How to Build a Business With Corbett Barr

Summary: <br> We’re continuing online business month with an interview  with Corbett Barr on how to build a business<br> Fizzle<br> <br> Andrew and our original co-host Matt met through <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/fizzle/">Fizzle.</a> Fizzle is a community and video training library for entrepreneurs. There are 40 courses in the library that teach people how to build an online business and get it up and running.<br> Fizzle encourages you to create something you’re proud of through hard work and persistence. The site isn’t full of “20 Amazing hacks to start a business overnight and become a billionaire” content. It offers long-term advice that will help people grow a business.<br> Is Anyone Out There?<br> Why do some sites take off and others languish in obscurity? Getting what you do in front of people is as important, maybe more important, than what you create. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? You want your tree to be heard.<br> You need other people to help you get heard. Work at building relationships with the rising stars in your field. Corbett rattled off a list of who’s who in the online business space, all of whom he knew before they really blew up. Join forums, go to networking events and connect with as many people as you can.<br> Relationships matter. Especially when you feel like you’re shouting into the void. The people in your day to day life may not understand why you’re devoting so much time and energy to something that seems to be going nowhere.<br> The like-minded you people do understand and can help keep you aloft when you want to give up and everyone else is discouraging you from continuing.<br> The Magic Formula<br> Entrepreneurship and personal finance have a lot of parallels. The magic formula for growing wealth is really not that magical. Make more money than you spend and invest your money. Viola, wealth! It’s not easy but it is simple.<br> Having a successful business has a magic formula too. Identify a group of people who have a need that is not being filled and find a way to fill it that those people will pay money for. Again, not easy but simple.<br> Even if you think the area you want to jump into is saturated, there is always room for one more. There are tons of cooking blogs. There are tons of vegan cooking blogs. So how could you stand out in that space?<br> <a href="http://www.thugkitchen.com/">Thug Kitchen</a> separated themselves from the pack with lots and lots of swearing. It took two things that can really take themselves too seriously, cooking and veganism, and made them funny and naughty.<br> Just like LMM, you can approach a serious subject in a non-serious, entertaining way. I’m Paleo but I still read Thug Kitchen and occasionally even cook from it because it’s funny and the recipes are good. I just top them with a steak.<br> It might sound ridiculous to you but that site has spun into three cookbooks one of which has been a New York Times Best Seller. They were able to stand out in a very crowded space.<br> Putting something of yourself into your work can help you stand apart. For LMM that was Andrew drinking and swearing during the pod. I know him in real life and how he acts on the pod is how is in real life. The duo behind Thug Kitchen write how they speak when they’re with friends.<br> Quality Not Quantity<br> Most of us starting an online business are going to do it while we work a regular job and we have plenty of other things that need our attention too like friends and family. That can be an advantage. <br> When we only have a limited amount of time to spend on something, we are more likely to focus and work on the things that really matter.<br> If you have two hours a day to spend on your project, you are not going to spend it pouring over WordPress templates looking for the perfect one.