Why So Few People Finish Courses (And How to Make Yours Pop) #1812

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Marketing, Careers, Business

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In episode #1812, Neil and Eric talk about why most people don’t finish courses. Trying to get someone to be engaged during an online course is not easy, which is why you have to go the extra mile to build community and ensure people are connecting. Tune in today to hear how you can make your course stand out from the pack. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: Why So Few People Finish Courses (And How to Make Yours Pop). [00:33] The numbers around course completion. [00:59] What a cohort-based course is and why they are more successful than self-service courses. [01:50] The benefits of doing a course that has a strong community component. [02:05] Neil’s experience of a course that had weekly calls. [03:10] Community management and engagement is key to course success. [04:10] Tips on how you can make your course stand out. [04:16] That’s it for today! [04:16] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information or call us on 310-349-3785! Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Maven Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips
0:06.4	and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.8	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your instructors, Neil Patel, and Eric
0:16.8	Sue.
0:17.8	All right guys, before we start, we got a special message from our sponsor.
0:24.1	If you want to rank higher on Google, you got to look at your paid speed time.
0:28.6	The faster your website loads, the better off you are.
0:31.4	With Google's Corvital update, that makes it super, super important to optimize your
0:35.5	site for low time.
0:37.7	And one easy way to do it is use the host that Eric and I use, Dreamhost.
0:42.2	So just go to Dreamhost or Google it, find it, check it out, and it's a great way to improve
0:47.7	your low time.
0:48.7	Today, we're going to talk about why so few people finish courses and how to make yours
0:55.8	pop.
0:56.8	We begin though.
0:57.8	Neil, I want to apologize because we're both under construction right now.
1:00.4	So we apologize for the background noise.
1:02.0	So I'll start first, get some context around this.
1:04.4	So I believe the number is when it comes to online courses, if it's just self-serve, 98%
1:10.0	of people do not finish.
1:11.0	Right.
1:12.0	So we're talking 2% of people finish.
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