SPI 521: How to Build, Launch & Sell a Course Today with Jess Catorc
The Smart Passive Income Online Business and Blogging Podcast
Pat Flynn
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
#521 It's one thing to create an online course. But it's a whole other thing to figure out how to get people interested in it. How do you get people to find your course? How do you launch it? Do you do a fireworks launch, or a fireplace launch? What do those two terms even mean? Well, we're going to talk about all of that and more today with one of my favorite people in the world: Jess Catorc. Jess was actually on the podcast before, over five and a half years ago, in session 229. Back then, she was a blogger, writer, and brand strategist who helped people with their websites. Now she's become one of the top people over at Teachable, where she co-leads creator launch initiatives. She was head of partnerships for a while, and she's one of the smartest people I know. Jess and I talk about all things online courses, like how the landscape has changed in the past five years, how to launch a course successfully today, how to know if your course content is actually working, and why community is such an important element of the online course experience. We have so many tips, strategies, and resources to share with you in this episode, including a very special project called the Creators Guild. I'm so excited to share this conversation with Jess, because she's just amazing. So, sit back, buckle up, and enjoy. Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session521.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes getting an online course just by itself isn't enough to get you where you want |
| 0:04.2 | to go, right? |
| 0:05.2 | You know what this is like. |
| 0:06.3 | Sometimes maybe later, turns into maybe tomorrow, which turns into maybe never. |
| 0:10.0 | And that's just a waste. |
| 0:11.0 | But it doesn't have to be like that. |
| 0:12.4 | If you want education, community, accountability, and the growth that you deserve, you can |
| 0:16.9 | have it all in one spot with SPI's brand new All Access Pass. |
| 0:21.6 | All Access brings education and community together. |
| 0:24.4 | This is community-powered courses. |
| 0:26.7 | All in one roof to support you and hold you accountable. |
| 0:28.8 | It's the best thing that we've created so far to help entrepreneurs like you start building |
| 0:32.0 | real growth in your business. |
| 0:35.0 | Community-led courses are a ground-breaking approach to online learning. |
| 0:37.8 | In one study, the American Society of Training and Development found that 95% of people |
| 0:41.8 | are more likely to meet a goal when they're held accountable by others going through ongoing |
| 0:47.1 | meetings and progress check-ins, etc. |
| 0:48.9 | Which is exactly what we offer. |
| 0:50.4 | You're not just getting access to a course. |
| 0:52.8 | We've designed the All Access Pass to offer several pathways. |
| 0:55.5 | So no matter where you are in your business, even if you're just trying to pick an idea, |
| 0:58.7 | we have a curriculum design for you. |
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