LMScast

This episode of LMScast is a great discussion between Mark Thompson from PayKickstart and Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. They dive into how you can launch products and how important recurring revenue is to scaling your business. Mark is the co-founder of PayKickstart, which is a tool that manages eCommerce and affiliates for product entrepreneurs online, so he shares some great knowledge he has picke...

Andriy Haydash shares how he helps entrepreneurs in the online course space build their websites, and some useful models for course creators and membership site owners. In this episode, he and Chris discuss Andriy’s journey as a freelancer running his own practice along with what he has learned about building successful online course websites. Andriy is listed on Codable.io, which is a freelance d...

Marcel Petitpas from Parakeeto joins Chris Badgett on this episode of the LMScast podcast to discuss what course creators and agency owners can learn from utilizing historical data to make decisions and lead to more accurate estimations on projects, and what work is required to build a course or design a site for a client. Marcel points out how many online business owners forget about the cost of...

In this episode of the LMScast podcast, Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains shares his story of founding several products for WordPress developers. Brad has also created a mastermind ski retreat called Big Snow Tiny Conf, and he shares the genesis of that and some great tips for how you could start a mastermind program to connect with others in your space. Working online can be isolating, especiall...

In this LMScast, we’re joined by Melissa Love, a professional designer who has built some amazing products for WordPress site builders and beautiful layouts for websites. Melissa runs a membership site called The Marketing Fix where she teaches business owners how to get on top of their design and make the process a whole lot easier. She also sells child themes for Divi that can help you jump star...

Jilt is an email marketing tool built specifically for eCommerce stores, so if you’re working with WooCommerce with your LifterLMS website, this episode of LMScast featuring Beka Rice is a great one to tune into. Beka is the product leader at Jilt, and in this episode she shares what course creators can learn about building educational products from her experience as a product leader at both SkyVe...

Kay Peacey joins Chris Badgett on this episode of LMScast to discuss how online course creators and membership site owners can take advantage of ActiveCampaign for automating their marketing. For those unfamiliar with it, ActiveCampaign is a CRM tool that allows you to store contact records for all of your list (email, phone, name, custom fields, etc.). ActiveCampaign is a great tool for the balan...

Tom Fanelli of Convesio shares how online course creators can leverage the power of his game changing hosting technology to make sure your website is always online and has the power to scale effectively and in the most cost-efficient way. Chris and Tom discuss the current state of the web hosting industry, and what course creators are going to want to keep in mind when looking for a great web host...

Jean Perpillant joins Chris Badgett in this LMScast episode to discuss how online course creators can level up their marketing strategy and web design using photography. Jean is the founder of Design Theory, a digital agency dedicated to consultation for companies around their photography, web design, and marketing. Chris and Jean dive into how stock photography can kill the brand of a website, an...

Devin Walker from GiveWP joins Chris Badgett in this LMScast where they discuss how online course creators and entrepreneurs can incorporate donations into their websites. If you’re working on a nonprofit website or any site looking to collect donations, GiveWP offers a great way to do that through WordPress. Many nonprofits raise money offline, but GiveWP allows you to add donation functionality...

StartupBros founder Will Mitchell talks with Chris Badgett in this LMScast about how course creators can deliver group coaching and sell your product before building out your course programs by interacting with your audience on a high level. Will shares his journey and motivation creating StartupBros and his business Simply Organic Beauty, along with some great tips for course creators developing...

Zack Katz of GravityView joins us on this episode of the LMScast podcast to discuss how course creators can unlock incredible functionality on their websites by taking advantage of how GravityView allows you to display form submissions on the front end of your website. For anyone new to the WordPress space, Gravity Forms is a form builder in WordPress, and GravityView is a separate tool that allow...

Vito Peleg of WP FeedBack joins Chris Badgett in this LMScast episode to discuss how WordPress developers can improve the process of communicating around making revisions on websites with clients. WP FeedBack allows you to have clients highlight parts of the website and go over revisions in a layered manner that makes the process of making changes a lot easier. Vito and Chris share how they both g...

Dan Martell joins Chris Badgett on this episode of the LMScast podcast to discuss how online course creators and coaches can sell premium programs. Dan shares his journey from starting out in the world of business to immersing completely and starting his YouTube channel, eventually leading to the creation of his massively successful program SaaS Academy. About a year ago Chris enrolled in SaaS Aca...

In this episode of the LMScast podcast Terri Tutich shares best practices for WordPress course creators and knowledge from her experience building WordPress websites and being active in the WordPress space. Chris and Terri dive into why backups are crucial, and some other tips from the projects Terri has worked on. A key WordPress tip Terri shares in this episode is that it is very important to al...

Ali Mathis from the LifterLMS team joins Chris Badgett on this episode of the LMScast podcast to discuss the latest release from LifterLMS, LifterLMS Groups. Ali and Chris talk about the idea behind LifterLMS Groups, the problems it solves for course creators, and the opportunities it opens up for how you can offer your online course programs to companies and organizations. LifterLMS is now about...

We dive into how writing a nonfiction book can help you get more leads and sales for your online course website with Julie Eason in this episode of the LMScast podcast. Chris and Julie dive into how selling your book through Amazon can be a great strategy for spreading awareness of your course website by using profits from selling the book to fund ads to sell more books and spread more awareness f...

WaaS entrepreneur Michael Short joins Chris Badgett in this episode of the LMScast podcast to discuss how entrepreneurs and freelance agencies can take advantage of the opportunities that come with the rise of websites as a service to build websites for customers. WaaS companies are becoming more common as we see developers, freelancers, and agencies offering website builds as a product or service...

Donata and Hans from Termageddon share how you can have an up-to-date privacy policy and terms and conditions statement for your online course website in this LMScast. Legal compliance with privacy policies is something many course creators overlook. Donata and Hans share how important it is for legal compliance to have a privacy policy that is not only compliant with where your business is regist...

Rob and Kennedy of ResponseSuite join us on this episode of the LMScast podcast to discuss how online course creators can generate site leads and sales using surveys. Better understanding your audience and segmenting your highly engaged users can be a great way to get sales from the leads you already have. Rob and Kennedy share quick wins and strategy for course creators on how to build up their o...

Sheryle Gillihan from CauseLabs shares how her company has been helping nonprofits accelerate their mission and impact the lives of others. In this episode, she breaks down some of the work they have been doing putting together a workforce training program for youth in Kenya using LifterLMS and WordPress. Sheryle shares the idea of human centered design, which is the process of applying ideas in a...

We are joined by Craig Hweitt from Castos in this episode of LMScast. Castos is a podcasting platform, and Craig shares what he has learned about how podcasts can help online businesses with content marketing and what it takes to have a great podcast setup if you’re just starting out trying to grow your audience. Chris notes that one of the most common ways people find out about LifterLMS is throu...

We are joined by Rodica Irodiu in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Rodica is a developer with ThemeIsle, and she had a large part in creating the Neve theme for WordPress. It has specific LifterLMS functionality integrated in it. She and Chris discuss the Neve theme and LifterLMS, along with how course creators can optimize their sites to create fast, beaut...

Marc is a strategic thinker, copywriting pro, and expert in marketing strategy. He is the founder of Bigger Pie Promotions, a company dedicated to helping businesses market higher ticket programs to their existing customers. Marc compares sales to basketball. Marketing your course program is similar to moving the ball down the court closer to the basket by passing and dribbling. Closing the sale i...

Freelance business expert and podcaster Matt Inglot shares his experience of creating his freelance business building websites in this episode of the LMScast podcast. Chris and Matt talk about all sorts of business tips for people building websites as a service, and some specific nuance to that having to do with online course websites. Matt has been in the business of building websites for 15 year...