Discover how Ben Aston turned a part time side hustle and passion into a $3 Million a year business while he had a 9-5 day job.

He initially launched his first terrible website, aged 14, and was hooked. 20+ years later, he's still at it, but things are going quite a bit better.

Ben is now a digital project manager guru and online entrepreneur - the founder of Black & White Zebra, an indie media company on a mission to help people and organizations succeed.

He is also the founder of the largest and fastest growing communities for digital project managers - The Digital Project Manager.com with 500k+ visits/month, 30k subscribers and 4k members.

What you will learn

  • The power of micro niches to succeed in business
  • The problem of churn for a membership business
  • How to build an online community that pays you
  • Using a brand experience to grow your business
  • How to monetize a podcast
  • How to use content to sell a community membership business model
  • Monthly or annual membership fee biz model?
  • The importance of constant testing
  • Why creating content that solves pain points can help create loyal customers
  • Why you should use SEO tools like Ahrefs and Clearscope to optimize and create the right content
  • Discover why creating content that matches user intent is so powerful
  • The importance of the onboarding process that adds value with content and connections in the community
  • How to build a community built around a shared passion
  • Create a movement not a business
  • Should you play the long game?
  • Is 800 people in the community the sweet spot?
  • How to create content that doesn’t age and remains evergreen.
  • Why you should be creating High Level Frameworks and Principle centred content for your readers
  • The importance of hiring great people
  • Ship your product and learn from the experience instead of seeking to be perfect