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Key Takeaways Dunham messaged potential clients on LinkedIn and charged $300 per month for her services.
Six months into the side hustle, she streamlined client onboarding and raised her rate to $800 a month.
Now, Dunham earns up to $12,000 a month, totaling over six figures per year, with ghostwriting.
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Brandi Dunham, 34, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Dunham is a creative marketing specialist and brand strategist who runs a side hustle ghostwriting LinkedIn posts. Revenue from her ghostwriting business currently hits between $9,000 and $12,000 a month, or around $110,000 to $120,000 a year in addition to her full-time salary. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
Image Credit: Courtesy of Brandi Dunham
What was your day job or primary occupation when you started your side hustle?
When I started the ghostwriting side hustle, I was working as a marketing manager at Action Window Tinting in Las Vegas, handling brand awareness and social media content creation for the company. I was already spending most of my day writing content for other people’s brands, so the transition into doing the same thing for executives on LinkedIn felt like a natural extension of work I was already doing every day.
Starting the LinkedIn ghostwriting business in 2022
When did you start your side hustle, and where did you find the inspiration for it?
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