What you believe plays a huge part in whether or not you’ll find success with your side hustle online.
I’ve helped over 5,000 people build their websites for their online businesses, and through helping them, I’ve there are four common beliefs that people have about themselves that hold them back from finding success.
Belief #1 – You’re not techie enough to build an online business.
So, there’s no such thing as being “techie”. Yes, if you’re going to build a business online, there’s tech involved. There’s no way around it! But it’s not like you’re NOT techie, and everyone else out there understands something that you don’t.
The only difference between someone who is “techie” and someone who isn’t is PERSISTENCE.
Do you give up when you hit one roadblock, or do you keep looking for the answer? Do you quit when the first thing doesn’t work, or do you try to figure out why it didn’t work, adjust, and try something else?
If you’re not going to give up, then I promise you, you CAN understand how all of this works enough to be able to put it together. All of the answers are out there for you.
And the right teacher can also be the shortcut that helps you pull together all the tech the right way to create a profitable system for running your business online.
Belief #2 – That someone else is already doing it, so there’s no room for you.
Thoughts like:
Who am I to do this? I’m not an expert. I don’t know enough yet. I can’t charge people money for this. I don’t have a portfolio, or references. I need more experience.
These thought patterns can be totally devastating and can kill your dream before it ever has the chance to get started!
So here’s the deal:
You don’t know everything there is to know about your topic, and you never will.. There are always people out there doing what you do who are farther along than you.
This is a good thing!!
- It tells you that there is a market for your services.
- People learn from more than one person. I know I do, do you?
- Look to them as mentors rather than competitors.
There are also people out there that know less than you. They are the ones that need your help! You’re just a few steps ahead of them on your journey. You can relate to them. You’re not so far down the path of success (yet) that your results don’t seem attainable. It’s a great place to be!
And you are the ONLY one who has your unique perspective, your specific set of experiences and knowledge who can approach what you do the way you do it. No one else has your story.
If you share your knowledge from the perspective of what you have learned, what you have tried and what has (and hasn’t) worked for you instead of proclaiming to the world that you’re an expert, it’s SO MUCH EASIER.
And yes, you can charge for it. Because your knowledge and experience and skills have value to others, no matter how easy or obvious it seems to be for you, it’s not so easy and obvious for others.
Belief #3 – You have to have millions of followers or tens of thousands of email subscribers or visitors to your website to make money online.
Yes, it's true that the more subscribers you have on your email list, the more money you can make.
And to be totally honest, it’s my goal this year to double my email list, because I know from looking at the past three years of my business exactly how much I earn from each subscriber.
What most people think is that you have to hustle, hustle hustle to build a big email list before you can sell anything, and then you can launch a program or product to your list.
There are ways to monetize as people are subscribing your list, even if you don’t have anything to sell yet. If you want to learn more about that, you can sign up for my next free Website Monetization Master Class at www.shannonmattern.com/masterclass
Belief #4 – The only people that can make money online are people who teach other people how to make money online.
My community of side hustlers includes food bloggers, relationship coaches, business coaches, web designers, graphic designers, personal trainers, quilters, travel bloggers, recovery specialists, digital marketers, mom bloggers, fashion bloggers, fertility experts, doulas, parenting experts, physicians and more – all of whom have creating thriving side hustles online.
So if you have something that you’re passionate and knowledgeable about, you can create a community around that online, share your knowledge and experience and people WILL pay for that. You just gotta figure out where your passion intersects with their needs, and that’s when the magic happens.
So stay tuned, because tomorrow we’re going to talk how your beliefs can influence your success
Show Notes:
Get 36 months of web hosting for just $2.95 with Bluehost here.
Learn how to build your website with my Free 5 Day Website Challenge here.
Sign up for my free website monetization master class “A 3 Step System to Creating a Profitable Website From Day 1)” here.
