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5 tweaks I made that more than tripled my solopreneur revenue in one year
Running a solopreneur business is challenging. Every challenge you overcome in your business often reflects an inner transformation that has taken place within you.
So if you are on this one-person business journey, you have my awe and respect. And if you are struggling to hit your revenue goals despite working on all cylinders, I know exactly how you feel.
Content Creation & Overcoming the Pressure For Excellence
Being an expert on a topic is great. And hopefully, you are on the journey to becoming good at whatever it is that you want to do.
But right now, if you don’t consider yourself an expert, let that not stop you from starting. How?
You do that using three specific ways of thinking that I will share in this article.
116: Becoming Like A Tree - How I am working through my content creation block
I feel like I have been censoring myself. Recently, when I got inspired to write a blog post or make video, I told myself that I already talk about it in my coaching program, so why post about it. When I got an idea on how web designers can raise their pricing, the thought arose, “I teach that within MWD”. Or when I came up with a perspective to share on how to handle the workflow of a design project, again my mind said, “Don’t you share that in-depth in the coaching program curriculum? Why give it away for free?”.
069: Dare to Create - Two Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Create New Content
Creating content consistently is important but the road is filled with challenges. I share a few thoughts from my two years of building my business and creating content and the two questions that guide me when I create a new video or blog.
My biggest lesson was "Show up consistently." For the full story, click to see the rest of my blog + video.
068: How I increased my pageviews by 113% in 5 months
Creating content for your readers is an important part of growing your business and website traffic. That's something I learned first hand this year after analyzing my website stats (statistics).
In this blog, I share with you the exact numbers from my Analytics panel (yes, screenshots are included) and the exact steps that I took to achieve a 113% increase in pageviews when comparing the first five months of 2018 and 2019.
My biggest lesson was "Publish useful content weekly" and "Look at your own path of progress." For the full story, see the rest of my blog:
033: How to Come Up With Email Topics (Free Worksheet)
Brainstorming is a key step in email content creation process. It helps you to get your ideas down on paper, sort through them, select the best ones and throw out the rest or keep them for a future time.
The goal here is to come up with a bunch of ideas without censoring yourself or editing yourself while you are brainstorming. Let's dive a bit deeper and come up with the email topics for an entire month.
032: My Complete Weekly Email Content Creation Process
One of the pillars of a successful email marketing plan is Keeping In Consistent Touch with your audience - by sending them regular emails. Of course, how often you email your list will be based on the stage you are in your business and the frequency that is best suited for your audience.
Whether you email your list once a week, once a month or twice a month, you need to have consistent content going out. But how to come up with new topics and have them all ready without burning the mid-night oil?
Take a look at this complete Email Content Creation Process that I use for my business.