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Podcast #24 Owning the racecourse and being a problem solving machine with James Schramko


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James Schramko our most popular guest so far is back for round 2 (see his first appearance here) to talk about owning the racecourse and how he has 5-10 years worth of ideas!



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James' links

superfastbusiness.com (James main site)
owntheracecourse.com (training modules)
trafficsure.com (done for you OTR service)
fastwebformula.com (private community)
silvercircle.com (elite mastermind)
internetmarketingspeed.com (podcast)
freedomocean.com (podcast)

James on Youtube


Other Mentions

James' first appearance on Web Domination
Wistia
John from 5 by 5 media

High level of what Own The Racecourse (OTR) is

Video-based authority building based on ongoing news and tips updates
2-5 minute videos putting out 3-6 per week
1 - Overview
2.  Team
3 - Setup
4 - Gathering ideas
5 - Create content
6 - Production
7 - Publish
8 - Syndicate
9 - Measure
10 - Refine

James' Tips on Gathering ideas

Have information come to you so you can get them when you want to do the content
Using RSS to subscribe to top news websites
Team member sending James a summary of the industry news events
Meetups
Coaching clients
Forums
Help desk
Replies to emails
Video analytics (Wistia and Youtube) - The team make a list of what people like and dislike to inform future videos
Heatmaps and slit tests
Staff member goes through forum and sends James a list of topics to talk about

Other tips

Use Wistia for private videos for better analytics
Make topics broader at first and them get more specific as the video goes on
Set up triggers of some sort (i.e. a calendar alert)

Some stats

50,000 views on youtube
300-500 views per video
1,000 downloads a day of audio files all up
20,000 subscribers
5000 fans on facebook
20,000 uniques a month
6-7 minutes time on site
1,500 pages indexed
300 Youtube subscribers

Other Fast Web Formula members owning their racecourses

John from Web Design Business Kits



Casey from Real Fit Women



Justin Meadowns from Evergreen Profit



This is a small sample of members of Fast Web Formula who are owning the racecourse.
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