Selling 1,000 Books: My Plan to Build a Side Hustle (Ep 2)

This week I built a tracking board from a canvas, some paper, and Post-its, and put my first real numbers on it. The book is ready; I'm publishing soon, and the books sold line still says 0. On the board this week: my goals, 12 hours spent, 50 subscribers, about 120 dollars on test prints, and a plan for the week ahead. The book is Pawsome Memories, a dog journal by Nadia North, published by my own Paw Print Press. Chapters Can I actually sell a thousand books as a side hustle? I am documenting the reality of the process to reach this goal. In this episode, I continue my mission to build a sustainable project from the ground up. I explain the specific hours per week I am dedicating to this work and share the book I am currently writing. To bridge the gap between my writing and my readers, I have integrated a QR code that links directly to my website. Tracking time effectively remains one of the biggest challenges I encounter while managing this creative business. I am testing different methods to maintain consistency and will be transparent about the practical steps involved in my self-publishing experiment. If you are curious about the book writing process or want to follow my progress as I scale this effort, subscribe for weekly updates on my journey. What is your biggest struggle when trying to manage your time for a new project? Let me know in the comments. 0:00 Welcome to episode two 0:43 The board 2:45 Week zero 4:54 What I did this week 6:37 Links and a QR code 7:19 What I learned 9:13 Next week 10:11 Marketing 11:44 Tracking my time Every week on this channel: the hours, the money in and out, the wins and the not-so-much wins. My numbers, as I book them, as far as the platform I publish through lets me share them. Got an idea for a product that fits a dog memory book, a tip for Instagram, or someone writing or publishing their own book? Tell me in the comments. I used AI to help write this description. Everything I say in the video is me. We'll see how it goes. Diana #sidehustle #selfpublishing #dogjournal