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Customer Story: 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 profitable online business using .  

We all want to engage in the pursuit of our passions no matter what they are. For those of us who's are interested in fields like banking or personal legal, injury, it's a little easier to convert this passion into a solid source of earnings.

Meet User: Tom Fontana

For example, meet Tom Fontana, a creator and owner of TheGuitarLesson.com, a site that offers video guitar lessons to beginner guitar students.

Tom began playing guitar during high school. However, it wasn't until after high school when he began bringing in some extra cash by using his talent.

He taught guitar in college to a few friends, growing to include a wider variety of students.

After college, Tom spend 10 years in the banking. However, he began to feel burnt out. The long hours and hard working were weighing on his body, and he was looking for a new approach to pursuing the passion he had.

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

So, he started looking at his options. An internet design friend was able to help him create the first guitar lessons online site.

Despite the challenges of recording classes in the front of a camera, Tom persevered and realized he was a natural.

TheGuitarLesson.com An Experience for Members

Then in 2009 Tom moved the website to WordPress. He was looking for a secure platform that was simple to operate and also easy to maintain with new material. To meet this requirement he set out on an exploration to find the ideal platform.

The success of the transition is obvious. In the moment of writing this blog post, TheGuitarLesson.com offers over 300 videos and counting.

The site has a couple of different options for membership.

His efforts was rewarded as Tom was in a position to quit financial institutions and propel ahead on his membership site.

Was Tom the right fit to Tom

The internet assists countless solopreneurs and small companies get their feet on the ground.

When he started off with his site, Tom declares, "I didn't know anything about the web or internet stuff."

It's surprisingly easy to start with an understanding of the basics of WordPress.

Following his switch to WordPress, Tom still needed an account-based plugin. he was looking for a few essentials:

  • Easy for non-tech heads to operate
  • Full creative control
  • Rapid uploads and frequent Updates
  • The options for multiple levels of membership
  • Cataloguing video
  • NO hidden fees

With a bit of searching, he found that checked each of the boxes. Controlling membership sales and accounts is essential to the business And Tom recognized that there was no sense of settling for a half-hearted approach.

But he didn't come to that decision without a lengthy trial: "I tested all of the membership plugins available which I found that the one I chose to use was the most effective, in terms of high-end and value."

Tom's top contains

It prevents the possibility of a huge chunk of (potentially) lost sales.

Benefits of running a membership site

To top off his top features, 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 time."

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

It is priceless it is certain. And according to Tom it's quite a sweet deal to have "a full time, normal source of income through helping others and to be able to earn money doing the things I enjoy doing."

All of us should be as lucky like Tom is, don't you think? to find what we love, and earn a decent income from it.

With , that "luck" could become an actual reality.

Conclusion

If you're a beginner guitarist or someone trying to get back into their groove, head on over to theguitarlesson.com. The site has a vast collection of awesome tutorials to get you going.

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

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