Jonathan Denwood is a leading influencer in the WordPress space (with his own leading podcast in the eLearning entrepreneurship WordPress area) and a champion of the eLearning Entrepreneur who wants to build a substantial online business. Many people who have great experience and a lot of knowledge to share in their field get caught up with choosing and implementing the technology to publish their first course. Jonathan can really help in getting people to get over this hurdle so that they can really concentrate on marketing their course to its targeted audience. Jonathan also helps those who have found themselves trapped on a SaaS platform, which they have outgrown and want to move to the flexibility and power of WordPress and don’t know where to begin.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Rob Walling founder of Drip
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I didn’t know what the hell I was doing… If things didn’t pan out my parents were probably going to lose their home which I didn’t realise at the time what a massive vote of confidence that was in my ability”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Book by Walter IsaacsonFavourite Quote:
“If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me… and since then, for the past 33 years I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I’m about to do today.” Steve Jobs
Recommended Online Resources:
YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“don’t give up but be realistic. It’s a strange duality. If something is not working and it’s obviously not working you are going to have to change the business model… Most people give up too early because they don’t realise that this is going to take longer than they thought ”…[Listen for More]
More About Jonathan Denwood:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.” Henry Ford
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jonathan Denwood:
- “specialise in something”
- “things only got a lot better for me when I decided to actually specialise, niche in a specific area and that’s what I would always advise anybody that was looking to establish a business online. You have got to find a niche”
- “…really concentrating on copywriting or understanding the fundamentals of good copywriting”
- “one of the problems of SEO is there is a lot of misleading information out there about Seo and you can spend a lot of time listening to people and applying what they suggest and it’s either going to be practically impossible for you to do it or it just doesn’t work”
- “I work lies are the ones that you tell yourself”
- “don’t give up too early”
- “you have got to really be careful with your money. And have enough runway so you are not forced to give up. Most people give up two early or they give up really close to starting to get some traction because they run out of money”
- “it takes a lot longer to establish a brand even in a niche and what you or I think and it’s part of the territory”
- “being in the right area at the right time with the right skills and the right outlook”
- “be careful with your money, because you listen to, don’t delude yourself and have enough financial runway so you don’t have to give up too early”
- “I business is still about personal relationships fundamentally”
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