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This week in the guest chair we have Ashley Reynolds, Founder of Cloth & Paper. Established in 2015, Cloth & Paper was birthed from necessity! Ashley left her corporate finance job of 9 years and needed to devise a plan on what her next career move would be, while fulfilling her dream of being an entrepreneur. While on the hunt for a new planner, she noticed that there weren't any on the market that quite fit her minimal aesthetic or needs. It was at that point her journey down the paper trail began. She then spent endless hours and days designing planner inserts from scratch with no previous background or education in graphic design. Shortly after, a stationery business blossomed and the line grew to offer leather planners, luxury pens, and more quintessential styles. She ran C&amp;P alone for the first year and a half, testing her true abilities as an entrepreneur. Today, she is still head designer, AKA mastermind, behind it all, growing Cloth & Paper into a brand with over 40 employees, 100K Instagram followers, and thousands of passionate customers. &nbsp;In this episode she shares:  What inspired her to start Cloth & Paper How she created her first planner insert on Microsoft Word! How her organic approach to marketing supported the growth of her business & so much more!  Check out this episode and others on , , and  This episode is brought to you by:&nbsp; US BankVisit USBank.com for the tools you need to make your business boom! / If you’ve got goals, hopes, and dreams visit  to make them happen! U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity lender and member FDIC  Through Trade and Travel, you can learn how to trade as a side hustle and supplement your income with trading. Sign up for the Trade and Travel program at  Links mentioned in this episode    Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed):  Announcements Join our Facebook Community If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here:  Guest Social Media Info Side Hustle Pro –   Cloth and Paper-

309: How Ashley Reynolds Created The Most Sought After Stationery Brand, Cloth & Paper

Today in the guest chair we have Erica McAfee, one of my Podcast Moguls students who's here to share her journey of growing her podcast, Sisters in Loss, through the lessons learned inside of the Podcast Moguls accelerator program. Erica is the Founder and CEO of Sisters in Loss, a maternal child health hub that helps Black women replace silence with storytelling around pregnancy and infant loss and infertility.&nbsp; Sisters in Loss provides pregnancy, birth, postpartum, bereavement doula, and grief services to help women step beyond anxiety and fear and into trust and peace after loss. Its self-titled podcast spotlights resilient Black mothers who share intimate details of their journey to motherhood through painful, but inspirational loss and infertility stories.&nbsp;  Sisters in Loss has been featured in Forbes, BBC News, Black Enterprise, Women's Health, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and The White House. &nbsp;In this episode she shares:  How her interest in alternate methods of growing a family inspired her to start podcasting&nbsp; What attracted her to join Podcast Moguls and her journey within the program Her top lessons learned from Podcast Moguls + so much more!  Check out this episode and others on , , and  This episode is brought to you by:&nbsp;  Through Trade and Travel, you can learn how to trade as a side hustle and supplement your income with trading. Sign up for the Trade and Travel program at  Links mentioned in this episode  Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed):  Announcements Join our Facebook Community If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here:  Guest Social Media Info Side Hustle Pro –   Sisters in Loss-

310: How Erica McAfee Grew The Sisters In Loss Podcast With Lessons Learned in Podcast Moguls

This week I am back with a solo episode where I am sharing:&nbsp;  How moving back to NY has been life changing & what I’ve learned from my entry into motherhood&nbsp; How I am focusing on my mindset and systems this quarter What I am hiring for in my life & the book that inspired these ideas + so much more  Check out this episode and others on , , and  This episode is brought to you by:&nbsp; Trade And Travel Through Trade and Travel, you can learn how to trade as a side hustle and supplement your income with trading. sign up for the Trade and Travel program at  Thrive Causemetics Get 15% off of your first purchase order when you visit  Links mentioned in this episode       Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed):  Announcements Join our Facebook Community If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here:  Guest Social Media Info Side Hustle Pro –

311: How I’m Managing Life, Motherhood and Business

If you’re still struggling to discover your perfect side hustle, you’re not alone. It’s because you’re good at more than one thing. But here’s a tip: just because you enjoy something, doesn’t mean it needs to be your side hustle! Let’s get into how to take all of your many ideas, and truly determine if it’s the best side hustle for you. This episode is part one of the Side Hustle Pro Bootcamp series, where I teach you how to start your side hustle.&nbsp;   In this episode we discuss:&nbsp;    Narrowing down your ideas to find a sustainable side hustle How to lean into your community to get started&nbsp; The value of the information you already know&nbsp;&nbsp;    P.s. I’m hosting a live side hustle accountability challenge called the Side Hustle Bootcamp and you can sign up right now.  The Side Hustle Bootcamp is designed to help busy, multi-passionate professionals just like you discover your perfect side hustle and get it up and running   Go to sidehustlepro.co/bootcamp to learn more and save your spot   Check out this episode and others on , , and watch on    Links mentioned in this episode         Affiliate Disclosure: I may be an affiliate for products that I recommend or share. If you purchase those items through my links, I may earn a commission. You will not pay more when you purchase using my link.   Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed):    Announcements   Join our Facebook Community   If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here:    Guest Social Media Info   Side Hustle Pro –

316: How To Choose The Right Side Hustle For You (Side Hustle Pro Bootcamp Part 1) REWIND

Welcome to the very first episode of Side Hustle Pro. In this episode I’ll share the vision for this podcast and tell you more about me, your host Nicaila Matthews. You’ll hear why quitting my first job at 24, a rejection from Google and taking the path less traveled inspired me to create and grow my side hustle into a profitable brand. &nbsp;Plus, I’ll tell you what to expect each week on the show and give you a sneak peek at our first guest.

Ep 1: Introducing Side Hustle Pro

Today’s guest is Arsha Jones, a serial entrepreneur and an emerging leader in the ecommerce industry. She has built multiple, highly profitable brands, with revenues approaching nearly a half million dollars in less than two years .As we speak, she is currently operating and managing Capital City Co, keeping you fly through the Tees in the Trap brand, building iOS apps for Apps By The Pound, all while running the design blog (and Facebook Group!), Brand Build Sell. Her first venture, co-founded with her husband is Capital City Co, produces a Washington, DC area wing sauce called mambo sauce - a local staple. Her second company is Tees in the Trap, which is a lifestyle brand inspired by pop culture and infused with black girl magic. &nbsp; On today’s episode, Arsha shares:  How she started the Capital City Co Mambo sauce in her kitchen and ended up on the front page of the Washington Post How she launched her first t-shirt shop with no shirts and no supplies How haters reporting and shutting down her Etsy shop gave her the motivation to launch her own ecommerce site Why you should test and validate your ideas before spending a lot of money on branding and inventory Her number one secret to Facebook marketing  &nbsp; Listen on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher and  Google Play  Links and people mentioned in this episode:  Capital City Co Tees in the Trap Brand Build Sell Brand Build Sell Facebook Group  The Facebook Formula Advanced Training Buffer OnlyPult  &nbsp; Show notes from this week's episode: SideHustlePro.co Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss &nbsp; Important Announcements: &nbsp; Side Hustle Pro is now almost 700 members strong. If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/mastermind Connect with me on Instagram:Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro#SideHustlePro

Ep 26: How to Start an eCommerce Empire with less than $100  (Arsha Jones of Tees in the Trap)

Today, I’m happy to welcome into the guest chair, a woman who is putting #BlackLove on display for people to see on television screens across the country. Her name is Codie Elaine Oliver, and she is the filmmaker and creator of the #BlackLove documentary series on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. If you’ve ever wondered how producers, screenwriters and filmmakers of color get their work in front of a mass audience and on major networks or movie studios, this is the episode for you. Codie is a graduate of Howard University and the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC. Before becoming an independent filmmaker, she worked in feature film development at Fox Searchlight Pictures, then produced events and supported filmmaking programs at Film Independent, The Los Angeles Film Festival, and the Independent Spirit Awards. She also co-produced the feature film, DESTINED, starring Cory Hardrict and Jesse Metcalfe which will be released in fall 2017. On this episode, we get into:   Her journey from Howard to independent filmmaker  How she recruited some of Hollywood’s biggest names to participate in #BlackLove The road to pitching OWN network And how to make money as a filmmaker in Hollywood

Ep 66: How to Be An Entrepreneur in Hollywood: Behind the Scenes with ‘Black Love’ creator Codie Elaine Oliver

Today on the show, I am introducing you to my best kept secret: the woman who has taught me to turn my knowledge into a valuable, premium course.
Her name is Danielle Leslie and she founded Culture Add™ Labs to help companies and individuals uncover their Culture Add™ and launch profitable products online. She is also the creator of #CourseFromScratch, an 8-week online intensive that helps people create & launch their profitable & poppin’ online courses.

She has been an online marketer in Silicon Valley for almost 10 years and helped personal brands & influencers, including Guy Kawasaki, earn collectively millions of dollars by launching their online courses.

One of the reasons I wanted to have Danielle on the show is because her framework for course launches addresses our common human tendency to get stuck on the preparation part and delay your launch.

She teaches people like myself to not fall into the trap of creating your course content all before you’re ready to launch and instead, focus on what she calls the 4Cs. She breaks this all down in her masterclass, which you can sign up for at SideHustlePro.co/CourseFromScratch if you are interested.

In my own case, I have wanted to launch a podcast training program for almost a year, and I have been dragging my feet because:

I was overwhelmed with the thought of breaking all of the content down
I knew it was really valuable information that could make people thousands of dollars and thus I knew I would need to charge a premium price point (and I was SCARED to set that premium price point)

I turned to Danielle and with her guidance, I launched my podcast accelerator as an invite only program in February and it’s been an AMAZING experience so far.

What I’ve learned from Danielle is:
Focusing on creating a course that truly meets your student’s needs, means creating it with their active feedback, not creating it in a vacuum without their input 
I’ve also learned that it’s not going to be perfect the first time you do it so you have to get down to business and start, so you can improve.

On today’s episode, Danielle gets into:
Her straight line to the cash formula that shatters the most popular course creation narrative
The tools she used to do a $20,000 course launch in 60 days with no email list
Her MVC method to not overthink your launch and to pre-sell your course
How her online course made $25,000 alone in one month on Instagram...and how it has exploded since then.
As this episode premieres, Danielle just crossed the $100,000 mark, her first six figure month. And in today’s episode, she breaks down how she’s quickly approaching $1M in revenue this year

If you want to learn how Danielle’s online course made $100,000 in one month alone from Instagram listen to this entire episode, and remember to sign up for her Course From Scratch class at SideHustlePro.co/CourseFromScratch.

Announcements
Side Hustle Pro is now over 5600 members strong. If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook

Social Media Info
Danielle Leslie - @DanielleLeslie
Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro
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Ep 85: Danielle Leslie Is Growing Her Online Course into a Million Dollar Business

Today in the guest chair is Angelina Darrisaw Cheeks. Angelina is a social entrepreneur, an international business and career coach and a digital media strategist. As the founder and CEO of C-Suite Coach, a career-coaching platform that provides accessible professional development resources to diverse working professionals, Angelina collaborates with employers to create business solutions that empower and educate teams, as well as retain and engage diverse employees. She also facilitates transformative career workshops and experiences that have reached over 4,000 working and aspiring professionals. Angelina’s company C-Suite Coach has a growing global client footprint with companies and individual entrepreneurs and across the United States, Israel, Australia, Canada, and more. C-Suite Coach has been featured in numerous media outlets, including Business Insider, Fast Company, Forbes, Essence, and more. Angelina also services small businesses as a Google Digital Coach, joining Google in bridging the digital divide by offering free coaching and resources to over 2500 NY-based diverse small businesses. On today’s episode, you will learn how Angelina successfully side hustled and transitioned from her full time role as a Senior Manager of Digital Business Development at Viacom to owning her own business.   Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher and  Google Play Links mentioned on this episode  C-Suite Coach  Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Angelina Darrisaw Cheeks - @linadarrisaw Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro  #SideHustlePro

Ep 95: From Side Hustler to C-Suite Coach With Angelina Darrisaw Cheeks

Today in the guest chair is Amy Anaiz. Amy is a New York City-based intimate editorial wedding and portrait photographer. Her professional journey began as a talent agent for New York City’s top still-life and beauty photographers where she learned the ins-and-outs of advertising and commercial photography and was surrounded by beautiful images on a daily basis. While representing these top talent photographers, she masterfully integrated this knowledge and experience into her own business and refined her skills as a photographer and was able to grow from side hustler to full time entrepreneurs. &nbsp; Amy is keen on creating beautiful, joyous and heartfelt imagery that tells a story. Her style is focused on connecting with her subjects and capturing the emotion and personality of everyone she works with while using beautiful, flattering light, paying close attention to detail, and ensuring the images are clean. &nbsp; Her work has been featured in Inside Weddings, The New York Times, Brides, Huffington Post, NY Weddings, The Knot, Dropbox, VH1, E!, HBO, TLC, Essence, Munaluchi Bride, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, Grace Ormonde, and Style Me Pretty amongst others. &nbsp; On today’s episode, Amy shares how she carefully and thoughtfully, planned her journey from doing photography on the side to owning her own business. &nbsp; Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher and  Google Play Links mentioned on this episode  Amy Anaiz Photo TAVE booking software Brene Brown  Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Amy Anaiz - @amyanaizphoto Side Hustle Pro – @sid

Ep 96: How Coveted Photographer Amy Anaiz Turned Her Side Hustle Into A Successful Business

On today’s show, we will hear from a woman who actually got laid off as a result of her hustle. Her name is Tela Holcomb, she is a stocks and options trader, investor and serial entrepreneur. In her own words, she’s financially free and living a life she loves!But, it wasn’t always that way. Like many of us, she had to side hustle, and was dependent on her 9 to 5 to pay the bills. And although she got paid very well it just… her heart wasn’t quite in it. So in 2009, she started learning about trading stocks. She learned a system of trading and investing that had the potential of replacing her paycheck but didn't require her to be behind a computer 8 hours a day. But then, she lost her job. So she got to focused on replacing that income. On today’s episode, she will share how she traded her 9 to 5 and how you can too. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher and  Google Play Links mentioned on this episode  Tela Holcomb Investopedia The Complete Turtle Trader  &nbsp; Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Tela Holcomb - @telaholcomb Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro  #SideHustlePro

Ep 97: Tela Holcomb Was Fired For Having a Side Hustle Then Taught Herself How To Trade Stocks And Retire Early

Hi, I'm Nicaila, a Social Media Marketer turned Side Hustle Pro. I'm also the host of the Side Hustle Pro podcast, the first and only podcast to highlight Black women entrepreneurs who scaled from side hustle to profitable business.