Smarter Solopreneurs

Smarter Solopreneurs

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How to think, talk & write about yourself

So that others listen & buy.

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Maya Say
Nov 24, 2025
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This issue is for solopreneurs who work a lot but don’t make enough money.

If I had to write a book about solving this problem, the first chapter would be called:

You don’t talk about yourself enough and/or in the right way.

I know you’re taught to be good and modest. But why is advertising a product okay, yet advertising yourself isn’t? I’ll tell you why—it’s because you’re not accepting it as “normal.”

I used to be just like you.

Until one day, my husband, who’s in marketing, said, “What the hell are you doing, charging as little as you did when you first started??”

And I said, “No one would pay me more.”

And he said, “Of course they won’t. You’re not telling them why they should.”

Jackpot!

Well, I still sell on Fiverr, but I went from $80 to $800 in average order value.

And my gigs now start with a sentence about me instead of a sentence about my client’s problem (which is what all newbie copywriters would tell you to do).

By the end of this newsletter, you’ll learn:

  • Why the way you see yourself & talk about yourself changes everything (with proof!)

  • How to think, talk & write about yourself so that clients WANT to pay you more.

  • What are the most special things about you that you should use during every single sales pitch.


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