Melissa Fassel Dunn from has built a thriving — and profitable — online community serving residents in her small town.
The interesting part is that she didn’t start her Facebook group or website with the goal of making money.
She did so to solve a pain point she was experiencing finding information about services in her town of Milton, a suburb of Boston.
“I needed information about kindergarten, I needed information about a plumber, an electrician, and I felt like there wasn’t a go-to place for any of that.
“So, I thought, I’m going to start a group, I’m going to add some of my friends and we can exchange information with one another,” Melissa told me.
She started Milton Neighbors, a Facebook group for residents of Milton to share information and recommend local services.
That was in 2013, today the group has more than 11,000 members and is almost a 6-figure business.
Tune in to hear how Melissa built up her group, how she keeps people engaged, her monetization methods, and how you can replicate her model with a Facebook group of your own in just about any niche.
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Learn:
- Why Melissa thought starting a local Facebook group was a good solution to her problem.
- What she did to grow her membership numbers.
- Why she says there is still plenty of opportunities to start local Facebook groups today.
- How she earned her first dollars and the multiple revenue streams she’s set up.
- What her day-to-day involvement in her business looks like.
- What’s next for Melissa and why she’s created a course around her business model.
- Melissa’s #1 tips for Side Hustle Nation.
Links / Next Steps
- Grouptize.com – Special offer for Side Hustle Show listeners
- Milton Neighbors Facebook Group
- How to Make Money on Facebook
- MiltonScene.com
- MailChimp
- Group Leads – Google Chrome Extension
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The most of the concern is that the Facebook is faster provided messages to people know what is hiding So that I want people to respect the Facebook in that not all news here is fake but also some are important news that do help others.