First Time Mom Must Haves: What I Wish I Had From Day One of My Online Business
Nobody hands you a manual when you become a first time mom. Here's what I wish I'd had from day one of my online business instead of learning it all the hard way.
Nobody hands you a manual when you become a first time mom. That's so true, and it's so hard sometimes, harder than anyone tells you before you're actually in it. Motherhood doesn't come with instructions.
But building an online business doesn't have to be the same way. Here's what I want you to know. If you look at it the right way, you can find an online business that comes with step by step mentorship. You don't have to do it all on your own. You can have community. You can have resources. You can have a real strategy, and every other thing you actually need, not just a list of things to figure out by trial and error.
Here's what I wish I'd had from day one, instead of learning most of it the hard way.
Who This Is For
You, if you're a first time mom thinking about starting an online business and don't want to waste the little time you have guessing. You, if you already have an online business but you're solely relying on social media to bring in leads, and you're tired of trading hours for results. You, if you just want the shortcut without the burnout that got you here.
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I Started Without a Keyword Strategy. Don't Do That.
When I first started my business, I had no idea Pinterest was even a tool for growing online. I didn't know it could generate leads at all, or that there was a real way to make money on Pinterest if you actually knew what you were doing.
I tried pinning on my own for a while, just posting and hoping something would land. It's not like that at the very beginning, you still have to put the work in early on. But eventually, your pins keep growing, while on social media, your reels stop being shown the second you stop posting. That's the beauty of Pinterest, evergreen pins that can post for a lifetime and keep bringing in income, as long as you're using the right keywords from the start.
Things changed once I stopped trying to figure it out alone and found someone who could actually guide me through it.
Keyword Clarity is the free guide I wish existed when I started. It walks you through the exact Pinterest keywords your audience is already searching for, so you're not wasting weeks figuring it out by accident the way I did.
Your Business Shouldn't Need Eight Hours a Day to Survive
If you already have an online business, but you're solely relying on social media to bring in leads, this section is for you. Posting every single day, chasing whatever the algorithm wants that week, hoping this is the post that finally performs, that's not a business running smart. That's a second job on top of the one you were trying to build your way out of.
You're not building smart if you have to put in eight hours a day just to earn. A real online business has to be able to stand on its own to actually be profitable. It's okay to be off balance in the very beginning, most businesses are. But it's not supposed to stay that way forever.
That's exactly where Pinterest comes in Pin Clicks and Passive Profits are the tools that finally let me stop trading every hour I had for leads, and start building something that could bring people in without me having to be online constantly just to stay visible.
The Thing I Didn't Have Before I Became a First Time Mom
The thing I didn't have before having my first child was an online business. I had no idea becoming a mom would completely shift how I wanted to spend the rest of my life alongside my daughter.
I missed her first roll over. I missed bedtimes. I heard her cry at daycare drop off and had to walk into work anyway, like nothing had just happened. That's the part nobody prepares you for, the part where you're a first time mom and your job still expects you to show up like your heart didn't just break in a parking lot.
What I wish I'd started sooner was an online business, with mentorship, with a real roadmap, a real blueprint, instead of guessing my way through it while also learning how to be a mother for the first time.
If it truly, truly hurts you to hand your child off to daycare, to leave them and go to work every single day, you don't have to. You can build an online business instead, and set the foundation for your family in a completely different way. Real financial freedom, real financial stability, the dream life you actually want, not just survival.
So I want to offer you the same thing that ended up being the missing piece for me, the free web class, How to Build a Thriving Business Online.
If you're a first time mom starting this today, you don't have to learn it the slow way I did. Start here instead.
FAQ
Do I need experience to use any of these?
No. Every item on this list was built with beginners in mind, including first time moms with zero background in business.
Is this only for people just starting out?
No. If you're already running an online business and still doing things the hard way, these can save you time now too.
Is this a legit way to make money from home?
Yes. This isn't a side hustle gimmick, it's a real online business model, and these are the actual tools I've used myself.
For my full story, read the article here. If you'd rather watch it, you can find it on my YouTube channel.
Come find me on TikTok, Pinterest, or YouTube, and tell me which one of these you wish you'd had sooner too.
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, including one paid resource. That means I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them, at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools I personally use.
