658: 160k Talking About Australian Fantasy Football

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Heff Gerlach started The Keeper League Podcast on the side from his teaching job. It's not about football, not just about fantasy football, but about a very specific flavor of fantasy football for Australian Rules Football. That’s a niche within a niche within a niche — where fans don’t just draft players, they build teams that last for years. And now it serves as the hub for player data, draft tools, and expert analysis for football keeper leagues. Tune in to Episode 658 of The Side Hustle Show to learn: how to turn a niche passion into a profitable business how to build a loyal community around a specific interest how to monetize skills and knowledge through various streams Full Show Notes: 160k Talking About Australian Fantasy Football New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Gusto — Get 3 months free of the leading payroll, benefits, and HR provider for modern small businesses!

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0:00.0	160 grand talking about Australian fantasy football. Now, you know, nothing warms my heart more
0:06.4	than listener success stories. And for some odd reason, the more obscure the niche, the better, right?
0:11.6	So today's guest started a podcast on the side from his teaching job, not about football,
0:16.7	not about even fantasy football, but about a very specific flavor of fantasy football for a very
0:22.4	specific flavor of football, that being Australian Rules Football.
0:26.3	That's a niche within a niche, within a niche, if I've ever heard of one.
0:29.5	It's a really fun illustration of how you can monetize just about any area of interest from
0:34.1	the Keeper League podcast and Keeperleaguepod.com.com.
0:38.7	HF. Gerlach. Welcome to The Side Hustle Show.
0:41.1	Thanks, Nick, for having me. It's an absolute pleasure to be here. I've been listening to
0:43.9	this show for probably five years now and got plenty of good ideas. So it's pretty exciting
0:47.9	to come on here and be able to kind of, you know, maybe help some other people get some ideas
0:51.0	and doing similar sorts of things with their side hustles. I'm excited to learn as well. Stick around to hear how I have built his audience from the ground up
0:57.8	and the different ways he's monetized this online business over the years. Now, if you're interested
1:02.6	in starting a podcast of your own, make sure to download my podcast starter kit with resources
1:07.8	on choosing the right software and equipment, my production process, marketing
1:12.0	your show, and of course, all the different ways that podcasts can make money.
1:16.2	That's at side hustle nation.com slash hef, h, f, hef, or just follow the show notes
1:21.0	link in the episode description, and I'll get you right over there. But take me back to the
1:26.1	beginning, the side hustle days of
1:28.5	like, hey, I know, why don't we start a podcast about this Keeper League flavor of fantasy football?
1:35.1	So, yeah, it dates back to 2018 just after I had my son. At the time, I was teaching full-time.
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