The Content Love Podcast

#23: Lessons From a Side-Hustler: Growing an Audience From Scratch With Ryan Robinson

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Hey all,

In this episode, we’re talking all about building an audience from scratch. I’m bringing you this week’s insights from Ryan Robinson—he’s a serial side-hustler with a blog that attracts 200,000+ monthly readers!

Ryan is a Content Marketing Consultant to the world’s top experts and growing startups. He writes for Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Business Insider and more. He works with fast-growing startups to drive content marketing strategy & rapid execution. He also advises 500 Startups portfolio companies on how to grow their brands with effective content marketing. He also hosts The Side Hustle Project podcast.

I’m beyond thrilled that you get to learn from Ryan!

Listen in on my chat with Ryan to learn all about:
  • Ryan’s long history of starting businesses and what came out of successes and failures
  • Ryan’s side hustle income reports
  • Choosing a starting point for building an audience for business
  • The intersection of what you’re good at and what people you serve care about and the importance of avoiding FOMO when picking channels
  • Leaving 25% of your content focus for experimenting/repurposing content
  • The importance of outreach for content promotion and strategies to get your emails opened and responded to
  • Guest blogging and choosing the places to get published
  • The relationship-building game that leads into getting published in larger publications
  • How to capitalize on your guest content that gets published
  • Tweaking emails when you’re not getting the outcome you’re hoping for (to increase email opens and replies)
  • How to split limited time and resources to get the most out of your content
    • Check out Ryan’s resources & connect with him:
    • Check out Ryan’s website
    • Say hi to him on Twitter!
    • Check out Ryan’s podcast: The Side Hustle Project
      • Links, tools and resources mentioned in this episode:
      • Ryan’s 20,000-word guide to starting a blog
      • Ryan’s post: 60 Top Entrepreneurs Share Best Business Advice and Tips for Success
      • Close.io
      • Ryan’s side hustle income reports
      • Episode #5: Crazy Productive Content Marketing Using Repurposing With Brittany Berger
      • Ryan’s templates for outreach
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        • Thanks for listening!

        What actions will you take to start building your audience from scratch, or grow the one you already have? Let me know!

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