This week, joining the podcast is special guest, serial entrepreneur, and the king of shiny objects, Brian Casel. Brian is the founder of Zip Message, a popular video messaging tool for async conversations, which launched at the beginning of 2021. Brian recently sold and exited some of his earlier businesses, including Audience Ops and ProcessKit. Brian firmly believes that with each business opportunity came great l..
This podcast was published on May 05, 2022
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Episode Resources:Flippa - Buy and Sell Online Marketplaces, Apps and WebsitesFE International - Professional M&A AdvisorMicroaquire - Startup Acquisition MarketplaceConnect with Brian:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CasJamPodc..
This podcast was published on April 12, 2022
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I talk with Brian Casel, founder of ZipMessage, an asynchronous video messaging tool.Brian has created several successful products in the past, and sometimes ran them in parallel. But he recently sold his entire portfolio of products to focus on ZipMessage. Brian explains why he made this decision. Â He also talks about why sometimes you need to shut something down, even if it does seem to be k..
This podcast was published on March 18, 2022
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Brian's bio
Brian Casel is a serial founder who currently runs ZipMessage.com. In the past, they've built (and sold many of the following): ProcessKit, Big Snow Tiny Conf, Audience Ops, Productize, Thready, SunriseKPI, Ops Calendar, Restaurant Engine, Hotel Propeller, WP Bids, ThemeJam.
Their website reads: I love the hard, creative work of designing products just as much as my mission to build a business that la..
This podcast was published on March 16, 2022
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How can asynchronous conversations help us achieve work goals? Our guest today is Brian Casel, founder of ZipMessage. You'll learn why async is so important for remote workers, how it can improve your hiring process, where realtime calls still work better, and more.Download the MP3 audio file: right-click
This podcast was published on March 09, 2022
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I sit down with Brian to talk about his new product ZipMessage, picking fights with the Goliath, Saas lessons from his journey, marketing, selling, business operations...
This podcast was published on February 08, 2022
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Brian Casel, founder of ZipMessage discusses his transition from Audience Ops to a new venture and what he has learned along the way. Get more insights from the podcast. ZipMessage is a video messaging tool that facilitates asynchronous conversations with remote teams and customers. Brian Casel recently sold his content marketing company to focus on ZipMessage. He talks to Geordie about his journey.  What You’ll L..
This podcast was published on January 12, 2022
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Big Break Software Podcast
We talk to Brian Casel about launching ZipMessage and growing a SaaS business (vs a productize service). We talk to him about his previous business successes, how he got started programming, and how he's thinking about growing ZipMessage.
00:00 Intro
01:08 Brian's backstory
05:35 Scaling by hiring more people
09:40 ZipMessage
12:22 Audience Ops
13:14 Move towards software businesses
18:14 Chri..
This podcast was published on January 07, 2022
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Corey and Chris bring on Brian Casel to talk about growing ZipMessage, what he'd do differently today if he was starting from scratch, and recent experiments including freemium.Ask us a question →Notable mentions:
@CasJam on Twitter
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This podcast was published on December 14, 2021
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In this guest episode, Justin chats with Brian Casel.
Bootstrapped Web podcast
ZipMessage
Brian's other projects
What should we talk about next?
Twitter: @buildyoursaas,
This podcast was published on December 07, 2021
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Brian Casel is a veteran of the bootstrapping game, having left his full-time job back in 2008. You might have heard him on the Boostrapped Web podcast where he shares his journey starting and building software products. Over the years Brian has pretty much done it all, built software businesses, courses, productized services and even sold some along the way. ..
This podcast was published on November 13, 2021
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If there was a way to shift your freelance business in a way that consistently led to higher income, fewer hours, and more predictability, would you be interested in hearing more? This is exactly what Brian Casel did with his business.He created a productized service that allowed him to hire a team to remove most of the work from his plate and allowed him to earn over $10k/mo with less than 2 hours of w..
This podcast was published on October 12, 2021
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Brian Casel of Restaurant Engine tells Geordie about working as a restaurant web designer and evolving to become a website SaaS owner. Listen to the podcast for more insights. Brian Casel is an experienced software developer and website designer with many years of experience. Over the years, Brian has evolved from being a freelance web designer into developing a products business. He talks to Geordie about his journey. Wh..
This podcast was published on July 08, 2021
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Big Break Software Podcast
It took me a while to draw out what I wanted to say in today’s monologue about our guest.
This will be his 6th appearance on the show. With this episode, we’ve covered 4 different SaaS based businesses, with a handful of digital products and one service-based business that’s still running, of which, I’ve never fully interviewed him about.
I really should since it’s the cashflow center he has to..
This podcast was published on May 23, 2021
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Brian Casel is a product designer who's on a mission to build a business that lasts.
* Brian Casel
* ProcessKit
* ZipMessage
* Follow Brian on Twitter
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This podcast was published on March 18, 2021
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[00:01:50] Brian tells us what he does and how he got into Rails.[00:04:15] We learn about Brian’s company, Audience Ops, and ProcessKit, which is a SaaS product that he’s been working on.[00:05:40] Jason is curious to know what it was like for Brian to build his first product on WordPress. Also, he talks about learning Rails to build SaaS apps. [00:11:58] Brian tells us about building Sunrise KPI in Ruby.[00:13:28] Chris is curi..
This podcast was published on February 05, 2021
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Episode SummaryWe talk with Brian Casel, entrepreneur and creator of ProcessKit and Productize & Scale, about how to create systems that bring order to your business and how to productize your services.Links
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This podcast was published on December 08, 2020
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Service businesses have a problem. They can only scale their business in proportion to the amount of time they can buy. If they sign new clients, that means they need to be able to serve those clients which means they need to hire more employees. If you are doing service work, there is only so much you can increase your prices before you hit a ceiling. So how do we scale a service business such as an agency? How do we free up our..
This podcast was published on October 21, 2020
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The Tim Stodz Podcast
My guest today is Brian Casel who is giving us the 101 on productized services and this is a great option for anyone who is wanting to create a location independent lifestyle so that you can travel the world without being tied to a desk. If you are looking for something that won't require you to trade your 50 hours + work week for the same thing in a different place then now is the time to get familiar with the different business models out th..
This podcast was published on October 13, 2020
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Brian Casel has built a productized agency that only requires 2-3 hours of his work each week. In this interview you’ll learn how he transitioned from a traditional agency into a productized service and ultimately built his SaaS product, ProcessKit.
Resources mentioned in the episode
AudienceOps – blog content productized service
This podcast was published on July 07, 2020
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Show Notes In this episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob talks with Brian Casel of Audience Ops, about recovering from a 40% decline in MRR. They start the story back in 2016 and work through the decline, audience ops rebound, the start of Ops Calendar, and Brian’s decision to learn how to […]
This podcast was published on December 10, 2019
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Today’s co-host is Brian Casel. Brian is a designer and full-stack developer, as well as the founder of ProcessKit and Audience Ops. While Brian started as a freelance designer, he has transitioned into a business owner by productizing his own services.Brian is the founder of multiple productized service businesses, and in recent years has built a few products ..
This podcast was published on September 03, 2019
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Serial entrepreneur and full-stack product designer/developer Brian Casel visited the WP Elevation podcast to talk about the value of selling productised services. And although his background is in design, Brian has created a wide variety of products, including a website-as-a-service, a done-for-you content marketing program and an online course. All of which he discusses on this jam-packed episode of the podcast.
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This podcast was published on September 02, 2019
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I first heard of Brian Casel when he was doing Restaurant Engine. It was a SaaS type website builder for restaurants, built on WordPress multisite.Â
In this podcast we discuss how he built it, then had to pivot as he learned about his market. It turned out restaurant owners wanted someone to build everything for them, so that became an important part of onboarding customers.Â
Brian is famous for talking about "productized services," he even has..
This podcast was published on August 06, 2019
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Brian's products mentioned on this episode:
ProcessKit
Sunrise KPI
Automation Guides
Bootstrapped Web Podcast
AudienceOps
Rob's products mentioned on this episode:
This podcast was published on June 08, 2019
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Who’s the mystery voice that only gets better as you listen to this episode? Actually, you’re probably already familiar with the work of the man behind the microphone.
Derrick is busy moving to a new home, so Ben’s co-host is Brian Casel of BootstrappedWeb, ProcessKit, Audience Ops, and Sunrise KPI.
Today’s Topics Include:
Ben and Brian just got back from MicroConf; it’s an annual gathe..
This podcast was published on April 11, 2019
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We interview Brian Casel: entrepreneur, product designer, writer, trainer at flagship training program Productize, host of ProductizePodcast and Founder of AudienceOps, a done-for-you content marketing service.Brian Casel has an expert entrepreneur's eye for turni..
This podcast was published on March 13, 2019
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Curious about Productized Services and how to make them successful? This week we talk to Brian Casel
of Audience Ops, a successful productize content service.
This podcast was published on February 26, 2019
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Welcome to another episode of Level Up Your Course! Really excited about today’s guest, Brian Casel. Brian is the founder of Productize and Scale and Audience Ops. He’s a master at productizing services.
In this episode, we chat about how to leverage the Productized Service model. He also guides us through his course, Productize and Scale, and how he’s built a thriving community. Let’s go!
Use customer feedback as your d..
This podcast was published on November 21, 2018
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In this week's episode of TGM, Brian and I talk about "idea fatigue", what to do when when your idea is the same as some else's, as well as why Brian believes that a productized service is *still* the fastest way to start generating revenue.
Brian has been around the block with more than a few businesses. His newest, AudienceOps, helps businesses with done-for-you written content. But he's also expanding into done-for-you podcasting.
This podcast was published on May 07, 2018
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#314: Learn tips and strategies for productizing—making your client-based business streamlined and scalable—with special guest Brian Casel. Brian shares examples of productizing, advice for hiring staff, and why delegation is the key to a successful productized business. Podcast show notes available here: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session314
This podcast was published on April 18, 2018
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How do you know that your new product is going to find customers? Different validation techniques are there to help. Today our guest is Brian Casel — a founder, author, and a fellow podcaster. We talk about his extensive multi-step validation process with Audience Ops, and break down the process (and possible mistakes) for each single step.
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This podcast was published on December 08, 2017
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Brian Casel is the founder of Audience Ops, the host of the Productize Podcast, and a co-host of the Bootstrapped Web podcast. Throughout his career, he has started, grown, and run multiple productized online service businesses in various industries. Needless to say, he has plenty of expertise, and he..
This podcast was published on November 07, 2017
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Cashflow Podcasting: Authority, Audience Growth and Sales through podcasting
On today’s episode Corey and Sam interview Brian Casel about his passion for productized services and how you can launch a SaaS product quickly.  They discuss  Brian’s newest…
This podcast was published on August 11, 2017
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I have spoken with Brian Casel about the right way to outsource content marketing and that content creation is just one side of the equation. Distribution is the other part. We have discussed about the interview process he puts his clients through so his team can tailor content that is specific to that business with its own unique voice. Towards the end he changed hats and we talked about his own business outsourcing practices to finding write..
This podcast was published on July 24, 2017
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The OuchSourcing Podcast
Brian Casel is an entrepreneur, focused on bootstrapping online businesses that combine software with productized services. Â Since starting his self-employed career as a professional freelance web designer back in 2008, he built and later sold a web design/SaaS business in 2015. He now runs Audience Ops, a content marketing service focused on helping B2B software companies grow their audience and customer-base. Â In addition, he writes and tea..
This podcast was published on July 10, 2017
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The Alex Berman Podcast
For the next 3 weeks, I’ll be releasing an episode on Tuesdays and Thursdays, to gear up for on April 9th. These episodes will be focused on self-funded, often solo-founders. Some are on the smaller side, while others have ARRs over 7-figures, but they all have valuable lessons to share for any founder. If you already have a team or have raised money, don’t skip these weeks. To succeed as a self-funded startup, you need to be hyper focused a..
This podcast was published on March 21, 2017
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The Effective Founder
Part two of our talk with Brian Casel about Audience Ops, the new Audience Ops Calendar, and more.
Links:
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Audience Ops Calendar
Brian Casel on Twitter
This podcast was published on January 02, 2017
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Part one of our talk with Brian Casel about Audience Ops, the new Audience Ops Calendar, and more.
Links:
Audience Ops
Audience Ops Calendar
Brian Casel on Twitter
This podcast was published on December 26, 2016
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In this episode of Inbound Agency Journey, we welcome Brian Casel from Audience Ops. Brian and Gray discuss how you can productize your services as an inbound agency. Enjoy!
This podcast was published on July 18, 2016
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This Episode Sponsored By: RECORD & RELEASE: Learn How To Podcast In Just One Day Podcasting can help you gain status and notoriety as a subject-matter authority, and effectively build an audience by reaching your entire market. More details Today’s guest is Brian Casel, a return guest, in a first for Chasing Product. Â Brian is
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This podcast was published on September 23, 2015
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Brian Casel specializes in launching and bootstrapping businesses. He is the author of Productize, a course to help freelancers turn their custom services into products. He also runs Restaurant Engine, a combination of SaaS and productized service for the restaurant industry. What Is Productized Consulting? What is the most important thing you can share about pricing? Pricing is more art than science. How […]
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This podcast was published on April 07, 2015
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Made to order.
That's what most of us do. We deliver customized services to our clients.
It's simple and straightforward — at least on paper. The client describes what they need, and you turn around and deliver a customized, made-to-order product.
This model works. It's what most clients want. And when done ..
This podcast was published on February 05, 2015
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Smarter Freelancing: Freelance Work | Getting Clients | Freelance Writing | Freelance Design | Ed Gandia
TRANSCRIPT AND NOTES AVAILABLE HERE:
http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/productizedservices/
Have you ever wanted to get away from strictly selling your time for money? Is your long term plan to either escape consulting altogether (through something like bootstrapping your own products) or to remove yourself as a part of your "product"?
Sooner or later, almost all of us..
This podcast was published on December 01, 2014
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The panelists talk about how to turn consulting into a product with Brian Casel.
This podcast was published on November 27, 2014
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Devchat.tv Episode Roundup
Brian Casel is a bootstrapper with a lot of projects: he has a podcast, a hosting platform called Restaurant Engine, and a new course called Productize.We talked about Brian’s story (from developing WordPress themes, to building an audience online) as well as what a productized service is.
Show notes
Brian’s new course is:Â
This podcast was published on October 23, 2014
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Hi there! To help Chasing Product grow, please take a moment to visit iTunes and give the show a 5-star rating. Thanks! Ready for more talk about bootstrapping? Brian Casel joins us for the 4th episode. Â We talk about Brian’s experience developing and releasing 2 Saas apps (and more!). We also get to cover some
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This podcast was published on September 23, 2013
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Making money while you sleep is awesome. Making money while you sleep using WordPress is even better. Meet Brian Casel of CasJam Media. In episode #3 of The…
This podcast was published on November 29, 2012
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