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Laura Elizabeth and Design Academy

February 19, 2019

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Laura Elizabeth is a fantastic designer who wants to “teach design to developers.” Her story from consulting to products is fantastic, and her method for building buzz and tension around her course worked perfectly. This is a fantastic case study for people who consult, but want to move into selling online courses or selling products.

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Anton Kraly and a Drop Ship Business

January 22, 2019

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Anton Kraly is the founder of Drop Ship Lifestyle and has an incredibly story of how he got to where he is today. I’m grateful for Anton’s time and for sharing both his story, and his tips on how we can get into drop shipping.

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Episode 42: Chris Badgett & LifterLMS

July 18, 2017

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This is the first of a 2-part series called Educational WordPress!

Over the next 2 episodes, I talk to two of of the biggest names in a WordPress LMSs and WordPress in the educational space. Today, it’s Chris Badgett.

Chris Badgett is a software company owner, a world traveller, and first and foremost, an educator. In this episode, we get to talk all about empathy, teaching, and scratching your own itch. He offers some great insight on running a company, connecting with customers, and how there are some things you can’t outsource.

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Episode 34: Shawn Hesketh & WP101

May 2, 2017

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Shawn Hesketh is a good friend of the show and an excellent educator and mentor. His widely popular site, WP101, teached thousands of folks how to use WordPress. In this episode, we get pretty deep into the woods on how he built WP101, and in typical Shawn fashion, he imparts some great advice all along the way. This one is a little longer that usual, but it’s packed full of fantastic content, including his recording setup.

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Episode 9: Zac Gordon & Javascript for WordPress

October 18, 2016

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In this episode, Zac and I get deep about how he built his online learning course, Javascript for WordPress! We discuss the tools he used, coming up with content, and how often the best course of action is to pay the pros to get the high quality work. It’s a great episode, with lots of show notes.

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Episode 2: Rebecca Gill and DIY SEO Courses

August 30, 2016

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Rebecca and I talk about building an online course, the necessary dedication you need to be able to teach, and some great tools for setting up your own online course!

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