A MARKETING consultant started a side hustle while at college before it exploded and became her full-time job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashley Mason says she started raking in a six-figure salary by the age of 21 thanks to her forward-thinking with her\u00a0side hustle<\/a>\u00a0as a teenager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2016, she started up marketing firm Dash of Social at the age of 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ashley, from Boston, Massachusetts<\/a>, said she ran a blog throughout her teenage years, with gave her the skill set she needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ashley told medium<\/a>: “I grew that blog organically through social media, which led me to work with various companies through paid partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My experience of growing my own brand through social media opened me up to the world of freelance marketing gigs, which I did on a more casual basis until I decided to take the leap and start Dash of Social in 2016.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n She then spent the next three years growing her company – while still going to college full time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When she completed her studies in 2019, she decided to run her firm, which offers marketing strategy, social media and blogging help, and email marketing – full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the age of 23, Ashley was already clawing in a six-figure salary and was able to pay off her entire $34,000 student debt within six months of finishing the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She told the outlet: “People are inspired by the fact that I started my business at 19; grew the business, took care of my mom who was battling terminal brain cancer, and attended college full-time graduated college and immediately jumped into Dash of Social full-time and gave a TEDx talk at the age of 22.Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My story is almost like a magnet that attracts people to want to work with me and learn from me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, a pastor who was struggling under a mountain of family debt is now a millionaire – thanks to his voiceover side hustle.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Joel Young started out earning just $5 a time but has now been able to quit his job and buy a house after raking in $1.5million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then aged 29, Joel and his wife Jenna were struggling to make ends meet on his meager pastor’s salary.Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n And with two young children, they faced being unable to pay off the $50,000 they owed on credit cards, loans and medical bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The brainwave came after Joel hired a voiceover actor for a church project, who charged $10 through the Fiverr freelance marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It prompted him to think he could give it a go himself, recording voiceovers at home in his spare time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And a businessman revealed he\u00a0made $650,000 a year<\/a>\u00a0after quitting his job for his cleaning-inspired side hustle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brian Winch started collecting trash during the 1980s as a way to make some extra cash before pursuing the role full time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winch described the side hustle <\/a>as “America’s simplest business”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n