AskPat 2.0: A Weekly Coaching Call on Online Business, Blogging, Marketing, and Lifestyle Design

Today's question comes from Kara, who has an audio podcast and is considering starting a video podcast. Which tools should she use to record her video podcast? Kara’s site is http://www.morningcooldown.com/. To learn about RSS feeds, go to my podcasting tutorial (http://podcastingtutorial.com). For video editing, I recommend Screenflow on Mac (http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm) and...

Today's question comes from Emmanuel, who is a graphic designer. How can he take his service-based business and make it passive? To learn how to productize your services, listen to Smart Passive Income session 158 (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-productize-your-service-based-business/). Do you have a question about your service-based business? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Share y...

Today's question comes from Jeremy, who asks if my income is truly passive. Here are my thoughts on this great question. In the episode, I mention FoodTruckr (http://foodtruckr.com/). Do you have a question about passive income? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Today's question comes from Alain, who wants to know how I capture thoughts for my writing process. Share your writing process with #AskPat331. In this episode, I talk about Evernote (https://evernote.com/), Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php), and Rev (https://www.rev.com/) Do you have a question about the writing process? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy...

Today's question comes from Brian, who is getting a new podcast started. He wants to know the best way to write out his show notes. In this episode I mention Amy Porterfield (http://www.amyporterfield.com/), Michael Hyatt (http://michaelhyatt.com/), and Cliff Ravenscraft (http://podcastanswerman.com/). Do you have a question about podcasting? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy...

Today's question comes from Curtis, who is just getting started. He wants to know when he should set up the LLC. Does he have to do it right away or can he wait a little while? Do you have a question about getting your business started? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Today's question comes from Luca, who is starting a website, but the domain name he wants isn’t available. What should he consider as he picks a new site? I mention Glen Allsop from Viperchill (http://www.viperchill.com/), Zen Habits (http://zenhabits.net/), Problogger (http://problogger.net/), and Entrepreneur’s Journey (http://entrepreneurs-journey.com/), as well as this article from Niche Pursu...

Today's question comes from Tyler, who is looking for advice regarding WordPress plugins. What’s the best way to managing frequent updates and making sure that features don’t break? I share my advice; share yours using #AskPat325. Do you have a question about your WordPress website? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...

Today's question comes from Nathan, who wants to know if there is a quick method for finding and fixing broken links on his site. Nathan’s site is http://minneapolisrunning.com/. The plugin I recommend is Broken Link Checker (https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/). Do you have a question about keeping your website up to date? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at...

Today's question comes from Alice, who has received negative comments from members of her community. How should she respond? Should she respond? Alice’s site is http://www.yourdoulabag.com/. You can find Jay Baer at http://www.convinceandconvert.com/. Do you have a question about dealing criticism? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

Today's question comes from Jackie, who has written an ebook for a very narrow niche. Sales are good but not amazing. Should her next book topic be as narrow or should she go broader? Share your thoughts using #AskPat324. Jackie’s site is http://freedomthroughpassiveincome.com/. In this episode, I mention the tool Crazy Egg (http://www.crazyegg.com/). Do you have a question about topics for ebooks...

Today's question comes from Alyce, who has a new website that is getting some attention. What can she do to keep building traffic? Alyce’s site is http://www.newstability.com/. In this episode I mention John Lee Dumas (http://entrepreneuronfire.com/), Caleb Wojcik (http://diyvideoguy.com/), Amy Porterfield (http://amyporterfield.com). Do you have a question about driving traffic to your website? R...

Today's question comes from John, who asks how many listeners he should have before he starts selling advertising. I share what I’ve learned about podcast advertising. Do you have a question about podcast advertising? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Today's question comes from Toni, who asks about software for keyword research in the Amazon Kindle marketplace. The Google keyword tools I recommend are Google Keyword Planner (https://adwords.google.com/KeywordPlanner) and Long Tail Pro (http://askpat.com/longtailpro) and Market Samurai. The Self Publishing Questions podcast has a good episode on this topic (http://www.selfpublishingquestions.co...

Today's question comes from Michael, who wants to restrict access to his email list incentive. What’s the best way to do this? In this episode I mention the WordPress SEO Plugin by Yoast (https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/) and Meta Robots WordPress Plugin, also by Yoast (https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/meta-robots-wordpress-plugin/). Do you have a question about setting up your email li...

Today's question comes from Josh, who has a question about Facebook pages for businesses. Should he use a Page or a closed Community Group page? Josh’s site is http://www.bestpedometerreview.com/. Do you have a question about using Facebook with your business? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pri...

Today's question comes from Jim, who has a question about running Facebook ads. Is it a good idea to restrict Facebook ads to the United States? Jim’s site is http://www.microtutes.com/. In this episode, I mention Amy Porterfield’s (http://www.amyporterfield.com/) strategy for driving email signups to a webinar. A good webinar platform is GoToWebinar (http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar). Ri...

Today's question comes from Alex, who wants to know what tweaks he can make to his homepage to improve sales. Alex’s site is http://www.cowboybillytime.com/. Cowboy Billly looks like Chase Reeves from Fizzle (http://fizzle.co/) and that is awesome. I give my advice on how to tweak the homepage—I have some easy changes that will improve optimization. Do you have a question about improving your sale...

Today's question comes from RK, who has a friend with a large social media following. How can his friend monetize this following? Do you have a question about monetization? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. If you have advice, share it using #AskPat316. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Today's question comes from Marty, who has a question about joint venture partnerships. Marty’s site is http://www.golfstrategyschool.com/. Marty mentioned the AudioTechnica ATR2100 microphone and my video podcast SPI TV (http://watchspi.tv), as well as the Fizzle membership community (http://fizzle.co). Do you have a question about partnerships? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. If you have ad...

Today's question comes from Kris, who has a question about podcast advertising. I’ve learned a lot about podcast advertising and share my favorite resources. John Lee Dumas’s guide to podcast sponsors is incredibly helpful: http://entrepreneuronfire.com/podcast-sponsorships. I discussed podcast sponsorships with John Lee Dumas on Smart Passive Income Podcast episode 96 (http://www.smartpassiveinco...

Today's question comes from Sam, who asks which I think makes a bigger impact: a blog or a podcast. I share my thoughts on blogging, podcasting, and video blogging. Do you have a question about getting started? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Today's question comes from Tom, who wonders why visitors to his site are not using it—even when they can get paid to use the site. I offer my thoughts. Tom’s site is http://crowdfoto.net/. Do you have a question about your website’s conversion? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...

Today's question comes from Ollisha, who needs some advice for getting started building a website. Here are the resources I recommend exploring in this episode: Squarespace (http://squarespace.com/), Bluehost (http://smartpassiveincome.com/bluehost); Entrepreneur on Fire (http://www.entrepreneuronfire.com/); Gary Vaynerchuck’s Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook (https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/new-york-time...

Today's question comes from Tracy, who wants to make his blog look better. Should he learn copywriting? Tracy’s site is http://www.tracerammo.com/. I recommend checking the resources at Copyblogger (http://www.copyblogger.com/), especially this Copyblogger post on formatting (http://www.copyblogger.com/formatting-wordpress-posts/) Do you have a question about your blog’s appearance? Record it at h...