E24: Making Millions Online: From Products to Podcasts with Becky Beach and Harry Duran

Interested in launching your own online venture? Get practical tips from digital marketing pros, Becky Beach and Harry Duran. Their journey from side passions to full-time businesses is nothing short of inspiring. Both started with a passion project that grew into multiple online businesses through niche content, digital products, and community building. Tune in to learn how they leveraged their unique skills and interests into financial freedom.

 

Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:

02:18 - Quitting corporate jobs for online businesses and blogging

05:41 - Pivoting from corporate to entrepreneurship and podcasting in the vertical farming industry

10:14 - Building a podcast and platform for vertical farming industry

13:03 - Vertical farming and its potential for sustainability and supply chain resilience

25:05 - Outsourcing tasks to Philippines for digital product creators

37:40 - The power of delegation in business growth

49:40 - Aligning your business with your unique strengths and passions 

Highlights:

[12:18] Becky's Journey from Stressful Job to Blogging Freedom

Becky goes into more detail on how she got started with her blog Mom Beach while working a stressful job in healthcare that wasn't providing paid maternity leave. She was feeling overworked and stressed, which motivated her to begin blogging as a side project. While it started as just a hobby with occasional posts, she got more serious about it after her son turned 3 years old and she had another difficult boss situation. That's when she began taking online courses to improve her blogging skills and saw her traffic slowly start to increase. Within a couple years, she had built her earnings up to $10,000 per month through affiliate marketing, ads, and the growing traffic to her site. This income allowed her to finally leave her full-time job and focus on Mom Beach as her primary business.

[25:06] Harry Leverages His Podcasting Skills into the Vertical Farming Industry

Harry initiated the Vertical Farming Podcast by capitalizing on his interest in the booming sector of indoor agriculture and his experience in interviewing and production. He interviewed industry leaders, gaining visibility and connections. Gradually, he grew it into Vertical Farming Media, offering services like events, job listings, and an industry directory. Partnerships enabled him to attend global conferences and expand his network, creating more opportunities for serving the vertical farming community.

[37:41] The Power of Delegation in Business Growth

Harry underlines the significance of delegating tasks as businesses expand. He recounts his early days of building his podcast network, where he juggled multiple roles from recording to marketing. However, with an increasing workload, he realized the need for delegation to make room for higher-level tasks. Both Harry and Becky emphasize their use of virtual assistant teams, often from the Philippines, for design, administrative work, and content production. This strategy lets them concentrate on revenue-generating activities while scaling operations. Their experiences demonstrate that avoiding burnout and propelling business growth hinge upon delegating non-essential tasks.

[49:40] The Power of Taking Action and Investing in Yourself 

Becky emphasizes the importance of just getting started rather than procrastinating. Harry echoes this sentiment of taking imperfect action daily to improve even just 1%. He also stresses the value of investing in yourself early through coaching or mentorship to accelerate your learning curve. For Harry, this was a key factor in his ability to pivot out of corporate marketing and build successful businesses through podcasting and other ventures. Ultimately, focusing on your unique strengths and interests is vital to finding long term success and fulfillment in entrepreneurship.

Resources:

Mom Beach

 

Becky’s freebie for the listeners:

https://www.beckybeach.co/mombeach-freebie/

 

Vertical Farming Podcast

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