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In today’s episode:
📸 Taking shots can be profitable
🍼 When baby lullabies pay up
👰🏼♀️ Bride’s best friend
✅ Favorite side hustles for sale
THE FRESH IDEA
Professional Headshots in Lobbies 📸
Love photography but hate dealing with bridezilla timelines? Try the five-minute headshot pop-up. Show up at busy office lobbies, coworking spaces, and campus career centers.
🎞️ Set a clean backdrop, a ring light, and a sign with a big QR code: “$25 Headshots • 5 Minutes • Instant Delivery.” People walk by every day with a ten-year-old LinkedIn photo and zero time. You’re selling speed + convenience—and it’s wildly appealing.
Why this works: Corporate professionals know their face is their résumé. Recruiters ask for fresh photos, companies need Slack portraits, and sales teams want polished profile pics. Make it frictionless and they’ll line up on lunch break.
How to fill your line fast:
DM building managers and coworking hosts: “Free team photo for you if I can do a Headshot Happy Hour in your lobby.”
Partner with recruiters, HR, and realtors. They broadcast to their lists; you offer a promo code.
Post floor-by-floor flyers the day before. Add a Calendly QR for time slots so there’s no crowding.
💼 Offer simple choices: classic gray, warm tan, or the building’s natural light for “executive environmental” portraits. Shoot tethered to an iPad so clients preview and pick on the spot. Deliver instantly via QR link to a branded gallery.
Pricing and upsells: start at $25–$49 for one edited image, $99 for three with light retouch, $349 mini-team bundle. Add company days at $1,500–$3,000 for 30–60 staff. Upsell banner-size crops, email signatures, and matching Zoom backgrounds.
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DIGITAL PLAY
Profitable Sounds 🍼
Youtube channel Lullaby Baby publishes ultra-long calming videos—8 to 10 hours of rain, fireplace crackle, white noise, and gentle lullabies—for overnight play and nap time. It’s built for maximum watch time and minimal friction.
📊 They have roughly 550K subscribers, 200M+ lifetime views, and 300+ uploads since 2014. Traffic swells seasonally, especially in Q4 when sleep and “cozy” searches spike.
💵 Estimated earnings are around $265k per year. Actual revenue swings with monthly views, geography, ad fill, how many ad breaks are placed, and Q4 ad rates.
Why it works 🧠⏳
Evergreen problems: babies and adults need sleep every night.
Long runtimes drive long sessions and more mid-roll opportunities.
Search-first packaging: clear titles like “10 HOURS,” “No Ads,” and specific sleep keywords.
Low marginal cost: once a loop is produced, it can be remixed into new lengths and playlists.
Takeaway: 🚀 Lullaby Baby shows how a focused ambient catalog can compound into meaningful annual income by pairing predictable demand with ultra-long, search-friendly videos and consistent publishing.
UNDERCOVER NICHE
Bridesmaid-as-a-Service
💍 Here’s a quirky niche that’s become a real business.
Back in 2014, writer-turned-founder Jen Glantz posted a cheeky Craigslist ad offering to stand in for overwhelmed wedding parties. The inbox exploded, and Bridesmaid for Hire was born. 📬🎉
Her early packages ranged from virtual support to full day-of duties, and the pitch was simple: be the bride’s calm, capable teammate when friends are maxed out.
💸 Her rates grew from hundreds to around $2,500 per wedding, with travel and dress covered by clients, and premium gigs rising higher for complex events.
The business scaled beyond one-off gigs. Glantz parlayed the role into books, media, speaking, and—more recently—AI tools that draft vows and speeches, generating meaningful monthly revenue while she prioritizes family. 📚🎙️🤖
It’s the same core value prop, productized: reduce wedding stress with clear words, clear plans, and a steady hand. 🧘♀️📝
Takeaways for niche hunters: name a very specific pain, design a clear outcome, and price for the headache you remove. 🎯 Glantz took a single insight—“friends can’t do everything”—and turned it into a category people now recognize.
SIDE HUSTLES FOR SALE
Tech Stadium $20,000 - Profitable E-commerce Business in the High-Demand Tech & Gadgets Niche
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CHMOART $45,000 - Amazon Brand with USPTO Trademark + Live Amazon Storefront with 103 Listings 🚀
Trash: America’s multi-trillion dollar missed opportunity
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