The Smutlancers

Author: Kayla Lords

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Creating a Path to Reach Your Smutlancing Goals SL031

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I’m not gonna lie. This week’s episode has me feeling vulnerable and emotional. It’s also longer than normal. Basically, my imposter syndrome is all over the damn place. But I hope it’s helpful and useful to you as you work towards your own smutlancing goals. This is one strategic path I’m taking to get some work done that I’ve had on my goals list for a while, but in order to do it, I have to get out of my comfort zone. I’m fairly certain that’s true for everyone. In this episode: This week’s episode is brought to you by...

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Social Media Use and Presence — How Much is Enough? SL030

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I’m back from a convention that wasn’t about business but purely about fun. Even though I’m going through con-drop, I’m also re-evaluating my relationship with social media. Not just as a private individual, but also as someone who wants to make a career online. I have no answers in this week’s episode. Only questions for all of us to consider. In this episode: This week’s episode is brought to you by QuickBooks Self Employed Pen name vs real name Total anonymity versus a few boundaries Sharing all of your feelings, good and bad, or not Politics or religion — a...

What It Takes to Make Smutlancing a Full-Time Job 0

Freelancers / Making Money

What It Takes to Make Smutlancing a Full-Time Job

I wish I could wave a magic wand and give you a 10-step checklist so you can make all your smutlancing dreams come true. But anything that can be boiled down into a single list should be taken with a grain of salt. (Says the woman who’s making a list to help you become a smutlancer. Oh, the irony.) The answer is that it always takes work, time, effort, and patience. But in response a comment about achieving success, I thought it was worth outlining what it’s taken for me to make smutlancing a full-time job. Your results will always...

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We All Start at the Bottom SL029

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This week’s episode is a bit rambling, likely a lot ranty, and in my defense, I was tired, lol. Okay so that’s not a good reason, but it’s one of those weird topics where I don’t want anyone to feel discouraged, but the truth might hurt. No one makes their top price when they get started. You have to start small, prove your abilities, add value, and raise your rates steadily, over time. Don’t accept pennies, but don’t expect the pay rate of someone with a decade of experience, either. In this episode: This week’s episode is brought to you...

figuring out if you're on the right track with your smutlancing goals 0

Making Money

How to Tell If You’re on the Right Track

A big thanks to Amy of Coffee and Kink for inspiring this particular post. We had a good Twitter conversation (as we often do) that got me thinking. Knowing if you’re on the right track with your smutlancing goals or if you’re just spinning your wheels is a question we all have to face at some point. And we have to reassess periodically because it’s easy to veer off course or do something that’s not actually working. I imagine there are a million ways to figure out if you’re on track towards your goals, but these are the methods I...

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Erotic Authors / Making Money / Sex Bloggers/Sex Toy Reviewers

How Good Self-Promotion Works

Earlier this week, I talked about why your self-promotion tactics might not be working, and there are a lot of ways to promote yourself so that you get attention. But how should it work, does it work, and can you make promotion work for you? In my mind, it’s kind of fuzzy. Primarily because you’re selling yourself and your personality just as much as the product or service you offer. So while some variation of this will work for most people, it’s not a list of rules that’s set in stone. Use the principles in a way that fits you...

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Getting Comfortable with Self-Promotion SL028

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This week, I’m going with a theme — self-promotion. On Monday we talked about what’s not working, and on Friday, we talked about what good self-promotion looks like (links below). Today, though, let’s focus on getting comfortable with it. If promoting yourself makes you slightly uncomfortable, you’re not alone. In this episode: This week’s episode is brought to you by QuickBooks Self Employed. Even after all this time, self-promotion still makes me nervous. I blame imposter syndrome and the fear of spamming people. Start small. Schedule it — it gives you the feeling of being slightly removed from it all....

5 Reasons Your Self-Promotion Isn't Working 0

Erotic Authors / Making Money / Sex Bloggers/Sex Toy Reviewers

5 Reasons Your Self-Promotion Isn’t Working

Self-promotion is an absolute requirement if you want to build a brand or a business. If you’re not talking about what you do, no one else will know or care. You’re trying to find clients, get a sponsored ad, make an affiliate sale, or sell something you made. Every day you’re hustling and grinding, but the results are limited. You tell yourself that maybe you’re just not cut out for this sex blogging, erotic writing, adult industry thing. There are a lot of reasons why self promotion isn’t working. I can’t give you every possibility, but in my experience, these are...

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Smutlancer Monthly Income Report: July 2018

Between reading a Twitter thread about how we need to talk more about writing and money and seeing a lot of vanilla sites share their monthly income, I started thinking. Is there value in sharing my income as a smutlancer? I hate looking like a braggart, and I don’t want to do something that doesn’t help anyone. But I also know that money is the great mystery in sex blogging, erotic writing, and the smutlancing life. So here’s what I’ll tell you… This is one example of one person’s income. Other people will make money in different ways than I...

episode 27 of the smutlancer podcast discusses motivation 0

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When the Motivation Just Isn’t There SL027

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Anyone who tries to tell you that you have to feel motivated to work towards your dreams and goals all the time is probably full of BS. Sometimes motivation is in short-supply. The options are to push forward anyway or to take a break until you’re ready to start again. Both are valid options — the trick is knowing which one to choose. In this episode: This week’s episode is brought to you by QuickBooks Self Employed. Motivation feels good when it’s pushing you forward. It sucks when you lose it. Sometimes you have to find way to keep going....