Episode #279

How Paul Reddick Created a Seven Figure Online Business by Teaching Baseball Pitchers to Throw Harder

Today on The Rise To The Top: The #1 Non-Boring Business Show: How does one go from a baseball coach to a seven figure Internet entrepreneur and marketer? Enter today’s guest, Paul Reddick, who took his 14 years of pro baseball coaching and scouting experience and turned it into an online product empire. On the show, I drill him on how he did it and advice for others doing the same (and trust me, Paul tells it like it is). I especially love his “anti-procrastination strategy”…awesome. Enjoy!

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  • http://mikemonty.net/ Mike Montgomery

    Taking notes like crazy, this is still playing. I feel like my product (the how to yo-yo course) is done (or launch-able), I have my sales page ready, and I finally set up my facebook ad to the sales page. This thing is ready to go, it’s my best content (to date). I think I possibly didn’t pick the best demographic though, or at least the right niche. I’m targeting 13-22 year olds (male and female), who are into online games and juggling. It seemed like a fit. Am I thinking about it wrong? People are ‘seeing’ the ad, but no one has clicked. Maybe I’m just being impatient (the ad has been up for 2 days now), but I figured out of 600 people there would be at least one click. I am still figuring things out but if there are any tips or places to look for getting that first click/sale, I’d love the help! :)

    I’ll pick up the book once it is out :) Thanks Paul and David for the awesome content!

    • David Siteman Garland

      AWESOME Mike. I’m super pumped for you. Interesting. I would say 600 is a pretty good number to at least be getting some clicks. 

      Have you tested other demographics yet? Without knowing the demo, I’m not sure if 13 year olds are buying educational products online (if that makes sense). 

      Let me keep thinking on this…might have some other ideas as well. 

      • http://mikemonty.net/ Mike Montgomery

        Thanks David! :) I tweeked my demo to only online games and I’m now getting clicks :)  

    • http://twitter.com/jwhite3 Jeremy White

      Mike, with that young age range you should try some Facebook ads if you aren’t already. Try a few different ad designs and play with the demographics some to figure out what works best. Doing split testing can help refine your ad quickly and make them much more effective.

      Good luck!

      • David Siteman Garland

        Good advice, Jeremy. For sure.

  • Evan

    There’s a reason why you were unable to use Skype and you went straight towards GoToMeeing. Microsoft bought Skype and everyone knows that’s when the product starts to degrade.

    • David Siteman Garland

      Haha.

  • Mariobrey

    Pretty cool to take something like baseball coaching and showing that you can apply the entrepreneurial spirit to succeed with it financially–or at least with spin off products. I was recently reading about entrepreneur and marketer and how he succeeded … http://www.noospheric.com/about/jacques_habra/
    Cheers,Mario

    • David Siteman Garland

       Mario – Is that some kind of link spam? Might have to delete your comment my friend.

  • http://www.megiant.com/ shelia

    Great interview.  Paul mentioned something about a VA training program that he has developed and the site that he uses for find VA’s in the Philippines.  Do you know the links to either of those?

    • David Siteman Garland

      Hmm not sure, Shelia. I know of this one that James Wedmore recommends: http://www.onlinejobs.ph/

      • http://www.megiant.com/ shelia

        LOL, I just got in my car and turned on the Paul Reddick interview and realized that it was the interview I had just listened to which was James Wedmore.  Sorry for the confusion and now back to the Paul Reddick interview :)

        • David Siteman Garland

          Haha safe driving! 

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