026: Convert Your Side Hustle into Your Full-Time Business with Author, Jeff Adams, Host of the Big Gay Fiction Podcast

Written By Rhodes Perry

When not working his day job as a regional director of project management for a tech services company, Jeff authors books in the m/m romance genre as well as LGBTQ+ young adult fiction. Jeff lives in rural Northern California with his husband of twenty years, Will. Along with Will, Jeff hosts the weekly show, Jeff & Will’s Big Gay Fiction Podcast. Since 2016, Jeff’s treated the writing as a business rather than a hobby with the goal to have it be the primary source of income by 2020. If you are seeking a pathway to transform you side hustle into a full-time business enterprise, this is the episode for you!

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·      Rhodes Perry Consulting, LLC

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Questions Answered in this Episode

·      Who is Jeff Adams?

·      What is a side hustle?

·      Why is it important to know your audience?

·      What does it mean to write LGBTQ+ stories, and why is it so powerful?

·      How can you get in touch with Jeff?

Resources Shared in this Episode

·      Visit Jeff’s Website Here

·      Subscribe to Jeff’s podcast, The Big Gay Fiction Podcast

·      Check out Jeff’s book, Hat Trick 3: Penalty Shot

·      Learn more about Joanna Penn’s advice for author entrepreneurs

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Rhodes’ Top 3 Recommended Resources

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2. Quickbooks Self-Employed software will take care of everything from tracking trip mileage to managing your quarterly taxes. If you’re considering a simple bookkeeping solution look no further! Try Quickbooks today, and enjoy 50% off of your first 6 months when you visit: http://fbuy.me/excvF.

3. FreshBooks cloud accounting is a great resource if you’re exchanging time for money and you need a simple solution for tracking project hours, invoicing clients, and managing payments. Consider trying FreshBooks for one month of free service when you visit: https://goo.gl/Z6vFBt. 

Rhodes Perry

Rhodes Perry, MPA is an award-winning social entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. He helps leaders build belonging at work to achieve industry breakthroughs. His firm offers transformative leadership development, change management, and capacity building solutions for senior executives focused on advancing their organizations’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Nationally recognized as a LGBTQ+ thought leader, he has two decades of government and nonprofit experience having worked at the White House, PFLAG National, and the City of New York. Media outlets like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press have featured his powerful work as a (DEI) influencer.

http://www.rhodesperry.com
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