My first sale came from an audience of zero


Hey there,

Quick question: what's stopped you from selling anything online so far?

If you're like most people who reply to these emails, the answer is some version of "I don't have an audience yet."

You don't have an email list, and maybe you only have a handful of Instagram followers, mostly friends. So the plan becomes: grow the audience first, sell... someday. ...which becomes never because you get overwhelmed and demotivated.

Now, back to that first sale.

Here's the thing nobody tells you - I got mine 6 years ago with basically no audience. Yeah! It's true.

No big list, no viral post, no ad budget. And that first sale taught me more than six months of "audience building" ever did, because it proved someone would actually pay and where to find customers !

So I put everything I did into a free guide:

How To Get Your First Sale With NO AUDIENCE

Inside, I walk you through exactly how I did it - where I found my first buyer, what I offered, and the steps you can copy this week, even if your only follower is your mum.

Grab the free guide here

Your first sale isn't waiting on 10,000 followers. It's a lot closer than you think.

Go get it,

Before you go - I've been getting a LOT of emails lately asking about running and growing memberships. I'm only in month 2 of mine, with 31 paying subscribers, so it's all very fresh: what's working, what flopped, what I'd do differently. Want me to write next week's email on it? Hit reply and let me know - if enough of you say yes, I'll collect it all into one email and send it to you!

Hit reply and tell me. I read every single email :)

Thanks for reading

Aisha Preece from Outandbeyond.com

PS: I share my bare minimum low-effort strategy to grow my blogs on my Instagram stories — if you want more behind-the-scenes like this, come hang out: @aishapreece

PPS; Snail mail for July is nearly ready, I am pretty excited for this as it has a book discussion plus video training from me teaching a skill and a personal story I wont share anywhere else, (so not just stickers and paper, you actually learn skills :)). Come join, I'd love to have you !

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Hi, I'm Aisha and I love helping others achieve financial independence though blogging. I run a portfolio of 6 blogs and teach others how to grow and monetise their blogs using evergreen strategies that don't stress you out! Follow me for valuable blogging tips and digital nomad hacks.

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