A Beginner’s Guide to Making Money with Online Courses

This video is a 1 hour masterclass on basically everything I know about making and selling online courses. If you’re interested in selling courses yourself, then hopefully there’s something useful for you here! Enjoy x

My favourite platform for building a courses business is Kajabi and you can get a 30 day free trial by using this link here: https://app.kajabi.com/r/NN6fUtrF

🔗LINKS:
– Podia: https://go.aliabdaal.com/podia
– Teachable: https://go.aliabdaal.com/teachable
– $100m Offers by Alex Hormozi: https://geni.us/nVs7vo
– $100m Leads by Alex Hormozi: https://geni.us/FiS4Qh
– Dotcom Secrets by Russel Brunson: https://geni.us/IEbp7
– Expert Secrets by Russel Brunson: https://geni.us/fRE3F
– Traffic Secrets by Russel Brunson: https://geni.us/8Y03BX
– The Millionaire Messenger by Brendon Burchard: https://geni.us/gYRwxLx
– My interview with Nicolas Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIfEgvpEufU />- My interview with Tiago Forte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLHkAq6JLY />- My interview with Dickie Bush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhlnpvCKm8 />- If you want to double your productivity, join my new community Productivity Lab: https://www.productivitylab.com/?utm_campaign=Productivity%20Lab%20Waitlist&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Long%20MC&utm_content=Long%20MC%20-%20Ultimate%20Guide%20to%20Courses%20%28PL%20Sales%20Page%29 />- Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity: https://www.feelgoodproductivity.com/?utm_campaign=Feel-Good%20Productivity%20Book&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Long%20MC&utm_content=Long%20MC%20-%20Ultimate%20Guide%20to%20Courses%20%28FGP%20Book%29 />- If you’ve read the book, share your thoughts here: https://aliabdaal.com/fgp-rating/

By the way, you can watch this video in a few other languages by changing the audio settings xx

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⏰Rize – How I track my time and stay productive – https://rize.io/aliabdaal
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✍️ Shortform – My favourite place for book summaries – https://go.aliabdaal.com/shortform
📚 Readwise – How I remember everything I read – https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise
🎵 Epidemic Sound – Music & SFX in my videos – https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound
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💰Trading212 – How I invest my money – https://www.trading212.com/promocodes/ALI

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WHO AM I?
If we haven’t met before – Hey 👋 I’m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and I’ve somehow become the world’s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love.

PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
1:26 – My history of selling courses
9:11- Examples of other course creators
19:45 – The courses business model
24:09 – Building your course step by step
28:24 – Choosing a platform for your course
30:57 – Setting up your course for purchase
34:28 – Creating your landing page and website
38:02 – Creating your offer
43:48 – The biggest problem: traffic and leads
52:42 – Frequently asked questions
53:09 – What if you feel you have nothing to teach?
55:45 – What order should I do the things to build this kind of business?
58:42 – How do you choose a price for your course?
59:49 – What’s a funnel?
1:01:05 – What if I don’t feel like an expert in my field?
1:02:30 – What are the most common mistakes to avoid?
1:02:56 – What do you do about people pirating your content?
1:03:23 – How much should I give away for free?
1:04:07 – How do you handle refunds and dissatisfied students?
1:05:13 – What are some resources you recommend checking out?