WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.399 --> 00:00:03.939 So another way I wanna answer the question is of are you ready, 2 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:06.899 you know, to be a course creator is 3 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:11.620 from the point of view of business model. Right? Some people go, 4 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.635 George, should I should I even be creating courses yet, or should I be creating a lot of content first? 5 00:00:16.775 --> 00:00:19.035 Should I have a lot of one on one clients first? 6 00:00:19.095 --> 00:00:23.275 Should I create a small group program first and then create online courses? 7 00:00:24.134 --> 00:00:28.920 It's up to you in terms of the journey you wanna take towards online courses. 8 00:00:29.140 --> 00:00:30.600 But I'll tell you my journey, 9 00:00:30.980 --> 00:00:35.560 which is I actually well, you you heard it earlier in this course. I started 10 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:38.760 in the very beginning, not with one on one clients, 11 00:00:39.125 --> 00:00:47.445 but with teaching online courses because I said earlier, I kinda stumbled into this business because friends were asking me to teach them. 12 00:00:47.445 --> 00:00:49.065 It wasn't an official class. 13 00:00:49.204 --> 00:00:52.824 I was teaching small groups of friends and colleagues how to do a certain thing. 14 00:00:52.964 --> 00:00:54.905 And they said, you should teach this 15 00:00:55.390 --> 00:00:55.890 professionally. 16 00:00:56.590 --> 00:00:58.050 I'm like, oh, okay. 17 00:00:58.590 --> 00:01:02.910 So that's how I began. And from online courses, I then got one on one clients. 18 00:01:02.910 --> 00:01:07.010 So it's kind of opposite of how a lot of people do it, but I think it's 19 00:01:07.390 --> 00:01:08.850 if you enjoy teaching, 20 00:01:09.305 --> 00:01:10.765 if you have the qualities, 21 00:01:11.545 --> 00:01:12.205 some qualities 22 00:01:12.585 --> 00:01:15.245 that make you a good course creator and teacher 23 00:01:15.625 --> 00:01:21.885 and you aspire to some qualities that, you know, as you as you practice creating courses or qualities you will develop, 24 00:01:22.265 --> 00:01:25.350 then maybe you could start now to teach online courses. 25 00:01:25.350 --> 00:01:29.510 And you it doesn't have to be a big launch as you as you'll notice as we work through this course. 26 00:01:29.510 --> 00:01:30.890 It's gonna be launching lightly. 27 00:01:31.190 --> 00:01:36.250 It's gonna be doing it in a more joyful way and in a way that's feel supported by the community. 28 00:01:36.875 --> 00:01:40.015 You might just go ahead and and teach it. So in other words, 29 00:01:40.875 --> 00:01:47.615 don't think that there is a strict path of going from one to one and then group and then courses or whatever. 30 00:01:48.075 --> 00:01:53.310 I went the other way just because I enjoyed it. I had fun doing it, and it worked really well. 31 00:01:53.310 --> 00:01:55.570 And, actually, what's interesting I've noticed 32 00:01:55.870 --> 00:01:58.930 is that when you launch you'll you'll notice too. 33 00:01:59.310 --> 00:02:01.410 When you launch an online course, 34 00:02:02.750 --> 00:02:07.115 that actually is one of the most interesting and best ways of getting word-of-mouth. 35 00:02:07.415 --> 00:02:11.995 I say interesting because people kind of like, oh, you you instantly have credibility 36 00:02:12.455 --> 00:02:17.755 in people's minds when you're launching a course versus, hey, everyone. Please hire me as a, 37 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:21.739 fill in the blank, coach, consultant, healer, facilitator, 38 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:25.319 etcetera, etcetera. You have to explain your credibility and stuff. 39 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.420 But when you just say, I'm teaching a course, 40 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:32.614 even if it's the first time you've ever taught it, you don't have to say that. I mean, you could. 41 00:02:32.614 --> 00:02:34.534 You want, hey. I'm teaching a beta course. 42 00:02:34.534 --> 00:02:38.075 We'll talk about beta course strategy if you want, later in this course. 43 00:02:38.135 --> 00:02:41.995 But you could just say, hey. Hey. I'm teaching a course. This is a topic that I've loved, 44 00:02:42.375 --> 00:02:46.560 that I've studied for a while. Whatever you wanna say. This is something I've helped friends with. 45 00:02:46.720 --> 00:02:50.260 This is something I've helped myself with. And now I'm wanting to, like, 46 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:51.220 compress 47 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.140 all the knowledge I've gained 48 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:58.480 over the past few, you could say, years or or months of intensive study of this stuff. 49 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:02.180 I just wanna share it with you so that it's easier for you to learn this topic. 50 00:03:02.715 --> 00:03:05.055 And I noticed that it's a great way for word-of-mouth. 51 00:03:05.275 --> 00:03:11.535 And peep some people will will will take your online course and but some people will go, do you help people one to one with this stuff? 52 00:03:11.755 --> 00:03:14.095 So I just find that it's a fascinating way to 53 00:03:14.475 --> 00:03:16.335 gain credibility very quickly, 54 00:03:16.820 --> 00:03:17.480 get word-of-mouth, 55 00:03:18.020 --> 00:03:22.820 and build your audience because people will then go, oh, okay. Well, hey. 56 00:03:22.820 --> 00:03:24.260 You know, they'll tell their friends, hey. 57 00:03:24.260 --> 00:03:31.015 I have I have to call the other friend who's who seems to be really good at this topic just because you you launched the course. 58 00:03:31.715 --> 00:03:39.635 Funny thing is even if you they don't have to know sometimes even if you launch a course and only got two sign ups, they don't nobody has to know that. 59 00:03:39.635 --> 00:03:40.615 You end up having 60 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:46.220 two students. You can always say, hey. Listen. There's only two of you who signed up. 61 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:50.680 We could take this and do one on one instead or do a small group program instead. 62 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.920 Would you like that? We could do a small group program for one month if you wanna keep going. 63 00:03:53.920 --> 00:03:55.665 We so there's ways to, 64 00:03:56.064 --> 00:03:59.765 we'll talk about this later in the course, there's ways to turn even a low enrollment 65 00:04:00.305 --> 00:04:00.805 experience 66 00:04:01.265 --> 00:04:04.545 into something really useful for your business model and your course. 67 00:04:04.545 --> 00:04:06.484 And just the fact that you launched it publicly 68 00:04:07.265 --> 00:04:10.989 says a lot to your audience and gets word-of-mouth as a result. So 69 00:04:11.290 --> 00:04:13.709 if that sounds like something you'd like to experience, 70 00:04:14.010 --> 00:04:14.909 if you enjoy 71 00:04:15.689 --> 00:04:16.190 teaching 72 00:04:16.570 --> 00:04:22.143 and have the some qualities for a course creator, I say why not? Go for it. 73 00:04:22.363 --> 00:04:24.223 Launch and create lightly.