Offerchat Weekly Round Up | August 9

Let’s get fired up before the week ends! This weekly round up, we will take you to an inspiring journey with the startups, their successes and failures plus a bonus tip from Dan Norris, Co-founder of WP Curve, on increasing your blog subscribers (and a free downloadable template).

Bootstrapped, Profitable & Proud: Rapid LED by Emily Wilder

Mike Chang and Eric Grismer inspires us with their success at starting a bootstrapped business (yep, none of the Angel funding) with the Rapid LED. Thanks to Emily Wilder and 37signals.com for discovering these guys! One phrase that sticks: It’s OK to start small.

How Melissa Shanhun increased her blog subscribers by 121% by Dan Norris

Take off with this brilliant case study that turned a Digital Scrapbooking into a subscriber magnet! After reading (and re-reading), be sure to download the Conversion Review Template…as I did. We somewhat need a blog revamp ourselves. What do you think?

5 Lessons From an Overnight Success by Marla Tabaka

Pick up five (5) ever-true lessons shared by two entrepreneurs on their business journey as an entertainment company. Very perceptive, inspiring and motivating lessons (too many adjectives mean I am impressed!)

No Matter How Difficult the Task, Trust the Process by Paul Jun

Strategy changes but the process rarely ever does. Success follows a process - never stop trying. This from writer Paul Jun, go ahead and read to be enlightened.

Why Bartending and Other Odd Jobs Can Help You Start a Business by Peter Cohan

A short but thought-provoking tip from the President of a management consulting and venture capital firm, Peter S. Cohan & Associates, who talks you into acquiring several skill sets before venturing into business or as he say, “taking the entrepreneurial plunge.” Do you agree with him?