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Welcome! Today’s show is the first of a two-part series covering the steps in creating an E-Course. Specificallly, today’s section will cover creating and selling an E-Course. I have had experience in this since I created my Healthcasters E-Course, and I’ve definitely made many mistakes that I’m happy to share with you. Statistics show that the self-improvement industry is a $10-11 billion industry, so we know that there are a lot people who crave knowledge and want to learn. Join me for more!
Today’s topic is divided into three main parts of the process:
- Planning/Researching—This is the most important, but most often neglected step.
- Complete an exercise that divides a piece of paper into three columns for three areas: your expertise, your passion, and areas of demand.
- Do an Amazon search with keywords about topics covered by books and reviews.
- Complete a second questionnaire focusing on who, where, how, and what.
- Find an audience by checking for Facebook groups on your topic, then look for high levels of activity, join the group and engage in conversations.
- Recording your E-Course.
- Keep it simple!
- The equipment needed includes: laptop/desktop, microphone, camera, Powerpoint/Keynote software, and Screenflow/Camtasia software.
- The length of your course will vary according to topic, intention, and content.
I hope this episode has been helpful. I truly believe that everyone has at least one E-Course inside them! All it takes is knowledge and passion about any topic to be an effective teacher! Join me for next week’s episode which will cover distributing your E-Course, accepting payments, pricing, and common mistakes. Since I’ve been through this process, I have hindsight and advice to prevent you from making my same mistakes! Join me again next time! Take care!