Adam M. Ward already had a career and his own consulting business when he started building another income stream through product reviews.

The side hustle began in the margins of his week, on evenings and weekends, and eventually grew into something that earns through a mix of paid review work, Amazon/affiliate commissions, and YouTube revenue.

In this episode, we talk about what your first few review videos should look like, how Adam decides which products are actually worth covering, why you don’t need millions of views to make money, and how he uses AI, research, thumbnails and retention data to keep improving.

We also get into the part most side-hustle advice skips: what happens when the business starts eating into your evenings, weekends and hobbies, and how to decide whether the extra income is actually worth the trade-off.

If you’re trying to build a second income around an already-busy life, this one is worth listening to.

>>> Connect with Adam M. Ward

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GearRiser

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/innovationadam

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