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My guest today is Gertrude Nonterah, also known as Gee - a
former medical scientist turned health content writer, podcaster
and YouTuber who loves to help bloggers and writers create stellar
content and build profitable businesses.
So just to give you some perspective, I had this conversation
with Gee on February 26, 2020. I’m writing up the show notes on
June 15th, recording this intro on June 16, and you’re listening to
this on July 15. And I don’t think that I need to tell you that
between February 26 and July 15th, the world changed in many, many
ways and is continuing to transform.
And the advice Gee shares in this episode is not only powerful,
but timeless. Like, if you ever needed a pep talk to keep going
when you things feel hard, you gotta listen all the way to the end
of this episode.
Gee and I talk about:
- Her journey from a medical scientist with a side-hustle to
full-time freelancer.
- How to create an “unemployment insurance policy” for
yourself.
- Ways Gee found her first clients that you might not have
considered.
- The one thing your LinkedIn profile must have.
- Why you don’t have to have a portfolio to get clients (and what
to do instead).
- How to predict your results (even if you’ve never done the
thing before).
- How to start making money now while you work on scaling.
- Gee’s strategy for building an audience.
- Her best advice for you if you’re struggling to grow your side
hustle.
- The one belief Gee had to change about herself to get where she
is today.
My favorite quotes from Gee:
- “Even if you think you're never going to get laid off, even if
you think your industry is waterproof that nothing can ever touch
it. There's nothing wrong with experimenting with things that
you're interested in and turning that into something that pays. You
just never know.”
- “Don’t discount your local businesses who want to pay you money
for the services that you offer as a freelancer.”
- “The most powerful thing is you need to tell people what to
do.”
- “I leveraged my blog and my social presence as proof of what I
could do for my clients.”
- “Taking action really brings clarity.”
- “I'm going to be the person that I am just a few steps ahead of
the people that want to do what I'm doing and I'm going to tell
them how I got there.”
- “You have to rise up and tell yourself that you are worth it
and you can do this and you're smart. And there's nothing that if
you put your mind to do that, you cannot do.”
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Bio:
Gee Nonterah is a former medical scientist turned health content
writer, podcaster and YouTuber. She loves to help bloggers and
writers create stellar content and build profitable businesses.
When she is not creating, Gee loves to watch spy movies.
Connect with Gee: