If you get this wrong you will never sell enough online courses to generate true lifestyle income… Learn the right way to sell your course online at scale, here…
My preferred course hosting platform that gives you 3 courses free – https://www.milesbeckler.com/thinkific
links mentioned in the video are my keyword research videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eofkzs0fVOA&list=PL0sOKzn__yK1kcevy9MZq5uBZyQKa487N
also my learn SEO video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8EI6JaFbv4
If you don’t have your online courses created yet, be sure to follow my simple blueprint to creating online courses that sell: https://www.milesbeckler.com/create-awesome-online-courses/
Here are my two previous videos on how to create online courses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AEG7wJLh6U
Then there is this video where you can steal my online course template: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw6iZtqoUFQ
Why are creating and selling online courses so good for you as an online business owner?
First of all, the margins for selling information products are fantastic… One of the challenges is that the required skill set and level of expertise is also quite high…
You must be able to help people get results consistently meaning you have years or decades of experience helping people create specific results in their lives…
It’s this fact that courses are easy to sell and have great profit margins that selling online courses is my number one recommended online business model for 2020 and beyond – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7rp2pE_66k
Although selling online courses is not a passive income strategy, you can create wonderful residual income by selling your knowledge in the form of an online course.
Before you get to the learning management system where you decide how you can layout your course is important to make sure you have an audience of people who know you, like you and trust you and ultimately want to purchase your course from you…
For help with writing your sales copy to actually sell your course, here are seven free copywriting courses you can go through: https://www.milesbeckler.com/free-copywriting-course/
If you’re looking for a teachable tutorial, this video is going to be a broader perspective about the systems required to sell courses consistently.
Personally I recommend Thinkific and if you would like to learn the differences between Teachable vs Thinkific that is all covered in this post here: https://www.milesbeckler.com/thinkific-vs-teachable/
I want to make sure you have the right strategy in place because if you don’t have the right strategy, the tactics, the tools, the techniques won’t matter for you.
So we’re going to sum it up simply and then we’re going to break it down and make it a little more complex.
Now, before we jump in, I want to know, do you already have your own course available for sale? If so, say yes. If not, say no. In the comments down below, give me a thumbs up on the way down or on the way back and let’s jump right into it.
So in one sentence we’re going to start here, and again, I’m going to break this down, the nuances of this down more, but if I was to sum it up into one sentence, how to sell your online courses:
“Send your audience who know you like you and trust you an email with a specific offer that has some sort of urgency behind it.”
That right there, that one sentence has resulted in millions of dollars for my online business. And the theory is quite complex.
Really the idea of sending an email to the audience of people who know you like you and trust you with some sense of urgency.
There’s a lot of bits and pieces within that, so that’s the ultimate goal you want to get to. But how do you grow this list of people who know you like you and trust you?
Well, I’ve got the ATM process that I’ve been kind of working on and refining it. It starts with audience growth. That’s what the a stands for. T is the trust mechanism.
That’s the email list growth. And then M stands for monetization, which is ultimately selling your course.
Think of it as a row of dominoes and selling your course as the last domino.
What are all of those other dominoes that you need to knock over in order for that last domino, the course to sell to happen?
So the first big key is audience growth. You need to have some sort of an audience growth engine in place.
Now I’ve chosen to leverage YouTube as my core content strategy and I’m leveraging the YouTube search engine to help me connect with people who’ve never heard of me before, but are searching for answers and solutions that I, I know.
So I create great videos that answer their questions and I optimize them for the search engine and that helps me connect with and grow my audience.
Now multiply that out by about three years. In 575 videos, I’ve got 115,000 or so subscribers and I’m connecting with tens of thousands of people every day. Okay, so that’s been my audience growth engine.
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Have you already published your online course for sale? Answer "Yes" or "No" below… This will help me know where you are at so I can make more videos to help you take that next step! 😀
Yes I have my own course (pre-order setup) on Thinkific, on the paid basic plan.
Course not yet available but will be very soon, finishing the last bit of editing. Great advice in this video 💯
Hey Miles. I sell a 497€ course but I DON'T have an OTO after the opt-in…
1/ Do you think it'd be a good idea to offer it for 147€ after the opt-in? The issue is that the people on my list who didn't take this OTO offer will then see the offer a few days after, by email, for 497 euros… I'm afraid it'll cannibalize the sales of the course at 497 euros ("what ?! I could have bought it for 147 a few days ago, I'm not gonna pay 497 now!)
2/ I could offer a PART of the course for 47€ as an OTO… but the people who buy the OTO + the full course would be like "I already paid for that part of the course! Why did I pay the full price ?!"
What do you think would be the best thing to do?
Thank you so much !!
No. I'm in the A and T stages. Watching all of your videos to learn more and more each day. I'm enjoying learning from you and your wife.
I looking on how to earn more in sales for my course.
Yes, I have my own course
No
I've been racking my brain thinking what I can teach in a course. I have massive experience, over 100,000 followers across platforms and over 125,000 emails on my list. Lots of experience with Squarespace, wordpress and wix. I can completely CRUSH IT, just need a bit of guidance.
'What' and how much content to publish on social media in relation to your online course is a key factor. You need not relate every post to your courses. If the reader likes random stuff you've written, she/he might eventually get to you, also depending on the requirement of the reader.
You mention your wife's site a great deal but you never provide the links to it! I'd love to know what the site is or how I can find it. Sounds like a site I'd use a great deal.
Yes. I’m finishing my first course now. I’ve been in marketing for 18 years but unfortunately I never built an audience so now I’m starting at square one with that.
We almost have a course ready to go!
Yes. I have an online course, and it’s on Thinkific and sold nearly 100 times to date.
Miles, a question. Do u have a video where you show how to add a “bump” on your sales checkout when using your DYI system? Or does that simply come with one of the shopping cart options like memberMouse, etc.?
Yes my course is for sale 📈😉
Miles my friend, you were extremely sharp on this one! Thank you for everything!
Good vid
It's amazing how many people did exactly what you told them to do and didn't think for themselves about what comment to write…..
Miles, where can I approach you to ask few doubts and question I have?
Miles, i have my course and my funnel is directly send ads to landing page and funnel of core pruduct + upsells. And work pretty well 2k sales per day, 15 new customers and 500 profit. Every day on averege.
Do you believe that if I restructure my all my funnel strategy to ads to a free lead magnet, to build lead email list, and send email to trust and eventuality offer the product (by retargeting ads or emails campaing). Could be even better? More profit and sales than now?
I have a membership site
no course ready yet
I am finally clear on my product and niche. Are you opening C and C anytime soon?
Great and helpful video, Miles! I agree that trust is a good foundation for generating leads and sales. Growth mindset is a powerful head start too. I have a video about attracting customers and sales which is better than law of attraction, which works pretty well for me.