Make Money Online

Fuck You, Pay Me by Mike Monteiro and Gabe Double Your Freelancing Rate, including Brennan's recommended contract MSABundle, a collection of contracts designed for consultants that Kai uses for his business Kai's Article On Negotiating As An Employee Rands on Negotiation Be Aggressive, a wonderful post on Tumblr that is pretty much Kai's life philosophy for 2014, 2015, and 2016. Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes

Draft: Evidence, nickd's amazing project on Kickstarter which you should go back right now. nickd's Coaching Practice Kai's Coaching Practice Double Your Freelancing Clients Jeremy Green of Remarq.io, a fabulous tool to turn your text into beautiful documents, content upgrades, books, and client reports Kuma's Corner, please mail burgers to Kai Davis, PO Box 7631, Springfield, OR, 97475, USA. Thank you. Sleep, Kuma's Corner's Burger of the Month for November MemberUp, a wonderful consultancy focusing on growing your membership site's revenue Amy Hoy of 30x500 Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes

In this third and final mailbag installment, Nick answers the question "how does he counter the many low-cost, ‘stack em high sell em cheap’ so-called Designers online currently bidding in 99Designs?” Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes.

In this second part of a 3 part mailbag episode, we talk about our prerequisites in working with somebody who we think we can get the best results for. Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes.

In this first of a three part mailbag episode, Kai talks about podcast outreach. Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed the show we'd love it if you leave a review in iTunes.

Discussing product ladders today. What is a product ladder? Why is it important? How does it connect with your positioning? How do you upsell people effectively? When do you know to create a second ladder? What does a second ladder look like? Notes: Armitage-Halsted. Extremely expensive meals live here.

The Meta Episode That Both Our Assistants Will Listen To How we decided to hire The process we followed to hire How we vetted candidates When to hire vs when to not hire The challenges of hiring (or growing as a business owner) Mistakes people make when applying (application process, negotiating, focus on portfolio & past work vs future work / details of the job) Why we — two people say we don't want to hire or have a team — hired assistants

Nick's Kickstarter Project: Draft Evidence, a compilation of essay's nick has written in the last 4 years. Go back this project right now and get a copy. Or else. Cadence and Slang, funded twice on Kickstarter. Kickstarter, a small website for funding creative projects. Nick's Twitter, which I guess he uses. Nick's Zines (not available, sorry, sign up for his weekly letters in the meantime) Following The Hunch on 99U Why Wasn't I Consulted, the fundamental question of the web The Brain Audit, on why customers buy and they don't. Relevant for writing a Kickstarter 'sales' page. Freaker Kickstarter Video The Shape of Design Kickstarter by Frank Chimero Double Your Freelancing Rate by Brennan Dunn, a great example of a well-written sales page If you're enjoying the show, head over to iTunes and leave us a Review. Thanks!

Good research is essential to anyone wanting to excel in any business, and in particular any online business. We break down how and why we do all of our research for our projects. To get full show notes for this episode head over to makemoneyonline.exposed. If you're enjoying the show leave us a rating and review in iTunes. Much appreciated!

We often reflect about what A Week In the Job of an online entrepreneur looks like. Today we dig into it, with all its glory.

Nick went on vacation. What happens before you go on vacation? What happens after you return? How do you manage client expectations? What happens if a client oversteps their boundaries? Are you a cheapskate? Thanks, jerk. You can get our about page for free by leaving us a favorable review on iTunes. Screenshot your review, email it to us, and we’ll reply with our stupid about page.

Today we're digging into onboarding clients, students, and customers. Why? How? What does this mean? References in This Episode: Nick's Welcome Packet Kai's Welcome Packet (nick's welcome packet with white-out applied throughout) Sunn o)))'s welcome packet: http://www.john-wiese.com/zine/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sunn-australia-tour-2005-technical-rider-1024x791.jpg Big Ideas Set Expectations Explain what you're doing and what they'll be doing Explain what won't be happening Give direction for questions

Writing a book is high on most content creators list. But why? What is the allure of writing a book? Most of us who have the knowledge base and authority to write a book already have an established platform upon which to share their message. A book is the next logical step for most of us, but it is also a massive undertaking and one that requires a lot of work to be worth the effort. If you're enjoying the show please head over to iTunes and leave us a review.

How do you scale your business without compromising the product you've worked so hard to build the right way? Navigating this paradigm shift is a difficult one, and something that takes a lot of foresight and intentionality. Some effective methods of growth we like include: Hiring an assistant, effectively giving you more time Delegating to contractors with specialized focus Hiring full-time employees to focus on one aspect of your business Raising rates to allow you to focus more on customer relationships Most of these methods focus around adding people to your organization. Other methods along the leverage path: offering group coaching adding products Selling strategy sessions instead of implementing a service Enjoying the show? Leave us a review in iTunes. Thanks!

JetPens, where you will buy your office supplies from now on. Tokyu Hands, which is basically IRL JetPens. Go to the Shibuya location next time you’re in Tokyo. The Pen Type-A, “over-engineered to crazy town.” Platinum; Nakaya. Lamy Safari; Lamy Studio. Kaweco Sport. An Alan Weiss interview where he beseeches the reader to get a Cartier or a Mont Blanc pen. The H. Moser & Cie. Swiss Alp Watch. Ghareeb Nawaz. Girl and the Goat. Alinea. The Henry Graves Jr. Patek Philippe Supercomplication, which is a watch. The Wu-Tang Clan’s new album, pressed in a single copy. The designer of Facebook’s “like” button. The Pen Addict.

How did we begin our businesses? Where did we come from? And because scale is the only thing that matters, how do we do so? VSA’s gorgeous office. Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port. Double Your Freelancing Rate by Brennan Dunn. Kai’s Twitter bio: “Your real internet boyfriend. Its and favs are sexts. I love you.” Love this episode? Hate this episode? Good. Now it's time to leave a review.

Now that we are talking to one another, how can we make money online? Methods are discussed; sacred cows are thrown into volcanoes. Show Notes The Simpsons episode which discusses family, religion, and friendship as the three demons you must slay to succeed at business. Kai’s coaching service. nickd’s coaching service. The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman. The Goblin Cock from Kuma’s Corner, which is a hot dog on top of three strips of bacon on top of a burger, with all of the Chicago dog trimmings. Business owners eat the Goblin Cock… infrequently. Patrick McKenzie’s standing invitation. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. NetJets, which is not on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The victory music from Final Fantasy VII. Love this episode? Hate this episode? Good. Now it's time to leave a review.

Who are we? What is this? What gives us the right to run a podcast? This is horrifying. Show Notes “Then a miracle occurs.” “How I Won the Lottery” by Darius Kazemi. Elon Musk on being less wrong. Dennis DeSantis’s book that contains the quote about being miserable as a music producer. Love this episode? Hate this episode? Good. Now it's time to leave a review.