Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 11:04 a.m.
<p>Mark is the co-founder of PayKickstart, a leading billing and affiliate management platform, helping Entrepreneurs and online businesses remove the technical hurdles related to accepting payment, managing recurring revenue, affiliate partners and retaining more customers.</p>
<h1>In this episode we discuss:</h1>
<ul><li>Being an entrepreneur before he knew he was and entrepreneur [4:02]</li>
<li>His introduction to digital marketing [5:15]</li>
<li>Removing technical hurdles with running a business online and automating affiliate marketing program with his company - PayKickstart [7:56]</li>
<li>How solving their own problems led to launching PayKickstart [9:35]</li>
<li>How they got their first 300 customers and leveraged their affiliates to grow their business [11:40]</li>
<li>Hiring virtual teams [15:32]</li>
<li>Mistakes they made when they were starting out [18:04]</li>
<li>Who would benefit from using their platform [20:05]</li>
<li>How PayKickstart can help with paid membership sites [21:53]</li>
<li>Not spreading themselves too thin [22:44]</li>
<li>How to learn more about their platform [23:59]</li>
</ul><h1>Links to sources and tools</h1>
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<p>Unlock more sales, accelerate growth, and automate your customer’s journey with Paykickstart. Sign up for a free trial of Paykickstart here: <a href="https://paykickstart.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://paykickstart.com/</a></p>
<ul><li>Follow Mark and Paykickstart on these social media channels:</li>
<li>Mark Thompson’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrthompson/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrthompson/</a></li>
<li>Paykickstart’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/16186554/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/16186554/</a> </li>
<li>Paykickstart's Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/paykickstart/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/paykickstart/</a></li>
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