#1978 - Q&A: “How do I market and get my first customers?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Our caller today is like a lot of listeners: when the time comes to start a project, how do you market and attract your first customers?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a brand new month. This is the month of June 2022, episode 1978. Of course, you |
| 0:15.8 | could be listening at any point, but it is the start of a new month for me and for our listeners |
| 0:21.0 | in real time. Now, our caller today is like a lot of listeners. You might be in the situation |
| 0:26.9 | or if not, you might have been at some point when you were getting started or you will be when |
| 0:32.0 | the time comes to start a project. How do you begin to market and attract your first customers? |
| 0:37.4 | You know, it is just so common to have an idea and you're really excited about it, but then you |
| 0:42.6 | feel held back. You're excited about this idea, but you feel a little bit stuck or held back at this |
| 0:47.9 | phase. But of course, it's critical and you have to work past this because without buyers, your |
| 0:53.3 | business idea can never become a real business. So let's see if we can help out our caller and |
| 0:59.0 | perhaps by proxy somebody else out there. Maybe even you. Who knows? Where do I find my first |
| 1:05.0 | customers? The detailed question from our listener and my answer coming up after this quick message from our sponsor. |
| 1:10.7 | Hi Chris. This is Steven from Hasbrokite, New Jersey and I have been listening to your show for |
| 1:24.8 | the past few years and have enjoyed listening to the ideas and stories about the successes of other |
| 1:30.4 | people who are started prosperous side hustles. I've considered and tried starting various side |
| 1:35.8 | hustles over the years, but always seemed to get stuck in the middle of initial marketing and getting |
| 1:41.1 | first customers. My question is how should one begin to market and land their first customers? |
| 1:48.2 | What marketing methods do you suggest for people just starting out? For example, social media, |
| 1:54.2 | word-of-mouth, freelance, bulletin sites, etc. Just that everyone can get a website put together, |
| 2:00.0 | but essentially useless unless you get people to it. Should I consider paid advertising or use |
| 2:06.2 | grassroots? I mentioned to hearing your thoughts. Thank you and I look forward to hearing other |
| 2:12.1 | stories and tips from your show. |
| 2:17.2 | Steven, thanks for listening man. Thanks for being out there. I think you said for the past few |
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