Podcasts about thepegeek

My guest on this episode is Jarrod Robinson, a teacher for PE teachers who want to use technology in the classroom at ConnectedPE.com and ThePEGeek.com, and his business TheAppMatch.com develops mobile apps for entrepreneurs. In this episode: His journey from PE teacher to entrepreneur with multiple income streams. Why he stopped doing workshops for free and started charging. Making the leap from his job to full-time entrepreneurship. How he monitors the numbers for all those income streams. Using daily revenue goals. How he managed his business without bookkeeping reports. Not being scared to spend money on growth. How he used and uses grants and loans to grow his business.

In this episdoe, Kelly interviews Jarrod Robinson, aka The PE Geek. While much of Jarrod's work began on the focus of the instruction of physical education, Jarrod has great insight and advice for every educator regardless of subject or grade level. This is a fantastic interview for all, and something special for those with that added entreprenuerial spirit. Jarrod is a Physical Education teacher from Victoria, Australia, with a passion and enthusiasm for the role emerging technologies play within teaching and learning. He is known throughout the online community as “The PE Geek”, and authors a blog of the same name at www.thepegeek.com which has proved to be a pioneer for teachers seeking effective use of 21st century tools in PE. He has presented Nationally and Internationally for over 8 years, running workshops in over 40 countries. Jarrod is also the founder of ConnectedPE an online membership community for Physical Educators that empowers them to participate in professional development from the comforts of their homes. Follow Jarrod on Twitter @MrRobbo Jarrod's websites: www.ThePEGeek.com and www.ConnectedPE.com Mentioned in this podcast: • Contact Kelly about starting a podcast for your school.  • Contact Kelly about hiring him for website design.  • Jarrod's favorite book is Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the Wordy by Peter Diamandis Favortie apps: Slack, Anchor.fm, Plickthe Iners • Another favorite book of Jarrod's is: The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces that Will Shape Our Future

Jarrod Robinson on Emerging Technologies and How Apps Can Help Grow Your Business Jarrod Robinson is the founder of the online community, thepegeek.com. He has designed, developed and marketed over 60 mobile apps for Android and IOS and has a download of over half a million times. He’s also been very successful with recurring income businesses. He is a physical education teacher from country Victoria. He has a passion and enthusiasm for the role that emerging technologies play in teaching and learning. He was a featured guest in the Productive Insights Episode 79 on Crowd Thinking and how to use crowd thinking to launch your membership site. He’s definitely a man of many talents. Share this Episode: Click to Tweet Links Mentioned: Click here to download the podcast shownotes ThePEGeek.com ProductiveInsights.com/AppMatch www.CallAshRoy.com www.Youtube.com/ProductiveInsights Related Episodes: 079. How To Use “Crowd Thinking” To Launch Your Membership Site 125. Dale Beaumont on How Brin and Artificial Intelligence can Take your Business to The Next Level Key Points and Insights 2:15 - How Jarrod started his business 3:37 - Have an audience that is related to your business 6:45 - Learn from your mistakes 7:08 - Build a product that solves problem 8:19 - Why business owners should consider having an app for their business? 12:13 - Apps work better for Business to Consumer businesses 16:16 - iTunes is the world's 3rd largest search engine 18:28 - Where to go if you want to build an app for your business 19:29 - Augmented Reality 20:05 - Augmented Reality and the deceptive phase 22:58 - Customer experience and it's importance to business success 24:14 - How to decide which app is right for you 27:45 - Biggest mistake around integrating apps into your business 29:21 - What apps offer that websites don't 31:19 - Key take aways and action steps Apps vs Websites Apps use geo tagging and GPS technology Apps use motion sensors on the devices within which they reside Apps reduce 'friction to access' in terms of customer experience - they can deliver a much more flexible and immediate experience to your audience

#146: I’m so stoked for you to meet my guest this week. He’s Jarrod Robinson of ThePEGeek.com, and he’s had amazing success with his digital products thanks to pre-selling. Jarrod’s here to walk you through just how he’s able to guarantee a profit before the product is out the door. Jarrod has built over 60 iOS apps, but he’s not a software developer—he’s a PE teacher. Jarrod has a passion for integrating technology into physical education in meaningful ways, and he builds his products for other educators like himself. Talk about a niche within a niche within a niche! But as Jarrod reveals in this episode, you don’t have to have an audience of millions to create a successful product. Podcast show notes available here: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session146

#146: I’m so stoked for you to meet my guest this week. He’s Jarrod Robinson of ThePEGeek.com, and he’s had amazing success with his digital products thanks to pre-selling. Jarrod’s here to walk you through just how he’s able to guarantee a profit before the product is out the door. Jarrod has built over 60 iOS apps, but he’s not a software developer—he’s a PE teacher. Jarrod has a passion for integrating technology into physical education in meaningful ways, and he builds his products for other educators like himself. Talk about a niche within a niche within a niche! But as Jarrod reveals in this episode, you don’t have to have an audience of millions to create a successful product. Podcast show notes available here: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session146