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