inspiration for side hustlers

Side Hustle Spark 311: Email Marketing Best Practices [HubSpot]

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With its updated email marketing suggestions list, HubSpot checks in with some very useful content for side hustlers.

Chances are some folks haven’t considered a number of these items, including:

— The 5-Second Test

— Keep your email between 500 and 650 pixels wide

— Optimize the email’s preview text

Here is a link to download their Beginner’s Guide to Email Marketing.

Side Hustle Spark 310: focusmate.com

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I thought I would explore the ‘benefits’ of social pressure, precommitment, and accountability.

So I just signed up with focusmate.com.

My other blog shares more about it.

If you’re encountering procrastination and resistance–even with New Year’s resolutions still fresh on the page–give this a try.

Three free sessions per week…just think how much you can get done in 150 minutes in the ‘presence’ of a remote work partner who is hammering away at his/her own project.

My first appointment is this coming Friday. Will let you know how it turns out.

Reminder: No affiliate links. Just thought it might be something that might help you crank out the next best seller/mega-corporation/cinematic masterpiece.

Side Hustle Spark 307: Digital Marketing in 2022 [Neil Patel]

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Check out Neil’s tips on dealing with digital marketing in 2022 and beyond.

How to differentiate yourself and your products/services?

Tip #1: There’s too much content. Use steps. Use data. Give a fresh perspective.

Tell your own stories. If you can’t offer a fresh perspective, don’t add the content.

Tip #2: Refresh/update your past content.

Tip #3: Add an influencer. ‘Influence’ is here to stay. It may cost you, but it’s worth exploring.

Tip #4: Add upsells and downsells.

Tip #5: Use multiple channels. “Take an omnichannel approach.”

Here’s hoping your bank accounts in 2022
will be saturated as well.

Best of luck!

Side Hustle Spark 305: A flood of marketing audio

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HubSpot chimes in with links to 27 marketing podcasts.

Should be interesting for you to:
— Track down new ones that speak to your specific needs.
— See which ones you already follow, kind of a pat on the back for being–literally–tuned in.

Some that piqued my interest:

My First Million

The Digital Marketing Podcast

The Market Your Genius Podcast

Again, here’s the link.

Happy Listening.

Side Hustle Spark 304: Audience-Driven Summit Replays

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Audience-Driven Summit Replays

As expected, Pat Flynn followed through with quality content over the past two days of his summit.

Follow the above link to hear from folks like:

Pat Flynn himself

James Clear (jamesclear.com and author of Atomic Habits)

Shane Sams (flippedlifestyle.com)

Neil Patel (SEO expert and founder of UberSuggest)

Wes Kao (weskao.com and co-founder of altMBA)

Side Hustle Reminder: Audience-Driven Summit (Pat Flynn)

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Audience-Driven Summit

OCTOBER 12-13, 2021
12:00-5:00PM ET

Pat Flynn always provide good value, so you can expect Audience-Driven Summit will provide more of the same.

A sampling of the topics:

— How to Create and LAUNCH Offers that Get Your Customers Results (And Make Your Business GROW)

— How Small Communities Can Lead to Large Audiences

— YouTube: How I’d build an audience differently if I started today

Quote from Pat’s follow-up email:

“We wanted to bring you the MOST relevant ways to approach building an audience TODAY in 2021…Our speakers won’t be all the typical names you’ve seen on stages for years and years. We’re bringing in folks who are at the cutting edge as creators today.“

So, if this is your current following…

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give this summit a shot.

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SIDE HUSTLE SPARK #302: Magic ad words

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For a quick primer on how to attain instant success with your marketing copy that will no doubt provide easy conversions to elite customers, check out these resources! (Gotta have an exclamation point, right?)

Vertical Response offers this list of words all marketers should keep handy.

There are plenty of other lists, of course. Look to:

— Honeycopy.com‘s 100 of the most powerful marketing words

— Buffer.com’s 189 Powerful Words That Convert

What spurred me to revisit this topic?

Today’s email from Drayton Bird, who will be featured in the next post.

In the meantime…

Side Hustle Spark 301: Audience-Driven Summit (Pat Flynn)

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Audience-Driven Summit

OCTOBER 12-13, 2021
12:00-5:00PM ET

Pat Flynn always provide good value, so you can expect Audience-Driven Summit will provide more of the same.

A sampling of the topics:

— How to Create and LAUNCH Offers that Get Your Customers Results (And Make Your Business GROW)

— How Small Communities Can Lead to Large Audiences

— YouTube: How I’d build an audience differently if I started today

Quote from Pat’s follow-up email:

“We wanted to bring you the MOST relevant ways to approach building an audience TODAY in 2021…Our speakers won’t be all the typical names you’ve seen on stages for years and years. We’re bringing in folks who are at the cutting edge as creators today.“

So, if this is your current following…

Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash

give this summit a shot.

Photo by Borna Bevanda on Unsplash