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Ep #17: Acquisitions in the App Marketplace with Carter Thomas

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ct_colorCarter Thomas is the owner and operator of BlueCloud Solutions, an iPhone app marketing company that specializes in iPhone application monetization. Carter has personally built and sold over 400 iPhone apps.

In this week’s episode of Digital Exits, Jock invites Carter on to the show to talk about the evolution of the app marketplace, and how apps are bought and sold today. You won’t want to miss it.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • The two major values of apps as an asset and as a business.
  • How traffic is driven to iPhone apps and the costs and implications of that practice.
  • Why Carter’s business model involves quickly turning around applications.
  • The process of selling an app, and how crucial the valuation process can be.
  • Carter’s tips for anyone who is looking to buy or sell an app business.

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Ep #16: Online and Offline Acquisitions with Ace Chapman

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20193_611894395498897_1401265286_nAce Chapman is a specialist in buying online and offline businesses. At the age of nineteen, he purchased an online stock market simulator site that he grew from about 10,000 members to over a quarter of a million members in 70 countries. He has since bought and sold over a dozen businesses.

In this week’s episode of Digital Exits, Jock invites Ace to the show to talk about the differences between online and offline acquisitions, how they have evolved, and where they are going. You won’t want to miss it.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • The lessons Ace learned selling his first business after the market crash.
  • Why Ace favors deals that are “boring”; businesses that aren’t necessarily cool, but have a practical value.
  • How to identify and capitalize on low hanging fruit in the offline business world.
  • Why you need to start building a business credit profile.
  • What Ace sees as the future of selling businesses online and offline.

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Ep #15: How to Manage After the Acquisition with Graig Presti

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graig-150x150Graig Presti is the founder of LocalSearchForDentists.com. He started a local search media company from scratch with absolutely zero funds or venture capital and grew to generate over 2 and a half million dollars in sales. Most recently, he has acquired FindMyCompany.com.

In this week’s episode of Digital Exits, Jock invites Graig to speak about the process of the acquisition and how the company has evolved under his ownership. You won’t want to miss it.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • How Graig was able to succeed by automating about 90% of his marketing.
  • Why it is so important to determine what you are willing to spend to acquire a customer.
  • The biggest challenges that Graig faced throughout the transition process.
  • Why it is crucial to do all of your due diligence and ask as many questions as possible during the purchase.
  • What has changed in Graig’s first five months of owning the company.

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Ep #13: Blog Acquisitions With Jim Wang

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e7af9330b0be06438592e301afe86dbcJim Wang is a longtime entrepreneur and personal finance blogger. He went to college in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and started making money by selling trucker hats to students that wanted to look like Ashton Kutcher. After years of hard work, he eventually sold his blog for a reported 3 million dollars.

In this week’s episode of Digital Exits, Jock invites Jim to have a candid discussion about exiting from his company. You don’t want a miss a minute of this riveting chat.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • The amount of content that Jim was producing while he was building his blog.
  • The most important thing someone can do if they are planning on selling their business.
  • Why he decided it was the right time to exit his site, and how he went about finding someone to acquire it.
  • The value that a broker added to the process of selling his company.
  • The challenges Jim had during the sales process and the lessons that he learned selling his company.

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Ep #12: Strategic Exits with Matthew Paulson

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073ca9aMatthew Paulson is a web content whiz. He started writing about personal finance as a hobby while holding down a corporate job. He eventually started an investment business center, quit his day job, and began writing a premium newsletter with over 69,000 subscribers.

In this week’s episode of Digital Exits, Jock invites Matthew to chat about his most recent experience exiting his peer to peer lending site. You won’t want to miss a minute of this informative episode.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • Lessons that Matthew learned accepting a cold offer for his site.
  • The importance of diversifying traffic sources.
  • The challenges that Matthew faced when Google changed their SEO policies.
  • The importance of negotiating with proper information and knowing what your site is worth.
  • How to know when it is the right time to entertain an offer.

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