12 Steps for Starting & Scaling Your Creative Side Hustle (Pt. 1)

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02/09/22 • 27 min

Side Hustler's Perspective with Coach Scotty Russell

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https://coachscottyrussell.com/side-hustlers-perspective/248

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I get hit up a lot with questions of, “How do I get started with my creative side hustle?”

There’s no one-size-fits-all instruction manual— it requires a lot of patience, experimentation, failure, and figuring it out along the way.

Hence the inspiration behind this 2 Part Series of How to Start & Scale Your Creative Side Hustle.

Many of these tips are interchangeable and overlap within different seasons of your creative hustle—it’s not necessarily a linear progression of each 12 steps in a row.

This is simply a framework to guide someone on a path that:

Reduces the guesswork and boosts clarity and confidence.
Provides balance and structure to leverage in the long-term.
Creates work they love while establishing boundaries for self-care and relationships.

Overall, take what applies to you as everyone’s path is unique.

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RESOURCES & REFERENCES

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FREE TOOLKIT TO SIDE HUSTLE FREEDOM
6 FREE resources to help you grow an audience and build a profitable creative side hustle outside your day job. Download here.

FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON
With as little as your weekly cup of coffee, you can support the growth of this show by backing us on Patreon.

JOIN THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY FOR CREATORS
Join a like-minded FREE global community of kickass creators and take your side hustle to the next level. Your family is waiting.

LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTING APP

CONNECT WITH ME

CREDITS

Music - Blookah
Podcast Editor - Aine Brennan
Executive Assistant - Paige Garland
Photo & Video Specialist - Jared Cunningham
Social Media Coordinator - Hannah Schick
Animation Specialist - Greg D'Amico

To view the full episode show notes, visit:

https://coachscottyrussell.com/side-hustlers-perspective/248

Support for this episode comes from BuzzSumo.
Supercharge your side hustle content strategy today with a FREE 30-Day Trial.

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I get hit up a lot with questions of, “How do I get started with my creative side hustle?”

There’s no one-size-fits-all instruction manual— it requires a lot of patience, experimentation, failure, and figuring it out along the way.

Hence the inspiration behind this 2 Part Series of How to Start & Scale Your Creative Side Hustle.

Many of these tips are interchangeable and overlap within different seasons of your creative hustle—it’s not necessarily a linear progression of each 12 steps in a row.

This is simply a framework to guide someone on a path that:

Reduces the guesswork and boosts clarity and confidence.
Provides balance and structure to leverage in the long-term.
Creates work they love while establishing boundaries for self-care and relationships.

Overall, take what applies to you as everyone’s path is unique.

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RESOURCES & REFERENCES

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FREE TOOLKIT TO SIDE HUSTLE FREEDOM
6 FREE resources to help you grow an audience and build a profitable creative side hustle outside your day job. Download here.

FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON
With as little as your weekly cup of coffee, you can support the growth of this show by backing us on Patreon.

JOIN THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY FOR CREATORS
Join a like-minded FREE global community of kickass creators and take your side hustle to the next level. Your family is waiting.

LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTING APP

CONNECT WITH ME

CREDITS

Music - Blookah
Podcast Editor - Aine Brennan
Executive Assistant - Paige Garland
Photo & Video Specialist - Jared Cunningham
Social Media Coordinator - Hannah Schick
Animation Specialist - Greg D'Amico

Previous Episode

Tips for Profitability & Becoming Your Own Boss with Atomic Child Design

To view the full episode show notes, visit:

https://coachscottyrussell.com/side-hustlers-perspective/247

Support for this episode comes from BuzzSumo.
Supercharge your side hustle content strategy today with a FREE 30-Day Trial.

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Becoming Your Own Boss

The majority of people listening to the podcast aim to become their own boss one day.

To do so takes years of failing, experimenting, developing systems, and finding what works.

It’s not supposed to be easy—but the struggle is hella rewarding when things begin to click.

Today’s guest—Jimmy Bryant of Atomic Child Design—is a nature-inspired artist/brand slanging millions in merch across the land.

To say Jimmy’s story of “Washing dishes for $10/hour to becoming his own boss and making a killing off selling his work” is inspiring doesn’t do it justice.

I think you’ll find it fascinating as well.

In today’s episode we talk shop on:

Not chasing profits right away.
Operating with a chip on your shoulder.
Creating what you love and finding your niche.
Becoming your own boss
Selling merch, slow scaling, and more.

The Goal: To empower you with motivation and actionable steps for becoming your own boss one day.

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RESOURCES & REFERENCES

CONNECT WITH JIMMY

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FREE TOOLKIT TO SIDE HUSTLE FREEDOM
6 FREE resources to help you grow an audience and build a profitable creative side hustle outside your day job. Download here.

FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON
With as little as your weekly cup of coffee, you can support the growth of this show by backing us on Patreon.

JOIN THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY FOR CREATORS
Join a like-minded FREE global community of kickass creators and take your side hustle to the next level. Your family is waiting.

LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTING APP

CONNECT WITH ME

CREDITS

Music - Blookah
Podcast Editor - Aine Brennan
Executive Assistant - Paige Garland
Photo & Video Specialist - Jared Cunningham
Social Media Coordinator - Hannah Schick
Animation Specialist - Greg D'Amico

Next Episode

12 Steps for Starting & Scaling Your Creative Side Hustle (Pt. 2)

To view the full episode show notes, visit:

https://coachscottyrussell.com/side-hustlers-perspective/249

Support for this episode comes from BuzzSumo.
Supercharge your side hustle content strategy today with a FREE 30-Day Trial.

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Looking to start your creative side hustle and take the next steps in scaling it?

Say less, I got you...but I highly suggest checking out Pt. 1 of this series for the first 6 steps!

The quick skinny...

An email subscriber asked for tips on how to build his photography pursuits outside his day job and family life...

All while navigating the head games that come with the pursuit of something you care about.

Hence this 2-part series of 12 Steps for Starting & Scaling Your Creative Side Hustle.

Again, there is no one-size-fits-all framework that’s perfect for everyone.

This is solely based on my experience over the past decade and countless conversations I’ve had with industry-leading creatives.

Soak up and apply what you feel works best for you!

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RESOURCES & REFERENCES

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FREE TOOLKIT TO SIDE HUSTLE FREEDOM
6 FREE resources to help you grow an audience and build a profitable creative side hustle outside your day job. Download here.

FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON
With as little as your weekly cup of coffee, you can support the growth of this show by backing us on Patreon.

JOIN THE PRIVATE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY FOR CREATORS
Join a like-minded FREE global community of kickass creators and take your side hustle to the next level. Your family is waiting.

LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTING APP

CONNECT WITH ME

CREDITS