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The perfect medium-difficulty side hustle to do from ANYWHERE

Mitchell TeboFebruary 2, 20262:10

Filmed from a beach in Ethiopia, Mitchell shows how the 9x12 postcard business can be run from anywhere with nothing more than internet, email, and a phone.

Key takeaways

  • The whole business runs over email and phone, so Mitchell can work from anywhere with internet, even a beach in Ethiopia.
  • His simple email asks if a business wants to be featured on a postcard going to 5,000 doors in town, then shares the $500 price.
  • At about 10 cents per door, a $500 slot costs far less than the roughly one dollar per door businesses pay to mail on their own.
  • You collect all 16 payments up front, so the printer, who handles printing, mailing, and USPS drop-off, is paid from money already in hand.
  • Selling out one card typically takes about a month, and Mitchell scaled up to three cards in his third month.

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I'm here in eastern Ethiopia right now. It's 105 degrees and sunny. That bank right there is actually white fine sand. It's beautiful. And the Indian Ocean is absolutely pumping.

And you know why I can be here at what time is it? At 9:00 a.m. on a random Monday and I'm about to go out and surf. It's because I have a business where I can work from anywhere.

And you can too. It's a local business that you can actually do from anywhere just by reaching out to local businesses. Here's how it works. It's a large 9x12 inch postcard. Everybody's trying to convince you to learn AI, create fancy softwares, and all that bull crap.

Sure, you might luck out, make a million dollars, but is that really what you want? Or do you want freedom to go out to Ethiopia on the white sand beaches in the 105°ree Ethiopian Indian Ocean? It's your choice. But with this business, all we're doing is reaching out to local businesses and asking them if they want to split the cost of marketing. You can make $5,000 each time you sell out one of these postcards.

And typically, it takes about a month to do. And then you can scale up to multiple postcards per month like I did. Within my third month, I made $15,000 just by selling out three cars that month. All you're doing is reaching out to them over email and saying, "Hey, I'm sending out a postcard to 5,000 doors in town. Is this something you'd be interested in being featured on?"

And of course, as a local business, they're going to say, "Yes, I want to be featured on this cuz it's good marketing for them." And then you say the price. It's going to be $500 per slot. So, they each pay $500 per slot. And to you as a consumer, that might sound like a lot of money, but to a small business, that's not all that much money.

That's not much risk to put up front, especially when it's only 10 cents per door. They're already paying for mail marketing, but they're probably paying like a dollar per door. So, it's no-brainer to them. So, they pay you $500 for a slot and then they give you their ad or you're going to design it for them and it's super easy to do. And then you're going to put it on the 9x12 postcard template and then you're going to send that to the printer.

Oh yeah, by the way, you've collected the money up front before paying for anything. So, you collected 16 slots times $500. That's $8,000 upfront in your pocket. And then you're going to go to the printer. The printer is going to print, mail, and distribute the cards to the US Postal Service.

US Postal Service will take care of her from there. and the printer charges you $3,000 for that. So, you're left with $5,000 in profit. You can do it from anywhere, over email, over the phone, in Ethiopia, doesn't matter, as long as you have internet and a phone. Now, comment print and I'll send you the free step-by-step tutorial, completely free, on exactly how to sell out your first card within 1 month.

And make sure you're following me so I can actually send it to you. And then, come hit the waves with me. Please.

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