42: Making Millions from an Octopus called Edgar with Laura Roeder

Laura Roeder is the founder of MeetEdgar – a social media scheduling tool that has helped thousands of people and has generated over $3.2 million in revenue this year with no funding and no free version!

Laura has been featured in too many places for me to mention in this short introduction but I will say that she was asked by president Obama to speak at the White House. Which I’m pretty sure trumps any other place I have mentioned before on this show!

What you will learn:

• Why you shouldn’t offer a free trial
• Are you born an entrepreneur
• How to avoid time wasters
• How to grow your email list
• How to gain the most exposure from your social media content
• How to gain more clients from social media platforms
• How to build a subscription based business

Interesting highlights:

• MeetEdgar reached $1Million within her first year of business
• MeetEdgar has done $3.2 million of revenue  this year
• Laura grew her business with zero funding
• MeetEdgar has never offered a free trial
• How Laura got to speak at the White House

Laura’s #1 practical advice: 

Resources & Links:

• Meet Edgar – Social Media Re-purposing Content Management
• Buffer – Social Media Management
• Hootsuit – Social Media Management
• Mailchimp – email marketing
• Zapier – Helps you integrate different apps together

Get in touch with Laura on Twitter > https://twitter.com/lkr

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