Our New $12,000 Side Hustle

🏄‍♂️ What I Learned This Week...

Author

Brooks Conkle
September 30, 2025

In partnership with

Howdy!

Every week I share the business projects I’m working on — I’m excited to hang out with you and 5,318 5,393 others.

I’m asked what tools I use in my business. Here’s my tool list, AI tool list, and money-making ideas to help you with your income stream building. Reply to this email and ask me anything - happy to help. A note: I always use referral links when I have them. I will make a commission if you purchase through the links, so thanks!

I was recently featured in a great personal finance blog called Making Sense of Cents.

I shared how we’ll earn approximately $12,000 this year from dog sitting at our home.

Had no idea how big the demand was.

My wife runs the lead on the side hustle — if she wanted to do it full-time, it could easily be a 6-figure business run from our home (ha, she just wouldn’t ever get to leave!)

Feel free to check out the article here.

Last week I dove in with a new automation tool — Lindy.ai

I’ve already built close to a dozen automations.

I also had one that burned through $20 of my credits (hoping to get some of those back ha!)

I’m realllllyy liking this tool.

One of the newest additions is the ability to fire up an AI agent that can use a web browser and insert it into your workflow.

And you can just describe the type of automation you need and their AI builds it for you.

So far, it’s working really well!

Want $20 credit to test? You can use my link to do so.

I mean, automations are causing me to get rid of an expensive software that I use (post below).

We’re making some progress on our Google Analytics insights tool.

My developer partner is now able to sign in with his Google account.

It’s a tool to make Google Analytics easier and use AI to help analyze and create insights!

I had the idea because looking at Google Analytics reports are horrific.

I also know that AI is smart enough to help discover some insights from the data.

Can’t wait to get it live — feel free to sign up here to get notified.

I think we’ll have a live version to allow you to test in the next 30-60 days.

And if you have ideas for it as we go, let me know!

The new Facebook page is rolling.

I’ve already set up a few Make automations to get a consistent flow of posts to get some testing going.

Now I’m digging into creating meme images that we can rotate and post!

Here’s the page if you want to follow along.

More page details:

It has 262,000 followers (about half are in the US)

The page is monetized, although it’s making very little.

It made like $30 last month.

But I think I can crank up the volume of content and test new ideas.

My goal is to eventually get the page to make at least $500 - $1,000 per month (anything more would be bonus cash).

I’ll keep you posted on how it goes, as it’s been added to my project list.

How 1,500+ Marketers Are Using AI to Move Faster in 2025

Is your team using AI like the leaders—or still stuck experimenting?

Masters in Marketing’s AI Trends Report breaks down how top marketers are using tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Breeze to scale content, personalize outreach, and drive real results.

Inside the report, you’ll discover:

  • What AI use cases are delivering the strongest ROI today

  • How high-performing teams are integrating AI into workflows

  • The biggest blockers slowing others down—and how to avoid them

  • A 2025 action plan to upgrade your own AI strategy

Download the report. Free when you subscribe to the Masters in Marketing newsletter.

Learn what’s working now, and what’s next.

Amazon Influencer Program [Update]

I’ve made more than $2,500 in 2025.

I periodically make videos for brands that reach out, and I charge them (so I get paid there as well).

But, some updates…

I have 141 147 videos.

(plus 90 videos from other creators..)

My total earnings equal $4,752.19 $5,236.21

After expenses, I’m making $103.25 $106.37 per hour.

—

Want to start Amazon Influencer? Here are my best tips I’ve learned at no cost to you. Enjoy!

—

If you want to learn more about Amazon Influencer, an overview of the program is here, and my first update is here.

(If you want, you can check each weekly update. I’ve come a long way from $2.81 per hour!)

All Projects

Other projects I’ll update over time (or provide future updates) include…

Until next time!

Don’t just think outside the box — keep destroying that box 😉