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Kerry Hussain's avatar

Thanks for this Matt! I'm so happy to hear that someone is actually making this model work, because this is how I want to do it too.

I've tried Instagram & YouTube and although I don't mind doing the video stuff it's very draining. I'm much more comfortable with writing (and I actually enjoy it!) which is why I'm giving Substack a go.

I've just quietly started offering a 1:1 and hope that I can build digital products from there. I find SEO really hard, but I do use KeySearch which helps - my topic is very niche but I've managed to get 4 articles ranking on page 1 for the most common search term :)

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

Kerry, I'm so glad this resonated.

SEO is a long term game :)

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Drew English's avatar

Have considered a coaching offer. My question is, how did you find the confidence to start offering that. I know I’m sitting on a ton of experience but can’t figure out how to leverage it currently.

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

punch that voice in the face

that's it.

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Drew English's avatar

Good answer.

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

nothing matters until you actually apply it

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

🫡

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Zenifyze's avatar

Good article.

Curious...What's your advice for writers who are anti-social? Maybe they should write books, either non-fiction or fiction or even screenplays? They may need to do some marketing to generate sales, but they can always a virtual assistant to handle it.

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

I'm not into fiction so I can't help here.

But if your goal is non-fiction than Medium,Substack and SEO

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Stepping Stones MH's avatar

Thank you. Your posts give me hope that I can still be effective in spite of being an introvert. I can’t tell you how much advice I’ve gotten telling me that I have to change who I am and get in everyone’s face. No thanks, that’s now what I want nor is it what my audience wants. 😊

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Matt Giaro ⚙️'s avatar

Don't change.

Build a business around your natural strength.

Else, you'll build something you'll hate

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About Names's avatar

Can you earn from writing about names?

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Alina Khay's avatar

Keep it up! 👍

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MergeX's avatar

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Wandering Soul Notes's avatar

I loved the article - as an introvert it resonates with me 🙋🏼‍♀️ I think I have to become more „problem“ orientated for my writing. I’m just so shy to give advice 😅 like: who am I to give people advice for life? 🙈

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Yasmin Chopin's avatar

Great post, Matt. What system do you use to send out automated emails?

I'm keen to get on with my publicising m offers and want to make the emails easy to manage.

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