#2036 - Failure Friday: “Despite my best efforts, no one was buying…”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from the creator of a writing program. She wanted to reach more people, so she decided to give Facebook her money. What could go wrong?
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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.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of Side Us All School. |
| 0:10.7 | This is your host, Chris Gillabo. |
| 0:12.2 | Today, our segment known as Failure Friday. |
| 0:15.7 | Failure Friday is a collection of short stories about mistakes, missteps, disasters, and |
| 0:20.7 | of course failure. |
| 0:22.2 | All of the things that go wrong, what can we learn through the process of not just a huge |
| 0:26.1 | success, but also, well, as I said, one of those mistakes are |
| 0:29.9 | missteps. |
| 0:30.9 | I am so grateful to all of the Side Uslers, small business owners, entrepreneurs, everybody |
| 0:35.6 | who has been participating in this series, giving us lots of great stories. |
| 0:38.9 | I know it helps so many of our listeners just giving them some information, but also encouragement, |
| 0:43.8 | because all of us struggle in some ways. |
| 0:46.0 | And to me, the key is not just that you're going to struggle, but you're going to actually |
| 0:49.9 | recover. |
| 0:50.9 | So, these stories vary. |
| 0:52.8 | They often begin with an idea and an assumption, and then the reality assumption meets reality. |
| 0:59.3 | Today's short story features Shayna Hartman. |
| 1:01.7 | She is the owner of Synergy Wellness. |
| 1:04.0 | She's going to tell us about using Facebook ads too soon. |
| 1:08.2 | Facebook ads too soon, or perhaps without understanding what you really get when you |
| 1:12.6 | use Facebook ads. |
| 1:13.8 | We've had some stories over the years of people who've been very successful using online |
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