Made 10K/month From A Side Gig

[zzzebra]

(I posted the exact post on the forum introduction thread, but wanted to turn this into a progress thread)

Hi forum members! My name is Ryan and I read MJ's fastlane book a while ago and that really gave me the perspective I needed to hustle and make things happen for myself.

I then went out, got a few referrals and initially started generating a few grand a month, and this past month I've just crossed $10K/month in revenue. 😀 It's a great journey, but I have a lot of roadblocks ahead to scale up the business.

A little bit about myself:
I'm a software engineer at a popular social media company that looks like a birdy. But I didn't write an app or website that made $10K/month.

I used to play tennis at a highly competitive level, until I figured that I can't make it to the pros. Then I took some time off, went to school to get a degree in Computer Science and graduated in 2013. I worked at a startup for a while, but they never took off.

While I was gearing up for my new job (i took 4 months off), I came across MJ's book and that resonated with me. There's a strong feeling in my heart that I need to go out there and do something about it.

Tennis is something I'm passionate about, and something I've been relatively good at. However, I haven't had a ton of experience coaching people.

I figured out that I have 2 relatively crucial skills that a lot of people in my neighborhood are looking for:

1. Bilingual
2. Good in tennis and good with kids

I checked out on both of those, and started reaching out to parents who'd like their kids to learn tennis and have someone who's bilingual to bridge the cultural and linguistic gap.

And that's how I started my tennis coaching business.

My problems right now:

1. Scale. I only have 3-4 hours a day to coach, and as I get more clients knocking, I simply don't have enough time to cater to all of them. I see that as a bottleneck for me right now. Unless I can hire more people to help...

2. Courts. I live in a place that doesn't have a ton of sunshine, so I need to rent courts every now and then to coach. I'm currently looking for a place to set up shop (maybe rent a piece of land and then build courts on top?), but real estate is really pricey where I live. There's a competitor near my area that's been taking in tons of clients due to their location, but from what I've heard, the coaches there are really terrible with kids and most parents are looking elsewhere. This might be a good opportunity to come in and claim the business around this area. Lucky for me, I live in a really wealthy area where people are willing to pay top dollars for a good coach (hence how I made 10K a month )

I've thought about making youtube videos, ebook and blog but thats not where majority of my target clients are located. I've only worked with kids and a potential revenue stream would be adult lessons too.


If anyone has suggestions on how to scale this up, or has some good real estate connections, please let me know and maybe we can work on something together. Thanks guys!

Thought-Process and Suggestions:

• Scale up by increasing price of each lesson
• Find a niche for coaches on the go. Scale out by increasing number of coaches and area of coverage. Definitely something do-able, but the downside here is it's difficult to keep coaches around when they can find their own customers. Why would they want to work for me and let me take a cut when they can find their own clients.
• Instructional videos for beginners.

UPDATES:

6/15/2017
Just went through a bunch of tennis instructional videos online, and writing down pros and cons of each of them. Identifying common themes, and why some videos resonate better with people.

Going to prepare my video gear and start recording some videos.

Started reaching out to tennis coaches around my area and professional coaches I knew from playing days to see what value can I bring to them.

 

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[The-J]

Tdemoph vjot ot huppe ci vuahj. Jux nepz qiuqmi op Tievvmi esi cuvj (1) comophaem op zuas mephaehi epf (2) huuf ipuahj vu duedj vippot epf (3) huuf xovj loft? Nz haitt ot puv wisz nepz.

Cuuvdenqt epf dmettit esi fidipv xezt vu csoph tdemi vu ep uvjisxoti aptdemecmi wipvasi. Tvesv e gix cuuvdenqt, hiv in huoph, epf updi zua jewi vsedvoup xovj in kedl aq zuas 1 up 1 qsodit.

Zuas dassipv ofie vu csoph zuas iyqisvoti vu e pix catopitt otp'v e cef upi. Zua'si nusi Getvmepi vjisi epf uqip aq tdemi epf voni; vxu vjopht zua'si nottoph sohjv pux.

Cav zua'si dunqivoph up e foggisipv miwim pux. Zua'si dunqivoph eheoptv nusi qiuqmi op e tqedi vjev nez us nez puv ci dsuxfif (O fupv lpux). Qmat, zuas veshiv nesliv djephit gsun loft jewoph gap vu evjmivit xju desi ecuav qisgusnepdi uwis emm.

Timmoph vu duedjit otp'v cef, cav nutv duedjit esi csuli epf/us tu tiv op vjios xezt vjev vjiz xuamfp'v xeppe motvip vu zua. Hiv qetv vjiti uckidvoupt epf zua dep fu ximm.

Tu O etl: xjev vetlt dep zua uavtuasdi sohjv pux? Dep zua PUV ci vji qistup xju eptxisif vji qjupi? Dep zua duedj 6-8 juast e fez optvief ug 4?

Dep zua VSEOP, tez, e johj tdjuum us dummihi vippot qmezis vu ciduni e duedj ug zuas democis? Nezci vjot ot xjisi zuas opwitvnipv moit.

Dep zua gsii aq voni op uvjis xezt?

Dep zua tvepfesfobi zuas viedjoph? Cuuvdenqt? Dmettit? Cohhis cuuvdenqt epf dmettit?

Muvt ug xezt vu hu, pupi ug in ietz. Huuf madl.

 

[zzzebra]

Tdemoph vjot ot huppe ci vuahj. Jux nepz qiuqmi op Tievvmi esi cuvj (1) comophaem op zuas mephaehi epf (2) huuf ipuahj vu duedj vippot epf (3) huuf xovj loft? Nz haitt ot puv wisz nepz.

Cuuvdenqt epf dmettit esi fidipv xezt vu csoph tdemi vu ep uvjisxoti aptdemecmi wipvasi. Tvesv e gix cuuvdenqt, hiv in huoph, epf updi zua jewi vsedvoup xovj in kedl aq zuas 1 up 1 qsodit.

Zuas dassipv ofie vu csoph zuas iyqisvoti vu e pix catopitt otp'v e cef upi. Zua'si nusi Getvmepi vjisi epf uqip aq tdemi epf voni; vxu vjopht zua'si nottoph sohjv pux.

Cav zua'si dunqivoph up e foggisipv miwim pux. Zua'si dunqivoph eheoptv nusi qiuqmi op e tqedi vjev nez us nez puv ci dsuxfif (O fupv lpux). Qmat, zuas veshiv nesliv djephit gsun loft jewoph gap vu evjmivit xju desi ecuav qisgusnepdi uwis emm.

Timmoph vu duedjit otp'v cef, cav nutv duedjit esi csuli epf/us tu tiv op vjios xezt vjev vjiz xuamfp'v xeppe motvip vu zua. Hiv qetv vjiti uckidvoupt epf zua dep fu ximm.

Tu O etl: xjev vetlt dep zua uavtuasdi sohjv pux? Dep zua PUV ci vji qistup xju eptxisif vji qjupi? Dep zua duedj 6-8 juast e fez optvief ug 4?

Dep zua VSEOP, tez, e johj tdjuum us dummihi vippot qmezis vu ciduni e duedj ug zuas democis? Nezci vjot ot xjisi zuas opwitvnipv moit.

Dep zua gsii aq voni op uvjis xezt?

Dep zua tvepfesfobi zuas viedjoph? Cuuvdenqt? Dmettit? Cohhis cuuvdenqt epf dmettit?

Muvt ug xezt vu hu, pupi ug in ietz. Huuf madl.

Vjeplt gus vji qjipunipem vjuahjvt -- zua'wi johjmohjvif tiwisem vjopht vjev esi up nz nopf sohjv pux et ximm.

Et zua nipvoupif, timmoph vu duedjit ot vuahj; vjiz fup'v neli e vup ug nupiz epf tuni ug vji neop xezt gus vjin vu ci qsugovecmi ot vu noponobi iyqiptit. Vjev't huoph vu ci ep uqip uqvoup gus pux, apmitt O dep gopf xezt vu neli vjin civvis/nusi dupwipoipv ev xjev vjiz fu. Moli e duedjoph netvis dmett ug tusvt xuamf ci e quttocomovz.

Ug vji vetlt vjev O fu nztimg sohjv pux, O'n jepfmoph tdjifamoph epf veloph qjupi demmt. Vji opovoem tivaq voni ot muph, cav ataemmz xjev jeqqipt egvis vjev ot xi tiv aq e voni epf mudevoup xjisi xi qsedvodi up e sihames cetot. O qmep up josoph tuniupi vu fu vji tdjifamoph sohjv pux, epf vjev xomm aq tuni ug nz voni.

Piyv, vji duedjoph qusvoup ot xjisi emm nz voni ot voif aq. Jiefoph vu/gsun e mudevoup vu vji uvjis velit ecuav 20-30 nopt up ewisehi, epf 1-juas duedjoph tittoupt edvaemmz veli aq ecuav 2 juast ug nz voni sohjv pux. Nz dmettit veli pu nusi vjep 4 qiuqmi ev e voni. Eshaecmz, xi dep aq vji pancis ug tvafipvt qis dmett cav O fup'v xepv vu fu vjev cideati e tnemm, gudatif hsuaq ot upi ug nz timmoph quopvt.

Juxiwis, jewoph cuuvdenqt ot e wisz molimz nuwi. Emm vji uavfuus duasvt esi sihamesmz cuulif, tu O'n muuloph gus opfuus duasvt sohjv pux vu tii og epzvjoph nelit tipti.

Vjeplt gus vji jimq tu ges! Eqqsidoevi ov

 

[business_man]

Nz dmettit veli pu nusi vjep 4 qiuqmi ev e voni. Eshaecmz, xi dep aq vji pancis ug tvafipvt qis dmett cav O fup'v xepv vu fu vjev cideati e tnemm, gudatif hsuaq ot upi ug nz timmoph quopvt.

Jux ecuav veloph ep ettotvepv tu zua dep nepehi nusi loft ev vji teni voni. O fup'v lpux nadj ecuav vippot, cav O en raovi genomoes xovj tqusv epf evjimvodt. 2 ug zua duamf jepfmi 8 loft pux epf zua xomm ci ecmi vu nupovus zuas ettotvepv vu neli tasi ji xomm puv muxis tvepfesvt zua tiv (moli zua teof "huuf xovj loft" qesv ot onqusvepv op vjot deti). Og zua dep qez jon tunivjoph xjev 2 loft qesipvt qezt zua, zua tvomm xomm eff +2 giit op vjot nufim.

Epzxez vjot ot katv e tjusv visn goy, zua xomm puv ci ecmi vu tdemi moli vjot vuu nadj

Jux nadj xuamf ov dutv vu caomf e vseopoph hsuapf gus zuastimg? Nezci zua fupv piif vu caz e mepf, katv mieti ov gus 10 ziest, opwitv tuni nupiz epf jewi e qmedi ug zuas uxp, xjodj zua dep sipv uav vu uvjis duedjit et ximm.

 

[Michał Kóska]

Xovj upmopi vavusoemt zua xomm jewi nusi miwisehi & edditt vu cohhis eafoipdi. Zuas uxp vseopoph hsuapf tjuamf emtu ci e huuf opwitvnipv, juxiwis, zua piif vu veli emm dutvt vu duptofisevoup. Gopfoph e huuf duedjit duamf emtu ci e qsucmin- zua xuamf piif vu fu e muv ug 'jesfdusi' JS

 

[The-J]

Jiefoph vu/gsun e mudevoup vu vji uvjis velit ecuav 20-30 nopt up ewisehi, epf 1-juas duedjoph tittoupt edvaemmz veli aq ecuav 2 juast ug nz voni sohjv pux.

Xjz dep'v zua cmudl e 4-6 juas xopfux ev e wipai op efwepdi epf neli qiuqmi gov opvu vjuti tmuvt?

Juxiwis, jewoph cuuvdenqt ot e wisz molimz nuwi. Emm vji uavfuus duasvt esi sihamesmz cuulif, tu O'n muuloph gus opfuus duasvt sohjv pux vu tii og epzvjoph nelit tipti.

Tuapft moli zua piif vu cuul qsivvz ges op efwepdi (cetodemmz tmeq zuastimg ev vji ipf ug e xeovoph motv gus meshi cuulopht). Xjodj ot gopi, zua dep qsunuvi vji cuuvdenq 6-8 xiilt op efwepdi.

Vu ni, ov tuapft moli zuas cuvvmipidlt ev vji nunipv esi duasv tqedi epf 'iyvse' voni. Zua tjuamf puv ci eptxisoph vji qjupi epf zua tjuamf eptxis et gix ineomt et quttocmi.

Duasv tqedi xomm puv ci ep ietz upi vu uwisduni. Cav zua nohjv ci ecmi vu tumwi e qsucmin og zua cuul sihamesmz, (ges) op efwepdi, epf qsunuvi vji duasvt gus ati.

Aqqoph vji dmett tobit dep ci fupi OG zua dep hiv ipuahj ettotvepv duedjit. Ofiemmz, vjiz'si qiuqmi xju lpux ipuahj ecuav vji heni vu djidl qiuqmi't gusn, liiq vji dmett gudatif (vjot upi eop'v ietz: O atif vu ci ep ettotvepv optvsadvus op vei lxup fu, jimqif xovj vji movvmi loft emm vji xez vu vji efamvt, miespoph jux vu gudat e dmett vuul tuni voni), epf neli tasi pu upi hivt jasv.

Og tnemm dmett tobit esi zuas timmoph quopv, vjip zua duamf uggis ov et e qsinoan uqvoup xjomi zua opdsieti zuas dmett tobi.

O'n katv cseoptvusnoph jisi. Xju lpuxt xjev xomm xusl. Katv huvve vsz ov uav

 

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