If you’re an online course creator, or aspiring to be one, chances are, you struggle with technology. You feel mystified, confused, and even overwhelmed with all the teaching platforms available to you. Thousands of articles compare different teaching platforms and features, but very little content tells you what you absolutely need to deliver your course successfully. […]
“Either I’m going to kill myself, or I’m going to make this into a game.” That’s what professional game designer, speaker, and author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, Jane McGonigal, thought about her slow and painful recovery from concussion. She found a way to
You’ve got this great idea for an online course, but then that little voice in your head pops up and points out: “I don’t know anyone. How can I get people in my course?” Or maybe you’ve already developed your course, and once again that little voice pops up: “I only have 100 people on
The State of Online Courses 2017 We surveyed 830 online entrepreneurs about their interest and experience in building online courses. This report summarizes our findings: The Truth About What It Takes to Build a Successful Online Business If you’ve been struggling to build a successful online business—despite following the blueprints of various gurus, then this
What do values have to do with your business? Isn’t business just about making money? Danny Iny, CEO and founder of Mirasee and author of Teach and Grow Rich: Share Your Knowledge to Create Global Impact, Freedom and Wealth, shares his reflections on how values can enrich an entrepreneur’s life as well as become a
We’ve all seen the Instagram posts: the sun setting over a beach in Koh Samui. The caption reads, “Work finished, going for Mai Tais and grilled Cobia #blessed.” Does it make you jealous? It shouldn’t. I’m writing this from my home office, looking out over another gray and dismal day in Yorkshire. And I wouldn’t
So you’ve spent a whole bunch of time crafting content for your business blog, and though you’re getting visitors, no one seems interested enough to engage with your brand further. Does that mean your content is bad or irrelevant? Possibly, but unlikely. A lot of the time, it’s because your blog simply isn’t optimized to
You work hard to get email subscribers. You created one awesome freebie. Paid a designer to make it look pretty. And hired a copywriter to write a persuasive opt-in page. So now that they’ve subscribed to you… why won’t they read your email? Why are your email open rates in the single digits? And tanking?
If you think it’s time to create and share more social media content, you’re right. Recent research from Hubspot reveals that: 76% of people catch up on news via Facebook 52% of people read social media posts carefully 45% of people would like to see more social media content But with the same number of
Does it feel like your marketing won’t be effective unless you lie, exaggerate, or make false promises? Do you want to use scarcity but don’t want to be pushy? Do you want to sell more, but are worried it will erode your audience’s trust? Do you want to be honest and straightforward yet effective in
