Start an Online Business and Build Your Way to Freedom

The first step to consider in setting up your business is to decide what your business is about and what KIND of business you want to run. This lesson will help you start narrowing down your thoughts.

What is your business going to be out? This is the first of several lessons that will walk you through some thought-prompting questions to help you decide what your business will be about and how to choose your niche.

How do you know if your business idea is a good one or if people will actually care about it? These 3Ps will give you some things to think about when choosing your business idea and niche.

It's important to try to narrow down your niche to help you stand out against the sea of other content creators and publishers on the internet. This will help you attract targeted individuals to your content and will help you with Google SEO traffic.

It's important to think about who you want to attract with your content from the very beginning to make sure that you aren't being too broad. If you try to reach everyone, you will end up reaching no one. Learn why it's important to start thinking about your target market now.

In this lesson, we're taking it a step further to really narrow down on your target or ideal customer. It's important to start thinking about this because this is the person(s) you are creating your business for. This is who you will talk to, who you will create content for, and who you will eventually try to sell to.

Finally, it's also important to think about which platform(s) you wish to promote your content on when you're thinking about your niche and business setup. Some types of content are better suited for certain platforms and every platform reaches a different demographic of people.

It's time to start taking action on what we've learned! In this lesson, you will start thinking about what you are going to name your business!

It's time to start creating your website! This is the exciting stuff and is the first step towards creating something tangible for your business. In this lesson, you will choose your domain name and get a hosting plan for your website.

Make sure to check out the resources for this class and start taking notes on what you are creating. This is really important because it represents the commitment you are making to your business -- and it keeps you organized throughout this process!

In this lesson, we'll start talking about website themes and how to use them to design your website. This is an area that is important but also one that you don't want to get too hung up on trying to get it perfect the first time around.

In this lesson, you'll learn which pages are important to include in your website setup and how to structure your homepage.

How important is it to create a brand around your website? Honestly, not as important as you think -- especially at this stage of our setup. Learn more about what to focus on with your brand and creating your first logo.

Decide what kind of content you are going to create for your new business! This depends on what kind of content you WANT to create and also what kind of content you SHOULD create for the demographic of people you are trying to reach.

This lesson is an overview of how to start brainstorming topics for your content.

Learn the importance of keyword research when creating articles to make sure that your content is reaching as many people as possible (and set up properly for Google SEO).

Creating a content schedule will help you make sure that you are creating new content regularly and consistently, which is really important to growing your presence and increasing your reach in social and search platforms.

In this lesson, you will learn about the different options you have when it comes to promoting your content and reaching and creating an audience for your business.

In this lesson, you'll learn more about why having an email list is so important in the growth and success of your business.

Learn how to start building your email list and get your first subscribers from your content.

In this lesson, you'll learn some of my top tips for growing your email list and getting more subscribers from your traffic.

It's finally time to start exploring different monetization strategies to make money from your content -- why you're really here, right!?

In this lesson, you'll learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of display ads, what you can expect, and how to figure out what place they might have in your monetization strategy.

In this lesson, you'll learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of affiliate marketing, what you can expect, and how to figure out what place it might have in your monetization strategy.

In this lesson, you'll learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of sponsored content, what you can expect, and how to figure out what place it might have in your monetization strategy.

In this lesson, you'll learn more about the advantages and disadvantages of creating and selling your own products, what you can expect, and how to figure out what place they might have in your monetization strategy.

It's so incredibly important to track your progress at every step of this journey if you want to stay on the fast track to success. This is how you will determine what's working, what's not working, when it's time to correct course, and when it's time to double down and start scaling.

This is a summary of the key takeaways and strategies from this course and a quick THANK YOU from me!