Rob Balasabas is the Social Media & Community Manager at Thinkific. He manages the daily curation of Thinkific’s message on social media. You may also find him engaging with their private online community of over 14,000 (and growing) online course creators inside the “Thinkific Studio” Facebook Group.

Rob joined the Thinkific Team in 2016, as a Customer Champion where we worked closely with customers to get their Thinkific sites off the ground, and quickly making the leap into the Marketing Team in early 2018. You may see Rob talking about Thinkific, Online Courses, and Digital Marketing strategies on webinars, livestreams and podcasts. When he’s not doing that, you can find him in line at the local taco food truck outside the office or a local coffee shop sipping on a “double-double” :)

Biggest Takeaway

Who is Rob Balasabas? [2:00]

What is Thinkific? [3:45]

How can a pet sitting business owner use Thinkific for ongoing training for their staff? [8:45]

Can we use Thinkific as a marketing tool? [12:15]

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Transcript:

This is episode 130 of Bella in Your Business.

This episode is brought to you by my free webinar, Jump and Scale Your Business. It's my three-part training series all dedicated to finding and attracting the right kind of people that will scale your business. Did I mention it's free? Listen, you have to attend this if you want to grow your staff, you feel like you're being held hostage, you have high turnover, you feel burnt out, or you're just not seeing the results you want. Join me for this three-part free webinar series. Register now at jumpconsulting.net/scale. That's jumpconsulting.net/scale. I'll see you there.

Welcome to Bella in Your Business, where Bella will discuss anything and everything about your pet sitting business to help you land on target. So get ready. Bella’s got your chute. Let’s jump.

Welcome to Bella in Your Business. My name is Bella Vasta, and today I have a guy who’s quickly becoming one of my friends. You’re gonna know why later today. He’s been helping a lot of pet sitters and dog walkers almost inadvertently, and for free in a way—at least when it first starts. And this is gonna be an episode that, if you’re feeling like the hiring and onboarding process is a complete mess, you’re gonna wanna listen up.

Today my guest is Rob, and Rob, help me pronounce your last name.

Rob: Balasabas.

You just gotta get the rhythm right and then you’ll nail it. I just know you’re the Rob of Thinkific because you are all over social media. You kill it on Instagram and you kill it on Facebook Lives. We just did one last week, but I’m so glad to finally have you on my podcast. It’s now first quarter 2019. I know everyone’s really interested in getting organized, and I wanted to have you on to kind of show them this awesome thing that a lot of pet sitters in the mastermind have already started doing with wild success. But before we get there—like that little teaser, you guys—Rob, why don’t you introduce yourself a little bit, tell us where you’re from, how long you’ve been with Thinkific, and your backstory.

Rob: Sure. Thanks for having me on the podcast. Super excited. Just like you, I’ve been seeing you all over social media and getting a lot of knowledge from you. My name’s Rob Balasabas. I’m with Thinkific. I’m on the marketing team, and my role here is social media and community management. It’s been a really fun ride.