Episodes

Learn how to grow your community and niche network through a virtual summit with Jan Koch from WP Agency Summit in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett from LifterLMS. Jan has been doing a lot of things around the WordPress space since 2012, working as a developer, entrepreneur, and educator. In this episode he breaks down his process for running virtual summits to generate leads and network. He shares some successes, failures, and what you may want to consider about whether running a virtual summit is right for your online course business. Jan ran his first …

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Learn about affiliate marketing for course creators with Dean Holland in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett from LifterLMS. Dean has a lot going on with his businesses, and he shares some great tips for online course creators in this episode. Dean has worked with running his own education-based business online and with affiliate marketing, and he has a book called The Iceberg Effect. Dean left school at age 16 and became a waiter at a restaurant, and eventually moved up to chef and to part of the management team. After learning those skills, he started …

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Learn about Angela Brown’s recurring revenue niche membership site journey and success story in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Angela is from SavvyCleaner.com, and she also has a podcast and YouTube show called Ask a House Cleaner. Angela breaks down her struggles and successes with entering the online teaching space, and how that contrasts with what she had done before with in-person training. All the training Angela was used to was training live in a hotel room in front of a bunch of people where she would work with a PowerPoint presentation to …

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Learn how to launch products, create recurring revenue, and build an affiliate marketing program with Mark Thompson from PayKickstart in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. PayKickstart is an eCommerce subscription management tool that also manages your affiliates. Chris and Mark relate on the topics of software technology marketing and solving problems, so this episode has a great discussion on those topics. PayKickstart’s goal is to take the technical hurdles out of running an online business, so not only do they manage recurring payments, but they also work with customer communication and notifications to …

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Helping people launch WordPress membership sites with Andriy Haydash is the topic of this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Andriy is a WordPress consultant specializing in membership websites, online courses, and learning management systems. In this episode he and Chris talk about Andriy’s journey from when he started freelancing a few years back to how he is now running his freelance practice, and what principles you can learn from that if you’re interested in running a freelance practice online. Chris first got started as a freelancer building websites and eventually turned that into a niche agency doing work …

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Learn how to run a profitable WordPress LMS agency with Marcel Petitpas from Parakeeto in this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Marcel has a background as an agency owner, and he currently helps agencies estimate projects by using data to make better decisions around project outlines and optimizing processes. Marcel and Chris dive into what many course creators and online business owners in general do wrong that often ends with them getting blindsided from projects that require more work/time/money than they had originally accounted for. Many people forget about the cost of earning their revenue when they add …

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We discuss creating mastermind retreats and building WordPress tools for developers with Brad Touesnard the founder and CEO at Delicious Brains in this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. In addition to being the founder of Delicious Brains, Brad is the creator of a mastermind ski retreat called Big Snow Tiny Conf, and he shares how he built his mastermind program and how that has evolved. Many entrepreneurs working online are located in remote areas where there are not many local events happening related to tech, or even more specifically WordPress or web development. In many large cities there …

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Learn how to build a beautifully designed training based membership website with WordPress with Melissa Love from the Marketing Fix in this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Melissa shares how she got started with design when she was 13 working for her parents business, and some awesome big ideas for creating great designs she has learned throughout her career. The Marketing Fix is a membership site where Melissa teaches website builders and business owners how to get on top of their marketing and make the process a whole lot easier. Melissa also founded The Design Space Co where …

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We dive into what course creators can learn about building an education product from WooCommerce and Jilt software product leader Beka Rice in this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Beka works as head of products at SkyVerge and Jilt, and she shares some great insights in this episode for course creators on identifying what course to build. Jilt is an email marketing solution built for eCommerce stores. So if you’re working with WooCommerce for your online course or membership website, you may want to consider Jilt for sending out your emails and managing customer relationships. Beka shares her …

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Learn how to use ActiveCampaign with your online course or training based membership website with Kay Peacey of Slick Business in this LMScast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Kay shares her story of entering the online freelance industry from being a teacher, and what key takeaways she has had over her career and how they can apply to automation for course creators. Kay works alongside Melissa Love, who we’ve also featured on LMScast before, so if you haven’t seen that episode be sure to check it out here. Kay works a lot with the marketing automation aspect and ActiveCampaign. …

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