In this episode, you’re getting another exclusive peek at a never before shared talk from the 2016 Rhodium Weekend event. My guest presenter for this talk is Mike Nunez of AffiliateManager.com. His company has spent the last 15 or so years managing the affiliate programs for brands ranging from startups to Fortune 500 clients. In this talk, he dist…

In this episode, you’re getting an exclusive peek at a never before shared talk from the 2016 Rhodium Weekend event. My guest presenter for this talk is Ewen Finser who has used advanced keyword research tactics combined with creating quality content to build a portfolio of authority websites. The income from the sites have allowed him to completel…

In this episode, you’ll hear an in-person interview I did with Jaryd Krause, an australian plumber turned world traveling online entrepreneur. Highlights In today’s episode, you’ll hear: Strategy – How buying online businesses let Jaryd quit his job and travel the world after only 8 months of effort. Mindset – The future of internet business…is it …

In this episode, you’ll hear an in-person interview I did with Neil Patel, founder of Crazy Egg and Kissmetrics, during my event where Neil was the guest expert. Highlights In today’s episode, you’ll hear: Strategy – Neil’s approach to building a blog that can turn into a $100k/month business. Mindset – Why playing big is the same amount of work as…

This is an experimental solo episode covering my master plan for Rhodium going into 2017 and how you can create your own master plan. Highlights In today’s episode, you’ll hear: Strategy – A specific approach to strategic planning which is heavily focused on your customer’s success. Mindset – Turning your weakness into strength. Tactic – How to cre…

This is episode 55. Robert and his brother Alex set a goal this year to make Clarity Wave a company that can stand on its own financially – bringing in at least enough to cover development and marketing efforts. I can tell you right now that they more than doubled their revenue this year, but the question is…was that enough? Highlights In today’s e…

This is episode 54. Clarity Wave has added 10 more clients since the last time we spoke, with a yearly value between 7,000 and 10,000 dollars each. Robert and his brother credit this growth to their massive action approach to lead generation, which, as you’ll hear in this episode,meant redirecting time and funding from development into sales and ma…

This is episode 53. Today we are joined by Matthew Yahes, who this year acquired a 7 figure ecommerce portfolio in the gift baskets and wedding favors niches. This is the last episode in our series with Matthew, so today’s interview is an epic unpacking of a story you don’t often hear: What happens in those 12 months after you purchase a business? …

This is episode 52. We’ve been following Kelly’s story all year and today we check back in with her for the last time. After beginning this year frustrated and tired of running her luxury spa robe ecommerce site and watching its sales decline, Kelly was ready to get it off her plate. But she knew she had a lot of work to put in first. In this episo…

This is episode 51. Clarity Wave has onboarded several new customers and is about to hit 25 clients. So we find out today if Robert and his brother will also be able to hit their $10k monthly revenue goal by their self-imposed deadline. Highlights In today’s episode, you’ll hear: Robert’s successful workflow with LinkedIn authority marketing His in…

This is episode 49. Today we are joined by Matthew Yahes, who recently acquired a 7 figure ecommerce portfolio in the gift baskets and wedding favors niches. Last time, Matthew talked about increasing revenue with one key strategy – cart recovery. That boost has allowed him to start testing a lot of other aspects of his business – from his mobile c…

This is episode 48. Robert and Alex continue to deal with problematic contractors, and while they seem to be moving in the right direction, I ask them all about how the two of them forged a business partnership and continue to make it work, despite living in completely different countries. Partnerships are always a controversial topic, not to menti…

This is episode 47. Today we are joined by Mark Daoust, founder of Quiet Light Brokerage, which specializes in helping entrepreneurs get the highest value from the sale of their online businesses. Today’s podcast is a recorded presentation by Mark from last year’s Rhodium Weekend – he explains the early mistakes he made in buying and selling websit…

This is episode 46. Today we are joined by Matthew Yahes, who recently acquired a 7 figure ecommerce portfolio in the gift baskets and wedding favors niches. Since we last spoke with Matthew, he’s been very busy. He’s making some big shifts in his business, which you’ll hear about today…but his biggest effort right now is growing his revenue using …

This is episode 45. Last time, Robert and his co-founder and brother Alex had gotten really stuck in the weeds with their start-up. They’ve hung on tight and are really starting to turn things around with a number of strategy changes that they hope will lead to greater conversions. Highlights You’ll hear Robert’s insights on: Preparing for a key pa…

This is episode 44. Today we are joined by Rob Walling, a serial web entrepreneur who has been building, acquiring and revamping digital properties since 2005. We had Rob on back in episode 42 to talk about his incredible turnaround with the SaaS company Hit Tail. During that presentation, Rob talked about the genesis of his latest company called D…

This is episode 43. Today we are joined by Sean Ogle, who has built an online business by being a sort of online mentor and pioneer in the lifestyle design movement. He currently runs an online course called Location Rebel, where he teaches others to build businesses that support lives that lead to their greatest happiness…just as he has done for h…

This is episode 42. Today we are joined by Rob Walling, a serial web entrepreneur who has been building, acquiring and revamping digital properties since 2005. He most recently started and sold his marketing automation software as a service company called Drip. This’s podcast is a recorded presentation by Rob and gives you a look inside the kind of…

This is episode 41. The first month or two right after buying a business is a time of intense transition, and it’s not something we’ve covered at this level of detail before. This interview with Matthew Yahes was recorded just 2 months after he acquired a 7 figure E-commerce portfolio. Today, we’re getting a rare glimpse into the time that gets glo…

This is episode 40. It’s been several months since we checked in with Robert and in that time he’s hit a number of snags with his software as a service company, Clarity Wave. In our other episodes focusing on Robert’s story, we’ve learned a lot about the technical side of startups, but today we’re going to dig into the psychological side of entrepr…

This is episode 39. Scott shares his decade-long journey from working in his business, to working on his business, to finally becoming a passive investor and living the dream of the 40 hour work YEAR. Highlights The genesis of Scott’s focus filter (Enjoy Life. Make Money. Do Deals.) and how to create your own Why you need to get your business ready…

This is episode 38. It’s been a couple months since we last spoke to Kelly Shroads about her ecommerce site and a lot has happened. Highlights What to look for in a supplier for a dropshipping business The one crucial thing you need for a website to be truly passive. What buyers are going to ask you before they will buy your business. How Kelly has…

This is episode 37. It’s been a month since we last spoke to Matthew Yahes about his seven figure E-commerce business purchase and now he’s really getting into the nitty gritty of operating and preparing to grow the business. Highlights Safely making changes to your website when multiple people are involved. Hiring and working with a tech team. Dea…

This is episode 36. Robert has been hard at work turning his workplace client management software company, Clarity Wave, from a group of new concepts into a functioning, money earning company. Sales and marketing for the company’s Epic Pro and Epic Light services have been launched and clients are beginning to show interest in the groundbreaking fe…

This is episode 35. Keeping Focus While Selling a Business With Kelly Shroads Kelly Shroads is a photographer, web design consultant for startups, and E-commerce business owner. Her business, which sells spa-quality bathrobes, has been going strong for eight years, but is currently in a state of transition. Kelly is looking at selling her company n…

This is episode 34. Today you’re going to hear one of the presentations from Rhodium Weekend 2015. This talk was voted one of the attendee’s favorites. The presenters are Dave Parkinson and Andrew Pincock of Adduco Media. Adduco is a marketing agency focused on marketing, selling, and systematizing technology. Dave and Andrew came to the Rhodium Ev…

This is episode 33. “Drinking from a fire-hose” – the enormity of a million dollar takeover. It’s been a month since we last spoke to Matthew Yahes about his seven figure E-commerce business purchase and a lot has happened. The deals have been done, the keys have been handed over and Matthew has just started to get to grips with his new investments…

This is episode 32. Today we are once again joined by Robert from Clarity Wave for part two of a twelve part series following him and his experience in scaling up his SaaS company. Robert is setting out to make Clarity Wave the new standard for workplace climate management software and as we follow his experience through 2016, we will be looking at…

This is episode 31 with Sol Orwell of Examine.com. Sol has spent the last 15+ years building 6 companies and generating over 8 figures in the process. He’s currently working on a health nutrition website called Examine.com. In this interview with Sol, we cover: The story of how Sol built a business in the online gaming niche and sold it to a strate…

This is episode 30 with Kelly Shroads. You’re about to hear the first episode in a series of interviews with Kelly. Due to some health challenges, Kelly needed to create a business with ultimate flexibility and freedom so she ended up starting an E-commerce business which sells Luxury Bath Robes. She doubled the business every year until recently w…

Episode 28 with an online entrepreneur named Matthew Yahes. Matthew recently acquired a portfolio of Ecommerce businessses. We’ll be interviewing him monthly through 2016 to track his progress as he takes over operations of his new business. You’ll hear a deep dive into the lessons he’s learning along the way so you can learn from his biggest mista…

Episode 27 with Robert from Clarity Wave. This is the first interview in a series of twelve with Robert. He will be interviewed monthly through 2016 to track his progress towards building his Software as a service business to a point where he can quit his corporate job. Dive deep into the lessons he’s learning along the way so you can learn from hi…

Episode 26 with Chris Yates. You’re about to hear Chris’ opening talk from Rhodium Weekend 2015. A word of warning, the audio might be a little off at times but I appreciate you sticking around to listen because the content is worth it. In this episode: My story of doing over 50 plus online business acquisitions and sales over the last six years. M…

Episode 025 solo show with Chris Yates. Big announcement about the future of the Rhodium Podcast plus highlights and takeaways from the live Rhodium Weekend 2015 event. Don’t miss this one and please share! In this episode: Find out exactly what went down behind the scenes at Rhodium Weekend 2015. Hear recorded clips from all the talks at the event…

Episode 024 with Richard Parker. Richard is author of How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price and founder of DIOMO Corporation. He’s been featured in the New York Times, Entrepreneur Magazine and was even nominated by Inc magazine for entrepreneur of the year. He’s personally purchased 13 businesses and built several others from scratch. He’s a…

Episode 023 with Philip McKernan. Philip is a speaker who has inspired millions of people around the world. He’s shared the stage with people like Steven Covey, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama to name a few. Philip’s story is an interesting one. Phil grew up in Ireland and early on had to struggle and overcome a condition called Dyslexia. By all…

Episode 022 with Tom Shieh of Shieh Enterprises. Tom is a successful serial entrepreneur and when he’s not traveling the world with Richard Branson, he focuses on the strategic structuring of acquisition, development, and growth of profitable businesses. In this episode: How Tom made his first dollar online selling bubble tea and grew that company …

Episode 021 with Jon Yau, Founder of StockPhoto.com. Stockphoto.com is an online image marketplace where photographers sell stock photos to buyers for a one-time fee. It owes its existence to Jon’s knee-jerk reaction to his mid-life crisis. Worried that he had pissed away the best years of his professional life and never got around to doing that we…

Episode 020 with Sujan Patel. Sujan is the co-founder of ContentMarketer.io and Narrow.io. He’s led the digital marketing strategy for companies like Sales Force, Mint, Intuit and many other Fortune 500 caliber companies. He’s built his own multi million dollar business and has been published on sites like Entrepreneur.com. In this episode: The unc…

Episode 019 with James Agate. James is the founder of Skyrocket Digital. Skyrocket helps clients to scale content creation and outreach leading to high quality links and better search rankings. In this episode: How to analyze your competitor’s link profiles to discover content and link building ideas. How to combine content creation with outreach t…

Episode 018 with Ace Chapman. Ace has bought over 40 offline and online businesses over the last 16 years. He’s still doing deals personally and acts as a consultant to other business buyers. In this episode: How Ace found his mentor and how you can too. The lessons Ace’s mentor taught him like… Why cash flow trumps net worth. Why starting a busine…

Episode 017 with Patrick McKenzie of StarFighters.io. Patrick made the leap from grinding it out as a white-collar worker in Japan to being an entrepreneur by solo-shipping two SaaS products. In that journey, he also has become one of the top contributors at sites like Hackernews. Today Patrick is Co-Founder and CEO of Starfighters.io which matches…

Episode 016 with Yaro Starak of Entrepreneurs Journey and Blog Profits Blueprint. Yaro has mentored thousands of other experts, authors, coaches, consultants, speakers and trainers on how to turn their expertise into a profitable online business. As of Today, Yaro helps people set up their own “Blog Sales Funnel”, a system that combines blogging wi…

Episode 015 of the Rhodium podcast features an interview with Dave Nevogt and Jared Brown, founders of Hubstaff. Hubstaff is a software tool actively used by over 8,000 agencies, freelancers, website owners and virtual teams all over the world. It tracks when your team members work, shows you what they are working on, and how effectively they are d…

Welcome to episode 14 of the Rhodium Podcast with Mark Daoust of Quiet Light Brokerage. Mark’s company advises entrepreneurs on buying and selling premium websites and online businesses. His company has brokered and sold over $70M in online businesses with approximately $20M happening this year alone. Mark has a ton of experience in this space and …

Welcome to episode 13 of the Rhodium Podcast. I’m your host Chris Yates, and today we’re talking to Alan Kong. Alan currently runs Lead The Ranks, a content marketing agency that positions brands for authority. He’s successfully founded and sold two online businesses which had over 2,000 clients in over 14 countries. In this episode: How Alan got s…

Justin Gilchrist is the UK based cofounder of Centurica, a company that provides due diligence and website assessments to people who buy web based businesses. He has a background of buying, operating and selling internet businesses, and specializes in SaaS and Ecommerce. In true serial entrepreneur fashion, Justin is starting a brand new business c…

Ryan Sorensen is owner of Acquisition Station, a web business brokerage. Ryan has built, bought, and sold several websites and has successfully closed on over $4M worth of web-based businesses as a broker in the online space. In this episode: Ryan’s journey from $50,000 to $4M in deals he’s brokered. 5 mistakes online business owners make and how y…

Michael Sevilla is traditionally a marketing guy with a broad background both offline and online. He’s worked in consumer packaged goods, Telecom, SaaS, Analytics, and Neuroscience industries. In addition to early stage/start ups he has worked for Fortune 500 companies on global initiatives as well as bought and sold both online and offline busines…

Dave Rodenbaugh is the Founder of SupportVine, a customer support software for small businesses, and owner of two wordpress plugin businesses. Dave is truly a master at providing awesome customer experiences at scale and he’s used this ability to acquire and dramatically increase the revenue of wordpress plugin businesses. In this episode: Why Dave…