In Today’s Podcast we cover:
Brad Barrett’s entrepreneurial journey online
Learning about online business from Tim Ferriss
Drop shipping business online with firewood racks bought from Flippa
SEO strategies and getting crushed for black hat tactics
Skills learned, even from ‘failures’: ability to create websites
Takeaways for Brad in failures.
Starting a new project: Personal finance site called Richmond Savers
Getting local media attention
The value of personal relationships, even in an online world
Walt Disney World trip saving $4,000+ with credit card rewards points
Getting featured in the New York Times and other major publications
Personal connection leads to a Lifehacker Ask the Experts Q&A
The value of being a “real” person and how people relate to that
Aligning your incentives with your audience to create a successful site and a win-win
Turning an online website into a “real” business
Next project: TravelMiles101.com to help scale the business instead of being 1:1 travel coaching
Partnering with Alexi Zemsky to form Travel Miles 101 travel rewards free course
Publicizing our TM 101 course in the Mr. Money Mustache forums before the course existed
Wrap up: the big picture of Brad’s journey
Links from the show:
Flippa Online Marketplace for website sales
Firewood storage racks by Alexander Manufacturing
Empire Flippers online marketplace
RichmondSavers.com
Travel rewards plan to save big at Walt Disney World
Lifehacker Q&A
TravelMiles101.com
MilesDividendMD.com
Free Travel Miles 101 email course
Mr. Money Mustache forums
Books Mentioned in the Show:
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Tweetable Quotes:
Google’s Panda and Penguin algorithm updates came out and we just got decimated. To Google’s great credit.
Coming from an accountant’s brain, I love the logic of html and coding
Choose FI looks like a million bucks because Jonathan put his heart and soul into it!
I learned what I didn’t want to do, which was the drudgery of something I wasn’t interested in.
I made it a hybrid business between an online site and an actual business
I have a real passion for helping people save money
It’s this process of sharpening the steel and figuring out what your goal is and getting you a little bit closer.
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