Summary: A year ago, Ben Krueger was stuck in a dead end job, when he decided to take a leap of faith and move to the Philippines where he did some internet marketing for a resort. His work got my attention because he's played a supporting role in the success of the TropicalMBA podcast. Here are some highlights from our chat: * Why You Must Solve a Painful Problem (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/574badd232f91fc99e21ffdd9cf97c71.jpeg) * Ben's Failure to Offer a Service for Free * Developing an Experiment Process for Your Business * The Failure of Ben's Membership Site * How to Move on from Failed Projects or Products * Why You Must Talk to Your Community and Listen * How Ben Refined His Service to Be Incredibly Valuable * Why You Need to be Customer-Focused Instead of Product-Focused * The Reason Everybody Should NOT Start a Podcast * Why Podcasting is About Being Entertaining, Not Just Informative * The Common Threads of Wildly Successful Podcasts * Killer Tactics for How to Engage a Podcast Audience * Ending Your Podcast with a Killer Call to Action * The Importance of Asking for Listener Feedback * Why You Must Be Willing to Fail and Learn Tweetable Insights Include: * Make sure you find a market that's willing to pull out a credit card (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/4Td8f)) * Anybody's first venture is going to be rocky at best. (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/ekdAD)) Ben Krueger (http://authorityengine.com/about/) is an adventurer, entrepreneur, content producer, and service provider for podcasters everywhere! You can follow him on twitter @authorityengin (https://twitter.com/authorityengin). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/cgiId) to post it to Twitter.
