Level Up Your Course Podcast with Janelle Allen: Create Online Courses that Change Lives
Janelle Allen: Learning Designer, Online Course Coach, and Entrepreneur
130 episodes
1 month ago
Janelle Allen from the Zen Courses blog interviews successful online course creators, sharing their stories, successes, and struggles. On the podcast, she also reveals her strategies for creating and growing an online learning business, based on her 9 years as an Instructional Design consultant. Discover how you can build a profitable online course that improves learning, increases revenue, and boosts your authority. Learn how to take your existing learning platform to the next level so you can better serve your audience. Hear stories from agencies, consultants, CEOs and founders who felt called to transform lives through education. Although a lot of podcasts focus on online courses as a means to passive income, you won’t find that here. Instead, you’ll hear from people driven to democratize education and deliver results. Instructional Design, video and audio, engagement, on-boarding, workshops, group programs, marketing your course, launching your course, automation, building authority and trust, social media, getting things done, outsourcing and everything that works (and doesn't work) to help you create a profitable online course that changes lives--including your own!
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Janelle Allen from the Zen Courses blog interviews successful online course creators, sharing their stories, successes, and struggles. On the podcast, she also reveals her strategies for creating and growing an online learning business, based on her 9 years as an Instructional Design consultant. Discover how you can build a profitable online course that improves learning, increases revenue, and boosts your authority. Learn how to take your existing learning platform to the next level so you can better serve your audience. Hear stories from agencies, consultants, CEOs and founders who felt called to transform lives through education. Although a lot of podcasts focus on online courses as a means to passive income, you won’t find that here. Instead, you’ll hear from people driven to democratize education and deliver results. Instructional Design, video and audio, engagement, on-boarding, workshops, group programs, marketing your course, launching your course, automation, building authority and trust, social media, getting things done, outsourcing and everything that works (and doesn't work) to help you create a profitable online course that changes lives--including your own!
LUYC 123: Mastering Productivity & Virtual Consulting with Paul Minors
Level Up Your Course Podcast with Janelle Allen: Create Online Courses that Change Lives
51 minutes 21 seconds
5 years ago
LUYC 123: Mastering Productivity & Virtual Consulting with Paul Minors
Hey everyone! This week I’m joined by Paul Minors, productivity expert, virtual consultant, and founder of PaulMinors.com. He is here to talk about his course, How to Become a Virtual Consultant, and how he helps businesses set up and use tools like Asana, MailChimp, Pipedrive and Zapier.
Productivity is the vehicle by which you can have a great life.
As someone who is passionate about productivity and automation, Paul understands that setting up efficient systems is the key to success in any business. His course, How to Become A Virtual Consultant, enables clients to learn the processes and tools he uses to be more organized and achieve more in both business and life. Paul has helped more than 400 clients create more effective businesses using the best tools to get them results.
Tune in to hear Paul’s transition process from one-on-one work to an online course, plus his productivity and marketing hacks and how to build an online community.
Episode Quotes
"Surveying your audience is always a good idea."
"Community is the X factor when building your business online." - Janelle
"You're going to have a load of failure, so patience is really important."
"You will always be rewarded for being consistent."
"The success of a business comes down to how clearly you can communicate an idea."
Listen to Learn
01:43 - Rapid 5 Questions
07:28 - Paul's career and business journey
11:24 - Initial steps and transition to course creation
16:28 - Ways to build an online audience
18:41 - Course launching and audience survey
25:42 - Creating the course structure
27:51 - Marketing channels, why YouTube is worth it
32:21 - How to build and personalize marketing funnels
39:10 - LinkedIn, Google AdWords, and other marketing tips
41:31 - How to price online courses
45:50 - Paul's advice for online creators
48:29 - Exciting things coming up from Paul
Connect with Paul
Check out How to Become a Virtual Consultant
PaulMinors.com
Follow Paul on Twitter!
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Episode 123
Level Up Your Course Podcast with Janelle Allen: Create Online Courses that Change Lives
Janelle Allen from the Zen Courses blog interviews successful online course creators, sharing their stories, successes, and struggles. On the podcast, she also reveals her strategies for creating and growing an online learning business, based on her 9 years as an Instructional Design consultant. Discover how you can build a profitable online course that improves learning, increases revenue, and boosts your authority. Learn how to take your existing learning platform to the next level so you can better serve your audience. Hear stories from agencies, consultants, CEOs and founders who felt called to transform lives through education. Although a lot of podcasts focus on online courses as a means to passive income, you won’t find that here. Instead, you’ll hear from people driven to democratize education and deliver results. Instructional Design, video and audio, engagement, on-boarding, workshops, group programs, marketing your course, launching your course, automation, building authority and trust, social media, getting things done, outsourcing and everything that works (and doesn't work) to help you create a profitable online course that changes lives--including your own!
