47. How to Start a $480K/Year Online Course Business

When it comes to your business, you can’t just cross your fingers and hope your marketing will work. To grow and scale, you need a powerhouse sales funnel that transforms leads into loyal customers. Today’s guest is an expert at boosting revenue, using a process that entrepreneurs easily overlook. She’s helped to increase her conversion rate by up to 800%.

Alisha Conlin-Hurd, is an expert in the post-click experience. Since starting Persuasion Experience, she’s launched more than 500 sales funnels across 120 niches, and has built 3 marketing teams from scratch between her own business and her previous sales roles. In this episode, we’ll hear her insights into creating offers customers can’t refuse, how to generate high-quality traffic for a business site, and how she’s grown Persuasion Experience from a side hustle into a 7-figure agency. INCREDIBLE GIVEAWAY! The one lucky winner will be announced on March 18th! 🚀🎁

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Resources:

• UpFlip Hub: https://www.upflip.com/learn
• Episode 89: $180K/Month: How to Dominate Google with SEO
• Persuasion Experience: https://www.persuasionexperience.com/
• eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast: https://ecommercemasterplan.com/podcast/

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For more insights to start, build, or grow a business, check out the resources on UpFlip.com or head to the UpFlip YouTube channel to see more interviews with business owners and experts.

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Mobile home parks can be a gold mine, as Pasha Esfandiary quickly discovered. He left his professional poker lifestyle and began purchasing parks across the country. Owning mobile home parks doesn’t sound glamorous, but it’s one of the most lucrative investment properties, with the lowest rate of mortgage delinquency in any real estate sector out there. For investors, this is a golden opportunity to purchase poorly managed properties and to turn them around. Bettering the community and your portfolio all at the same time. 

Pasha’s company, Evoke Capital currently manages over 1800 units and brings in $5-6M/month. In this episode he shares his expert insights on what to look for in a mobile home park, what pitfalls to avoid, and how you can begin with very little upfront capital.

Resources:

• 7 Steps to $100K/Month - https://www.upflip.com/blog/how-to-invest-in-real-estate
• How He Built a $10M Real Estate Business (while working full time) - https://www.upflip.com/podcast
• Evoke Capital - https://www.evokecapital.net/

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For more insights to start, build, or grow a business, check out the resources on UpFlip.com or head to the UpFlip YouTube channel to see more interviews with business owners and experts.

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They say if you can make it in NY, you can make it anywhere! Steve Griggs of Steve Griggs Design can attest to that fact. He’s a landscape architect who has worked all over the country, but primarily in NYC, tackling tough jobs no one else wants to do. 

Steve’s company is one of the greatest, grossing over $3.5 million a year. He’s a best selling author who has been featured on Forbes, Grant Cardone, Bravo, and the Wall Street Journal and he’s here to give us the dirt on how to start a landscape business with almost no money. In his words, he doesn’t even own a shovel.  INCREDIBLE GIVEAWAY! The one lucky winner will be announced on March 18th! 🚀🎁

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Resources:

• UpFlip Business HUB: Starting a Business Made Easy
• Episode 5: How A 20 Year Old Earns $17,000/Month With A Lawn Care Business
• The Unofficial Shopify Podcast: https://unofficialshopifypodcast.com/
• Steve Griggs Design: https://stevegriggsdesign.com/

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Social media can make a significant impact when you start, grow, and scale your business. Big or small, all businesses can harness the power of social media. And if there’s one thing that our guest today does exceptionally well, it’s generating organic views. Logan Forsyth has generated over 2.5 billion ORGANIC views, attracting over 18 million new followers for his clients. 

But you don’t have to hire a marketing agency to get results for your business. Logan gives his insights into how Media Scaling is able to take their clients to the next level, and it’s something you could implement this week to see major results. Logan shares the content that is most consistently going viral and how you can tap into it, without creating content of your own.

If you’d like to learn more about starting a business in a specific niche, or learn how to scale the business you already have, don’t miss out on our INCREDIBLE GIVEAWAY! We're giving away free lifetime access to our membership site that will feature courses on how to start and grow a business. This includes specific business niches like, vending machines, cleaning companies, pressure washing, etc. Additionally, you'll have access to other resources and courses for marketing techniques including Google ads, and a member portal where you'll have direct access to entrepreneurs who have succeeded. The one lucky winner will be announced on March 18th! 🚀🎁

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Resources:

• Logan’s website: go.mediascaling.com/secrets
• Episode 104. How This 18 Year-Old Makes Viral Content and Generates $20K/Month
• Start and Grow a Business in 2024: How to Start a Business: The Ultimate Guide (2024)

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Andrew Gomez was still a teenager when he bought his first 2 trucks to start AJG Transport. Nine years later, they’ve become the go-to delivery provider for Fortune 500 companies, bringing in a 7-figure monthly revenue from the dozens of trucks in their fleet. 

In this episode we uncover how Andrew (now 26) started his trucking company and landed top-tier contracts, like Amazon, that drove his impressive growth. We also dig into how he finds the right team members and what his tips are for someone new coming into the industry.

Resources

• Podcast Episode 28: 19 Year Old Starts a $75K/Month Trucking Business 
• Blog Post: How to Start a Trucking Business and Earn $100K/Month (2024)
• Andrew’s YouTube interview with UpFlip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAV5je0k5GA
• Connect with Andrew: https://www.instagram.com/Andrew_JGomez/
• eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast: https://ecommercemasterplan.com/podcast/

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Jamie Inlow used a $2,000 loan to turn a neighbor's unused apartment into an Airbnb rental. Today, her short-term rental company, Be Still Getaways, manages more than 100 properties--and she built it while still working her full-time job. 

On today's episode, we'll learn how Jamie started her property design and management side-hustle and grew it into a 7-figure business that's attracting national media attention from outlets like CNBC's Make It series. We'll find out how Jamie juggled her job, family, and growing business, the steps she took to attract those crucial early guests to her property, and the advice she'd give to other property management professionals who are looking to start a business of their own.  

• Be Still Getaways 
• The Unofficial Shopify Podcast 
• Take our podcast survey > https://forms.gle/SUB69y9EQ47Z22J18
• UpFlip courses - Learn more about how to start a business in any niche from UpFlip
• Episode 96: Listen to learn how Andrew Freed built a $10M real estate business (while working full time)

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AppSumo has become a go-to destination for business owners and entrepreneurs looking for great deals on tools for their business, growing to over 1.5 million subscribers and over $80 million in revenue in 2023. Founder Noah Kagan shares his strategies for fast business growth in this interview. 

AppSumo wasn’t Noah’s first startup. He’s launched more than 25 ventures, growing 8 of them to multi-million dollar revenue. Many of these ventures were started in a single weekend. Noah shares his advice to start a business quickly in his new book, Million Dollar Weekend, and he’ll talk through some of those strategies in this episode. 

Attracting the right kind of clients is crucial for a service and consulting business. We’ll learn how Noah built the AppSumo brand through channels including YouTube and email marketing. He’ll also share the lessons he learned from his businesses that failed, and his advice for entrepreneurs who want to start and grow a business in 2024.

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Resources

• NoahKagan.com - Learn more about Noah at his website
• Million Dollar Weekend - Read Noah’s book to learn more of his business strategies
• Profitable Startup in 11 Weeks ($3.5M ARR) -  Listen to episode 92 of the UpFlip podcast to learn how Pony Express Studio was built and grew to a 7-figure business
• UpFlip courses - Learn more about how to start a business in any niche from UpFlip

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For more insights to start, build, or grow a business, check out the resources on UpFlip.com or head to the UpFlip YouTube channel to see more interviews with business owners and experts.

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What’s the secret to fast business growth? Moe Falah knows the answer. He started Simple Solar in 2020, scaled it to an 8-figure business in its first year, and more than doubled that revenue in 2021. In this episode, he shares his strategies to quickly grow a home services business to massive sales. 

While Moe’s success might seem to have come overnight, it wasn’t without its challenges. There are setbacks on anyone’s path to entrepreneurship, and Moe is no exception. He’ll share what problems he encountered and how he overcame them. Mentorship was a big key to his success. He’s worked with thought leaders such as Jordan Belfort and Grant Cardone, and in this episode he’ll pass along some of the pearls of wisdom he’s learned from these masters of business. 

Today, Moe helps create more opportunities in the solar space through his Scale Solar program. We’ll hear how he sets his students up to earn 6-figure incomes every month, along with how that advice translates to businesses in other niches.

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Resources

• @FalahtheLeader - Connect with Moe on Instagram
• Built $2M/Year Pressure Washing Business (While Working 9-5) - Watch episode 176 of the UpFlip YouTube channel to learn how Joshua Brown grew his pressure washing business quickly
• UpFlip Courses - Learn how to start a business step-by-step from real-world entrepreneurs

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For more insights to start, build, or grow a business, check out the resources on UpFlip.com or head to the UpFlip YouTube channel to see more interviews with business owners and experts.

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Stone Ross has been helping dropshippers grow their businesses for more than 6 years, generating more than $3 million in sales for himself and his students. Lately he’s focusing his attention on TikTok dropshipping, and you’ll learn why in this episode. 

Stone Ross got his start making money online with cryptocurrency. He was among the first to promote bitcoin on social media in 2013 and taught a range of celebrity clients how to trade. He was also an early leader in Facebook Marketplace dropshipping, managing more than 160 stores for clients since he got his start in 2020. 

Now, Stone sees TikTok dropshipping as the best way to make money online, and is teaching others how to take advantage of this opportunity through his TikTok Dropshipping course. In this interview, we’ll hear about that and his other tech ventures, along with his tips for other online entrepreneurs who want to take advantage of this profitable opportunity.

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Resources

• TikTokDropshipping.com - Learn more about Stone’s strategies and business on his website
• How to Start a $750K/Month eCommerce Business - UpFlip blog post
• How a 19-Year-Old Generated $1M in Just 11 Months - UpFlip podcast episode 101

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For more insights to start, build, or grow a business, check out the resources on UpFlip.com or head to the UpFlip YouTube channel to see more interviews with business owners and experts.

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Spencer Haws started Niche Pursuits in 2011 as a blog to share his strategies for building niche websites. He’s built it into a thriving online business with multiple revenue streams that bring in over 6 figures every month. You’ll get his advice on how to start an online business with big growth potential in this interview. 

A big key to Spencer’s success has been his ability to create software, plugins, and other tech ventures that solve his audience’s problems. He’ll explain his strategies for identifying and satisfying his customers’ needs, and how other entrepreneurs can turn that knowledge into a lucrative business venture. 

Spencer used a variety of strategies to monetize his blog and turn Niche Pursuits into a profitable business. From affiliate marketing to creating and selling products, there are a variety of ways to make money with an online venture. In this episode, you’ll hear the ones that worked for him, the challenges he had to overcome to build Niche Pursuits, and his advice for aspiring online entrepreneurs who want to follow in his footsteps. 

Resources

• NichePursuits.com - Learn more about the business at their website
• Niche Pursuits podcast - Hear more advice from Spencer in his podcast
• UpFlip Newsletter - Get business advice and insights delivered straight to your inbox
• UpFlip HUB - More actionable advice to start a business in any niche
• How I Make $19M/Year with Affiliate Marketing - UpFlip podcast episode 88 with David Tao of BarBend

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For more insights to start, build, or grow a business, check out the resources on UpFlip.com or head to the UpFlip YouTube channel to see more interviews with business owners and experts.

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