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In this WordPress tutorial, I show you how to create a Mega Menu using Elementor Pro.

Get Elementor Pro: https://ferdy.com/elementor

Using the Menu feature within Elementor Pro, you can create a Mega Menu from scratch without using WordPress's Menu function.

After creating the menu items you can turn on the mega menu function for each individual menu item and then it is a matter of filling that area with containers and elements from Elementor Pro.

00:00 Intro
01:17 Activate The Mega Menu Feature In Elmentor
03:06 Add The Mega Menu Element And Build Your Menu
07:49 Create Your Mega Menu Using Elementor Pro
12:41 Create An Advanced Mega Menu
24:44 Create A Simple Submenu In The Mega Menu
28:30 Thank You

#Elementorpro #megamenu #wordpress

In this video, Brian Dean shares his journey of selling his seemingly unsellable lifestyle business, Backlinko, for millions of dollars. He started Backlinko as a blog and it evolved into an education company in the SEO space. Despite being a one-man show, Backlinko attracted the attention of major companies, including SEMrush.

Brian's strategic approach to valuation and the use of follow-ups played a crucial role in securing the deal. Navigating the acquisition process required patience, persistence, and the guidance of a great lawyer. Balancing commitments and ensuring a smooth transition post-acquisition were also important.

Understanding the true value of the business from the acquirer's perspective was key in negotiations. Brian's story highlights the potential of lifestyle businesses to attract significant acquisitions and emphasizes the importance of strategic thinking, transparency, and expert legal advice in achieving successful exits.

Brian Dean
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianedean/
Backlinko: https://backlinko.com/
Exploding Topics: https://explodingtopics.com/

Full Interview with Brian:
https://youtu.be/06RPL9NMLic?si=Am2Ur1mwmiY-min5

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Chapters
00:00 Turning a Lifestyle Business into a Multi-Million Dollar Acquisition
02:19 The Power of Strategic Valuation and Follow-Ups
03:18 Navigating the Complexities of the Acquisition Process
05:06 Balancing Commitments and Ensuring a Smooth Transition
06:25 Understanding the Acquirer's Perspective for Successful Negotiations

#lifestylebusiness #acquisition #valuation #founder #startups

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With this free email marketing tool called Omnisend, you can increase your sales drastically! If you run an e-commerce website without this tool, you are missing out on revenue.

You can get started for free: https://ferdy.com/omnisend

With Omnisend, you can:
01. Gain subscribers through tons of opt-in forms
02. Send Workflows, an automated sequence of emails, Text Messages, and Push notifications based on the activity and interest of the subscribers.
03. Send emails, Text Messages, and Push Notifications to your subscriber list or segments (part) of that list.
04. Create segments so your subscribers are categorized based on activity, inactivity, interest, and behavior on your website.
05. Link segments with workflows to reach the right people with the right message.
06. A/B Test the heck out of everything within Omnisend so you can increase your conversions and boost your sales.

Important to know:
- Omnisend will migrate your contacts from your current email + SMS tool, and we will rebuild 5 segments, 3 flows, 1 form, and 1 master email template.
- Omnisend will help customers verify their domains for free. We have partnered with Entri for this.
- Accounts over $400 will receive a dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM). The CSM will assist with warmup & onboarding, strategy sessions and audits, and is available for unlimited calls for the lifetime of the customer's account.

Here are 6 amazing things you can do using OmniSend:
01. By collecting subscribers through your website using various opt-in forms. Those forms can be triggered after a few seconds when visiting a certain page, when scrolling a certain percentage on your website, or when planning to leave the website.

02. By using workflows. That is a sequence of events like sending an email, waiting for a few days, sending another text message, or pushing notifications through their browser. Or send an email based on the behavior of the subscriber on your website. All with the goal of bringing your visitors back to your webshop and helping them to order the products you have to offer. You can also use workflows to follow up on visitors who just bought products on your website by sending them personalized confirmation emails and text messages, which increases the chance of those visitors coming back later to buy more products from you.

03. I will show you how to send Campaigns. That are emails, text messages or push notifications to your complete subscriber list, or to a specific group, based on their interest and behaviour or inactivity on your website.

04. We will talk about creating segments in your subscriber list. A segment is a group of subscribers that fall into a certain category based on a lot of filters, such as have bought something in the last 30 days. Or: Haven’t opened a single email in the last 6 months. Or: Have bought products on your website for more than $ 1,000.

05. Then, when you link segments with Workflows, on autopilot, inactive subscribers, active subscribers, and subscribers from a certain country, and subscribers who have their birthday can receive the right emails at the right time in order to bring them back to your website. Without Omnisend, your visitors are gone when they leave your website, but with Omnisend, you can make their customer journey so much more pleasant and, at the same time, increase your revenue like crazy.

06. Omnisend also offers A/B Testing so you can keep on improving the Conversion Ratio in all the things you are able to do with Omnisend.

Omnisend Tutorial Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:22 Get Omnisend For Free
05:08 Connect Omnisend With Your Website
06:35 Match The Branding Of Your Website With Omnisend
07:54 Overview Of The Dashboard

Get Subscribers
10:46 Collect Subscribers Though Forms
18:56 Behaviour And Theme Settings
28:24 A/B Testing
32:22 Theme Settings
33:22 Different Form Layouts
36:19 Create Other Kinds of Forms
39:38 Create An Out Of Stock Form

Automation And Workflows
42:47 Create An Automation
54:29 In Depth Automation
01:00:31 A/B Testing In Automations
01:06:01 Split Testing
01:11:16 Cart Abandonment Workflow
01:16:48 Test All Automations

Campaigns
01:20:27 Send An Email Campaign
01:30:14 Make Your Campaigns Personal
01:33:28 Verify Your Sender Email Address
01:36:55 Send Text Messages (SMS)
01:43:48 Send Push Notifications

Segments
01:48:33 Create Audience Segments
01:59:10 Segments And Automations

Reports
02:04:30 View The Reports Of Omnisend
02:10:10 Upgrade Your Account

02:15:17 Thank You And Follow-Up Tutorials

In this video, we look at Gronda, a food app that achieved 1 million ARR after a life-saving pivot from a recruitment platform. The journey began with Valentin Schütz's mission to solve the chef shortage problem faced by his family's restaurant. The initial idea was to create a LinkedIn for chefs, but it evolved into a platform that allowed chefs to showcase their skills and provided a comprehensive recruiting solution for the hospitality industry.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced a drastic pivot, leading to the introduction of a premium membership and a paywall for recipes. This not only sustained the business but also attracted a new market segment of foodies. Gronda is now used by 1 million chefs and another million foodies worldwide.

The bold pivot and strategic relocation to New York were crucial in the company's success. Persistence, direct communication, and building a great product were key factors in selling to restaurants. The experience highlights the importance of making tough decisions quickly, leveraging user insight, and finding opportunities for innovation and success even in the darkest times.

Guest: Valentin Schütz
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-schuetz/

Gronda: https://gronda.com/

Full Interview with Valentin:
https://youtu.be/yRQ3ssxzZjk?si=d3QtYYREh3kdRZi_

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Chapters
00:00 The Gronda Story: Solving the Chef Shortage Problem
02:59 The Life-Saving Pivot: Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic
05:13 Attracting Foodies: The Power of Premium Membership
06:20 Building a Global Brand: Strategic Relocation to New York
07:19 Selling to Restaurants: Persistence and Direct Communication
08:14 Finding Opportunities in Crises: Lessons from Gronda

#appbuilding #pivot #subscription #gronda

In this video, we look at platform risk. How can it suddenly hit a startup and be a threat to the startup, in many cases if a life-and-death situation for the startup?

We talk to Mathias Hermansen, founder of GamerPay, who shares his experience of nearly losing his platform due to a sudden API shutdown. He discusses the challenges of operating a marketplace for gaming skins and the platform risks associated with relying on external entities.

Matthias and his team were able to pivot quickly and develop a manual solution to regain control. Transparent communication with the community was crucial in maintaining trust.

Despite the initial setback, GamerPay bounced back with the support of its loyal user base. The experience highlights the importance of contingency plans, open communication, and resilience in the face of unexpected challenges.

Guest: Mathias Hermansen
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathias-hermansen/
Gamerpay: https://gamerpay.gg/

Full Interview with Mathias:
https://youtu.be/OfO5UVuspMQ?si=Fowea9U7JNTlyam_

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https://rawstartup.co/

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Chapters
00:00 Preparing for Unexpected Challenges
02:13 The Heart Attack: API Shutdown
04:07 The Lifeline of Transparent Communication
05:26 Building Trust and Loyalty
06:18 Reducing Platform Risk
07:13 Resilience and Adaptability

#platformrisk #gamerpay #startups

📚 Read “Die With Zero” today: https://www.diewithzerobook.com

In this interview, Bill Perkins shares with me his journey from peon to making $100M per year in energy trading. He shares ideas from his groundbreaking book "Die with Zero" on spending money at the right time to bring you maximum fulfillment in life.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Who the hell is Bill Perkins?!
02:24 - From nobody to making his first $1 Million
03:53 - WTF is Energy Trading?!
06:29 - Risky Trading Stories
07:48 - What is it like to make $100,000,000 🤯
09:48 - Do Multi-Millionaires Pay Taxes?
12:24 - Die With Zero philosophy explained
17:49 - Advice for people making $50k right now?
22:19 - How Bill spends his millions!
26:19 - What Does a Millionaire Teach His Kids About Money?
28:03 - How do you know Dan Blizerian?
31:00 - How Die With Zero saves lives
33:04 - Bill and I Make a $1,000 Bet

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Why God's People Are Broke! Wake Up People…
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Don’t Let Your Distractions Destroy Your Destiny!
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A Simple Formula To Make MILLIONS
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B.O.S.S Moves
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From The Trash Man to The Cash Man
https://www.trashmantocashman.com/

𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒
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𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬
The Poverty Programming Trap
https://youtu.be/pJJLTg8Ru74

Why God's People Are Broke! Wake Up People…
https://youtube.com/live/yhLIFlNeMbI

It’s Time To Put Your Faith To Work
https://youtu.be/4LKZk1VAqio

Don’t Let Your Distractions Destroy Your Destiny!
https://youtube.com/live/yEr29316lws

A Simple Formula To Make MILLIONS
https://youtu.be/nLlf6hg4H0Q