He built 2 productized services to $30,000+ per month 🤯

We currently do $30k-$40k/mo, and we are growing.

I started in tech with freelance SEO consulting back in 2011, alongside an agency job in New York City. I started a side project called HireGun, which later became Credo…

I actually sold Credo in September of 2022. I can't talk about the details, but I fully stepped out of the day-to-day in January, 2023.

[It] came out of a personal need to outsource editing when I was running the content machine at Credo. I also saw a lot of software companies producing copy that had typos, and companies ordering and publishing unedited content from content companies. Typos and unedited content kill conversions.

All in all, it added up to it being a big opportunity in the space, even though there are already large companies in the editing space.

EditorNinja has grown primarily through referrals and relationships to this point…

… we had a weekly agency email at Credo where we often promoted EditorNinja.

So, EditorNinja benefited from Credo, but not vice versa.

We've invested in SEO and content marketing. And I distribute content and tell the world about what we do through being a podcast guest on a lot of shows.

Google Ads work pretty well for us also. Overall, though, relationships in the marketing industry plus SEO and helpful editorial content have been the most effective for us.

I actually believe it's best to NOT solve something that you are world class in. It’s better to find something in a space you know where you can easily hire others to deliver the work.

And don't do something you're passionate about; do something you're good at.

Wantrepreneurs are told to pursue their passions, but I believe that passions come and go. When you do something fulfilling and that you are good at, you'll be energized to work on it every day.

I took December 2018 to watch the videos and started actively prospecting for clients in January 2019…

I have been earning a full-time income since May 2019 and have been building my business ever since. I live and run my agency full-time in my RV, traveling across the U.S. That would not be possible without Local Marketing Vault, Jason & James, and the incredible community they built.

[That podcast] not only helped drive a lot of business for the studio but it was a massive resume builder and it helped me get all of my jobs since I left my agency job…

I kept doing it and it just kept my name and presence out in the WordPress space.

So when I needed to find a job… the folks that were hiring me, already knew me.

You might not be getting sponsors.

You might not have all of the listeners that you want to get.

But just by continuously publishing and putting out content, people know that you're still there doing this thing.

And they have a huge respect for it.

I have this professional product now and it's omni-channel.

And you can appear in the newsletter, the YouTube… a la carte, pick where you want to go.

If you're a listener and you just love the work that we're doing, you can either donate through a digital coffee or join the membership for $79 a year.

And that gets you access to Slack and behind the scenes.

It's a great networking point for other WordPress businesses.

Turn your 😒 meh screenshots into beautiful images 🤩

It started as an app for my own needs but it quickly started getting traction… Considering I worked on Pika only in my free time and along with my full time-job, I think it grew pretty well.