing new opportunity for high school graduates and adults looking for new careers.

  • Use a side hustle to become a millionaire

    Use a side hustle to become a millionaire

    Almost half of millennials have a side hustle — and many say they’re doing it to add to savings. That sets them up to become young millionaires.

  • How to find part-time professional work

    How to find part-time professional work

    Being a professional used to be an all-or-nothing proposition. Work full-time and make lots of money or…well, don’t. That’s changed dramatically. Here’s how to find part-time professional work.

  • Work-from-home options soaring

    Work-from-home options soaring

    The number of companies allowing remote work is soaring in the United States. That gives more people the option of working from home. Here’s how.

  • Holiday side hustles

    Holiday side hustles

    This coming month of chaotic shopping, seasonal decorating and holiday parties gives entrepreneurs ample opportunity to make a bundle with holiday side hustles.

  • Flipping a $50 chair into a $100,000 business

    Flipping a $50 chair into a $100,000 business

    Three months after finding a discarded chair that they managed to sell for $50, Melissa and Rob Stephenson turned that modest profit into $100,000 of merchandise. Here’s how.

  • Better jobs for Uber and Lyft drivers

    Better jobs for Uber and Lyft drivers

    Ride sharing giants Uber and Lyft are trolling for new drivers. But a careful read of their pitches to prospective drivers signal dismal earnings. Here’s why and how you can do better.

  • Don’t-miss deductions for freelancers

    Don’t-miss deductions for freelancers

    Freelancers have more tax deductions than ever, thanks to the new tax law, but there is nothing simple about claiming everything you’re due.

  • Side hustles for teachers

    Side hustles for teachers

    Having summers off may sound great for vacation planning, but it can be murder on a budget. Fortunately, there are a lot of things teachers can do to earn a few bucks over the summer holidays.

  • The day my house earned $1,455

    The day my house earned $1,455

    Can you really earn thousands of dollars by renting out your house by the hour? We decided to find out by signing up for Giggster, a site that rents your home for movie and photo shoots

  • Why retire? Seniors dominate some side hustles

    Popular thought suggests the gig economy is dominated by millennials, but two recent studies say seniors dominate — and earn more — in some fields.

  • Spring cleaning: How to get the most cash for your KonMari

    Spring cleaning: How to get the most cash for your KonMari

    Getting swept up in the decluttering trend advocated by Marie Kondo has an added benefit: You can make a decent amount of money selling your clutter.

  • Turn a side hustle into a business

    Turn a side hustle into a business

    Some people have a side hustle to make extra money or make ends meet. But others are doing it to test out abusiness idea, hoping to turn the side hustle into a job or business.

  • The benefits of putting kids to work

    The benefits of putting kids to work

    Paid work imparts a litany of benefits on teens and tweens and not just in the form of cash. Kids as young as five can start to learn about money management and wise decision-making by managing their own wages.

  • Random side hustles anyone can do

    Random side hustles anyone can do

    Some side hustles are just random. They don’t fit into a category. They don’t require a skill. If you can walk and use a cell phone, you can earn money with them.

  • Employee or freelancer? Take the quiz

    Employee or freelancer? Take the quiz

    Many online platforms, such as Uber. Lyft. Handy, and Postmates, offer work with a proviso. If you take a job through one of these platforms, you agree to say that you don’t really work for them. You work for yourself through them. That distinction costs you — and saves the platform — a ton of…

  • Animal care: A simple, growing, and lucrative side hustle

    Animal care: A simple, growing, and lucrative side hustle

    Online platforms that provide pet-care jobs are thriving, expanding and providing increasingly attractive options for side hustlers

  • Virtual assistant: A vague title for an attractive, high-paying job

    Virtual assistant: A vague title for an attractive, high-paying job

    Want to work from home, set your own hours, rate of pay and job description? Consider becoming a virtual assistant, solving business problems for others

  • Getting paid to provide care for the elderly (including your parents)

    Getting paid to provide care for the elderly (including your parents)

    If you have a patient and caring disposition, you may be able to earn $10 to $30 per hour providing care to older adults. And the old folks you help don’t have to be strangers.

  • One-hour side hustles for the time-constrained

    One-hour side hustles for the time-constrained

    Need extra money, but don’t have much time? There are a handful of side hustles that you can do with just one hour a day. And while they won’t make you rich, you can easily pick up $100-$150 per week

  • Recession-resistant side hustles to survive a slowdown

    Recession-resistant side hustles to survive a slowdown

    Financial markets fell into turmoil when a recession-indicator flashed red for the first time since 2007. Luckily some jobs are recession-resistant…like these