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In today’s edition:
💡 Turning permits into cash
🍿 Grab your popcorn
👓 Turn words into vision


A niche, scrappy business for you.

Most couples want a beautiful outdoor ceremony without the sticker shock and headaches that come with traditional venues. The dream spot is often a public place, a beach, bluff, overlook, or golf course. But these locations require a permit, which can turn the dream into a maze. Couples want the view and a zero-stress setup.
So, sell them the shortcut.
The Scrappy Solution: Be the “location native” who productizes outdoor weddings. No real estate. No ballroom. You own know-how. Map every legal ceremony spot in your region with the exact permit rules, time windows, guest caps, accessibility notes, wind patterns, sunset angles, and nearby parking. Sell ready-made beach wedding permit packages across multiple counties by mastering locations and logistics rather than owning a venue.

The Business Model: Launch a single, SEO-tuned local page that ranks for “outdoor wedding + your city.” The page is a lean directory of ceremony spots with guest limits, best time of day, parking, restrictions, and direct links to official permit pages. Use clear headers, jump links, LocalBusiness and FAQ schema, and time-stamped “last verified” notes so Google and others trust it.
Monetize with a workbook-style digital guide. The download includes printable checklists, step-by-step permit instructions, contact scripts, a filing timeline, vendor brief sheets, and live links to forms. Offer a free mini guide for email capture and a paid full county guide with lifetime updates.
Upsell human help. Sell a short consult to pick the best site and personalize the checklist, plus a concierge tier where you file the permit and track status. Add a vetted local vendor referral list for food, setup, florals, photo, and coordination, earning a flat referral fee or disclosed commission. The page pulls search, the guide converts, the upsells and referrals drive margin—no inventory required.

Want to do this? Google the most popular outdoor destinations in your state, call the parks department to learn the permit process, and start creating your templates.
Proof of concept vibes: See this exact hustle being done in Florida, with a man who started lean and scaled to millions in annual revenue with this model by knowing every beach, license, and wind pattern cold and bundling the whole day for a flat fee.
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Bizarre listings turned into hustle inspiration.

You spot them in a surplus yard: rows of retired school bus seats, sun faded vinyl and steel frames that have hauled generations of field trips. Most people see junk. You see a portable cinema. Clean them up, reupholster in rugged canvas or faux leather, bolt each pair onto low wood sleds, and suddenly you have modular home-theater benches that click together like a little stadium. They stack tight in a van, roll through standard doorways, and turn any blank wall into a movie night.
Partner with libraries and parks departments for summer series. Build a small affiliate network of event planners who earn a referral fee when your benches solve their seating problem.
👉🏼 You didn’t buy a theater. You built one that fits in a van and shows up wherever a story needs an audience.


Tiny service hustles where you only need one or two clients.

The Pitch: “Imagine becoming the thought-leader you always envisioned. As your executive newsletter ghostwriter, I turn ten minutes of your week into a sharp, on-brand email that sounds exactly like you. We start with a quick audit of your talks, decks, posts, and memos to build an AI-assisted voice profile. It captures your phrasing, rhythm, and stances so the writing feels lived-in, not “written for.” From there, your only job is to drop a short voice memo or answer three prompts each week. I do the rest.
Every issue follows a simple arc: a clear story from your world, one teachable takeaway, and a single next step for readers. I draft within a day, propose three subject lines, and send you a clean preview. You tap approve once. I handle formatting, segmentation, and scheduling so the email lands when your audience actually opens. Replies route to you or to a shared inbox with a quick summary of who engaged and why.
Over time, the newsletter becomes a signal engine. I track opens, replies, and click paths, then turn those patterns into next week’s angle and two social snippets that extend the conversation on LinkedIn or X. Each quarter, I compile highlights into a crisp PDF you can share with investors or your team—what resonated, what converted, and which topics you now own.
Can I write some sample emails for you?”
😉 If you give this a try, let us know how it goes!

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