Ep. 2974 - Q&A: “Where should I host my online course?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we help a history professor decide how to launch an online course. Should he use a big platform like Udemy or host it independently—and how can he attract an audience for a niche topic?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼
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| 1:05.4 | Where should you host an online course? |
| 1:12.2 | Let's say you've got an idea to make a course. |
| 1:14.8 | You've done your research. |
| 1:15.9 | You know what your learning outcomes are. |
| 1:17.8 | You know who your ideal customer is. |
| 1:20.3 | You have basically done all kinds of work to get ready for this online course. |
| 1:23.9 | And you want to put it out there and reach a bunch of people, make a lot of money. |
| 1:27.2 | But where do you host it? That is what we're going to talk about in this episode. Specifically, |
| 1:31.1 | a history professor needs to decide how to launch his online course and therefore where to host it, |
| 1:37.2 | or I guess you could say it the other way around, but the point is, should he use a big platform? |
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