The Most Overlooked Online Side Hustle Of 2026

Synopsis

Guest Mike Stewart, a 30-year music and radio veteran, writes jingles for plumbers, roofers and pest control companies and runs them as skippable YouTube ads targeted to the client's zip code — the skip itself delivers free name exposure. He sold the same pest control jingle over 100 times at $2,000 each; one client got eight million skips in Abilene, Texas, and another went from zero to $80K in a summer off a one-page site and $250/month in ads. Production that used to require a Nashville studio and session singer now takes about 15 minutes with Suno and ElevenLabs.

Ideas in this episode

• YouTube ads for local businesses

  Mike Stewart sells local jingles for $2,000, reuses one pest-control jingle over 100 times, and runs zip-code-targeted skippable YouTube ads with AI-produced creative.

• Local marketing agency

  Mike Stewart sells AI-made jingles (Suno + ElevenLabs) for plumbers/roofers/pest control as skippable zip-coded YouTube ads; one pest-control jingle sold 100+ times at $2,000 each, one client got 8 million skips in Abilene.