S02E03 The Lazy Person's Almanac to becoming a successful writer with Niharika Sodhi

Today I talk to Kevon Cheung. Kevon ran a startup during COVID. He had to pivot multiple times but it failed anyway.That was the moment he started building in public. He created a lot of free courses before he finally started charging money.In this episode, you’ll learn how you can build in public and get your first products out quickly.

Today I talk to Kieran Drew. Kieran started his career as a dentist but actually hated it. He thought if he worked hard he would get rich and have the life he always dreamed of. Just before starting a new job at a dental practice he got the break he wanted. They called him to say they needed more time to open the practice. That was the moment he decided to go a different route. He started writing online and building an audience.In this episode, you’ll learn how to make your first internet Dollar and what you should talk about to build an audience and build your own brand.

Jay might be just another teenager but he has tens of thousands of followers on Twitter and Instagram. When he was 15, he started posting self-help quotes and fast-forward a few years, building a nice little empire for himself.In this episode, you’ll learn how you too, can build an audience on social media without overthinking it and with the help of a few systems.

Today I talk to Chase Curtis. Chase has been on the pod before. He laid low on Twitter for a while but now he’s back in action in a hot domain. AI.In this episode, you’ll learn how you can get good at a totally new subject and go viral every other day.

Alex was an illustrator when he reached out to other illustrators and designers. He wanted to coach them, and he made sure they got more clients.Fast forward to today, and Alex helps other entrepreneurs stand out online and build their own brand.In this episode, you’ll learn how you yourself can stand out and build your own powerful personal brand.

Erica was an English teacher who didn’t want to go back to a day job so she started as a freelance copywriter.She applied to 80 jobs per day on Upwork when she first got started. One client stood out, and Erica took a job there. Her boss challenged Erica to build a personal brand. Her first post was on LinkedIn and immediately went viral. In this episode, we talk about how Erica finally found her voice on Twitter and you’ll learn how you can find it too.

Dagobert is the Twitter meme king in our little Startup and Founder scene. But not only that, he's a Master at creating visibility for himself and his tweets in the timeline.In this episode, you'll learn how to get the same results as Dagobert. He reveals his biggest secrets from the Twitter Growth course he recently released. Even I learned a lot from him!

Pauline has done what most Twitter noobs envy: she built a ghostwriting business without having thousands of followers.In this episode, we discuss how you can attract customers when the odds are not in your favor. Listen to this episode to find out how to get inbound ghostwriting clients without having thousands of followers and testimonials from previous clients.

Niharika found out that ordinary people can also build a writing business. You don't need to be famous. She started writing on Medium and wrote hundreds of articles. She's built systems for her content creation that are ideal for lazy people. In this episode, we'll discuss her journey and how you can create a thriving writing business and grow a large LinkedIn audience.

Shreya caught a lucky break by meeting (the now former) LinkedIn's CEO Reid Jeff Weiner and wrote about that experience on LinkedIn.The post blew up and went instantly viral. Most people will think the meeting with the CEO was the reason, but Shreya was writing all her life. The story about meeting the CEO was just the vessel of the story. She would've made it anyway.In this episode, we talk about tactics you can get your writing career off the ground and how you can build a content marketing agency a.k.a. a ghostwriting business.