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My First Million

Blogging His Way To $9M in Cash - Ramon Van Meer

Ramon Van Meer has never seen a soap opera. Yet somehow, he built the most popular soap opera blog on the planet - and was raking in ~$300,000+ per month! Today's conversation is about how he got the idea, and flipped a $49 wordpress theme into a $9M payday. Brought to you by Monday.com & The Hustle For information regarding your data privacy, visit…

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  1. How Did Ramon van Meer Make His First Million Dollars at 5:21

    Ramon started a news blog about soap operas. He used Facebook Groups to drive traffic to the blog, making revenue off advertising. Full answer

  2. What Is Perhaps One of the Most Unusual Ways to Pick a Business Idea at 6:46

    Ramon knew how to drive Facebook traffic to a page, and he knew that traffic could be converted into money. So what did he do? Full answer

  3. How Do I Find the Right Business Idea to Work on at 9:25

    Launch and iterate fast. Don't waste time coding, or picking the right logo. Full answer

  4. How Do You Write About a Topic You Know Nothing About at 11:34

    You hire someone who does! Ramon went to oDesk and hired a freelancer who knew exactly how to write his type of content. Full answer

  5. How Do You Pick the Right Content When Building a Media Company at 16:11

    Try everything and see what yields most engagement with your target audience. Full answer

  6. How Do You Come Up With Great Ideas at 24:46

    Reverse engineer them. Look at your competitors: what are they doing well, what are they failing at? Pick ideas from that. Full answer

  7. What Can Web Entrepreneurs Learn From Real Estate Businesses at 25:59

    Much like real estate agents compare similar properties to determine the value of a house, startup founders can look at similar web properties to figure out… Full answer

  8. How Do You Sell a Content Business at 35:43

    Usually you can sell a content business for a multiple of your revenue, depending on your broker and your market. Full answer

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