Askpat 2.0: A Weekly Coaching Call On Online Business, Blogging, Marketing, And Lifestyle Design

Today's question comes from Marilyn, who asks a question about virtual assistants. How can they keep track of the tasks that she is assigning? Marilyn's site is http://www.infantdentalcenter.com/. You can find virtual assistants using Upwork (a combined company of Elance and oDesk; http://upwork.com/). I highly recommend using Slack for communication (http://smartpassiveincome.com/slack). Do you have a question about working with virtual assistants? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Sam, who is interested in starting an advice podcast similar to AskPat. If he doesn't have a big audience, how does he get people to ask him questions? I love Speakpipe for collecting audio questions (https://www.speakpipe.com/). Do you have a question about podcasting? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Daniel, who asks about monetizing his blog through a course. How should he go about monetizing that course? Daniel's site is http://www.createmytherapistwebsite.com/ Learn more about productizing your service-based business in Smart Passive Income Podcast Episode #158 (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-productize-your-service-based-business/). Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com. Do you have a question about monetizing your website? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Venisha, whose business creates custom first dance songs. Should she hold webinars to get email subscribers? How can she keep people on her email list after their wedding is over? My wife and I had fun with our first dance (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/random-fun-post-of-the-weekend-our-first-dance/). Do you have a question about building your email list? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Rebecca, who asks about podcast sponsorships. How do I determine which sponsors play at the beginning versus the end of the show? Is there a difference in rate? Rebecca's site is http://clrvirtualconnection.com/. I discuss the ins and outs podcast sponsorship rates with John Lee Dumas on Smart Passive Income #97 (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/facebook-webinar-conversion-adding-sponsors-podcast/). Midroll helps me find podcast sponsors (http://www.midroll.com/). Do you have a question about podcast monetization? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Ryan, who is helping another entrepreneur get started online. What should he know about partnering with someone else? Ryan's site is http://www.alternativeslibrary.org/. Do you have a question about business partnerships? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Ron, who asks about Facebook Pages. Will it limit the personal connection he is able to have with his followers? Ron's site is http://ronmckeefery.com/. To join my Facebook Group, go to http://smartpassiveincome.com/community. The social media tool I mention is Edgar (http://meetedgar.com/pat/). Do you have a question about social media? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Eric, who asks about repurposing Q&A podcasts for video and blog posts. Is this a good idea? In this episode, both the caller and I discuss Michael Hyatt's content repurposing. Do you have a question about your content? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Eliska, who asks about the best kinds of emails to send to her subscribers, broadcast emails with updates about her current posts, or autoresponder emails? In this episode, I share my thoughts, as well as a hybrid solution I've recently tried, called the digest email. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com. Do you have a question about email marketing? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Diego, who asks about using Periscope when bilingual. Should he have one account for each language, or continue to host both languages on one account? I share my thoughts. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com. Do you have a question about Periscope? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Jourdan, who needs help creating blog images. How much should he expect to pay? Jourdan's site is https://medium.com/new-game-magazine. In this episode, I talk about a few different tools: Canva (canva.com), PicMonkey (http://www.picmonkey.com/), and Word Swag (http://wordswag.co/). For finding stock images, I recommend iStockphoto (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/istock), DepositPhotos (http://depositphotos.com/), or Flickr Creative Commons photos. AppSumo periodically has deals for DepositPhotos (http://www.appsumo.com/idrive/). Do you have a question about blog images? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Brian, who uses his YouTube channel to help promote some affiliate sales. The videos help conversions on his site, but don't drive traffic from YouTube to his site. Should he change his YouTube strategy? Do you have a question about YouTube? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Nick, who is starting an interview podcast. Does he have to pay the guests he invites? How do you get people to agree to be on your show? Nick's site is http://truetightwad.com/. Check out my podcasting tutorial (http://www.podcastingtutorial.com). Do you have a question about podcasting? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Sebastian, whose podcasting users have asked for podcast transcripts. Is it worth the money to get his show transcribed? Sebastian's site is http://projektphoenix.com/. Sebastian mentions my podcasting tutorial (http://www.podcastingtutorial.com). In this episode I talk about Fiverr (http://fiverr.com/) and Upwork, as well as the app Rev. Do you have a question about podcasting? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Andy, who is trying to generate podcast ratings and reviews. In this episode, I mention my podcast with Chris Ducker, 1-Day Business Breakthrough (https://1daybb.com/). Do you have a question about podcasting? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Dennis, whose books sales in person are high, but his online sales aren't as good as he'd like. He has a lot of advertising in place—what else can he do? Dennis's site is http://www.thegreedyfish.co.uk/. In this episode I mention another author, Katie Davis (http://katiedavis.com/), as well as KDP Select promotions (https://kdp.amazon.com/select). Do you have a question about selling your books? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Eliska, who asks having PDF of resources versus a resources page on a website. Which is better? Should she have both? Eliska references Smart Passive Income Podcast #78 (http://smartpassiveincome.com/session78). The podcast episode I mention with Jessica is #115 (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session115/). Do you have a question about your website? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com.

Today's question comes from Glen, who asks about online courses for passive income. Which one would I recommend? I recommend several courses, which you can check out from my resources page (http://smartpassiveincome.com/resources), including Ramit Sethi's, Noah Kagan's, Fizzle.co, Youpreneur with Chris Ducker, The Foundation with Dane Maxwell. Check out my new book on validating your idea for a business, Will It Fly?, at http://willitflybook.com. Do you have a question about getting started? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Blanca, who asks about the valuation of websites (she specifically references http://brit.co). Are blogs of that size really worth such a high valuation? The podcast I recommend listening to is StartUp with Alex Blumberg (https://gimletmedia.com/show/startup/). Share your thoughts on this topic on Twitter using #AskPat506. Do you have a question about the business of blogging? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

Today's question comes from Jackie, who asks about domain privacy. Is it worth adding? Jackie's site is http://www.jackiebolen.com/. In this episode I talk about Bluehost (http://askpat.com/bluehost) and GoDaddy (https://www.godaddy.com/). Do you have a question about web domains? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.