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How to come up with an idea for your online course
Yesterday we talked about who should create a course Yesterday I answered the question, \"Who should create an online course?\" Today I want to tackle your next question, which is likely how to come up with an idea for your online course. It's the place where a lot of people get stuck. Before we get...
Who Should Create an Online Course and Why?
There are platforms for online courses everywhere It doesn't matter where you look, platforms for online courses are everywhere. When you visit some of these platforms - like Podia, Teachable, Thinkific and more - you discover that each of them have 20,000 - 50,000 customers. It begs the question - is everyone creating online courses....
How to Turn Your Blog Content Into an Online Course
Ready to turn your blog content into an online course? If you've been creating content for your blog, you've likely wondered how hard it would be to convert blog posts into course content. After all, everyone out there is creating courses, why can't you. Today I'm going to show you how I suggest you make...
You're not really building an LMS - you're building online course(s)
You're not really building an LMS Today I took a Clarity call with someone who was trying to replace several systems for their customer. They wanted to use WooCommerce, but had to deliver the features of at least three systems - Kajabi, Mighty Networks, and Shopify. It wasn't a long call because as we got...
How to sell online courses from your own website
When Selling Online Courses, You Have Options When you're wondering how to sell online courses from your own website, the problem isn't really a \"how to do it\" problem. Instead, it's a \"which way is right\" and \"which way is wrong\" kind of challenge. Because no one wants to pick the wrong approach and then...
Membership Site vs Online Course: Which is right for you?
Building a Membership Site vs an Online Course - which is the right option for you (and your customers)? I'm often asked by people if they should build a membership site, or if they should focus on building an online course. A lot of times we get into the technology you need to create the...
Building an Online Course with WooCommerce
You too can Build an Online Course I was going to sell this course. But then I published a post yesterday that said we should share everything we know. So today I decided I would share with you the exact steps you need to build an online course all on your own. I walk you...
Evaluating the best WordPress LMS plugins of 2017
How do you choose from the best WordPress LMS plugins? A few years ago I decided to watch a show that I'd never heard about. It was called The Wire. I simply found it, decided to watch it, and then loved it. Like most people who discover something amazing, I rushed to recommend the series to some...
Creating an online course? Don't make this mistake!
Ever played Monopoly? I don't have a lot of pet peeves. One of them, however, is listening to someone poorly explain a game to someone who has never played it. I don't know why it bothers me so much but it gets under my skin enough that I have to leave a room or take...
WordPress Gamification: A key LMS plugin feature
The other day my son was working on math at our kitchen table. My wife incentivized his progress with skittles--one for each problem he got right. This, of course, did the trick and he was motivated to get his whole worksheet done. Maybe a bit too fast though. He made two or three mistakes and...
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