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Kajabi Review 2017: The #1 Best Membership Site Software.

by Forest Linden. May 31, 2017

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Kajabi Review Top Highlights

Kajabi is a powerful, fast, easy-to-use platform for selling online courses.
Edit the design of your site without touching any programming code.
Top notch customer support.
Insanely powerful, easy-to-use marketing funnel builder, called Pipelines, is built in.

Pricing
Starts at $103/mo.

14 Day Free Trial?
Yes

Ratings

As a stand alone online course platform:
As an all-in-one platform:
Usability:
Customer Support:

Welcome to this in-depth Kajabi review, which is a popular “all-in-one” app made for small business owners to sell courses online.

Now, you should know that I can, at times, get pretty excited about software, especially online course platforms like Kajabi. Weird, I know.

And, I’m rather excited about this version of Kajabi software. I know that because when I tested it for this review, I found myself wanting to create and sell an online program with it. [Read more…]

Everyone struggles when building a business. Keep going. You got this.

by Forest Linden. January 10, 2017

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Everyone struggles with building and running a business. Everyone. Including me.

It’s not just beginners either, or people in their first year, or second year, or third.

Here’s the deal: Struggling is appropriate and normal for the stage you’re at, no matter what that stage is.

There’s a lot to learn and figure out in the process of building an online business. A lot…especially at the beginning. For example:

The technology for your website and processing payments.
The copywriting/text that will go on your site.
What to sell people.
Figuring out if there’s a market for what you want to sell.
Content marketing.
Paid advertising.
Search engine optimization.
Pricing of your products, programs, and services.
How to launch those products, programs, and services.
How to build your email list.
How to run an online course with hundreds of people in it.

And those are just a handful of things from the larger group of things you need to get a handle on in order to create a successful online business. It’s a lot, and it’s not easy to learn.

Building and running a business is hard. Really hard. You will feel like stopping. Many times. And you know what? That’s okay. Keep going anyway. I felt like stopping a couple of weeks ago, again, and I’ve been at this for 9 years. [Read more…]

Top 8 Tech Terms Entrepreneurs Need to Know (but are afraid to ask about) – 2017

by Chris Bleill. January 10, 2017

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Scene: I’m sitting in my favorite shared-workspace, heads-down, diligently trying to wrap up a few end of year items. As I sip my 6 oz. Turmeric-infused Almond Milk Cappuccino, I overhear the following conversation between two people next to me:

Todd: “Dude, my UI guy knows nothing about SEO. He’s all CSS and HTML, and I’m like “what about my organic traffic”? It’s like he’s going to let me leave everything up to my SEM.”

Margo: “Ugh, I totally understand. I just got off Slack with my CRO dude, and he’s so amazed that my new site has a UI with literally no CTA’s. Know what I mean?”

No Todd, No Margo… Some of us don’t know what you mean. Maybe you’re new to the online business world or perhaps you’re a creative entrepreneur who appreciates what the internet does for your business but doesn’t really “get” most the techy things. [Read more…]

Rainmaker Platform Review 2017

by Forest Linden. January 7, 2017

NOTE: The Rainmaker Platform is coming off the market today, Friday June 16th, 2017, at 5:00 pm Pacific Time, at least as separately available software product.

In order to be able to buy and use the Rainmaker platform in this way, you’d need to start your free trial before 5:00 pm Pacific Time today.

After that time, the cost of Rainmaker is going up to a considerably higher amount, and will include, by default, other services, like graphic design or content creation, as part of the cost of using the Rainmaker software.

So, if Rainmaker looks like a good option for your business, start a free trial today and test it out, because after today at 5 pm Pacific Time, you won’t be able to get just the Rainmaker software alone anymore.

And in case you’r wondering, Rainmaker, and the company behind it, aren’t going anywhere.

They are simply changing their business model and pricing structure. So, don’t worry about the Rainmaker software platform disappearing after you sign up.

It’s not disappearing at all. They will continue to improve the software and support. They’re just about to include other done-for-you services along with the software as part of their business model.

I haven’t been this excited about a piece of software in SEVEN YEARS. (So excited that it’s making me use my caps lock.) Yes. Rainmaker is that good. And in this post, I’ll pull out all the stops and attempt to give you one of the most useful Rainmaker reviews around. If you’re trying to decide whether or not to use it for your business, you’re in the right place. [Read more…]

The big thing beyond mindfulness in business that no one is talking about.

by Forest Linden. December 13, 2016

There’s something I’ve noticed missing in the several dozens of articles I’ve read over the last two years on the explosion of mindfulness meditation in mainstream business culture.

I’ve had a meditation practice for 18 years and have studied with a handful of different teachers in various traditions, mostly within Tibetan and Zen Buddhism.

From where I sit, with a foot in that world and a foot in the business world, it seems there’s something big that folks are missing out on with the benefits of mindfulness meditation in the business domain. It’s a skill you can develop after you get a handle on mindfulness practice, and it can make a significant and positive difference in your business if you use it regularly.

This other skill has been one of the most helpful tools for me in navigating the daunting challenges that have come in every business I’ve created. It’s helped guide my marketing, content creation, product and service offers, and even entire business models.

Today, I want to show you how to access this skill and how it can help you in your business and life. If you’re new to this kind of thing, this might be a little odd at first, but stick with me. This practice can expand your mind and the very sense of who you are. [Read more…]