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This Is The Ultimate Marketing Secret for Solopreneurs, And No One Is Talking About It.
The ugly red wallpaper with the huge roses was laughing at me. My one-person business was a joke, and here I was, stuck in a cold, small apartment with insufficient money to work in the Starbucks nearby.
That’s what sometimes happens when you’re confident enough to quit your job before you have proof that your one-person business can support you.
The pain was worth it, though. I was in that situation because I prioritized the wrong thing.
When I started, I aimed to make money as fast as possible. Like, the big bucks.
That’s why I focused on Fiverr. Fiverr doubled my salary within about two years after I had quit, and I was ecstatic.
The problem was I had no control over it. So when it dropped to $0 for no good reason, my heart sank.
That’s the thing. When you want a shortcut to big money, you get a shaky foundation for your business. With a foundation like that, your business can’t grow beyond a few thousand dollars per month, and you can never be sure if it won’t stop tomorrow.
So what should I have prioritized instead?