This is the Day 4 post for the 7-Day Side Hustle Challenge. Learn more and join us here!
Now that you have a clear idea of how to talk about yourself in relation to your side hustle, it’s time to start telling the world - online! These days, you are able to do this cheaply and easily using a simple blog as your website. (Yes, if you already have a blog, you really don’t need a separate website!) For today’s assignment, you have two options depending on whether you have a website yet. If you don’t have a website yet, start a blog using Option #1. If you already have a website, improve it using Option #2.
Option #1: Create Your Website
If you don’t have a professional blog yet, I highly recommend you download my FREE ebook, The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Blog. Geared toward newbie bloggers, this easy-to-read guide will take you from soup to nuts in terms of your blog concept, software, design, content, promotion and analytics. Longtime bloggers will also benefit from the marketing angle of the ebook which outlines how to build your personal brand online through blogging.
After you get the technical stuff out of the way, the best ways to make your blog work for you in your side hustle are to:
- Use it to promote your personal brand and become the “go-to” person in your niche.
- Write and share great content that helps your audience.
- Promote the hell out of it.
Option #2: Improve Your Website
If you already have a website, use today to write or tweak your about page using the bio you crafted yesterday. Your about page may include some or all of the following:
- A welcome message
- Your bio
- A professional-looking photo of yourself
- A brief explanation on what your site is about
- Links to some of your best blog posts that illustrate the essence of your personal brand
You can title your about page simply “about” or perhaps one of the following:
- About the author
- About me
- About (your name here)
- About this blog
- What this blog is about
- Who is (your name here)?
Need more inspiration? Check out these awesome about pages from some popular folks in the professional blogosphere:
- Afrobella: http://www.afrobella.com/about-afrobella/
- Danielle LaPorte: http://whitehottruth.com/about/
- Mocha Dad: http://www.mochadad.com/aboutmochadad
Once you create or improve your website, post the link in the comments section below! It may also be useful to look at other participant’s sites to obtain ideas or to offer feedback.
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Here’s the about me page from Cabinet of Curiosities:
http://adriannerussell.wordpress.com/about/
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I’ve started on the site for my side-hustle, http://www.torithewriter.com. It’s still under construction, so for now I direct people to my personal blog, http://www.kinxnquirx.com.
http://femwisdom.blogspot.com/p/about-usconnect-with-us.html
NOTE: I did not include links to my favorite websites on the “about us page”. I have a page that I use specifically to advertise links to some of the best sites for black women on the web.
Read my latest blog post…The Love Thyself Pledge
http://femwisdom.blogspot.com/p/about-usconnect-with-us.html
Very good advice…..Luvin this! WISDOM!!!!
Read my latest blog post…The Love Thyself Pledge
Hi there…I went to your site and the first thing I noticed was the music, though your blog does not appear to be a music blog. I highly recommend you take sound off of your page – it’s distracting to visitors.