If you have the expertise in any subject, by creating course on the internet you can be the money-making machine!
You can create online courses to make people learning. This is the best way to show your skill!
For example, if you have good skills in cooking, you can create a course on cooking. For this, you have to collect the necessary information and then you have to organize them all to make the course. To know details about this matter, please read the whole content. Also, what skills you need to be an online course creator, are discuss here.
Students, housewives, jobless people, and retired people can create an online course knowing all the techniques. Even the service holders can create online courses in their free time.
At present, it is high time to earn a huge amount of money by creating online courses. The fastest and impactful way, you can express your knowledge to the global market through online courses. This is a great income source by low investment. This is shown in the diagram given below.
Many people ask me, how can I earn more online on the legal way?
Online course creation business is a booming business. Thinkific has shown on its website during the early days of COVID-19, the online course business increased by an overall 221%.
Data bridge has given the market research data for the online courses.
The earning varies from creators to creators. By this business, one can earn up to $50k per month.
There are five best online course platforms. These are:
- Udemy
- Thinkific
- Teachable
- Kajabi
- WordPress
Here you’ll get the step-by-step guide to create the online courses by WordPress. I’ll show you all the steps to create a course in WordPress by using the Learndash LMS. This is not free by you’ll have full control over it. On the other hand, Udemy has the free option but you won’t get full control over branding and design.
Step1: You need an attractive course topic.
This is the first task for the online course. Choose a topic you really love it. Think about your skill and experience. If you haven’t. Earn knowledge and start work, what you love. If you have the skill and experience in image creation. And if you love to teach people. You can create a course about image creation. You select the topic – Learn graphic design to earn online.
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Step2: Confirm your online course concept has an excessive market requirement.
You have to conduct market research about our course topic. To get the market research information, you have to find the answers of the following questions:
- Are people speaking about the topic you have selected?
- Are people making query about the topic you have selected?
- Is there a slit in what the rivals are providing?
If the answers to the above three questions are affirmative, then you can start the course seriously.
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Step3: Create appealing and entrancing learning outcomes
Learning outcomes are the foundation of course design. By providing clear learning outcomes, you can provide a transparent pathway for the learns’ success. There help learners to understand the purpose of the course you are offering. If your learners know HOW your course is going to assist them, they are expected to enroll in it.
To mention the learning outcomes of your course, you can answer the following questions:
- What new information will they get?
- What techniques will they be able to show?
- How much they can earn by learning the course?
When learning outcomes are clear, this ensures that only the target learners are enrolling in your course.
Step4: Accumulate your course content
You have to remember content is the king to learn online. I believe you have mastery in your course topic. So, collect all the information about your courses. To gather course content the step2 and 3 (already you have done) will hem you. Then keep the content that is aligned. Discard the materials which are not relevant. You can keep the course content in the following formats:
- Text
- Power Point Slides
- Video
- Infographs
- GIF
- Audio
Related the lecture, you also need worksheet, quiz and assignment. You have to create those to make the course easy to the learners.
Step5: Construct the modules of the course
Organize your relevant course content in a logical order. You can divide your course content into some segments. To make a course of Cambridge International A level chemistry I have made four segments. Those are physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and applied chemistry.
After making different modules, you can order the lectures in to modules.
Step6: Find out the most engaging delivery methods for each lecture
If the course content and learning outcomes are good, the learners will be attracted to your course. But they will move away if your delivery is not good. So, work out the best delivery method. You need to be aware of the different principles of learning preferences.
To engage your learners, you have to make a balance of audio, visual, and practical. Here are some tips to deliver engaging lecture:
- Start with ice breaking
- Make the slide simple and to the point
- Add relevant humor
- Try to tell your own story, which is relevant
- Deliver with good posture and move your hands
- Attract the crowd by making them relate
- Use comical icons, pictures, GIF in your slides
During preparation for your lectures, you have to add the above things to your lecture. After preparing the lectures. You have to practice a lot. Record your lecture and watch it again and again.
Step7: Video shooting and editing your online course
Before going to the video shoot, you have the make the sweet power point slides of your lecture. To make it attractive you have to use animation in your slides.
You can use a green screen behind you. If you use a green screen, you can have anything behind you during the editing process. It could be a video behind you, animations, or just a still image.
You need a quality camera and microphone. I use a Sony video camera with a microphone. It is really nice. You can use a DLSR camera, you want.
After taking the video of your lecture you have to edit the video. There are many editing software. I use Premier Pro to edit my lectures.
Step8: Build up your online academy
Maybe you know that you can build your e-learning institution in two major ways.
- Online course marketplaces
- LMS in your own website.
The first one is easy but you won’t get full control over design and branding. Like Udemy, teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, etc.
If you set up your own website using the learning LMS, it will be time-consuming but you’ll have full control over design and branding.
I’m using word press site Learndash LMS plugin to set up my online school. It is easy by costly. It has huge features to create courses.
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Step9: Pricing your online course
I confirm that you have a business model for your online course business.You have to have your own business strategy. The following questions may come:
- Is your online course going to just be a free lead magnet into your primary product and service?
- Is your online course going to be a secondary income stream?
- I your online course going to be your primary income stream?
Depending on the strategy, your course design will be different. For this consider the following things:
- Different volume of value
- Markeing methods
- Sales funnels
The above three will affect the pricing your course.
You have to see closely the price list of your competitors.
I’ll discuss details it in my blog/course about business strategy.
Step10: Set up your marketing strategy to promote your course
After a lot of works, you have created the course. This is a huge task. All the works you have done will be vain if can’t market your online course. This the real work you have to do strategically.
There are many digital marketing methods. You have studied them all. Then you have to find, which methods will be appropriate for your online course.
I’m explaining one way. You can create a high-quality blog. You can push your targeted students hereby paid ads. Some short free courses have to link up to the blog. If the learners are happy with the free course, then they will buy your paid course.
When you see the leaners are not coming to your free courses, you have to improve your blogs and free courses. If your courses are really good, you can earn a lot.
To now more please study my blog about the digital marketing for the online business.
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I can say confidently that the online course creation business has a good future. You can earn enormous by this business. Here I have mentioned the major 10 steps to create an online course creation business. There are many more suggestions about this issue.
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Related: What are the skills you need for the online course business?
In this technological time, people like to learn from their own place at their own time. This is completely possible by online learning. Also, learning online is less costly. Therefore, the online course creation business is a demandable business at present time. This type of business has good growth. Even during the early days of COVID-19, the online course business is increased by an overall 221%. I have found this data on the website of Thinkific. A market research company, Data Bridge has shown that online course business has a higher market value up to 2027 than the other businesses.
Though the online course creation business is a very demandable business, it is very much competitive. If you want to start this type of business you need some fundamental skills.
Skill#1: Expertise in any subject area
This is the main thing you need. To start an online course business, you need to create one course. Then you can understand ins and outs of the business. The founder of Thinkific created a course by himself first.
Skill#2: Good writing skill
For the online business, you need a lot of content. Firstly, you need course content, which you want to create for your target. Secondly, you need website content. Thirdly, you need digital marketing content such as blogs, SEO content, newsletter, promotional content, etc.
Skill#3: Website design and development skill
For your own online business, you need to build a website. You can outsource this task. Or, you can hire an expert to make it. Whatever you do, you need to know the many things about your website. You have to have knowledge of the domain, hosting, web security, and so on. If you depend on others, it will be a bottleneck. It will be best, if you attain some skills on your website.
Skill#4: Image creation and creativity skill
Online course creation business requires many images. Some unique images are needed for the website and digital marketing. So, you have to be creative to create new images.
Skill#5: Digital Marketing Skill:
Online course creation business has a very big market. The whole world is open. From the millions of people, you have to attract your target customers. So, you need some road signs to direct your customers to your website.
For this, you’ll need to understand digital marketing which includes the following:
- SEO content
- inbound marketing
- pay-per-click (PPC)
- affiliate marketing
- email marketing
Skill#6: Social networking skill
In the beginning, you can start alone. But to expand your business, you need a big network. So, you have a good skill in a social network. It will give you extra benefit. Facebook group, YouTube, Twitter, the LinkedIn network will give you a huge facility to create new customers and partners.
Like all other businesses you need some other skills to run an online course business:
- Finance skill
- Leadership skill
- Negotiation skill
- Problem-solving skill
- Time management skill
and so on.
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