132: Teaching Like a Pastor, Technical Team Building & How to Use Forms in Lessons with James Laws

12/05/2017 51 min
132: Teaching Like a Pastor, Technical Team Building & How to Use Forms in Lessons with James Laws

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Episode Synopsis

James Laws from Ninja Forms discusses using forms and delivering a clear message to your audience in the online course world with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS in this episode of LMScast.

User interaction in online courses and membership sites is continuously growing. One of the best ways to engage users is by using forms. James’s business Ninja Forms helps you create forms you can use to engage and pick the brains of your students.

James has had an interesting journey in his career fields. He started out as a grocery store clerk, then was a vacuum salesman, then a pastor. James met his current business partner when he attended one of James’s services, and their friendship grew into a business partnership. In this episode James discusses the experiences he has had with keeping morale high and maintaining a stable business.

Chris and James discuss the biggest mistakes business owners make and how James has dealt with and gone around them. One of these mistakes is not properly budgeting and spending too much during the ‘on’ season for a business. This can happen in any business, but when you experience the exponential growth online businesses can have, it can become difficult to not overspend.

They talk about building up rapport in your business space by providing free content such as blogs and podcasts. Establishing credibility is very important, and having free content will help your advertising and product growth.