Jared Bauman is back with the latest episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast, and he’s got guest host Brooks Conkle with him today.

In this first episode of 2025, they dive into the latest news, share their inspiring side hustle plans, and reveal some very cool, and very weird, niche sites.

Don’t miss this interesting year-in-review on the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.

They talk about the Google CEO’s warning - https://searchengineland.com/googles-ceo-warns-chatgpt-may-become-synonymous-to-ai-the-way-google-is-to-search-449970

They discuss how Google uses Claude - https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/24/google-is-using-anthropics-claude-to-improve-its-gemini-ai/

They talk about how the spam update is over - https://searchengineland.com/google-december-2024-spam-update-done-rolling-out-449651

They share the year-in-review of updates - https://searchengineland.com/google-algorithm-updates-2024-449417

Jared’s weird site - https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/

Brooks’ weird site - https://www.distance.to/

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Chris Koerner is a serial entrepreneur with a lot of incredible experiences under his belt. From selling Buc-ee’s products online to partnering with John McAfee to launch a crypto company, he describes himself as an “ideas man.”

In fact, over the last 15 years, he’s started 75 different businesses.

But today he’s here to talk about one specific aspect: social media.

Chris knows a lot about growing content and viral marketing, having expanded his social media following to an incredible 820k across multiple platforms.

In this interview, he shares his framework, talks about different kinds of content for different platforms, reveals his thought process behind crafting hooks, and teaches us how to get more followers.

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Spencer and Jared are back for the last episode of 2024 with some very special content: an annual recap.

They talk about what they think were the biggest and most important headlines of the year, and how the news affected bloggers and content creators.

Then they discussed their most lucrative, and surprising, side hustles in 2024. They each shared the side hustle that was earning the most in the shortest amount of time, and they share some inspiring and motivating reflections.

Lastly, after featuring over 100 weird side hustles over the course of 2024, they pick their favorites and talk about the things that make them special.

Don’t miss this interesting year-in-review on the Niche Pursuits News Podcast.

They talk about how Google rolled out AI Overviews - https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-rolls-out-sge-ai-powered-overviews/516279/

They discuss the ruling on Google’s antitrust case - https://searchengineland.com/federal-judge-rules-google-violated-antitrust-law-444756

They talk about the possibility of offloading Chrome - https://searchengineland.com/doj-google-chrome-sale-industry-debate-448524

Jared revisits his favorite weird niche site - https://onemillioncheckboxes.com/

Spencer shares his favorite too - https://www.tractordata.com/

They share their honorable mention - https://mcbroken.com/

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