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Create and Sell Online Courses with Teachable and Thinkific

Name: Create and Sell Online Courses with Teachable and Thinkific
Rating: 4.0 (165 reviews)

The complete guide to self-hosting online courses: turn your online courses into a full-time business with our training!

Created byPhil Ebiner, Matt Bernstein, Video School

Last updated 2/2021

English

What you'll learn

build your own online course site with Teachable or Thinkific
write email sequences that make sales
create a sales funnel that gets more people onto your email list
drive more traffic to your website, funnel, and email sequences

Course content

17 sections • 111 lectures • 8h 50m total length

Course Introduction and Overview3:56
Welcome to this course. In this video, we'll give you more information about how this course works and who the instructors are.
Course Roadmap0:46
Use this lecture to decide which sections you want to start with.
How to be Successful with Self-Hosting Courses3:19
In this lecture of the self-hosting course, you'll learn the basics of how to be successful with a self-hosted course site. We'll walk you through the basics of how it works.
Proof of Success3:51
In this lecture of the self-hosting course, Phil shows you his proof of success, and the rapid increase in revenue he is generating from his self-hosted courses.
Teachable vs. Thinkific0:45
Whether you use Teachable or Thinkific doesn't matter much. They both have a lot of the same features. This is a quick comparison of the two.
Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience1:06
Adjust playback speed, video quality, and captions to tailor your course experience, and access an automatically generated transcript. Reviews help other students choose the right course and help us improve.

Hosting Skillhance Courses on Thinkific1:52
Host your online course content with Thinkific. This is what the course design looks like within Thinkific.
Building a Course with Thinkific9:25
Learn how easy it is to build / setup a course within Thinkific.
Course Bundles3:22
Create / build a course bundle with Thinkific. Learn how to build your own & offer a unique value proposition compared to your course offerings on Udemy.
Skillhance Premium Monthly Membership1:25
Learn to build a premium membership with Thinkific & offer a unique value proposition compared to your course offerings on Udemy.
Course Memberships3:20
Learn how to setup course memberships within Thinkific. Yet another way to offer a unique value proposition compared to other teaching websites.
Course Sales Widgets3:13
Thinkific makes selling your course easier by offering you a sales widget that can be posted to any website. This will help you sell more courses.
Hosting a Lead Magnet1:07
Host a lead magnet on Thinkific. This is the start of the sales funnel and allows you to collect students emails in exchange for a free course.
Hosting a Podcast1:27
Learn how to host your podcast on Thinkific. This will allow you to collect listeners email address in exchange to access all podcast episodes.
Thinkific Couse Categories2:00
Organize your course categories using Thinkific. Learn how to improve your users / students experience on your self hosted website.
Website Settings5:18
Learn what Thinkific website settings are and what specifically is easily customizable with your Thinkific website.
Thinkific Hosting Plans2:23
Thinkific Hosting plans / pricing. What features do Thinkific offer, and at what price?
Thinkific Help Center1:56
Once you have a paid plan, Thinkific offers great customer service. Learn how to watch their free course, access their help center, and ask any question you need their help with.

Sign Up for Teachable7:01
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn about the different plans Teachable has to offer.
Teachable Dashboard8:14
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll get oriented to the Teachable dashboard and admin pages.
Building a Course with Teachable13:11
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn how to put your courses on Teachable.
Set Pricing for Your Teachable Course4:06
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn the different options for pricing courses with Teachable, including one-time payments, subscriptions, and payment plans.
Coupon Code Options with Teachable5:22
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn how the coupon codes work on Teachable. You'll even learn how to give away a free one-month trial to your subscriptions.
Course Bundles with Teachable1:35
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn how to create a course bundle with Teachable.
Creating Pages on Teachable3:41
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn how to create pages right within Teachable.
Customizing Your Menu on Teachable6:05
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn how to customize your top menu, including adding custom links.
Customize Your Home Page on Teachable4:05
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn how to customize your home page to make it look like a nice landing page, custom page, or course directory.
Publishing Your Teachable Course2:20
In this section of the course, you'll learn how to use Teachable to self-host your online courses. In this lecture, you'll learn the final steps to publishing your course on Teachable.
Resources for Teachable Users0:15
In this lecture of the Teachable section, you'll find out where to get help when you have Teachable issues.

Introduction to Email Marketing4:14
Learn how to setup your own email marketing series / funnel.
Email Sequence Template8:10
In this lesson of the self-hosting course, you'll learn how to create a great sequence of emails that sells your online courses.
Phil's Email Sequence Case-Study6:03
In this lesson of the self-hosting course, you'll see a sample of Phil's email sequences that is working right now to sell his courses.
Challenges of Email Marketing8:18
Learn the challenges of email marketing / setting up a sales funnel.
Content Marketing3:42
Learn the concepts of content marketing to build an email marketing campaign.
Valuable Content7:03
Learn how to create valuable content for an email marketing campaign.
Email Standards4:41
Learn email client standards - like gmail, yahoo, and how to not get into spam.
Email Spam Filters6:45
Learn things to avoid doing in your email marketing campaign that will lead to customers spam folders.
Keep Email Clean4:00
Learn additional ways to keep your emails clean from the spam filters.
Lead Generation5:18
Learn how to generate traffic to your website to generate leads to sign up for your email list.
AIDA6:51
AIDA: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action.
Learn how to use AIDA to close the sale & profit.
Conclusion to Email Marketing2:08
Recap of email marketing & how to use it to generate leads / sales.

Sales Funnel Basics7:17
In this lesson of the self-hosting course, you'll learn the basics of creating a sales funnel that will increase your revenue.
Getting Started Generating Traffic to Your Website10:06
Learn exactly how we generate traffic to our website.
Creating a Front End Offer6:39
Create a front end offer. This is the first product your customer will buy from you. Example, a $15 course.
Creating a Backend Offer9:07
Build a back-end offering. This is the most expensive product / service a customer will purchase.
Creating Your First Upsell10:38
After your customer orders the front end offer, the next time you send them an email (1 week after they buy). It's a front end offer. Maybe a video course that SUPPLEMENTS their learning + bonus offerings.
Creating Your First Downsell5:58
The downsell is the same as the upsell, except no bonuses are offered. It's also discounted at a lower price because maybe the customer was interested in the product, but didn't want the bonuses.
Creating a 2nd & 3rd Upsell11:18
Learn how to build a 2nd & 3rd upsell. What ideas to continue to supplement / further their learning. information is never withheld. These are meant to further their learning in a supplementary skill.
Example of a Skillhance Sales Funnel9:11
Take a look over my shoulder as Matt Bernstein shows you exactly what his company "Skillhance" sales funnel is.
Phil's Article-Writing Case Study8:48
In this lesson of the self-hosting course, Phil talks about writing articles to drive traffic to his courses.
Phil's YouTube Case Study9:48
In this lesson of the self-hosting course, Phil talks about posting YouTube videos to drive traffic into his sales funnels.

Skillhance Homepage4:24
Check out what Skillhance website home page looks like to emulate the design.
Building the Homepage with OptimizePress7:49
Learn how to build a similar homepage for your website using OptimizePress.
Skillhance Blog with OptimizePress4:24
Learn how to setup / design a blog using OptimizePress.
Resources Page with OptimizePress4:29
Learn how to setup / build a resources page using OptimizePress.
Coaching Page with OptimizePress7:03
Learn how to create / build a coaching page for your website with OptimizePress.
Publishing Blog Posts with OptimizePress6:08
Learn how to publish blog posts & publish on a consistent schedule. This will help increase traffic to your website.
OptimizePress Page Builder3:27
How to use OptimizePress to build pages on your website.
Skillhance Reviews Page1:17
Learn to create social proof on your website with a reviews page. This is also done with OptimizePress.
Skillhance About Page1:52
Learn how to build / setup an about page for your website. People want to get to know you, and not a company. You'd have an easier time paying a friend $20, then you would a total stranger.
Sumome Smart Bar Sharing4:31
Use Sumome WordPress plugin to add subscribers to your email list. Learn how to setup their sumome smart bar.
Backup WordPress Website1:53
Learn how to protect your website and backup your website data with Backup WordPress plugin. Learn how to set it up.

YouTube Marketing Plan6:36
Learn the basics to marketing your website with YouTube.
Creating Engaging Videos5:07
Learn how to create engaging videos on YouTube that drives traffic to your website.
YouTube Channel Best Practices3:22
Learn to optimize your YouTube channel and specific best practice strategies to build your channel.
Maximizing Income3:16
Learn how to use YouTube to maximize your revenue from it. YouTube ads, lead magnets, etc.
YouTube Channel Case Study11:49
Get a close look over Matt Bernstein's shoulder as he shows you his company YouTube channel for Skillhance.
Optimizing YouTube Videos5:51
Learn how to optimize YouTube videos. Top 10 things to do on YouTube as well as top 10 things to avoid.

Introduction to Google+2:55
Learn how Google+ can help build your business and drive traffic to your website.
Basics3:40
Learn the basic strategies behind Google+ and how to drive traffic to your website.
Google Hangouts2:44
How to use Google Hangouts to communicate with people to build customer relationships as well as partnerships.
Communities3:47
Learn how to use Google+ communities to build a group for customers to interact in & grow together.

Requirements

Students should sign up for either Thinkific or Teachable to be able to follow along with the course content (the free plan is fine).
Students should have a website with an email marketing tool like ConvertKit, AWeber, or Mailchimp to create email sequences.
Students should create a website, YouTube channel, and social media channels for your brand.

Description

Do you want to increase your online course income?

Would you love another stream of income?

Have you thought about self-hosting your online courses?

You're in the right place.

This course walks you through BUILDING YOUR OWN ONLINE COURSE SITE with Teachable and Thinkific. But it doesn't end there. We should you exactly how we're making sales using email sequences and sales funnels.

You'll learn how to WRITE EMAIL SEQUENCES that turn website visitors into course purchasers.

You'll learn how to CREATE A SALES FUNNEL that increases the number of people on your email list.

You'll learn how to DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC to your website and into your sales funnel.

Everything we teach you in this course is what has been tested and proven to work. We don't only show you how to do this, but we back it up with proof. We promise that if you take this course and implement all of our strategies, that you'll be better off than 99% of all other online instructors.

Instructors Phil Ebiner and Matt Bernstein have taught 100,000s of students on Udemy and other course platforms. Now they'll show you their exact strategies to replicate their success with your own course website.

There really isn't any reason to hesitate. Enroll now, and get started.

Only people like you, that act now, will be successful.

Who this course is for:

Udemy instructors
Anyone with an online course that wants to increase their revenue from that course
Anyone who wants to create online courses and host them on your own site

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Dive in to Self-Hosting6 lectures • 14min

Create Your Self-Hosted Course Site with Thinkific12 lectures • 37min

Create Your Self-Hosted Course Site with Teachable11 lectures • 56min

Price Your Courses2 lectures • 14min

Create Your Email Sequence12 lectures • 1hr 7min

Create and Drive Traffic into Sales Funnels10 lectures • 1hr 29min

Choosing a Niche3 lectures • 9min

Build a WordPress Website with OptimizePress11 lectures • 47min

YouTube Marketing Strategies6 lectures • 36min

Google+ Marketing Strategies4 lectures • 13min

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