Nelson Bates Web Entrepreneurship Blog

How to Earn $100,000+ From Your Website. (New Video)

I've earned more than a quarter-million-dollars in profit from this one tip.

This new 6-minute video explains the technique and is free.  The entire Course that includes another video and written details is only $5 through Udemy. 

I'm also experimenting with black-and-white video—please let me know what you think.

Click Here to see it on Udemy.  Or here, to see it on YouTube.

 

Teaching, Learning and Earning Money.

A few weeks ago I was contacted by Udemy—an online learning academy—about becoming an Instructor for them.  They describe themselves like this.. 

"Udemy enables anyone to take and build courses online.  Our goal is to disrupt and democratize education by enabling anyone to learn from the world's experts."

So after spending a few weeks on their Site, it's obvious they have reached the point of synergy and are primed for rapid growth.  

This is a place where you can not only take classes to learn—almost anything—but also a place to offer classes of your own and be paid well for it.  Everyone knows something worthy of teaching.

They've been around 2 years now and have more than 50,000 subscribers. They have also just closed $3Mill in second-round funding from the same venture capital firm—LightBank—that has funded some big companies like Groupon.

I've added my first free course titled:  Web Fluent - The Faster, Easier Way to Build Your Web Business (Appetizer Course.)   It includes two videos and the first 20 pages of the Web Fluent book.

Udemy tracks who's taking your course, how far they get through it, posts reviews from students, helps you promote it, and you keep 70% of the revenue if you choose to charge.  But most importantly, you own all your content.

Definitely a Web business worthy of your time to check out.

(I have no stake in this business.)

Inspired by FUN! (Premiers today)

Two exciting Premiers today.

1.)  The fabulous redesign of WebFluent.Me with compelling photographs and exhilarating music.

2.)  The freshly minted, hot-off-the-presses 2012 Expanded Edition of the 'Web Fluent' book in Paperback, Kindle and Nook.

I've been having a lot of fun redesigning my site with 3 very large photographs (Approximately 1,250 pixels; almost as large as any computer screen) that makes up the only design element of the page.  

It's a very different way to go about Web Design—moving away from a traditional "flat" website and embracing a real-life 3-Dimensional photograph that is more striking.

Here is one of the photos shown here about 1/4 size..

In addition to the photos, I wanted to add another element to the experience—music—and not just any music.  Something really special—that fills one full of entrepreneurial energy and renewed passion.

I serendipitously stumbled upon just such a song two weeks ago and luckily it's by a new band, aptly named, FUN, that embraces sharing.  I've been able to add their latest song, "We Are Young" to my Home Page using a great new website called SoundCloud by copying and pasting their code snip-it on my site.

By the time the chorus kicks-in, I'm charged with energy.  I'm hoping the refreshed design will inspire you with new ideas!

Here's another image.. (There is a third on my site.)

 

If you're on a iPhone or iPad it unfortunately doesn't play the song.  The photo above is a print-out of the cover, 3-times actual size and mounted on foam.  I then hung it to the back of my beach-chair and this is exactly how the photo came out.  No retouching needed except adding the words on the right.

This redesign is also to celebrate the Expanded and Updated 2012 Edition of the 'Web Fluent - The Faster, Easier Way to Build Your Web Business' book.  Now available for the next 3-days for only $5 for Kindle or Nook and $10 for the Paperback.  

The Expanded Edition includes, —among other things, "The Essential 9 things you should do to make your Web business a success." as well as the results from my Provocateur Project campaign and the Paperback includes a tear-out of one of my Entrepreneur Motto Stickers to hang somewhere you'll notice.

If you're struggling right now and don't have the money for the book, please send me an email, I'll forward you the PDF free.

Also, I'd love to hear any thoughts; good or bad on the redesign.  Did it inspire you?  Disappoint you?  or any suggestions for doing something REALLY outlandish with Web Design.  Comments will be left open. You are also welcome to hit reply to this email to send me a note.

—If you're ready for the ride, here's the link!.. WebFluent.Me