How a stay-at-home mom monetized her YouTube channel – with Laura Berg

Laura Berg, My Smart Hands, Educational Company, Legal, Lifestyle Business, PR / Media Marketing, Scaling, Social Media, Traffic, Women Founders

This is the story of a stay-at-home mom who built a profitable business by teaching.

Laura Berg is the founder of My Smart Hands, which teaches sign language for babies.

Laura built up her reputation and got a huge following when she started posting how-to videos on YouTube.

She continued to teach through books, flashcards, videos and other educational material, which she sells on her site, MySmartHands.com

Laura Berg

My Smart Hands

Laura Berg is the founder of My Smart Hands, which teaches parents and caregivers sign language for babies.

 

Andrew: Hey there freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, home of the ambitious upstart. Today I’ve got a story for you about a stay at home mom who built a profitable business by teaching.

Laura Berg is the founder of MySmartHands which teaches sign language for babies. Laura built her reputation and developed a huge following when she started posting how to videos on YouTube. She continued teaching through books, flashcards, videos, and other educational materials which she sells on her site mysmarthands.com.

I invited her here to hear her story, and the whole thing is sponsored by Scott Edward Walker of Walker Corporate Law. He is the startups’ lawyer, and I’ll tell you more about him later. But first, Laura, welcome.

Laura: Thank you for having me.

Andrew: I said huge. I don’t know that that even communicates how big your audience is. How many views would you say you’ve gotten on...

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