What Careers Pair Perfectly with the City Living Network

Do you want to start your own business this year? Do you have that entrepreneurial spirit or do you just love your hometown and the idea of running a city-specific publication dedicated to your hometown makes you excited to start your day? 

Well, you’ve come to the right place. 

Here at the City Living Network, we’re an all-in-one web design agency that builds you a city-specific publication in 30 days! 

And we’re talking beautifully built. We start from ideation to branding, to logo design, and finish with an 8-page Squarespace website, 10 launch articles, social media accounts on Pinterest, Instagram, and TikTok plus launch party buzz that’s going to get your whole town excited.  

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We’ve talked recently about whether or not you need to be a writer to launch your own city-specific blog and while that answer is definitely NO, we still wanted to highlight some careers or side hustles that pair well with a city-specific publication. 

There are a total of 8 editors-in-chief already within the City Living Network (with 2 more launching early this year! Welcome to the party Las Vegas and San Clemente). And their careers range from stay-at-home moms to wedding and drone photographers, to flight attendants. While we’ll get into all of those, we’ve also had a few ideas of side hustles or careers that we think would pair perfectly with a city-specific publication. 

Let’s start with the Editors-in-Chief that already work with City Living Network. I’m going to run through the current editors with City Living Network and talk about why each of their backgrounds has made them perfect for running a city-specific publication. 

STAY-AT-HOME MOMS

Running your own city-specific publication is the perfect solution for a stay-at-home mom. Prescott Days is run by the husband and wife duo, Codi and Brain Lyons. And while we’re going to get into what Brian does, first we want to talk about stay-at-home mom, Codi. 

Codi brings up every time we talk, that running her city-specific publication, Prescott Days, is her dream job. She manages the marketing side of Prescott Days and she’s able to do most of her work from the comfort of her home, with the kids. And her kids love being involved in the family business!  Her family of 5 has already been invited to photoshoots, and festivals and she secured a free venue for their launch party. 

Whether you’d be running your publication solo or with your partner, the City Living Network gives you the perfect stay-at-home job. You can work while the kids nap, while you’re waiting in line for carpool, or reach out to local businesses in person while you’re chauffeuring the kids to dentist appointments, grocery stores, and family activities that you’re already doing.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Brian from Prescott Days runs a Drone Photography business called Spectrum Drone. Launching Prescott Days for him meant being able to also cross-promote Spectrum Drone and host giveaways to grow both his drone business and Prescott Days. Plus there is the added bonus that he’s an incredible drone photographer and can offer drone photography as part of Prescott Day’s advertising and community services. 

Brian and Codi are great examples of how running a city-specific publication can help you live your dream life and promote your other full-time job. 

Kate Ivy from Queer Denver Living is another example of how photographers can excel at running a city-specific publication. Kate has been capturing love stories for over 7 years. And when the world stopped in 2020 (we all know why), she had a period of self-reflection and learning. Kate has been able to reenter the world of photography as a ‘story listener’ and launch Queer Denver Living, bringing so much joy and happiness to her community. 

She’s able to bring her own skills as a photographer to Queer Denver Living and much like Brian, is able to cross-promote her businesses, helping her to gain readers, work with local businesses and reach new photography clients. 

COUNSELOR

You might be thinking we’re grasping at straws here, we wouldn’t have picked a counselor as the first person to come to mind when you're choosing a career to pair perfectly with a City Living Network publication. But Janet from Relaxed San Diego has shown us otherwise.  

Janet is able to use her years of experience as a counselor to truly understand people, to communicate, and give back to her community. She was able to pair her knowledge and experience within her community as a counselor with her love of San Diego to launch and manage Relaxed San Diego. She truly knows how to help people relax and she’s able to bring that to life with her publication. 

FLIGHT ATTENDANT

Our founder Lindsay will be the first to tell you that being a flight attendant pairs perfectly with a city-specific publication. But she’s not the only flight attendant in our midst! One of our upcoming launches will also be managed by a flight attendant, so if any other flight attendants out there are looking for a side hustle that can bring in some serious extra cash, schedule a free call with our founder today! 

As a flight attendant, you’ll be away from your hometown as much or more than you’re in it… but traveling the world and working, you’re going to learn exactly what people are looking for when they visit a new place. You’re the expert tourist. This will help you look at your city through those eyes. You’ll know what restaurants people want, you’ll learn what hotels and amenities they’re looking for whether they’ll be in your city for a week or a long weekend. And you’ll know how to talk to the traveler coming to visit your city.  

Hello future travelers, welcome home. And when you’re spending an evening alone in your hotel room waiting for your flight home in the morning, you can send pitch emails to your favorite businesses offering them ad spaces and collaboration with your blog. 

REALTOR

The last example of a career I’m going to share that would pair well with your city-specific publication is a realtor. We don’t have a realtor in our community yet, but honestly, it’s the perfect career to accompany a city-specific publication! Who’s more of an expert in our cities than our realtors?! 

Realtors are, generally speaking, good networkers and super-friendly people. 

So if you’re already out and about in your community, networking, photographing, and listing the best homes to buy or rent… why not sweeten the deal by also becoming the expert in all aspects of your home. Your city-specific publication could literally share with new potential homeowners and renters the beauty of your city. You can introduce the neighborhoods, the best schools, restaurants, and community events. Plus, you can list the homes and apartments that are currently available in your town. And to sweeten the deal, you could create welcome baskets for each renter or homeowner featuring locally made, grown and supplied products from the very businesses you’re networking with and promoting! 

Being the expert in your field, plus the expert in your city means you can shamelessly self-promote while also creating a beautiful community of people in your hometown. 

No matter what your current job is, get in touch with Lindsay today with a free consultation to find out how you can launch your dream publication and add Editor-in-Chief to your resume this year.