@JamesMOnline Yes!! I have come to terms with this I’m trying now to promote my lifestyle and hobby blog and my fitness course all at once at least once a week
@Gavel_on_X Personal brand, built on trust and reputation.
Instead I built a fragile Amazon business (destroyed by copycats) and a blog entirely dependent on Google. $11,000 to $50 a month overnight with one algorithm update.
I refuse to build anything this fragile again.
Going to try a different approach:
Being radically honest.
I'm not perfect.
In a lot of ways, my life is still a mess.
I've had successes I'm proud of. I’ve ‘made it’ in business several times now, and I’ve genuinely achieved a lot.
I've also made bad decisions, failed at things that mattered, embarrassed myself, burned out, and spent years learning lessons that in hindsight, felt like they should’ve been obvious.
And honestly, I think most people are dealing with some version of the same thing.
So instead of pretending I have everything figured out, I'm going to stop trying to sound like an expert.
I'll share what worked.
I'll share what didn't.
I'll admit when I was wrong.
I'll admit when I don't know.
I'll tell you about the mistakes, not just the wins.
Maybe that's a terrible strategy.
Maybe I'd make more money renting a Lamborghini and taking photos in my garage.
But I'd rather be trusted than admired.
I'm not here to tell people what to do.
I'm only here to share what I've learned from trying, failing, rebuilding, and trying again.
If you are a parent sick of the typical guru BS, welcome.
@JamesMOnline I try to bring that personal side every time I write my blog posts because people still exist so that personal touch for the blog should too
@JamesMOnline so much has happened recently so before Christmas I found someone that I asked to help promote my newest fitness course however I got people signed up for free and one sale I spent 150 and feel like I got nothing now I haven’t heard from them now how do I promote it
@JamesMOnline@GrammarHippy I need to learn how to promote my courses and not hire people to do it that doesn’t work for me I’ve sold one of the two paid courses though
@JamesMOnline I now have three courses on udemy two paid one free but promotion is still so hard for me I’d love to make it work well for me but I’m not sure how
Your content isn’t failing because it’s bad.
It’s failing because no one believes you.
The truth is, most information isn't new anymore. Everything has been said hundreds of times in hundreds of different ways.
The same idea can be ignored 50 times…
Then someone PROVES they got real results with it, and suddenly everyone listens.
Drill this into your head... people don’t buy information.
They buy proof and belief.
@parkerworth Books have the highest density of information across pretty much any format. That being said, I still probably end up spending more time listening to podcasts because of the ease of listening.
@shawngossman I tell them through small words they can understand and I tell them they can do anything no matter what they just have to go after what they want