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In this week's first $1,000 segment, we're gonna hear from the self-described WordPress girl. She starts a service helping female entrepreneurs get set up with a website. She's been doing this for a while. At the time we last featured her, she was in the midst of a rebranding, but still bringing in at least $2,000 a month on the side. And after going through a few different iterations of this business, she had turned it into a largely passive income source.
So $2,000 a month, largely passive. That sounds pretty good to me. This is part of a feature we call your first $1,000. It's all about how somebody gets going with an idea and earns at least $1,000. How did they get to that point?
How did they make it happen? What did they learn along the way? Her name is Tabitha. She is, as I said, the self-described WordPress girl earning at least $2,000 a month on the side in addition to some other income sources. So well done Tabitha.
I'm going to pass the mic to you. I'll come back at the end with a few words of wrap up. [Music]
Hey, this is Tabitha and I wanted to report on my first $1,000. For the past four months, I've been hoping clients build websites. And if that sounds boring, it did to me as well before I started.
I know there are a million designers and coders out there so I had to do something a little different. At the same time, the reason there are lots of designers is because lots of people need websites. I was inspired by someone in Chris's book who focused less on doing the design and more on getting people set up with the right platforms and plugins. It seemed like a smart model because you're not just another creative professional trying to compete and then doing a ton of iterations when the client doesn't love your work. No, thanks.
So instead I tweaked that model to become the WordPress girl. My pitch was I'm your girl for getting set up on WordPress. And if you don't know what WordPress is or why you'd want to get set up on it, well, I can help with that too. I tried $400 to get someone set up with a package so they can use to make their first website. It includes an hour of consultation to walk them through the steps and up to a month of follow-up by email and phone.
In reality, most people don't need additional phone calls after that first hour. So it doesn't take me much time to offer that benefit. After a while, I realized something important. Clients don't want WordPress. They want a website.
They don't really care what platform it's built on. And in many cases, they don't have a preference. So maybe it was a mistake to go with WordPress girl as my primary branding. I'm not thinking of changing to the website girl so that it's clear I can work with other platforms besides WordPress. There are a few other people using that branding so that could be an issue.
But there's no way to know without trying. The good news is I already have a small client base as well as a day job. So I'm not desperate. Mostly I'm happy that I can earn between one and 3000 extra dollars a month doing something that's fun and not too stressful. Thank you for all your help.
And wish me luck with the rebranding. Oh, and good luck to everyone else out there. You're not alone. [Music]
Big thanks to Tabitha for telling us about her first thousand dollars. Listeners, I hope you found it encouraging, interesting.
Remember, there's something that you can do as well. I want you to be able to make a thousand dollars from a new side hustle and then hopefully much more beyond that. But by getting to that point of a thousand dollars, it just feels relatable and you're like, "Oh my gosh, I can do this." And yes, you can do this. That's what we're all about. I want you to take action today or at least as soon as possible.
If you have a question or an update about your hustle, sidehustleschool.com. Detailed references, notes, pages, links, lots of stuff available on that site for you. And of course, new episodes drop every day, seven days a week, always free, wherever you like to listen. My name's Chris Guillebeau. This is "Side Hustle School." [Music]
