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Customer Story: TheGuitarLesson.com (Read & Watch now)

Aug 4, 2022

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    Find out how this guitar master found his passion, and then turned it into a successful online business using .  

Everybody wants to connect in our interests, no matter what they may be. For those of us whose interests lie in the fields of banking or personal injury law, it's a little easier to convert that passion into a reliable source of earnings.

Meet User: Tom Fontana

Take for instance, Tom Fontana, a creator and proprietor of TheGuitarLesson.com, a site that offers video guitar lessons to beginner guitar students.

Tom first started playing the guitar in high school, but it was not until high school when he began earning extra money with these his sweet skills.

In his college, he was a guitar teacher to a handful of students, then expanding to a larger array of students.

After graduating from college, Tom spend 10 years working in the field of banking sector. But he started to feel exhausted. He was exhausted from the long hours and exhausting working were weighing on his body, and he was searching for a approach to pursuing his passion.

    "I wanted to change the direction of my life. Just by chance I came across some guitar lesson sites and I thought, 'I could do it. '"

So, he started looking at his choices. A friend in web design helped him put together his first-ever online guitar instruction website.

Despite the difficulty of recording the lessons on front of the camera Tom did not give up and soon realized that he was a natural.

TheGuitarLesson.com An Experience for Members

In 2009, Tom moved the website to WordPress. He was looking for a secure platform that was simple to navigate and simple to add information. With that in mind, he went on looking for the right platform.

The successful transition is evident. At the time of writing this blog post TheGuitarLesson.com includes more than 300 videos and counting.

The website offers a variety of different membership options.

The effort he put in paid off as Tom was able to turn his back on the banking system and propel forward with his membership website.

Why was a good fit for Tom

All across the internet, assists countless solopreneurs and small firms get started.

At the time he first started the site Tom states, "I didn't know anything about the internet or online information."

It's surprisingly easy to begin with an elementary understanding of WordPress.

After his migration to WordPress, Tom still needed the ability to join a community, and Tom was in search of a couple of essentials:

  • Simple for those who don't have tech skills to utilize
  • Full creative control
  • Rapid uploads and frequent Updates
  • Options for multiple membership levels
  • Video cataloging
  • NO hidden fees

After a little research, he found that checked all of these boxes. Management of account and membership sales is a vital part of the company as well, and Tom recognized that there was no reason to only do it halfway.

He didn't arrive at this conclusion without an extended trial: "I tested all of the membership plugins available, and I found that the one I chose to use was the most effective with regard to the quality and price."

Tom's most loved contains

It stops it from causing a significant portion of (potentially) lost sales.

Benefits of running an online membership website

To top off his favorite features, Tom loved the freedom from having a site for members:

 "When I worked at the bank, I worked starting at 8:15 in the morning 'til ten at night, but with a website you have the option of deciding your working time."

Suddenly, he was free to spend time with his children and in pursuit of his interests. "That's priceless, basically."

It is priceless it is certain. As per Tom it's quite a amazing thing to earn "a regular, full-time source of income through helping others and being able earn money from what I love doing."

We should all be so lucky as Tom, right? To find our passion, and then earn a living from it.

Through that "luck" could become an earned reality.

Conclusion

If you're a novice guitarist or someone trying to get back into their groove, head on the website theguitarlesson.com. There's a massive collection of tutorials that will help get you up and running.

Make sure you check out our video interview with Tom up above!

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