Life After Rideshare

by Chonce Maddox Rhea on October 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

Driver Success Story: Driving For Lyft and Becoming a Census Worker

Rideshare driving is a great way to make money on the side, but in most parts of the country, it’s very difficult to make a full-time living on a rideshare driver’s income. RSG regularly covers life after rideshare, and this article by RSG contributor Chonce Maddox Rhea is no different. Here, she interviews rideshare driver Rich about his other gig as a Census worker.

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Rideshare driving attracts a lot of people because it’s flexible and allows you to work independently, for the most part. While it seems like an ideal part-time gig, it’s important that drivers don’t put all their eggs into one basket.

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by Jay Cradeur on September 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

Moving From Florida To San Francisco To Become An Uber Driver

I know we tend to cover what it’s like driving for Uber and Lyft in California a lot, but it’s by far the biggest and most lucrative markets. Have you ever thought about picking up and moving here to drive? Today, senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur interviewed a man who did just that: Jeremy moved from Florida to San Francisco to become an Uber driver and here’s how he planned his move, got the right coaching, and how he’s doing since the move.

Over the past couple of months, I have had the privilege of getting to know a young man named Jeremy. I first met Jeremy when he contacted me in March 2019 to ask if I would do a rideshare coaching session with him. He told me he had read some RSG articles and watched some of our Youtube videos about rideshare driving and he was interested in coming to San Francisco to pursue full time driving.

Now, over three months later, Jeremy is here in San Francisco, driving full time, and saving, $5,000 per month, after all of his expenses. This article will lay out the planning and execution of Jeremy’s transition from living in Florida to becoming a full-time Uber and Lyft driver in San Francisco.

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by Jay Cradeur on August 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

How I Launched My New Rideshare Podcast in 7 Easy Steps

Exciting news: we have a new ridesharing podcast to tell you about! Senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur recently launched a new podcast called the Rideshare Dojo Podcast, and below he explains the steps he took to create, design, and deploy his podcast.

There are two things about rideshare driving that I belligerently enjoy: listening to music and listening to podcasts. Since I began driving in December of 2015, I have developed a huge appreciation for jazz musicians such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Stan Getz.

Concomitantly, I have become a loyal podcast listener of Marc Maron, Joe Rogan, Sam Harris and now, Conan O’Brien. For about a year now, I have also been driving around thinking to myself: “I think I can do that! Wouldn’t it be great to have a podcast for drivers, by drivers?”

Then I started to visualize a podcast just for rideshare drivers and passengers. Like many of my ideas, it sat rattling around my head for many months.

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by Jay Cradeur on July 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

From Rideshare Driver to Notary Public: One Driver’s Plan B

Is there life after rideshare? For many drivers, the answer is an enthusiastic ‘yes!’ Senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur highlights one driver’s life after rideshare as a notary public, which he pursues in addition to driving for Uber and Lyft. His story, and how you can learn more and pursue your own Plan B, is below.

Drivers, want to share your success stories, how rideshare driving has helped you find your plan B or what you’d share to new drivers just getting started? Reach out to us here and we’ll be in touch!

I first met Nathan Daulton when he contacted The Rideshare Guy and expressed his distress over a citation he had received at the San Francisco International Airport.

Nathan had been working with a company called Carvertise and one of the yellow vests at SFO had written up a citation for advertising on airport property. At the time, no one knew whether you could or could not advertise.

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by Jay Cradeur on January 3, 2018 41 Comments

Thinking Beyond Rideshare Driving

I always encourage drivers to think beyond rideshare driving: whether it’s driving strategies to help you drive smarter, not harder, introducing you to rideshare drivers who now run their own successful YouTube channels, and more, I believe it’s important for drivers to consider “what happens?” after they’re done rideshare driving. Today, RSG contributor Jay Cradeur shares his strategies for thinking beyond rideshare driving.

In case you have not heard, after two years of superlative driving for Uber, I was deactivated on December 6, 2017. As of this post, now three weeks later, Uber can not tell me why I was deactivated. They have told me it has something to do with the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Uber tells me their “hands are tied” until they get a response from the DMV.

The bottom line is this: no matter how well you drive, no matter how long you have been driving, no matter how high your rating, Uber and Lyft and any rideshare partner can deactivate you at any time.

Given that this is the harsh reality of our gig economy, it is imperative you have a back up plan, a Plan B, so that these unexpected events will not cause you a severe loss of revenue. This post will delve into some back up plans that you can incorporate now so that you will not get stuck in the future.

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