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BlogNick Wolny contributes for Side hustles have rapidly risen over the last several years, I predict that in the post-pandemic economy they will absolutely explode. According to research from UK firm Superscript:

• Three out of 10 side hustles were started during lockdown,
• 53% of side hustles are pursued to increase disposable income, and
• A third of all respondents want to take their side hustle full-time someday.

It would appear that more people are thinking about a portfolio career than ever before. If you’re one of those people, I am here on the sidelines with a bullhorn and pom-poms egging you on… virtually, of ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for Many moons ago, long before my current career in business and writing, I was a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed teenager who loved cheese fries, the Legend of Zelda franchise, and above all else the French Horn. I aspired to play in a professional orchestra one day and get paid to sling the fanfares that have moved grown men to tears for centuries. So at eighteen years old I maxed out my student loan options (The first major line of credit for many an innocent dreamer) and headed off to music conservatory to become the best French hornist on planet ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for Trixie Mattel, a contestant on season 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, has become one of the franchise’s most successful alums. Her coffee table book (Co-authored by comedy partner Katya Zamolodchikova) became a New York Times bestseller, the duo’s bonkers YouTube series led to a Netflix deal, and her wildly overpainted face — a commentary on the unrealistic facial proportions and beauty standards of barbie dolls — has birthed its own makeup line. When discussing the show as a visibility platform, Trixie notes that “The real race begins after the show has aired.” She was referring to how well contestants leverage their national television airtime to grow ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for Paid content strategy has gotten quite a bit of buzz these last few months. Substack’s paid newsletters have led some journalists to strike out on their own, Twitter released a monetization called Super Follows just last month, and more than a few media publications (Forbes and Business Insider to name a few) offer paid tiers for premium, higher-value stories. As a recent opinion piece in The Information notes: “People follow people”. All this hype around content monetization resurfaces an important question: What content should be free, and what content should you charge for? Also, is there such ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for February 7th, 2009 should have been a trophy-snatching milestone, a thrilling victory for my art and my craft. Like most 21-year-olds, I had no money, no safety net, and no answer to the question “How many shots of Jagermeister is too many?” (The answer, especially once you reach your thirties, is one.) What I did have was a dream. I had basically abandoned the college experience and locked myself in a practice room for seven semesters straight: No Spring breaks, no vacations, no weekends off, no friendships forged. I even took on my professor’s challenge to ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for Does a lack of confidence about your writing keep you stopped or stuck? Are you uncertain as to whether your articles are ‘good enough’? You may be letting impostor syndrome, a normal and natural stage of the writing process, derail you from your goals. We’re here to overcome imposter syndrome. Statistics indicate that you’ve probably have had impostor syndrome in the past (Or have it now). Millennials constitute the largest percentage of the global workforce, and 70% of them report that they’ve experienced impostor syndrome at some point in their career. This feeling of being a fraud can ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for The first time I took a stab at working for myself, it seemed like things were going well. I had a book of digital marketing clients, my website looked nice, I was making ends meet, and my customers were happy. “I’m my own boss, look at me!” I exclaimed. Unfortunately, I had a blind spot — an expensive one. And over the course of a year, I blew down almost $30,000, nearly everything I had in savings. The runway I spent years building up had quickly evaporated because of this one missing link. My blind spot was that I didn’t ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for From the entertainment sector to the health and fitness industry, quarantine culture has forced many entrepreneurs to improvise and share their skills virtually. Instagram’s algorithm rewards live streaming with additional push notifications and a position at the front of the line in users’ Stories feed. Streamers can also see and respond to comments in real-time, which opens up the potential to directly communicate with and engage your audience. If you’re looking to use Instagram live to create content or even sell virtual services, don’t forget to double-check the following four things. 1. Free Up Your WiFi In 2015, the average American ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for In 2002 I was a morbidly obese teenager. Life sucked. Bullying was the norm, food was love, and pop songstress Lizzo wasn’t available to tell me I had the juice because she was in 8th grade at the time. Even if she was espousing body positivity in junior high, social media didn’t exist. I was alone and lost on how to develop good habits. I eventually broke free of my self-hatred cycle in the summer after my sophomore year when a fast-food job fell through, leaving me with unexpected time on my hands. I began to ...

BlogNick Wolny contributes for Simultaneously adored and despised by millions, TikTok is having a moment. Publications and entrepreneurs alike are now realizing the app is more than a repository of random dance challenges and are asking themselves if they should adopt the platform and move into the world of short-form filmmaking via vertical video. The Harvard Business Review, as per usual, is killing it. This is a top industry publication with notoriously rigorous author standards. Yet their TikTok profile leaves this prestige at the door; it feels more like a person, which is great. Screenshots from the author The Harvard Business Review ...