Online Course or Guide
By Miguel Dos Anjos
Making money
with online course is a field that’s growing more, and more every year. First
you will need to come up with a course idea, then develop the course content,
and finally promote, and sell your course.
Profitability
The most
profitable online courses make up to $75k a year, and even $1M a year. But
making $500, or $1k a month is a meaningful income for most people. You will
need to develop the course once, but you will get paid by every new student
that buys your course.
If
you are a great teacher of a foreign language, or know gardening, or have stock
market knowledge, or anything you are an expert at; you can teach that, and
develop your course. In case you are not an expert in anything, or at least
anything that there will be an audience willing to buy, another option is to
learn as you go using research, and studying to develop your course. Pick a course
topic that interests you, and read the 3 top selling books on that field. After
that you become an expert, and will know more than most people that will be
interested in your course.
Which Subject to Select
Choose
a topic that you are passionate about, and has a market, so you can make money
selling it. Figure out a problem that people have, and build a course that
solves that problem.
If
you are not sure the topic you chose to build your course will sell well, you
may ask people how they feel about it, ask more people than just close friends,
and family. You may also send an email with a couple of lines mentioning some
top points of your course, and see how people will react to it. A third way to
find out if the topic you chose has potential is to set up an “apply to buy”
page, that way you sell your course even before you are fully developing it.
What an Online Course Looks Like
Your
first course will not be perfect, and gigantic but make it as good as possible
considering it will be your first course.
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Create a clear outline of the topic you have
chosen.
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Divide the course into 5 to 10 lessons.
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Each lesson have to be 5 to 10 minutes long to
keep students engaged.
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Develop videos (of you, or your computer
screen), text, and/or audio.
Most online
courses consist of videos, and worksheets to help students apply what they
learn. Good microphones, lighting, and video quality are great, but most
important is how valuable your content will be to solve their specific problem.
After
coming up with a course idea, developed the course content all you need to do
is choose an online platform to make your course available for students.
Share
in the comments bellow what your course will be about, or what you would like to
have a course on.
Our
video covering this subject: 2 Passive Income Ideas
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