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427: How To Find The Right Audience or Customer For Your Side Hustle

So, you’ve figured out the side hustle you want to pursue. Now what’s the next step? Hint: It’s finding your audience.


I’m not talking about just anyone who might come across your side hustle, I’m talking about the specific person who needs and wants what you’re offering! It’s time to get creative and identify who it is you’re talking to, and I’ve got a roadmap to help you do so. This episode is part two of the Side Hustle Pro Bootcamp series, where I teach you how to start your side hustle. 


In this episode we discuss:

  • How to identify your customer/audience by understanding their habits
  • The benefits of getting hyper-specific in your research 
  • How to reach out to the customer you identify as your target audience\


Highlights include:

00:00 Intro

01:57 Identify target audience 

06:12 Writing out your target listener attributes

12:30 Get on the phone with potential audience

17:30 Secondary audience’


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