Want to sell an online course but don't have an audience? You're not alone. Most people think

they need thousands of followers to sell a course, but that's not true. The truth is, most successful

course creators I know start with zero audience members. And in 2025, there are smarter,

faster ways to get your first sales without a big following. Today, I'll break it all down the exact steps to sell your course with no audience and

start making money sooner than you think.

Let's get into it.

Welcome back to the $100 MBA show.

I'm your host, Omar Zen Home, where I deliver practical business lessons three

times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to help you start, grow, and scale your business.

The biggest mistake people make, spending months creating a course before knowing if anyone

will buy it. Instead, get paid before you build it. Find out what people

are already paying for. Pre-sell your course to early buyers and make sure there's demand

before you spend time making lessons. So how do you validate a course? Ask your network, friends, ex-colleagues, LinkedIn connections,

whoever you think would need this course. And that's really an important part. Don't ask

your friends that wouldn't need this course. Ask people that would be potential customers.

Number two, join niche communities. There's a lot of communities online that can be a goal mind when it comes to understanding what to build.

Facebook groups, Reddit, Discord, Twitter, X, whatever you want to call it.

These are great places to find information about what to build.

Number three, sell a beta version first.

Offer early access to a live cohort, or you can offer a pre-recorded

version at a discount. Back when I was running my software company Webinar Ninja before I sold it,

I created a course on webinars called the Automated Webinar Challenge. It was all about how to create

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