Is it possible to turn a side business into a main business? Let’s talk about some of my own experiences in self-media

A few years before entering the workplace, I was listening to my seniors say, "Life should have a plan B", "You can't work all your life", the truth is correct, but how many people can really make extra money? Going out to work is also to make money. If you can make more money, I believe no one cares about the main business and side business. It is enough to make money. But the fact is that most of us can only rely on our own work to be honest. Make money on the spot, but adults need money everywhere in their lives. 99% of the world's problems can be solved by money. How can it be possible to make a fortune on dead wages!

The ancients said it well, horses are not fat without night grass, and people are not rich without windfall! How can I increase my income outside of work? It is nothing more than open source and throttling, but the effect of throttling is always limited, and open source is the right way! I didn't understand this principle until my fifth year of work, so the idea of ​​making money from a side business has been lingering in my head. I lost the hard-earned money accumulated over the past few years in investment, but now I'm honest, I'm not this material, Let’s go back to the old business and become self-media. It takes time and energy, but what you gain is not only money, but also coding ability and contacts. So during the National Day in 2019, we started the road of self-media, of course, part-time.

By November 1st of this year, I have been working for more than a year, and I have some insights of my own. In modern society, as long as you have a mobile phone, you can part-time we-media. It can be said that there is no threshold, and it does not depend on the level of education, because to be honest, we-media platforms are mainly entertainment-oriented. For those who really want to learn knowledge, I advise You go to the class by yourself. We media is not suitable for you. Of course, there are some creators in the field of science and technology, but they are also more entertaining. After all, it is too esoteric and no one is watching. My personal purpose of doing we media is to make money. To make it clear, anyone who does not aim to make money will not be able to do it for a long time. Since he chooses a side business, he must treat it like a formal job, at least in terms of attitude.

Is it possible to turn a side business into a main business? Let’s talk about some of my own experiences in self-media

So can self-media become the main business? I think this is a question that many people have been skeptical about. The answer is of course yes. I have also seen many people succeed and earn tens of thousands of dollars a month, but this is not something you can do just by writing. Much bigger than a formal job, the following points must first be met:

First, the work attitude must be correct, and the time must be highly self-disciplined.

Many people write when they think of it. Interests come and they are full of fighting spirit for several consecutive days. Once the enthusiasm for three minutes is gone, the follow-up will be weak. For any industry, three days of fishing and two days of netting are not desirable. Not to mention the side business. In fact, many people regard self-media as a side business in their hearts from the beginning. How can they succeed with such an attitude? If you want to make We Media your main business, you must set a good position in your heart from the very beginning, and treat We Media with the attitude of treating your main business work. It is self-discipline in terms of time when it is implemented!

Since it is a part-time job, we have to keep our official job first. This is our main business. Then, after work, we have to make time for self-media. Don’t tell me that we don’t have time. If we want to repay, we must pay first! I have time to commute to and from work, I have time to play games and watch dramas after get off work, I have time to go out to dinner with friends and watch movies, I have time to fall in love, I have time on weekends and weekends, I have time to take care of children and even accompany them to do homework. Well... wait, as long as you want to do it, you can always find time. I myself have a schedule. I have a plan for how many posts are posted on which platform every day. I have a plan within a month. Just like doing a small project, I mark it with a Gantt chart and remind myself at any time how many there are today. If the task of posting is not completed, this is a work plan with attitude. If you don’t force yourself, how can you succeed!

Is it possible to turn a side business into a main business? Let’s talk about some of my own experiences in self-media

Second, we must correct our mentality, do not care about the current situation, and have a long-term perspective.

One of the characteristics of the self-media industry is that it relies heavily on the recommendation of the platform. If there is no recommendation, there will be no traffic and no profit. Except for a very small number of people who have transformed into MCN mentors, most of them rely on the traffic of the platform to survive. There is a problem involved here. Anyone who has done self-media knows that the rules of the platform can change at any time. Maybe you can get 10,000 this month, but not even 1,000 next month. It’s so realistic!

In May, I relied on Q&A to get the highest salary in my life as a self-media - 11,800 yuan, and then it fell all the way. The current income is basically not worth mentioning. I was naive at that time. If there is so much every month The money is just fine...it's really "naive without shoes" ah, haha

Speaking of this, what I want to say is that in the self-media industry, don’t pay too much attention to short-term gains. Some people around me were very happy when they started to gain profits. There is real ability, but it is not. The truth is that the platform has traffic support during this period. Once the traffic is gone, the previous income of several hundred yuan per day becomes a few yuan per day, or even worse, this gap will make many people. The mentality is unbalanced and even stops updating, so that the fans and weights accumulated in the past will be lost. When the traffic comes back and wants to write again, it will be too late!

Is it possible to turn a side business into a main business? Let’s talk about some of my own experiences in self-media

Third, have the ability to eat this bowl of rice.

Just like the probation period for work, you can basically see whether you have the ability to eat this bowl of rice during the probation period. Some people are really bad at writing, but they can switch to short video shooting, but if short video is not good, then basically say goodbye to the self-media industry...

A former colleague next to me is also engaged in self-media. He graduated from science and engineering and has never been good at writing. I have seen his work daily report before, which is terrible. Except for the logic, there is no writing at all. He also started to enter the self-media around the same time as me. After one year, the results were "satisfactory", with a little more than 1,000 fans, and a profit of more than 100 yuan. V did not add... He also tried short videos, and even appeared in real people, the effect is good None of them are ideal. In the end, let it go. We-media can only become his leisure hobby. This is a typical person who can't eat this bowl of rice. One must be self-aware!