Part 2: Ten things I learned from being an accidental Covid entrepreneur.

Hey you! This is Part 2 of these lessons. Pop over to part one to get some context.

Or don’t bother, you rebel.

Here goes with lessons 6-10 about my business-sorts of lessons that I learned during Covid.

Have a read. And then go do your own thing.

6) If you don’t sell things, you are denying the world of your value.

Selling does not have to be awkward. If you have value to add, people need your skills. If you weren’t offering them, then you are denying that help.

How do you sell things? You chat to people and be friendly, find out what they are struggling with, offer ways to help them, and then send an invoice. I think that is roughly the formula.

Also, get a UTR and do a tax self-assessment if you need to.

7) This woman is not an island.

I need a sounding board. I thrive off people. Build your own team. Get a mentor/coach/peers/cheerleader/IT person.

And protect your relationships.

8) Don’t just choose one platform or communication channel.

Most communications advice I read said, ‘Focus on one place’.

Which I don’t agree with, mostly.

Learn where to invest your energies, for sure, and you don’t need every communication channel.

But the only way I found out what ‘works’ was by playing about across different places.

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9) Time to walk and process is just as valuable (or more so) than hours in front of a screen.

Schedule time with yourself to run away from it all. Reflect on who you are and where you are going.

Has this changed? Are you ‘on track’? What’s bothering you? Where next?

Find out where your space is to check-in with yourself.

10) Showing up is the biggest success strategy.

The past year has been a complete blur. I had no idea what was doing most of the time. It felt like speeding down a motorway while still putting the location into the GPS.

But I am consistent. So I kept trying.

I built relationships, focused on ‘adding good noise’ and kept throwing spaghetti at the wall.

You need to buy the pasta, then cook it, then throw it, to make sure there is a chance it will stick.

Go buy the pasta today, or use the pasta in your cupboard. Whatever works for you.

Okay, enough of the weird pasta metaphors. Stop reading this and go learn for yourself.

(I lied. I need to add one more. Learn about GDPR. It’s important. But you knew that, right?)

Do these lessons resonate with you? What would you add?

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