Question of the Day ⚡What was your biggest takeaway from this episode? Let us know! 👇 🎯Learn the EXACT steps to find the most profitable niche that sells at BestCourseTopics.com
As someone that works in eLearning for my day job, I disagree with putting out a course with flaws. People will leave bad reviews and ask for refunds. And why would someone pay for it? Don’t make it perfect but make it better than “amateur “. We want repeat buyers.
My understanding is that you are providing the minimum necessary to achieve the result. The goal isn't to have flaws but not be inhibited by the need to provide every bit of info you know about the topic.
Completely agree. This is understated! This is why there is now so much hesitation for new clients. On the contrary, I'm happy to work harder to set myself apart but it's still annoying - the fake chat gpt written courses. So fake and so obvious.
You’re asking all the right questions for someone who is right at the beginning of this journey with little to nothing tangible to start with, but everything internally to start with. This video is incredible. Thank you
Thanks for this Sean. I love topics like this because it's time to normalize high-ticket transformation over low ticket transactions. Nobody wants more information. Create, Market and Sell your $100K offer or course to ONE person instead of needing 1000 subscribers or followers to sell your $100 or $1k offer. Focus on mastery and going deeper with your skills to serve at the highest level. And get paid well while working less for that ONE thing. Kill the ego train that convinces us we're good at everything. Do one thing well.
Thank you for the insights! Could you please as course creators STOP forcing ppl to be in a facebook group in order to enjoy the experience of a "community"? Most people moved already away from fb never to look back at it, luckily. It is a big annoyance to many potential customers and it should be only optional in the modern day. There is slack, discord, private websites , forums and so on. Fb is made to make ppl addicted to random irrelevant tiktok-like content that is polarizing and distracting. During a course people want to focus. Attention nowadays is the currency. Do not hand over attention to tech giants
The community platform of choice needs to match the culture of that audience. Could be FB, doesn't have to be, depends on what you're teaching in the course. As an advertising platform, FB does might sense for course creators, though, even if the community functionality belongs on Telegram, Discord or elsewhere.
@@MindsetWithMia I was using Skool for my community, but it wasn't cost-effective. Later, I switched to EzyCourse for my courses and website. They also offer community features, and after trying them, I found it to be the best community platform I've ever explored.
This is such perfect timing- THANK YOU! I've been wanting to switch gears a bit and provide more value/impact to my subscribers, so I've been considering a video course. I listen to every one of your podcasts, and have been a subscriber for years (Video Influencers too!) Sean, I appreciate you and your team- I always find nuggets to apply. Cheers!
Thanks for the great video on why courses fail to sell. You're exactly right - people buy the result, not the course. This is a really important point for course creators to keep in mind. We need to focus on creating courses that deliver specific results, not just teaching people new information.
This was a very insightful podcast. Being a Product Manager, I know the value in being lean and testing things on your target users before you double down. Hearing Marisa talk about it connected the dots in my mind and I'm grateful for that. Thank you Think Media, Sean and Marisa.
Disappointed to see the “free guide” is linking to a waitlist for a paid course. Can we get whatever the guide was still? If not, can y’all update your link and description so it’s accurate? Thanks!!
I used to be a manager for Envato Tuts+ where I was head of all the design courses we sold as a subscription. We used to pay instructors around $4k a course. Anyway, I know several people that earn around $10K - $100k a month from selling courses on platforms such as Udemy, Skillshare etc. I'm a creative designer with 17 years experience and my goal is to begin selling courses on UI/UX design using Skillshare and Udemy, and then once I have quite a few students I'll be putting out a bigger course on my own platform. So thanks for this information, very helpful!
I enjoyed her presentation. She feels like that favorite instructor you have in college, that seems to genuinely care about your success, if you care about your success.
Awww... thank you for noticing! I so appreciate your awesome feedback! This is what I was meant to do... and when someone notices, it really makes my day!
Every time she says "a billion a day" I shudder. Making a million? Wow. Enthusiastic happy radiant modest. what would it feel like to have that type of financial independence? calming joyful energetic.
She included universities and large companies like Udemy in eLearning not just us small course creators. There are solo teams making over a million and that is inspiring!
mvp = minimum viable product (lower 1st. time launch ) + feedback (and testimonials) + reiteration/refine = relaunch (quarterly) @ your discounted price, but leave the course available as evergreen
Thank you for this valuable podcast! Just as a side note though, there is no such thing as a „mega niche“ 🤣 these are just markets, and what you call a „niche“ like everybody and their dog, are all just markets really. A niche is a small fraction of a market segment, that is proven to be underserved, and if you find one such rare nugget, you are not gonna share it with anybody else until you dominate it.
It’s so grotesque to see AI mentioned when talking about creating an “authentic voice” - the ultimate betrayal of authenticity and the embrace of commodification. Using such a tool while claiming personal communication is simply fraudulent.
It’s an instrument. If you think everything has to be “authentic”, stop using instruments like your car, and start walking around on your authentic feet.
Recently found brand strategist says e courses are dead, do you agree? And second question is, should i make first courses free to show myself and create authority.
Hi, one teacher suggested starting to publicize and therefore begin the launch of the course with only ONE module, and then find out from the audience if it works or not. It can be free at this level of Beta testing. It’s a strong way for ppl to decide to trust the teacher or not. E-courses are not dead, not at all. Ppl are now used to buying them to achieve a goal. The price ranges are vast.
The links divert one to a page where one has to explain why one couldn't sign up for the masterclass in timely fashion. ??? Yet more click bait-like stratagems to gather emails. Don't make offers and then expect one to first perform like a circus seal. That's disingenuous.
Does anybody want to start a little group to share ideas and experiences and things. I'm this close to launching my course and just always love to have support and brainstorming friends etc :)
People actually like those really long posts? the ones that are 3, or 4 paragraphs long? I click on the "see more" and if its longer than a couple sentences more, I scroll on. I'll have to try that
For me, I realize you can't cram a book into a small paragraph and actually learn the full amount of information that you need to learn in order to learn something.
@@diehardanglers a few sentences, I'll read it. If I click "see more" and the bottom of the post disappears from sight, I scroll on. I'd much rather have those couple sentences direct me to a long video, or book/audiobook where I can learn more if I'm really interested
"Authentic Voice Post Generator"? Do I even need to ask how you can call something authentic if it's being automatically generated by AI? More like "Fake Voice Post Generator". She lost all credibility at that point.
That’s the beauty of it, right. Just enough info to get excited and interested then go in circles like the proverbial hound chasing its tail. There are nuggets of excellence in what they are doing over saying though.
@@ThinkMediaPodcast Experience what? Really? All pie-in-the sky is what this is words-in-the-air and nothing to really show for it but the money one spends on it for the so- called-guru and the affiliate. The internet has made it too easy for stuff like this proliferate.
I got a very good idea for your next course subject that am sure it'll be successful in your case! Poetry! You're the best at that! Sorry, to wasted 15 mins of my time on this video.
Question of the Day ⚡What was your biggest takeaway from this episode? Let us know! 👇
🎯Learn the EXACT steps to find the most profitable niche that sells at BestCourseTopics.com
Not available :(
The free guide is not available 😢
No free guide!😢
This link isn't leading where I anticipated. That's off-putting.
@@thehungrydotart kind of shakes my faith in thinkmedia's reputation
As someone that works in eLearning for my day job, I disagree with putting out a course with flaws. People will leave bad reviews and ask for refunds. And why would someone pay for it? Don’t make it perfect but make it better than “amateur “. We want repeat buyers.
My understanding is that you are providing the minimum necessary to achieve the result. The goal isn't to have flaws but not be inhibited by the need to provide every bit of info you know about the topic.
@cuzinkitty you're exactly right.
Done is better than perfect.
Completely agree. This is understated! This is why there is now so much hesitation for new clients.
On the contrary, I'm happy to work harder to set myself apart but it's still annoying - the fake chat gpt written courses. So fake and so obvious.
What type of e-learning courses do you produce?
I was going off what he says in the video. about mistakes. I do agree what he says about making it only necessary info.@@cuzinkitty
You’re asking all the right questions for someone who is right at the beginning of this journey with little to nothing tangible to start with, but everything internally to start with. This video is incredible. Thank you
Awww... you made my day! Thank you so much for sharing!
@@LiveYourMessage You really helped me build the entire outline of my course and for that I am so grateful, thank YOU ❤️🔥
Thanks for this Sean. I love topics like this because it's time to normalize high-ticket transformation over low ticket transactions. Nobody wants more information.
Create, Market and Sell your $100K offer or course to ONE person instead of needing 1000 subscribers or followers to sell your $100 or $1k offer.
Focus on mastery and going deeper with your skills to serve at the highest level. And get paid well while working less for that ONE thing.
Kill the ego train that convinces us we're good at everything. Do one thing well.
100%! Thanks for watching and for sharing... I appreciate it!
Thank you for the insights!
Could you please as course creators STOP forcing ppl to be in a facebook group in order to enjoy the experience of a "community"? Most people moved already away from fb never to look back at it, luckily. It is a big annoyance to many potential customers and it should be only optional in the modern day. There is slack, discord, private websites , forums and so on. Fb is made to make ppl addicted to random irrelevant tiktok-like content that is polarizing and distracting. During a course people want to focus. Attention nowadays is the currency. Do not hand over attention to tech giants
The community platform of choice needs to match the culture of that audience. Could be FB, doesn't have to be, depends on what you're teaching in the course. As an advertising platform, FB does might sense for course creators, though, even if the community functionality belongs on Telegram, Discord or elsewhere.
Yes. I hate facebook so much, always have.
It’s so hard to get people to try different types of community platforms though.
@@MindsetWithMia I was using Skool for my community, but it wasn't cost-effective. Later, I switched to EzyCourse for my courses and website. They also offer community features, and after trying them, I found it to be the best community platform I've ever explored.
This is such perfect timing- THANK YOU! I've been wanting to switch gears a bit and provide more value/impact to my subscribers, so I've been considering a video course. I listen to every one of your podcasts, and have been a subscriber for years (Video Influencers too!) Sean, I appreciate you and your team- I always find nuggets to apply. Cheers!
Thank you so much!!! Thrilled you got so much value out of this... I LOVED being on with Sean... he's the best :)
Thanks for the great video on why courses fail to sell. You're exactly right - people buy the result, not the course. This is a really important point for course creators to keep in mind. We need to focus on creating courses that deliver specific results, not just teaching people new information.
Glad this episode was helpful! We appreciate you being here :)
Tanya... I so appreciate the love! Thank you for watching and for sharing :)
This was a very insightful podcast. Being a Product Manager, I know the value in being lean and testing things on your target users before you double down. Hearing Marisa talk about it connected the dots in my mind and I'm grateful for that. Thank you Think Media, Sean and Marisa.
Thank you so much for watching and for the love! I so, so appreciate it :)
Disappointed to see the “free guide” is linking to a waitlist for a paid course.
Can we get whatever the guide was still? If not, can y’all update your link and description so it’s accurate? Thanks!!
same.
I used to be a manager for Envato Tuts+ where I was head of all the design courses we sold as a subscription. We used to pay instructors around $4k a course. Anyway, I know several people that earn around $10K - $100k a month from selling courses on platforms such as Udemy, Skillshare etc. I'm a creative designer with 17 years experience and my goal is to begin selling courses on UI/UX design using Skillshare and Udemy, and then once I have quite a few students I'll be putting out a bigger course on my own platform. So thanks for this information, very helpful!
Thanks so much Neil for watching and for sharing!
Marisa Murgatroyd is a bomb!! Lots of value and energy
Awww... thank you so much, George!!!
Wow, Marisa so articulate! Extremely helpful program.
Thank you! Appreciate it so, so much!
I enjoyed her presentation. She feels like that favorite instructor you have in college, that seems to genuinely care about your success, if you care about your success.
Awww... thank you for noticing! I so appreciate your awesome feedback! This is what I was meant to do... and when someone notices, it really makes my day!
Every time she says "a billion a day" I shudder. Making a million? Wow. Enthusiastic happy radiant modest. what would it feel like to have that type of financial independence? calming joyful energetic.
She included universities and large companies like Udemy in eLearning not just us small course creators. There are solo teams making over a million and that is inspiring!
Thank you for watching and sharing your perspective :)
Excellent job, always asked the right questions ,your expertise, experience, skills, enthusiasm appreciate your guests Star ⭐
Yes, Sean is the BEST!!!
AMAZING KNOWLEDGE!! Exciting! Has totally levelled me up.
Woohoo, love hearing that!
How to I get the free resource ? Link goes to a course sign up waitlist!?
Thank-you for your comments i appreciation
Great Interview! Super informative and valued insights for those assigned to the education industry.
Thank you so much... I appreciate you watching and for sharing!
This is an insight. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
This link doesn't deliver what is promised. It sells into a closed course.
This is gold!!!!
Best takeaway was to launch with a small customer base! 🤩
Love it, great takeaway!
mvp = minimum viable product (lower 1st. time launch ) + feedback (and testimonials) + reiteration/refine = relaunch (quarterly) @ your discounted price, but leave the course available as evergreen
Good & Great Information and Knowledge.
Thank you, Joshua! I greatly appreciate it!
C'mon; bring it!
I am making course on antenna design, this video is helpful
Thank you for this valuable podcast! Just as a side note though, there is no such thing as a „mega niche“ 🤣 these are just markets, and what you call a „niche“ like everybody and their dog, are all just markets really. A niche is a small fraction of a market segment, that is proven to be underserved, and if you find one such rare nugget, you are not gonna share it with anybody else until you dominate it.
It's true, many people have skills but few have a business mentor, 0 business skills
It’s so grotesque to see AI mentioned when talking about creating an “authentic voice” - the ultimate betrayal of authenticity and the embrace of commodification. Using such a tool while claiming personal communication is simply fraudulent.
It’s an instrument. If you think everything has to be “authentic”, stop using instruments like your car, and start walking around on your authentic feet.
This is gonna age me but..."Heavens to Murgatroyd!!!!" 😆😜
🤣
I say this to my kids almost every day 🤣
Recently found brand strategist says e courses are dead, do you agree? And second question is, should i make first courses free to show myself and create authority.
Hi, one teacher suggested starting to publicize and therefore begin the launch of the course with only ONE module, and then find out from the audience if it works or not. It can be free at this level of Beta testing. It’s a strong way for ppl to decide to trust the teacher or not. E-courses are not dead, not at all. Ppl are now used to buying them to achieve a goal. The price ranges are vast.
Of course there's a waiting list. Tell me youre gathering emails, without being obvious
Gosh!!! I'm just listening to this today, 12/08/2023.
Woohoo! Thank you for listening!
Free guide? Where?
How can I get the guide?
Excellent
Testing the model is golden.
Well, it‘s actually pretty obvious, like you always wanna test a product before you‘re gonna promote it.
Look, I don’t need an idea . I have a business I’m trying to promote and develop an online course . So, I need the nuts and bolts on how to create one
The links divert one to a page where one has to explain why one couldn't sign up for the masterclass in timely fashion.
???
Yet more click bait-like stratagems to gather emails.
Don't make offers and then expect one to first perform like a circus seal.
That's disingenuous.
Does anybody want to start a little group to share ideas and experiences and things. I'm this close to launching my course and just always love to have support and brainstorming friends etc :)
I'm up for it if you're still interested
I'm in!
Me too, reach out if you still want to
Sure! Love that idea. I’m just starting out, but always love mastermind groups!
The free gift costs money 😮
People actually like those really long posts? the ones that are 3, or 4 paragraphs long? I click on the "see more" and if its longer than a couple sentences more, I scroll on. I'll have to try that
For me, I realize you can't cram a book into a small paragraph and actually learn the full amount of information that you need to learn in order to learn something.
@@diehardanglers a few sentences, I'll read it. If I click "see more" and the bottom of the post disappears from sight, I scroll on. I'd much rather have those couple sentences direct me to a long video, or book/audiobook where I can learn more if I'm really interested
@@WindwalkerHomestead I can see what you mean there
How about people with no skills like making documentaries or being a shaman? I've done physical labor my whole life.
You could absolutely crush it with those skills, you could teach someone how to do exactly what you do( doing physical labour)
Sometimes your hobbies or entertainment interests yield better selections to teach.❤
So how many millions you got now?
"Authentic Voice Post Generator"? Do I even need to ask how you can call something authentic if it's being automatically generated by AI? More like "Fake Voice Post Generator". She lost all credibility at that point.
she is so verbose and so PR, the words she is saying are just keywords, like talking to someone from a corporate, no real insight. So boring man.
That’s the beauty of it, right. Just enough info to get excited and interested then go in circles like the proverbial hound chasing its tail. There are nuggets of excellence in what they are doing over saying though.
🙏🙏🙏🙏
It seems to be a podcast to sell Marisa''s program.
Oh my goodness, her last name is real
So after all that... what is the NEW way?...
"experience" products. With much higher completion and transformation results. She's been going deep in the challenge. 🔗
She didn‘t reveal too much about it on this podcast, besides she’d be using quizzes, and other gamification elements. Sounds interesting!
@@ThinkMediaPodcast Experience what? Really? All pie-in-the sky is what this is words-in-the-air and nothing to really show for it but the money one spends on it for the so- called-guru and the affiliate. The internet has made it too easy for stuff like this proliferate.
I got a very good idea for your next course subject that am sure it'll be successful in your case!
Poetry! You're the best at that!
Sorry, to wasted 15 mins of my time on this video.
BS - sorry - too theoretical
Appreciate the feedback. Thanks for watching and being a part of the conversation!
Narcissist
Heavens to mergertrod .
I am making course on antenna design, this video is helpful
I am making course on antenna design, this video is helpful