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! Today I’m bringing you Elaine Rau, the creative mastermind behind the Ladyboss Blogger, a blog full of content by female entrepreneur for female entrepreneurs and it’s “contemporary way of advertising through CONTENT CREATION & CONTENT MARKETING.” Ladyboss Blogger helps you market your business and build your credibility by interviewing you and accepting guest posts on your expertise that they broadcast to their audience of 100K+. The story behind why Elaine started LadyBossBlogger. How Elaine creates massive amounts of quality content for her blog. How Elaine leveraged her blog strategy to grow her audience. How LadyBoss Blogger was Elaine’s pseudo-business mentor. How she monetized interviewing and guest posting. How Elaine went from making $80,000 at her day job

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! On August 1, Google pushed out it’s latest algorithm update and apparently, it totally rocked the internet. Kings and queens of rankings were dethroned, and other websites who struggled to crack page 1 were suddenly boosted. So in today’s Pep Talk, I’m going to share what the update is, why it matters to side hustlers, entrepreneurs, bloggers, and online businesses and what you can do to make sure your website is optimized for this latest update. This latest algorithm update has to do with what Google calls YMYL, or Your Money or Your Life websites. Your Money or Your Life websites according to Google content that “could potentially impact the future happiness, health, financial stability, or safety of users.” And then in Google’s Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines, wh

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! Well, it’s been a very sobering week when it comes to looking at how I’m managing my time, and in the fourth episode in my series exploring Marla Tabaka’s 50 tough questions to ask yourself if you’re constantly telling yourself that you don’t have enough time, we’re getting into how leadership qualities affect your time. These questions are more geared toward a corporate work environment and people with kids, so I’m going to tweak them to apply to me as a side hustler and now self-employed girl building my empire so that I don’t gloss over them like, no… I don’t have to dig deep to answer these, they don’t apply to me… You can get a link to Marla’s full article on Inc.com, “Not Enough Time in the Day? Ask Yourself These 50 Tough Questions to Find Out Why.” So here we g

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! Well, it’s been a very interesting week when it comes to looking at how I’m managing my time, and in the fourth episode in my series exploring Marla Tabaka’s 50 tough questions to ask yourself if you’re constantly telling yourself that you don’t have enough time, we’re getting into how leadership qualities affect your time. These questions are more geared toward a corporate work environment and people with kids, so I’m going to tweak them to apply to me as a side hustler and now self-employed girl building my empire so that I don’t gloss over them like, no… I don’t have to dig deep to answer these, they don’t apply to me… You can get a link to Marla’s full article on Inc.com, “Not Enough Time in the Day? Ask Yourself These 50 Tough Questions to Find Out Why.” So here w

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! This is the third in my episode exploring Marla Tabaka’s 50 tough questions to ask yourself if you’re constantly telling yourself that you don’t have enough time. I’ve asked and answered these tough questions for myself, because although I don’t find myself saying “I don’t have enough time in the day..” I do find myself saying, “No, I can’t go have fun with you I have work I need to do.” Or “I’m feeling overwhelmed.” Or, “Why won’t this rash on my leg that’s been here for over a year and a half go away for good?” and then balk when the nurse practitioner suggests that it could be stress-related rather than an 18-month long bacterial infection that hasn’t killed me yet… So what about you? What do you say to yourself about time? Do you feel like you lack time? You can ge

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 few episodes, we’re exploring Marla Tabaka’s 50 questions to ask yourself if you’re constantly telling yourself that you don’t have enough time. As I mentioned in episode 130, I’m going to be really honest in answering these questions because the only way to really make progress is to drop all of your excuses. You can get a link to Marla’s full article on Inc.com, “Not Enough Time in the Day? Ask Yourself These 50 Tough Questions to Find Out Why.” Um, challenge accepted! So here we go with my answers to question 11 through 20 on the list, and I’d love to hear your answers! You can join the conversation in the comments on the show notes at peptalksforsidehustlers.com/131, or find episode 131 in our Facebook group, or find me on Instagram or Twitter @shannon

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! One of my favorite apps is called Flipboard. It’s basically an app that curates content from across the interwebs for you based on your specific interests and pulls it together in a magazine-like format. So, of course, my Flipboard is set up for all things entrepreneur and business and self-improvement and web design. Shocking, right? So the other day I was flipping through my Flipboard and I came across this article on Inc.com written by Marla Tabaka with the headline “Not Enough Time in the Day? Ask Yourself These 50 Tough Questions to Find Out Why.” So we all have the same 24 hours in a day, right? So why is it that some people seem to be super productive rockstar machines while others feel constantly stressed and like they can never get everything done? To be totall

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 few episodes, we’re exploring Marla Tabaka’s 50 questions to ask yourself if you’re constantly telling yourself that you don’t have enough time. As I mentioned in episode 130, I’m going to be really honest in answering these questions because the only way to really make progress is to drop all of your excuses. You can get a link to Marla’s full article on Inc.com, “Not Enough Time in the Day? Ask Yourself These 50 Tough Questions to Find Out Why.” Um, challenge accepted! So here we go with my answers to question 11 through 20 on the list, and I’d love to hear your answers! You can join the conversation in the comments on the show notes at peptalksforsidehustlers.com/131, or find episode 131 in our Facebook group, or find me on Instagram or Twitter @shannon

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 I’m joined by Systems and Productivity expert – and mompreneur – Kerryn Hewson, and in this episode we’re going to dive into: How Kerryn’s side hustle of novel writing combined with her corporate business analyst skills evolved into an online business that helps mompreneurs grow their businesses without sacrificing family. Why it’s a great opportunity when you have small kids to start a business (even if it might not feel like it!) Why it’s normal to start out doing everything in your business – and why it’s important to outsource earlier than you think! Why having a schedule in place that works for you is so important. Why it’s important to press the pause button on your business to develop systems and processes. Kerryn’s process for helping her clients get orga

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 importance of taking breaks from your side hustle. When you’re super driven and have a big goal in mind, it’s really easy to get caught up in Somehow I caught a cold this week… And when I was an employee, before I started my side hustle, even though I always felt a little guilty taking a sick day, or maybe like people would think I was faking it, the rare times I did actually call off sick, I would actually rest. I’d stay in bed, napping off and on in between binge-watching whatever show I was into at the moment and snuggling with my old dog, Gracie Bear. Then I started my side hustle, and everything changed. If I caught the nasty cold that was going around the office, I’d just work from home. I’d lay in bed with my laptop and get caught up

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 you want to start a freelance web design business, but you’re just getting started so you haven’t had a paying client yet. Which means you don’t have a portfolio… So how are you going to get someone to pay you to build a website for them when you don’t have any client work to back you up? And since you haven’t had any paying clients, how can you even call yourself an actual web designer? You don’t have much experience, what if you mess something up? You shouldn’t charge that much when you’re just getting started. You definitely need to spend more time learning, because what if someone asks you for something you don’t know how to do? You just need more expertise, and the only way to get it is to work for free for friends and family until you have a good enough portfol

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! A podcast website something you totally CAN do yourself, even if you’re not techie. I’m going to break down how to build a website for your podcast for you step-by-step and give you all the best resources to use your website to get more podcast listeners and subscribers! We’ll cover: Why your podcast should have its own website separate from your main website Must-have plugins & tools for your podcast website Building the foundation of your podcast website How to save time with your show notes and leverage them to get your podcast in front of more people – plus a free show notes checklist. How to create easy-to-say links for your podcast. How to use SEO to get more listeners. How to use your podcast website to get more subscribers. How to use your podcast 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! n episode 123 I broke down for you exactly how I plan and prepare for a daily podcast episode. So after I’ve planned and prepped, it’s time for the 3rd P, which is Production. So during my planning phase, I created a template podcast file in Audacity that has my intro, outro, and music – so I open that up, save it as a new file with my episode number, and then I mute the tracks that have audio on them, so they don’t play when I hit record, and then I hit record and start reading my script. In the beginning, I’d mess up a lot, or if I’m tired I’ll stumble on my words, so I stop immediately, edit it out, and start over and keep going. That’s just what works for me because I don’t want to have to go back and listen to the whole thing and edit after the fact. Once I’ve fini

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 after I released the 100th episodes of this podcast – more than a few people said to me “How in the world do you do a daily podcast? Like, how do you have time for that?” And then another friend texted me and asked me what equipment I use and how I put it all together. Over the next couple of episodes, I’m going to break it all down for you. So as I was thinking about my process, it really comes down to the four Ps of Podcasting: Planning, Preparing, Producing, and Publishing Okay, so let’s start with… Planning First, let’s talk about content. How in the world did I come up with enough content to do a daily podcast? Well, I have the luxury of having been blogging for the past three years, and also running a community of a couple thousand entrepreneurs who are just a

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! I love answering questions from side hustlers who are serious about growing their side hustles to make it their full-time business, and today I’m answering a question from Helen who asks: What are your top one or two tips for a side hustler, i.e. what is the 1 thing that you would say we need to always do to make this our full-time business? So my advice is going to come from the perspective of creating an online business because that’s what I’ve done. When I tell people I know that I don’t have any local clients they find it so weird, but that’s my business model! So I’m not gonna lie, there are a lot of things you need to do to make your side hustle a full-time gig, but if I could pick just one thing that I think is going to make the most difference for you, it’s cons

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! LISTENER: I had a quick question if you don’t mind. Have you used a business coach or strategist before and do you have one you can recommend? I am getting a bit stuck with what to do when and need someone to help me clarify and plan. I think my biggest struggle currently is that I am not earning any money

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! Something I have wrestled with since the day I launched the 5 Day Website Challenge is how much I’m giving away for free. The 5 Day Website Challenge is like, my whole entire web design process from start to finish. It’s the same process that clients pay me thousands of dollars to do for them, broken down into over five training videos. When I first launched it back in January of 2015, it was completely free with a Facebook group for support, and I earned affiliate commissions from those people that chose to purchase my recommended products. In the first 6 months the challenge grew from 0 to about 600 people – but what I realized is that most people are joining the Challenge after they already have web hosting, which is where I make the bulk of my affiliate commissions,

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! Jen Snyder teaches moms how they can work from home so that they can have a flexible schedule to be there for their kids. A mission to help women win the game of online business. I believe that every woman should have the flexibility to earn an income on their own terms. I believe that every woman should have the opportunity to do work they love on their own schedule. Running a business online allows you to do just that! In Part 2 we’ll dig into: The first steps Jen recommends to someone who is just starting out to set themselves up for success. How to break down your time so that it aligns with your goals. The most important thing to invest your money in when you’re just starting out. How Jen balances her work and family time. Why Jen and her family have decided to tr

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! Jen Snyder teaches moms how they can work from home so that they can have a flexible schedule to be there for their kids. A mission to help women win the game of online business. I believe that every woman should have the flexibility to earn an income on their own terms. I believe that every woman should have the opportunity to do work they love on their own schedule. Running a business online allows you to do just that! We’ll dig into: How burnout from her real estate marketing firm turned into Women Winning Online. How Jen grew Women Winning Online from scratch. Exactly how Jen overcame a lack of confidence when she first started. How Jen started to monetize her blog. The number one struggle she sees with women in her community that are holding them back. How your im

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! You guys, can we talk about money for a second? In this episode, I’m confessing all of my weird money issues, like: Devaluing my experience and expertise. Worrying about other people’s budgets. The difference between taking money from companies from vs. people (see how I said “taking money from” rather than “working for/with” or “getting paid by” or “accepting payment”)? Negotiating against myself. If you can relate, I want to hear from you!!