Thread by @NicheDown

I’ve been asked quite a bit lately why I’m comfortable sharing my earnings from my #blog, so here are a few thoughts/reasons …

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1) If your goal is growing an audience, I can’t think of a better way than sharing great results.

People like information, but they LOVE results.

My approach has been:

1) share great results
2) share how I got those results
3) repeat 1-2 🔁

So far, this approach has attracted 5000+ followers in 39 days (128 followers a day).

If you need another example of this approach working, look no further than @NicheSiteLady.

@NicheSiteLady built an audience of 5000+ in just 2 weeks! 🤯 (now at 6,000)

She is sharing her results, and then she’s sharing amazing, actionable advice on how you can achieve the same.

When it comes to audience building, this formula just WORKS.

2) I share my earnings from my content site because that’s the ONLY reason I’m here.

Seeing what ppl like @nichepursuits, Jon Dykstra, @RickyAndJim etc. were making from their sites, motivated me enough to try.

If I hadn’t seen what was possible, I never would have started.

I didn’t start blogging because I love writing, or because I have a “passion” for it.

I blogged because it had the potential to give me the freedom to live my life on my own terms.

And seeing others make multiples of my salary #blogging was all I needed to dig in and learn how.

Again, if I hadn’t SEEN those results, I wouldn’t be here doing this today.

The idea that even one person will see MY results and do the same, is incredibly motivating to me.

I’ve already gotten dozens of tweets and DMs from people saying they either started blogging, or took it back up (at least in part) because of my tweets.

How cool is that?

https://twitter.com/mmendeswrites/status/1523002770130800640

I think that’s why I’m more comfortable sharing what I’m earning from my “side hustle”, than I am from my 9-5

Even though my side hustle is earning more now.

I don’t see a huge benefit in sharing my 9-5 income. Probably not going to motivate anyone in the same way.

Also, IMO there is less stigma around sharing side hustle income than there is around “career” income. Not entirely sure why.

Maybe because many of us tie our self worth to our incomes, or feel we’ll be judged etc.

But a topic for another day…