Summary: <div class="smart-track-player-container stp-color-ffffff-EEEEEE"></div> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After stumbling across an online business podcast he decided to try his luck at building his own passive income stream. A few successes and many more failures later, Pat is now a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bestselling author and the founder of </span><a href="https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Smart Passive Income</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an online blog, podcast, and resource library covering all things passive income.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pat initially grew his blog by offering readers total transparency and openness, something that other online entrepreneurs rarely do, and continues to post monthly finance reports on his blog detailing his income and expenses so that others can learn from his mistakes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sit back, relax, and tune-in to the crash-test dummy of online entrepreneurship to learn: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to build a loyal audience based on transparency and openness</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The one thing you can do to guarantee your blog gets noticed</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why smart passive income isn’t about sipping poolside cocktails while your bank balance grows</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jay welcomes all your questions and comments. Tweet them to </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jaykimmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@jaykimmer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links from Today’s Episode</span></h2> <ul> <li>Read the <a href="https://www.jaykimshow.com/2017/01/pat-flynn-transcript/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">full transcript</a> of Pat’s interview</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow Pat on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/PatFlynn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/patflynn3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LinkedIn</span></a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">See Pat’s first online business at </span><a href="http://www.greenexamacademy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GreenExamAcademy.com</span></a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Get started with your own passive income business at </span><a href="https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SmartPassiveIncome.com</span></a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn how to validate your business idea with Pat’s new book: </span><a href="http://a.co/9ENXxA9" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will It Fly?</span></a> </li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">Detailed Show Notes</span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(2:00) How the Great Recession of 2008 and a chance encounter</span></li> </ul>
