Pep Talks For Side Hustlers

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Over the next seven episodes, I’m going to share with you seven mistakes I’ve made on the way to side hustle success so that you can avoid them on your journey! One of the most EXCITING AND FULFILLING things I’ve done IN MY LIFE is START MY OWN BUSINESS. Helping other people to overcome something that comes easy to me is very rewarding. I watch how they take what they’ve learned from me to help others in so many areas of their lives – building confidence, accepting their bodies, coming to terms with who they are, decluttering, exploring their creative side, building businesses, improving their finances, homeschooling their kids, bringing them closer to their faith, improving their health and wellness… The list goes on and on. While it’s extremely fulfilling, it’s also qu

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Are you starting to get antsy? Are you ready to quit your day job, like, yesterday but you feel like you can’t? Um, me too. Today I’m sharing with you why I stayed at my day job for so long after I started my side hustle. I knew from the very first day I started my side hustle that there was no doubt I’d be quitting my day job. I just thought it would happen a lot faster than it did! Every day for 10 years I drove the same drive to work. To the same building. In the same beige, windowless office, working on the same projects year after year. I started my side hustle to fill a void of being unfulfilled in my day job, with the idea that I would build it slowly over time and eventually leave the job that I felt was stifling my freedom. And the more I grew my subscriber base

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about the biggest lie people tell themselves that keeps them from taking their side hustle online. It’s a lie almost as damaging as the myth of perfectionism like we talked about in episode 33, which you can find on iTunes at www.peptalksforsidehusters.com/iTunes. People say this lie to me all the time, and every time I hear them say it, I know that not only are they lying to themselves, they are also lying to me. You wanna know what it is? “I’m not techie.” I hear all the time from people that they aren’t techie. But when I hear that from people, here’s what they’re really saying. I have no confidence in myself. I’m going to apologize up front for asking you so many questions. So let me ask you this: Do you think that people are born with an innate

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about the one thing that’s keeping you from taking action and moving forward. Have you ever said something stupid in a job interview and then think, “There’s no way they’re gonna hire me.” Ever looked at your watch wrong on a date and totally missed the movie and then think, “Yeah, that guy’s never gonna call me again…” Ever show up to a party waaaaay under-dressed and think, “Those people are never going to be my friends…” We get so many messages about making sure everything is perfect before we present ourselves to the world. And then it’s ingrained in us that perfection trumps everything. I would think things like… I can’t wear that dress until I lose 30 pounds. I can’t record a video because I say “like” and “so, okay” and “ummm” too much. I can’t

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about what to do when you feel like giving up on your side hustle. For me, there has been only one time in the past 4 years that I have thought about giving up on my side hustle. When I first started out, I called my business LimePress Development, I spent way too much time on a really beautiful website that was basically an online business card and was not at all positioned to help me get the right kind of clients. I worked for anyone that would pay me, and I was afraid to charge for my time if it took longer than I thought it would. I was not putting myself out there as an expert. I was not guiding and advising my clients – instead, I was just doing whatever they told me to do. I didn’t choose the right clients. I didn’t even know how to attract the

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about your daily routine and how it can either help or hurt your side hustle. If you’re anything like me, at some point you started to realize that the path that’s sold to us as the path to happiness is a myth. Going to college, getting a job, making money for someone else, and having finite earning potential – all of that’s great if what you are doing excites you. But what if it doesn’t? And why does someone else get to make the rules for me? And even though I live within my means, why do I have to settle for a fixed amount of annual income (that I allocate on a spreadsheet broken down by month to make sure we have enough)? It clearly didn’t make me happy. I found myself not sleeping well. I would eat and drink to soothe my emotions, and then I put p

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! So today I have a question for you: WHY? Why did you start a side hustle? Why are you listening to this pep talk? Why do you want to quit your job and work for yourself? What would be different about your life tomorrow if you woke up and had exactly what you wanted? It is a very important question to answer. One that you have to be crystal clear on, or else you will quit. So I before I share with you why I started my side hustle, I want to share with you Why I Still Haven’t Lost Those 30lbs I Told You About in Episode 18. And the reason I tell you guys this personal stuff is because I want you to get to know more about me, what motivates me, why I’m giving so much content and time away for free in hopes that it motivates you. And even though losing weight is something I

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about 10 Toxic Thoughts You Secretly Believe About Yourself (And Why You’re Wrong) Have any of these thoughts ever entered your mind? Why would anyone hire me if I’ve never worked with anyone before? How am I going to get clients when I don’t have a portfolio or testimonials? I can’t charge someone for that – they could figure out how to do it themselves for free online. Will people really pay for this? Someone else is already doing what I want to do, I can’t compete. I can’t afford [photographer, a graphic designer, that subscription, that program, that conference registration, that coach]. I don’t know enough yet. I need to learn more, take more classes, get certified, get a degree. What if my client asks me to do something I don’t know how to do?

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! In yesterday’s pep talk, I shared with you how to get people to sign up for your email list by offering a freebie, and that’s how you warm up a cold audience and start building that relationship, strategically moving cold to warm to hot, or from stranger to acquaintance to friend to best friend! Once you’ve warmed someone up, it you want to either keep them warm and keep delivering value to keep them engaged so that when you have something to sell or want them to take some action on your behalf, you’re able to move them from warm to hot, meaning they’re taking the action you’re inviting them to take. And the way to do that is through an automated 3-part email series. And since you’re probably driving or walking your dog and can’t take notes, just go to www.peptalksforsid

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Yesterday we talked about why building an email list is so important. If you missed it you can go to www.peptalksforsidehustlers.com/26 Today, I’m going to share with you how to build one. Here’s what to do to build an email list. First, you need a website, which I teach you how to do in my free 5-day website challenge, you can go to www.peptalksforsidehustlers.com/5day to sign up for that. Second, you need something that you can give away for free in exchange for an email address. Then, in the free 5 day website challenge I cover all the technical steps of how to set up your email service provider and connect it to your website with an opt-in form, how to promote your freebie to entice people to sign up, I show how to send your new subscriber to a thank you page, and th

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! In episodes 10 and 11, I shared with you why I think it’s better for people with a full time job to create a side hustle that sells their knowledge and expertise rather than their time, and I gave you the basic steps on how to get started building your website and setting up your email list.. If you missed that, you can find it over at www.peptalksforsidehustlers.com/10 and forward slash 11. The next few pep talks are all about what’s next after building your website – the path from building a website to building an audience through online marketing, and turning your audience from casual subscribers into paying customers. So What is next after building a website? Building an email list. And I’ve been hearing this since I started my business back in late 2014, and you thi

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my January Income Report! Each month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my side hustle and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! If you want to build a website and learn how to make money online, check out this blog post on how to get started! View all of my income reports here! January 2018 Month in Review January 2, 2018 was my very first day of self-employment and I had spent three months planning a huge live, online party to celebrate. #SideHustleGoneSerious was a 2-hour live broadcast on Facebook Live which including dream guests like Nathalie Lussier and Rebecca Tracey of the Uncaged Life (um, pinch me, did that really happen?) Bree Pair of Thrive Creative Events and my business

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Welcome to my January Income Report! Each month I publish an income report to take you behind the scenes of my side hustle and reveal exactly how much money I make, how much I spend and lessons learned along the way! If you want to build a website and learn how to make money online, check out this blog post on how to get started! View all of my income reports here! January 2018 Month in Review January 2, 2018 was my very first day of self-employment and I had spent three months planning a huge live, online party to celebrate. #SideHustleGoneSerious was a 2-hour live broadcast on Facebook Live which including dream guests like Nathalie Lussier and Rebecca Tracey of the Uncaged Life (um, pinch me, did that really happen?) Bree Pair of Thrive Creative Events and my business

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about what it really means when you feel resistance to an idea. Has someone ever shared an idea with you or given you advice, and you feel major resistance to it? Like, a physical feeling where maybe your chest tightens and you get really uncomfortable and you just want to stop talking about it? Like when you think about putting your first blog post online for the world to see. Or making a video. Or recording your voice for a podcast. Or even scarier, going live on Facebook or instagram. I used to think feeling resistance was a red flag, that it meant something was a bad idea, but what I’ve come to realize is that when I feel resistance, my shield is up and I’m trying to protect my blind spots. I’m trying to be right. I’m trying to stay in control, to

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about what it really means when you feel resistance to an idea. Has someone ever shared an idea with you or given you advice, and you feel major resistance to it? Like, a physical feeling where maybe your chest tightens and you get really uncomfortable and you just want to stop talking about it? Like when you think about putting your first blog post online for the world to see. Or making a video. Or recording your voice for a podcast. Or even scarier, going live on Facebook or instagram. I used to think feeling resistance was a red flag, that it meant something was a bad idea, but what I’ve come to realize is that when I feel resistance, my shield is up and I’m trying to protect my blind spots. I’m trying to be right. I’m trying to stay in control, to

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about what it really means when you feel resistance to an idea. Has someone ever shared an idea with you or given you advice, and you feel major resistance to it? Like, a physical feeling where maybe your chest tightens and you get really uncomfortable and you just want to stop talking about it? Like when you think about putting your first blog post online for the world to see. Or making a video. Or recording your voice for a podcast. Or even scarier, going live on Facebook or instagram. I used to think feeling resistance was a red flag, that it meant something was a bad idea, but what I’ve come to realize is that when I feel resistance, my shield is up and I’m trying to protect my blind spots. I’m trying to be right. I’m trying to stay in control, to

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about what my first 3 months of self employment were REALLY like so that I can help you avoid some of these pitfalls that I encountered Yesterday we talked about how I was missing a crucial step in my planning process that was leaving me feeling overwhelmed and like I was winging it all the time, even though I didn’t have a day job taking up 50 hours of my time a week. I was resisting creating a detailed content calendar, and it’s not because I didn’t know it was a thing, but it’s because I didn’t BELIEVE that I needed one. This is super important, you guys. WHAT I BELIEVE DETERMINES WHAT ACTIONS I WILL TAKE Not how much time I have. Not how much money I have. But what I believe to be true. If you tell me to do something and I’m already bought in, you

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about what my first 3 months of self employment were REALLY like so that I can help you avoid some of these pitfalls that I encountered. In our last pep talk, we talked about how as a side hustler, I was used to operating in chaos and stress, so much so that when I finally quit my day job, I was surprised that things weren’t as calm as I imagined. And today, we’re going to talk about how planning factors into that feeling of chaos and stress. Creating a plan and creating a to-do list are two totally different things. I’m fantastic at making lists of all the things I “have to do.” I’ve got pages and pages of those. And I’m also awesome at writing down lists of ideas of what I want to happen, and things that I can do to make those things happen. Like, I

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today and over the next couple of episodes, I want to share with you what my first 3 months of self employment were REALLY like.  Because as awesome as it is, it also has its ups and downs! so if you’re thinking about starting your own business so that you can quit your day job, I just want you to be mentally prepared! Have you ever done one of those “perfect day” exercises? You know, the kind where you imagine what your perfect day looks like from the moment you wake up until the moment you go to bed at night? When I first started my side hustle and I was just super stressed and all over the place, I would dream about that perfect day that I had designed for when I was free of my day job. And it kept me going – it pushed me through those hard times. I imagined that I wo

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Already have a website? Take the Free "Jumpstart Your Website Traffic" marketing mini-course at www.jumpstartyourwebsitetraffic.com Leave a Review! Today we’re talking about taking imperfect action. So, when I decided that I was going to create a free video training series to help entrepreneurs build their own websites, I suffered from what I now know to be a severe case of imposter syndrome. Thoughts like, “who am I to teach this to people, I don’t have a computer science degree, I’m not a programmer” popped into my mind pretty frequently. And so what that feeling of insecurity about my knowledge and expertise caused me to do is try to make everything PERFECT. I spent HOURS recording and re-recording my tutorial series. I edited out every single, um, ah, like, and “okay so” that I said. It probably took me about 80 hours to produce a free 5 hour tutorial series. I spent untold hours tweaking details on my website t