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

Aug 4, 2022

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    See the way this guitarist master found his passion, and then turned it into a successful online business with .  

We all want to engage in the pursuit of our passions no matter what they may be. If your are interested in fields like banking, or personal injury law, it's a little easier to convert that passion into a reliable source of revenue.

Meet User: Tom Fontana

As an example, you can meet Tom Fontana, a creator and owner of TheGuitarLesson.com, a website that provides video guitar lessons to beginner guitar students.

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

In his college, he was a guitar teacher to some of his friends. expanding out to a wider array of students.

Following college, Tom spend 10 years working in the field of banking sector. However, he began to feel burnt out. The long hours and hard working were weighing on his body, and he was seeking a different way to engage the passion he had.

    "I wanted to change the direction of my life. Just by chance I came across several guitar-related websites and thought, 'I could do it. '"

He began to look at his alternatives. An acquaintance in web design helped him put together the first guitar lessons online website.

Despite the challenges of recording the lessons on the front of a camera, Tom persevered and realized his natural.

TheGuitarLesson.com A Member Experience

In 2009, Tom transferred the website to WordPress. He needed a reliable platform that was simple to operate and also easy to maintain with new information. To meet this requirement, he began looking for the right platform.

The successful transition is evident. In the moment of writing this blog entry, TheGuitarLesson.com has over 300 videos and counting.

The website offers a variety of different membership options.

The effort he put in resulted in a positive outcome as Tom was able to turn his back on the banking system and propel in the direction of his membership site.

What made Tom a great match to Tom

The internet helps countless solopreneurs and small firms get started.

In the beginning of his site, Tom states, "I didn't know anything about internet-related or web-based information."

It's surprisingly easy to get started with only an understanding of the basics of WordPress.

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

  • It is simple for people who are not tech-savvy to operate
  • Full creative control
  • Quick uploads and regular updates
  • Choices for different membership levels
  • Cataloguing video
  • NO hidden fees

Through a bit of research and a bit of research, he discovered that it checked all of these boxes. Managing the sales and accounts for members is essential to the business, and Tom knew it was not a good idea to make reason in only going halfway.

However, he wasn't able to make that decision without a lengthy trial period: "I tested all of the plugins for membership available, and I found that the one I chose to use was the most effective, in terms of the quality and price."

Tom's top includes

It prevents it from causing a large portion of (potentially) lost sales.

The benefits of running an online membership website

In addition to all the features he loved, Tom loved the freedom from having a site for members:

 "When I was working at the bank, I would work from 8:30 in the morning 'til ten at night, but with a website you are able to choose the hours."

He was able to be able to spend more time with his children and in pursuit of his interests. "That's priceless, basically."

It's unbeatable absolutely. As per Tom the author, it's pretty sweet deal to have "a full time, normal income by helping people as well as to make money out of the things I enjoy doing."

All of us should be as blessed like Tom, right? Find our passion and earn a decent income from it.

With , that "luck" can become an earned reality.

Conclusion

If you're just beginning to learn the guitar or looking to get back in the groove, go over to theguitarlesson.com. You'll find a huge catalogue of awesome tutorials to get you started.

And be sure to take a look at our interview with Tom over there!

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