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Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/)   Can’t wait to buy a website business and get started with your journey, but strapped for cash at the moment? This week, Stacey shares how her first content site purchase was made possible through the help of SBA financing. Learn more about getting an SBA loan and what preparations you should make to secure it. We’ll also talk about the things that you should consider before buying a website business. Break the financial barrier in your website journey by tuning in to this episode now!   Episode Highlights: How Stacey decided to dabble with the website business space [02:49] Joining the Buying Online Business community [06:22] Knowing more about the business before putting up an offer [08:54] The gold that she picked up on the community and the program [10:46] Buying her first content site through the SBA [14:20] Preparing well to borrow successfully from the SBA [16:32] Running and growing her food & beverage website business [21:53] Using paid ads with affiliate marketing to increase traffic [25:22] Leveling the playing field with her competitors [27:00] Lessons that Stacey learned throughout her journey [29:05]   About Our Guest: Having her own online clinic in 2004, Stacey needed to have a passive income that can support her master’s in nursing. After hearing about Jaryd and his Due Diligence framework, she decided to jump right in and finally succeeded in buying her content website last September 2020. Now, she is seeing a greater ROI than ever before.   If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Authority Hacker Website (https://www.authorityhacker.com/) Make the most out of your content websites! Know what it takes for established sites to continually develop their content sites. In today’s new episode, Mark Webster of Authority Hacker shares his expertise in growing their content site. With well over ten years of experience in the industry, Mark and I discuss how the content creation has progressed over the years. Mark will also share how they plan to take on 2021 headstrong. This is definitely an episode that you do not want to miss!   Episode Highlights: The rapid growth in the content creation community [03:32] Don’t beat Google’s algorithm, join it [05:23] Properly evaluate your risk reward ratios in link buying [07:54] How to choose the perfect niche for your website? [13:31] Building on existing content to gain authority [22:05] Site credibility is as important as quality content [25:16] Go the extra mile in producing your content [31:54] In creating content, always mind the user experience [34:06] Mark’s forward strategy for 2021 [34:51] It’s never too late to join the competition [40:02] Learn from the experiences of others [43:38]   About Our Guest: Mark Webster is one of the co-owners of Authority Hacker, an industry leader in online marketing education. Before Authority Hacker, Mark had a hand with AdSense campaigns and ClickBank products in 2008. He is a systems expert and takes pride in claiming that he lives by efficiency and organization as his life motto.  If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Fat Stacks blog (https://fatstacksblog.com/)  Ezoic (https://www.ezoic.com/)  Link Whisper ( https://linkwhisper.com/)  Register to the 2021 BOB Summit for FREE (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/onlinesummit)   Are you interested in building a portfolio of content websites and gaining profit from them? Today, Fat Stacks’ Jon Dykstra will share his journey with niche content writing, website optimization, and natural link building. We’ll also be talking more about ad income, website ranking, retaining high page views, and the overall building of a content sites portfolio that banks on quality on all aspects.   It will be an exciting episode for us, so tune in now!    Episode Highlights: Jon’s impressive portfolio and income report [05:10] Why ads work well more than affiliate income [06:19] Infinite scroll and when you should use it [10:58] Ways to keep people hooked to your website [15:41] Why hiring in-house content writers is more effective [17:51] Deciding topics that produces quality content and traffic [22:35] How to build and gain natural links to generate more views [25:18] Things to help you gain better rankings [29:44] What to remember when investing in content websites [35:06] About Our Guest: Being in the website business industry for more than a decade, Jon Dykstra started from 1 to 17 flourishing website businesses. He is the CEO and Founder of JGD Media Group, a company that operates a portfolio of websites businesses and invests in tech startups.  If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on any platform you listen to and share your feedback about the show or this episode!    Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Inner Circle Mastermind (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/innercircle) Jungle Scout Website (https://www.junglescout.com/meet-greg-mercer/)   Thinking about buying a website business but are too afraid to risk it during a pandemic? In this episode, Gary, a website business owner in the sports niche and a member of our Inner Circle Mastermind, joins us to share how he has weathered the global crisis. Gary will fill us in on the growth his business has seen since the start of 2020 while we learn why having a great support system makes your website business journey so much easier and exciting! You have more than enough reasons to push forward. Tune in to this episode to find out!   Episode Highlights: Gary’s journey in the BOB community [02:57] His goal in buying his website business [03:26] Choosing the sports niche as a first website investment [04:42] The results and how he felt about them after working with Jaryd [05:08] The essence of knowing what not to do [08:13] What it’s like being part of the Inner Circle Mastermind [09:26] The Things that Gary learned the most [12:23] Best lessons on one-on-one strategy sessions with Jaryd [14:43] Being in a good position with a sports niche amid the pandemic [16:24] What he is most excited about in his business [17:37] Gary’s advice to people on the fence about joining a mastermind [18:40]   About Our Guest: After joining the Inner Circle Mastermind last May 2019, Gary finally decided to buy his first website in the sports niche last January 1st, 2020. Since then, his cost per conversion has dropped by $10 and has been growing well amidst COVID.   If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/)   It's one thing to buy site. It's another story to be at its helm and oversee the many areas it needs to build on. So you have to learn the ropes from experts, owners, and mentors who have also struggled but came through on their online business journey. In today’s episode, I will talk about how to not just own and manage a website, but also how to get the most out of its potential through the right mindset and successful management. If you’re currently in a rut but can't wait to take action for your online business growth, this episode IS the episode for you!    About Our Host: Jaryd Krause is the host of the ‘Buying Online Businesses’ podcast. As an online business mentor & entrepreneur, he helps people buy online businesses and websites and ultimately quit their job so they can have more business freedom. The knowledge and experience that he has gathered over the years are what catapulted him into becoming the successful entrepreneur that he is today. Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Interested in Selling Your Website Business? Hit us here (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/sellyourbusiness) Get the Due Diligence Training (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/ddcourse) Join the BOB Community (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/community) Apply to join my Inner Circle of High Achievers (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/innercircle)    Most of us know what we want in life, but not how to get it. Sometimes, we find ourselves stuck at trying to realise the goals that we have set for ourselves but are not able to do so. As someone who had gone through the same struggle, it’s a painful experience that nobody wants to go through. In this episode, I share how you can eliminate failure and ultimately achieve the goals you have set to accomplish. Tune in to this episode to learn how you can break through the barriers to success! Episode Highlights: People’s visions aren’t aligned with what they truly want [03:48] The more specific the vision, the better [05:40] Why your vision has to be strong enough [07:44] People give up through the learning process and the courage phase [08:48] How to make sure you achieve your goal [10:14] People don’t have a guide [11:34] The cost of doing it on your own [13:23]   About Our Guest: Jaryd Krause is the host of the ‘Buying Online Businesses’ podcast. As an online business mentor & entrepreneur, he helps people buy online businesses and websites and ultimately quit their job so they can have more business freedom. The knowledge and experience that he has gathered over the years are what catapulted him into becoming the successful entrepreneur that he is today. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We did it! We bought a site! With our due diligence, we scored a great buy for a site that we’re adding to our portfolio project and we’re excited to share our experience! In the latest episode of this series, we cover the process of buying a site, how we handled its migration, how we made sure that we set expectations right, and how we covered our bases while we deal with our own emotions. Join me and my co-host, Charley, as we bring you some crucial points that will help you prepare for your next website project.  This is an episode you won’t want to miss!  Episode Highlights: How we ended up with the site we bought [02:09] The latest on our portfolio’s parenting niche [5:11] Talking numbers in our latest website purchase [08:32] Using escrow service vs. paying straight up [11:41] Laying down the terms and taking charge of the migration process [13:07] The slow and painful process of transferring a domain [18:54] Why you absolutely have to double-check everything [21:17] Asking the hosting company to verify the process helps a lot [25:02] Covering your bases includes having adequate support and external verification [27:20]   Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Valher Media Website (https://www.valhermedia.com)   About the Co-host: Charley Valher is the Chief Podcast Officer of Valher Media, a company that helps business owners scale their businesses and get more profit through podcasting. He is also the host of The Business of Podcasting, a podcast that aims to give podcasters the nitty-gritty of podcasting. You can connect with Charley via Facebook and YouTube. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework 2.0 (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Interested in Selling Your Website Business? Hit us here (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/sellyourbusiness) Get the Due Diligence Training (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/ddcourse) Join the BOB Community (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/community) Apply to join my Inner Circle of High Achievers (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/innercircle)    The right mindset is the foundation for achieving anything in life.   If you’ve been sitting on the fence about buying a website, I will bet it’s because you haven’t set the foundations first. Without the foundations, how can you be confident in what you do? I tackle that today and teach you how you can become confident as a website investor.  Learn how you can set yourself up to go far in your online business journey by tuning in now. Episode Highlights: Courage comes before confidence [02:37] The 3 C’s to achievement [04:30] You need a reason to have a commitment [05:34] Courage is about doing all the heavy lifting [07:07] Confidence comes from trying over and over again [08:28] How the 3C’s played out in my teenage years [10:11] It’s going to be scared to become a confident website investor [13:11] The key is to put the theory into action [13:46] About Our Host: Jaryd Krause is the host of the ‘Buying Online Businesses’ podcast. As an online business mentor & entrepreneur, he helps people buy online businesses and websites and ultimately quit their job so they can have more business freedom. The knowledge and experience that he has gathered over the years are what catapulted him into becoming the successful entrepreneur that he is today. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework 2.0 (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Interested in Selling Your Website Business? Hit us here (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/sellyourbusiness) Get the Due Diligence Training (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/ddcourse) Join the BOB Community (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/community) Apply to join my Inner Circle of High Achievers (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/innercircle)  Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz (https://amzn.to/2SkQQj8) Listen to the Psycho-Cybernetics audiobook on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ1Up0EPFJY)   Wonder how successful people make choices that get them the results they want?   Today is Part 1 of my four-part “Mindset Series” intended to help website business buyers and investors in their business or life journey, achieve their end-goals, and have an overall better life. In this episode, we focus solely on the power of having a vision and realising it. Tune in to this episode and learn the secret to success! Episode Highlights: The one thing all successful website investors have in common [02:29] Why people often don’t value having a vision [03:31] How I came to realise the value of having a vision [05:50] Where your focus goes, energy flows [08:14] Don’t expect your vision to realise itself without you manufacturing it [09:34] Keep thinking about your vision and turn it into a routine [10:49] Successful people spend time visualising their goals [12:29]   About the Host: Jaryd Krause is the host of the ‘Buying Online Businesses’ podcast. As an online business mentor & entrepreneur, he helps people buy online businesses and websites and ultimately quit their job so they can have more business freedom. The knowledge and experience that he has gathered over the years are what catapulted him into becoming the successful entrepreneur that he is today. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBwSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Valher Media Website (https://www.valhermedia.com)   Our niche has made under $50 USD to date.  That’s almost $50 USD more than where we were some 30 days ago.    In this third episode of The Portfolio, we go over updates on the niche we’re working on, practices we applied that made a difference, and the significance of pooling your choices well, when building a portfolio through due diligence.  Get ready to join me and my co-host, Charley, as we also share small but proven strategies that could help you ramp up your niche goals. You don’t want to miss this, so tune in now!    Episode Highlights: Rounding up the niche’s 5-week stats [02:27] Why is it necessary to update your older posts regularly? [5:14] Due diligence and the new business we’re bringing into our portfolio [06:35] The role of content strategy in measuring our site’s growth paths [10:42] Taking due diligence one step and one site at a time [14:00] How we deal with our biases to avoid bad investments [17:24] Why having options makes it okay to walk away from a seller [21:37] The multiple layers and levels to a seller’s intent in selling a site [24:20] Recognizing an authentic sale and why it matters [27:24]   About the Co-host: Charley Valher is the Chief Podcast Officer of Valher Media, a company that helps business owners scale their businesses and get more profit through podcasting. He is also the host of The Business of Podcasting, a podcast that aims to give podcasters the nitty-gritty of podcasting. You can connect with Charley via Facebook and YouTube. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!    Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework 2.0 (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Interested in Selling Your Website Business? Hit us here (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/sellyourbusiness) Ezoic Website (https://www.ezoic.com/) Grab the free mini-course on blogging (https://www.onehourprofessor.com/) It takes a killer strategy backed by a killer team to successfully manage and grow multiple online sites. Today, we find out how one person was able to pull it off. The man behind OneHourProfessor, Ron Stefanski, is here to share his tips for making money on Google Ads, for finding great keywords, why building a community is important, and so much more. This is the episode you’ve been waiting for, so tune in now! Episode Highlights: Making money with content sites [03:35] The issue with Google display ads [05:41] The perks of using Google display ads with Ezoic [10:25] Ron’s go-to strategies for growing content sites [14:39] Think of your website as a community [16:34] Preparation is key when doing keyword research [18:52] The content writing process for his sites [24:36] Why keyword stuffing is unnecessary [27:24] Creating content websites like a well-oiled train [28:57] The ecosystem in the content sites community [34:31] Do small things at a time and it will add up [41:05] About Our Guest: With a vast experience in Internet Marketing that includes SEO, SEM, affiliate, and email marketing, Ron Stefanski has managed to create a portfolio of websites that generate hundreds of thousands of page views monthly. He is likewise teaching others with online businesses through his online courses which extend to his work as an adjunct professor in three U.S. colleges. Ron also helps others achieve success with their own businesses through his site, OneHourProfessor. You can connect to Ron through his website or his YouTube. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Interested in Selling Your Website Business? Hit us here (https://www.buyingonlinebusinesses.co/sellyourbusiness) Jungle Scout Website (https://bit.ly/33PkdQ2) Splitly Website (https://www.splitly.com/) Selling on Amazon is highly competitive, but there are ways to grow your business there.   Jungle Scout Founder Greg Mercer joins us today as he shares with us his story of leaving his corporate job to become an entrepreneur and travel, how to find the best products to sell on Amazon, taking your customers out of Amazon and the right mindset for success. Download and listen to this episode to find out how you can stand out on Amazon!   Episode Highlights: The moment when Greg decided to be an entrepreneur [03:50] The motivation for selling on Amazon [07:57] Creating the idea for Jungle Scout [10:54] Spot opportunities with the product research functionality [14:43] Optimise your listings first before adding more products [16:19] Avoid shiny object syndrome [19:04] Three tips to gain more traction for your products [22:13] Getting your customers out of Amazon [25:24] Why now is the best time to get into Amazon [28:54]   About Our Guest: Greg Mercer is passionate about big data. Having left a corporate job to become an entrepreneur and pursue financial freedom, Greg went on to start Jungle Scout, the leading software used by Amazon sellers. Originally developed as a Chrome extension to help him find the best products to sell on Amazon, it has since grown into a robust suite of SaaS solutions provided by a 125+ strong global team.  If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Valher Media Website (https://www.valhermedia.com/)   Now that you’ve set the wheels in motion and have started seeing some results on your first website, what other factors should you consider on your website business journey? Today is another gripping episode of The Portfolio Series of the Buying Online Businesses Podcast as we share our journey into building our website business portfolio and the things that we’ve learned along the way. In this episode, we talk about updates on the parenting niche, things that we’ve discovered while growing our site, and what you should not do when trying to build a presence for your site. If you want to find out what the next step is in your website business journey, tune in to this episode now!   Episode Highlights: Updates on the parenting niche since October [03:44] Why you should monitor the ad placements on your site [06:38] Determining the right type of site to buy [07:53] Why it’s essential to find out if your team will crush the site you’re buying [10:50] Is it better to be dependent on the one thing that’s working? Or diversify? [13:12] The most common mistake people make when attempting to diversify [16:37] Things to consider when thinking of scalability [20:43] Where and how to find the right sites [22:58] Why you need to start networking [26:33]   About the Co-host:   Charley Valher is the Chief Podcast Officer of Valher Media, a company that helps business owners scale their businesses and get more profit through podcasting. He is also the host of The Business of Podcasting, a podcast that aims to give podcasters the nitty-gritty of podcasting.   You can connect with Charley via Facebook and YouTube.   If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) K2Adviser Website (https://k2adviser.com/) Sun Acquisitions Website (https://sunacquisitions.com/) Does it make a difference to have highly experienced experts on your team? In today’s episode, Domenic Rinaldi, who has been part of 300 business deals in the M&A space, talks about the difference between buying and selling online and offline businesses, the due diligence required, avoiding competing against big private equity firms, and more. Find out what you need to get a better result when buying or selling a business. Tune in to this episode now! Episode Highlights: Filling the gap in the M&A space [02:10] Getting fulfillment from helping people buy their own business [05:06] Taking a look at the M&A business deals and market [06:04] Thinking about integration is a critical step to minimizing risk [10:11] Doing due diligence before acquiring a company is necessary [13:47] Why you need experts for due diligence [18:18] The types of sellers who sell a business [23:17] Only a few business owners prepare for an exit [25:05] The mindset of people who buy and those who sell [28:20] More companies or private equity firms are acquiring businesses to grow [30:05] How to avoid competing with the big companies [32:19]   About Our Guest: A seasoned M&A adviser, Domenic Rinaldi is the Owner and Managing Partner of the firm, Sun Acquisitions. He also founded K2Adviser to educate business owners on the requirements for a successful exit, acquisition, or scaling process. Domenic also shares his hard-earned knowledge through his podcast, M&A Unplugged. Domenic can be reached by sending him an email at domenic@k2adviser.com. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!    Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Reliable Education Website (https://reliable.education/) ZonGuru Website (https://www.zonguru.com/) Page.One Website (https://www.page.one/) Youspired App (https://youspired.com/) What should you do to get your FBA business on page one and stay there? Amazon expert and ZonGuru Founder, Adam Hudson, teaches us what you can do to scale your FBA business and increase your profit margin by more than 10%. We talk about PPC and keyword optimisation as ways to drive traffic to your website and wade your way through varying niches. If you want to rank up your FBA business, then tune in to this episode! Episode Highlights: Buying an Amazon business in the EU vs the US vs the AU markets [02:07] Protectability measures on your FBA business [04:36] How to maintain your Amazon ranking [07:21] Banking on specific niches and quality photos [09:27] Tradeoffs in investing in specific niches [13:33] Scaling your business and taking it off of Amazon [16:28] Succeeding in Amazon despite challenges within the platform [20:45] How to prevent your account from getting suspended [24:42] Researching keywords with decent traffic and low competition [26:13] Optimising keywords to drive traffic to your FBA business [28:30] How to use PPC to get your business to page one [29:34] Increasing bids on keywords that effectively increase traffic on your FBA [32:03] About Our Guest: Adam Hudson is a serial entrepreneur who specialises in Amazon businesses. He is the Founder of ZonGuru, a website that helps entrepreneurs improve, start up, and eventually rank up their FBA businesses. He also offers Amazon training courses through his website Reliable Education that can help people replace their jobs with a passive income stream. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Valher Media Website (https://www.valhermedia.com/) “Should I buy this business?” Once you have both resources and drive, it just makes sense to go ahead and do it. But the groundwork is far from getting started. Welcome to The Portfolio Series of the Buying Online Businesses Podcast. Join me and my business partner Charley Valher of Valher Media every fortnight as we share our journey of buying and building a portfolio of businesses. We have recently started this brand new portfolio together and we are excited to share it all with you. If you have an online business and if you’re planning on purchasing more, this podcast series is definitely for you. Tune in to our first episode now! Episode Highlights: Hearing other people’s venture experience makes it much more real [05:36] How we shed light into building a portfolio of businesses [6:18] Charley’s Parenting niche [8:39] SEO “shortcuts” vs. long-term planning [10:22] Setting realistic (web) traffic goals [11:29] “You gotta start somewhere” is still true [12:58] Buying a business that you can stand on [17:42] Building a content machine team [22:23] Small milestones are still milestones [23:17] Learning more through the series [24:55]   About the Co-host: Charley Valher is the Chief Podcast Officer of Valher Media, a company that helps business owners scale their businesses and get more profit through podcasting. He is also the host of The Business of Podcasting, a podcast that aims to give podcasters the nitty-gritty of podcasting. You can connect with Charley via Facebook and YouTube. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!    Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Download the Google Gotcha Guide (https://teachtraffic.com/google-gotcha-guide-page/) Teach Traffic Website (https://teachtraffic.com/) Green Arrow Digital Website (https://greenarrowdigital.com/) Scratching your head on low conversion rates despite investing heavily in ads? Facebook & Google Ads expert, Ilana Wechsler, joins us to help website buyers maximise their online advertising as we go over using email marketing alongside Facebook Ads and the mistakes that you need to avoid for both Facebook and Google Ad platforms. This episode is perfect for those unfamiliar with paid advertising, so tune in! Episode Highlights: Doing paid ads for content websites [02:34] Prioritising remarketing overusing affiliate links [09:07] Combining ads and email marketing on Facebook [10:52] The psychology of why people share and not share [13:30] Doing Facebook and Google marketing campaigns for physical products [15:44] Top 3 mistakes people make on Google Ads [19:24] Running ads will not be profitable the first time [23:53] Top 3 mistakes people make on Facebook Ads [26:08] Don’t write an ad that feels like an ad [32:20]   About Our Guest: Ilana Wechsler is the Founder of Teach Traffic and Green Arrow Digital, both dedicated to helping out online businesses generate more traffic through pay per click marketing. She also hosts her own show, Teach Traffic, which talks about different traffic generating strategies for online business owners. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Ep 008: How To Grow The Online Business You Just Bought With Kim Barrett (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/ep-008-grow-online-business-just-bought-kim-barrett/) Ep 015:  How To Market Your Ecommerce Store With Award-Winning Marketer Kim Barrett (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/ep-015-market-ecommerce-store-award-winning-marketer-kim-barrett/) The Kim Barrett Show Podcast (http://www.kimbarrett.com.au/blog/) The Kim Barrett Website (http://www.kimbarrett.com.au/) Your Social Voice Website (https://www.yoursocialvoice.com.au/)   What’s the best way to become the best at digital marketing? Today, we have world-class marketer, speaker, author, and certified baller, Kim Barrett, from Your Social Voice and The Kim Barrett Show. We talk about all things marketing including the NOC method, how to market during a pandemic, how much to spend on ads, and much more. Get into this episode now, so you can stop yourself from making bad marketing decisions.  Episode Highlights: Who Kim was before Your Social Voice and The Kim Barrett Show [02:16] Switching from working harder to working smarter through running ads [05:52] Nailing your targeting with the NOC method [09:03] Pick up on the language your competitors are using [13:20] It’s easier to make mistakes and test on a cheaper platform [16:45] Spending on cold traffic and retargeting [19:08] Creative ideas for getting people into your space [24:23] Build trust by helping people through education [28:01] Take advantage of significantly low CPMs now [29:30] Add value rather than micro-focus on the pandemic [33:02] Keep your eyes peeled for opportunities on the horizon [34:16] The best thing that Kim learned that made him the best marketer [35:58] About Our Guest: Kim Barrett is the host of The Kim Barrett Show Podcast. A world-renowned Social Media Marketer focusing on Facebook, he is also an international best-selling author, speaker, and trainer. Having taught marketing around the world and helping businesses grow to 6 and 7 figures, his agency, Your Social Voice, now helps businesses get heard on social media, and most importantly, build engagement, generate more leads, and more sales. You can connect with Kim through his Facebook and Instagram. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!  Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/)   Have you always wanted to buy your ticket out of the rat race but are not sure how to do it? Today, we’ll find out how as Jeff, a first-time content website buyer, shares with us his journey into the website business space and earning $2400 in just 6 months! We’ll also learn more about why passion is key if you want to nurture your niche. Start creating a passive income stream by tuning in to this episode now!   Episode Highlights: Setting Jeff’s plans in motion by buying his first content website [02:11] Why learning how to do due diligence is a skill that buyers need to have [04:40] His reservations on buying a website [08:11] The nitty-gritty of Jeff’s content site [09:59] Being open-minded when choosing a niche [11:11] Making $2400 a month on his first website business [13:00] His favorite lessons as a buyer and takeaways as a member of the community [15:59]   About Our Guest: Initially reluctant to go on a website business journey, Jeff made a breakthrough by buying his first gaming affiliate website business. In just a span of six months, he was able to make $2400 and is well on his way to slowly replacing his job with a passive income stream.   If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!    Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resource Links: Buying Online Businesses Website (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com)  Download the Due Diligence Framework 2.0 (https://buyingonlinebusinesses.com/freeresources/) Check out the content strategy webinars available at the MarketMuse Website (https://www.marketmuse.com/)   How can you be sure the website you bought still has opportunities for it to scale? We dive into building content websites with MarketMuse’ Jeff Coyle, who teaches us the sort of questions you should be asking the sellers of website businesses, the importance of user experience, why you should always produce high level content, and much more. If you don’t want to buy a lemon, listen to this incredible episode now.   Episode Highlights: Lessons from the M&A space [02:38] Don’t look down at the value of email lists [06:47] Turn your engaged audience into brand ambassadors [09:11] Give them the best user experience [11:09] Why you shouldn’t neglect your older content [13:35] Do a content audit to know how to restructure it [15:49] External links are not bad [19:21] Know the next 5 questions in the buyer journey [23:56] Write articles like you’re an expert on the topic [26:14] Top 3 things you should be doing to score some quick wins [31:03] Make sure to do this when cross posting rich media [39:02] Always look for feedback [43:46]   About Our Guest: Jeff Coyle, the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at MarketMuse, has over 20+ years experience managing products and website networks. The technology at MarketMuse combines advanced A.I., natural language processing, and machine learning algorithms to help inbound marketers get the most out of every dollar spent on content.  Get more about content strategy and SEO on Jeff’s Twitter. You can also reach out through their Slack group, Content Strategy Collective or send at email at jeff@marketmuse.com   If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. You may also leave us a review on anywhere you listen to and share your feedback!    Connect with Jaryd Krause of Buying Online Businesses: Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JarydKrause1 Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3g6G2USlnq7EgnUsajTBw See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.