457: Growing a 6-Figure Side Hustle in 12 Months

Published: Aug. 12, 2021, 9 a.m.

b"Today\\u2019s guest has gone from zero to almost 50k followers in the last 12 months and has turned that newfound attention into a 6-figure online business.\\nThis is impressive in itself, but what\\u2019s even more impressive about this story is that Dickie Bush has built his audience on Twitter.\\nYou know, that social media platform that's always just ... been there. One of several platforms that I\\u2019d kind of written off.\\nIn fact, in 8 years and 450 episodes, we\\u2019ve never done a dedicated conversation on Twitter as an audience-building platform.\\nDickie has been a frequently-requested guest over the last few months. He\\u2019s a former college athlete turned portfolio analyst. But on the side, he\\u2019s the creator of Ship30for30.com, a cohort-based online course that helps you build an online writing habit.\\nDickie opens up enrollment for Ship 30 for 30 every 6 weeks, and in the last enrolment, he had 476 students paying $350 each.\\nThat\\u2019s $166,600 in gross revenue.\\nIf you\\u2019ve been focusing on YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok, you may be missing out. In this episode, Dickie explains why Twitter is the perfect platform for quickly building an engaged audience.\\nTune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to learn:\\n\\nwhy Dickie uses Twitter and says it\\u2019s the best platform for building an audience\\n\\nhow he writes tweets that go viral and attract followers\\n\\nwhy he opted to build a cohort-based course over evergreen content\\n\\nFull Show Notes: Growing a 6-Figure Side Hustle in 12 Months\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"