What difficulties did you face in building your business and how did you overcome them?

I think our biggest "failure" and lesson was learning to ASK your audience what they need help with (vs assuming you know and creating/launching something they don't want) and then PRE-SELLING your offer before you actually create it.

Another big lesson for us was to always focus on building an audience and traffic that we own (i.e. website traffic and our email list)!

I think a lot of us online entrepreneurs get caught in the weeds and operations of our business (customer support, fulfillment, creating/launching/promoting etc.) that we take our foot off the gas when it comes to building an audience.

However, here is one thing I know FOR SURE: attention is THE currency online and when you have it, everything becomes easier!

That means you need to always prioritize creating content, marketing and audience building or you'll watch your business start to flatline.

As for how we've overcome just about every obstacle we've ever faced -- we've come to realize that it's not always going to be easy....but that's what makes it worth it.

Other answers by Jill Stanton:

• If you were to do affiliate marketing from scratch, what kinds of products would you pick and where would you advertise them? in category Affiliate marketing
• Any hidden digital nomad destinations great for workations? in category Travel
• How many hours do you work per day and how do you combine work with family life? in category Remote work
• How do you network with other entrepreneurs in your field? in category Startups
• Which kind of online content marketing should I do? in category Marketing

Other answers in the category Startups:

• How did you launch your infographics agency from scratch?
• What would be your step-by-step approach/plan to build a minimum viable product?
• How do you assure quality for your customers without doing it yourself?
• Is relocation a good business for digital nomads?
• What business would you be focusing on if you had to start afresh and aim for passive income?

Some random answers on our wiki :

• How many hours do you work per day and how do you combine work with family life? by Jill Stanton in category Remote work
• Which cities in the world have the best digital nomad communities? by Claudia Fratangeli in category Travel
• How hard is it to be continuously traveling and know that there will be times when you have to forget about your original plans and adjust your itinerary on the go? by Saba Bosuener in category Travel
• What is the best and easiest way to become a digital nomad? by Adrian Ingram in category General
• You prefer to be a freelancer as opposed to having a full-time remote job. Why is that? by Thibault Lemaitre in category Freelancing
• What difficulties did you face in building your business and how did you overcome them? by Jill Stanton in category Startups
• Do you work solo or in a team as a social media marketer? by Leo Kipfelsberger in category Social media
• What are your best customer acquisition channels? by Thibault Lemaitre in category Remote work
• What locations do you think people are most interested in retreats in? by Claudia Fratangeli in category Retreats
• What have been the biggest hurdles so far travelling as a family? by Kierstan Streber in category Travel