{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"ad-supported-specials-boards-for-restaurants-61098a","title":"Ad-supported specials boards for restaurants","summary":"Free chalkboards and whiteboards placed in restaurants and busy venues, which use them for daily specials. Income comes from selling small ad spots along the bottom to local businesses.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/ad-supported-specials-boards-for-restaurants-61098a","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/ad-supported-specials-boards-for-restaurants-61098a.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"content","label":"Content and media","confidence":0.34},"earns_from":{"value":"ads","label":"Ads","confidence":0.96},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.59},"time_estimate":{"value":"hands-off","label":"Hands-off","confidence":0.52},"where":{"value":"both","label":"Online and in person","confidence":0.65},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by John Schierman: around $3,000 a year per board, with more than 200 boards placed","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Side Hustle Nation","title":"He Makes $3,000+ From Every Board He Places (Here's How)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-c1fOu93UY","person":"John Schierman","host":"Nick Loper","date":"2026-10-22"},"owner_site":"http://www.megansdailydish.com/"}}