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Q3 Side-Hustle Income Report
Leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping, and Q4 of 2019 is here already. I’m really excited to share my Q3 side-hustle income report with you because although I fell short on a few (read: all) of my goals, I still made a lot of exciting progress! To recap, I’ve been sharing income reports for revenue generated by my online side-hustles since Q4 of last year. Why? For two reasons: 1. To hold myself accountable and motivated to keep pushing on in my business 2. To (hopefully) provide helpful information to others who are thinking about starting an online side-hustle and are looking for real information about how it can be…
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Side-Hustle Income Report: Q4 2018
2018 has been a pretty intense year for me, in more ways than one. There’s been some pretty big ups and downs, and a lot to reflect on. But I’m also looking forward to starting the new year and hopefully making it the best yet! As 2018 winds down, I decided to compile my first-ever side-hustle income report and put it out there for all the world to see. Related: Transformative New Year’s Resolution Ideas That Will Stick ** My blog posts contain affiliate links, which means that I may earn a commission on purchases you make after clicking on those links. (At no extra cost to you!) Full disclosure…
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Why Every Small Business Needs a Pinterest Marketing Strategy
In the past six months, I’ve become obsessed with Pinterest. Although I’ve loved using Pinterest for much longer than that! So let me rephrase that: In the past six months, I’ve become obsessed with using a Pinterest marketing strategy. Why? Because using one has increased my web traffic by 500% in the past three months. Regardless of whether you’re a freelancer starting their first side-hustle or an established business owner with a small team, your website serves as an online storefront. As such, you want it to reach as many people from your target demographic as possible! Most website owners already know that Search Engine Optimization (aka SEO) is critical to…
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5 Ways to Diversify Your Income as a Freelance Writer
Although freelance writing can be a lucrative business on its own, I believe it’s important to diversify your income. Even if your freelance writing clients are keeping you busy, it’s great to have other income to fall back on just in case. Not to mention, exploring new money-making ideas can help take your business to the next level! There are any number of services and strategies you can use to help diversify your income, but some are better-suited to writers than others. Related: Can you Really Get Paid to Write Online? Here we’ll look at the best five services to offer that compliment your freelance writing skills: ** My blog posts contain…
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Can You Really Get Paid to Write Online? 5 Freelance Writing Myths Dispelled
Maybe you’re interested in freelance writing, but not too sure if you can actually get paid to write online. Although there seems to be no shortage of anecdotes online of people who are doing it successfully, it still seems too good to be true. I hear you. There are a lot of myths surrounding freelance writing. In a world where we can’t scroll through our social media for thirty seconds without someone trying to sell us something, it’s easy to think that the whole “get paid to write” idea is just another scheme by someone trying to sell a course or product. We’ve come a long, long way from the…
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How to Write Faster as a Freelance Writer
Believe it or not, the biggest challenge of being a freelance writer isn’t finding new clients. It’s finding time to actually do the writing. At least, it is when you also work full-time. When I first started landing freelance writing jobs, I was dismayed by how long it took me to even finish a 500-word project. I simply did not know how to write faster. That’s because in the beginning, I didn’t have a structured approach to writing articles. I would try to “write pretty” when all I had to work with was an (intimidating) blank page. I would think long and hard about the structure, grammar, and flow of…