Rob Galvin is one of the best in the world when it comes to designing & building membership sites. He builds exclusively on the Thinkific platform & custom develops experiences for each individual clients; including the likes of Fiverr, Hootsuite, Melody Ross, John Lee Dumas, Screw The Nine To Five & many more. In this episode, we cover: ? What the best membership model you should use if you are just launching...(even if your content is not ready) ? How to turn a single course into a membership (using the same content you have) ? The right balance of content strategy to keep your members engaged instead of feeling overwhelmed...(yes there is more to a membership than just courses) ? The one thing my client with 1.9 Million enrollments is doing that her members can't live without ? Rapid fire retention strategies you can act on right now Learn more: https://www.robgalvin.co/ ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

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Fiverr, Hootsuite & John Lee Dumas all choose Rob Galvin to build their membership sites: Learn how to Power Up your membership sites to world-class standards.

Selling more courses is high on the agenda in 2021 for many businesses. For some it's a necessity due to lockdowns, for others it's an opportunity to scale quickly through a highly leveraged product. Either way, online courses continue to be one of the most sought out revenue streams for online businesses. With a market cap of $325B and growing, the online course industry is only getting bigger. As we dive into 2021, I'm filled with hope, excitement, anticipation, and confidence that this space is going to be one of the most innovative industries to continue to grow exponentially this year and beyond. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

EP 19: Top 17 Online Course Trends In 2021

Such a pleasure chatting with Matt Barnett, CEO of Bonjoro. They've built an incredibly powerful tool to help you to convert more prospective students, increase retention rates and drive more advocacy for your school with perfectly timed personal videos. In this episode, you'll learn how industry heavyweights like Pay Flynn, Convertkit, Ontraport and many more are using Bonjoro to deliver an outstanding customer experience. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

Surprise and delight your students to boost your sales and student success rate

For a lot of course creators, selling on Black Friday is a terrible decision that will hurt your business. If you're gearing up to sell something on Black Friday, you have to watch this asap! It's going to save you a lot of pain in the long run. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

Why you SHOULDN'T sell on Black Friday

 It's devastating seeing people invest time, money, and tons of energy into creating their course only to launch it to a bunch of crickets.   Listen in to learn how you can eliminate the risk of failure here by adding in this ONE SIMPLE STEP before you build your course.   I'm looking for 5 course creators who want a $10k+ course launch in the next 49 days   So if you've: - Already tried selling courses before - Have at least 2000 people in your audience or list - And are ready to implement fast action   Send me a DM with the word "SCALE" in it, and I'll get you the details.   ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson 

How to guarantee course sales - EVERY time

A huge problem I see in the industry, are course creators struggling to keep students engaged in their courses. In this episode, I dive deep into the practical measures you can introduce into your course & overall student experience to lift that retention rate & keep students hooked into the learning process for longer. If you're forever losing students & you don't know why, reach out to me for a free Strategy Session & I can help show you where the leak is. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

The secrets to keeping your students ENGAGED in your course

Paddy McGill is an absolute powerhouse who grew the Thinkific affiliate/partnership program MRR 1000%+ in a ~3 year period. In this episode, we dive deep into marketing for online courses, sales & we start to scratch the surface on the affiliate marketing world. Paddy has a decade of experience in affiliate marketing, sales, partnerships, online courses, webinars and virtual summits. He helps content creators and businesses use a combination of the above techniques to achieve stratospheric growth in lead and revenue generation. Paddy has advised and consulted with creators and businesses to generated tens of thousands of leads and sales for their own online course. Oh, and to top that all off, he just celebrated 3 years with Thinkific!! Connect with Paddy. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

Head of Partner & Affiliate Marketing Thinkific, Paddy McGill & I dive into a broad ranging, fun chat on affiliates, sales, marketing & productivity hacks

Your course needs to have an attainable big promise. To get clear on that, decide who you're helping & what is the goal/transformation? In this episode, I take you through the same process I use with my clients to help them create an educational & engaging course outline that drives Student Retention & Success Rates through the roof. If you ever get stuck on this process, just reach out to me & I'll give you a hand. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson.

4 simple steps to outline your entire course

Everyone is quick to jump on the Facebook Ads train, but they're usually wasting money & losing time in the process. In this episode, I dive deep into how I grew my business to a healthy & stable 6-figure+ annual revenue without any paid traffic at all. I have a steady leads funnel, it doesn't take a ton of time & it's easier to sustain even as I begin to scale into multiple 6-figures. If you're stuck with marketing & you don't know how to leverage your channels to sell more courses, reach out to me & we can chat on a free Strategy Session about how you can improve. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

My organic marketing strategy I use to grow a 6-figure+ online business

Here's the truth: It's far cheaper & more efficient to sell to current students than it is to buy new students. When you're creating your course, focusing on Student Retention & Student Success will give you leverage to feed those people into your other higher-tier courses & products. Stacking your offers & mapping out a clear path to success is key to growing a successful Online Course Empire. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

Discover the hidden value of retaining students by stacking your courses & offers

Most course creators struggle to price their course. So many people don't charge enough & they lost credibility. While others charge way too much & under-deliver on the course promise. In this episode, we uncover a few simple methods you can use today to price your course correctly. It's a science and an art, but you'll never incorrectly price your course again if you follow these steps. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

Pricing your course just right: How to sell your course for the perfect price

One of the most common questions I get is usually around how long lessons should be. In this episode, I answer the question once & for all. I also share what I suggest you include inside your lessons. As a former high school teacher, I know what makes up a great lesson. ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

How long should your lessons be? And what should they include?

Stop trying to SELL your course. I know you think I'm crazy but if you're pushing for the sale based on features of the course, you'll always lose. In this episode, I'll show you how to focus on the transformation & moving your potential students from their current to their desired result (rather than bombarding them with useless information on the sales page). ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

Boost your course sales with this simple copywriting method

Judi Fox achieved 3 million views in 2018 on LinkedIn and is recognized as a top LinkedIn Marketer in Inc.com and speaking at VidSummit, Social Media Week Lima, and Video Marketing World. In this episode, we dive deep into the hype of LinkedIn, how to grow a presence on the platform & we explore video marketing strategies to help your brand explode. Judi is Gen X with over 20 years of experience meets millennial energy and her superpower is breaking down tough subjects into easy to understand and implement strategies. Learn more: judifox.com Connect with her: linkedin.com/in/judiwfox ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

3M+ views on LinkedIn in 2018: Judi Fox has the inside scoop on LinkedIn & video marketing

Jamie Atkinson is an absolute living legend on using podcasting as a tool to grow your network as well as your net-worth! In this episode we dive deep into launching a podcast, growing it sustainably & monetizing your show without giving in to advertisers. Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and thought… "I really thought I’d be further ahead by now?" Those were the thoughts of Jamie Atkinson every single day for the last few years. He has been travelling the world full-time since 2017 and has spent the last two years building and failing at different businesses. Jamie realised though as he was doing this, nobody was talking about the failures, the challenges, the struggle… was he alone? No…The problem was, nobody was talking about the REAL stories of entrepreneurship. That’s when Jamie knew he needed to make a difference. He’s now on a mission to build his million dollar business completely from scratch, by helping Entrepreneur’s everywhere create and launch their own movement. Join & follow along as Jamie tells the HARD TRUTH about entrepreneurship and join the ‘Entrepreneur Junkie Movement’. Get Help: 30 step podcast launch PDF Learn More: joinpodcasting101.com ----- P.S. Are you a member of The Online Course Creators Hub yet? (It's completely FREE!) Connect with a growing community of course creators, get expert support + free daily training videos. Online Course Empires - "Build Better Courses & Sell More Of Them" with your host, Paul Thomson

Monetize your podcast without advertisers: Launch & growth strategies for podcasting stardom with Jamie Atkinson

Build BETTER COURSES and SELL MORE of them. Your host Paul Thomson unpacks the tools & strategies you need to impact the masses, generate sustainable revenue & scale your online business into an empire. If you want to grow your business, keep listening. If you want to do it faster, head to thepaulthomson.com

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