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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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Ep #11: The Story Of Digital Exits

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I’ve decided to do something a little bit different with this week’s episode of Digital Exits. I began as an entrepreneur at a very young age, and have built a career building and flipping web equity.

In this very special episode, I will go into great detail about my own back story, what led me to buying and selling web businesses, and how I navigated my own most recent exit.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • How I got my feet wet buying and sell web businesses.
  • Valuable tips on maximizing equity from your website.
  • The challenges I faced in exiting my most recent website, and what I’ve learned from them.
  • Steps I’ve taken to increase conversion rates.
  • The intangible aspects of a sale, and how I was able to drive up the value of my business before exiting.

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Ep #9: The Power of Recurring Revenue with Dan Norris

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Dan Norris is a unique breed. In 2006, his entrepreneurial spirit spoke to him, convincing him to leave his cushy job and start a web design company, before he even knew how to design a website. Eventually, his website would become one of the premiere web design sites in Australia, but when he decided to sell it, the process was not without it’s challenges.

In this week’s episode of Digital Exits, Dan Norris opens up to Jock about the difficulties he had starting up a business, acquiring competitors, and ultimately making an exit. You won’t want to miss a single detail of Dan’s experiences.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • The challenges of acquiring business competitors and migrating clients.
  • Building recurring revenue streams and the power of recurring revenue in building up the value of your brand.
  • How Dan came to the decision to sell his website, and the valuable tools he used to do it.
  • The “new business” model, and how to avoid being a slave to your clients.
  • The lessons that Dan has taken from his experiences, and how he has applied them to his new ventures.

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