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Recent content by Alexander K.

  1. Alexander K.

    I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Just finished listening to the audiobook. I am not an American, so 401k and mutual funds aren't a part of my world but anyway, I found many valuable ideas in the book. I especially liked those about delivering value and the KE. And of course, the final part, the instructions regarding what to do...
  2. Alexander K.

    Is the Market infinite?

    EXECUTION 
    I have one particular experience that keeps supporting me in the moments of doubt, so I thought I'd share it. Back in 2008, I decided to try myself in iPhone development and created an app for a hobby market. The app became somewhat successful, I mean, a few people were buying it every day. I...
  3. Alexander K.

    Pre-sell your course earlier rather than later

    EXECUTION 
    My current idea of how to expand is different: I need affiliates. But finding ones proves to be difficult. My niche isn't that big and people who dwell in it automatically consider each other as competitors and aren't open to cooperation. Which I think is silly and I'll be trying to break this...
  4. Alexander K.

    Pre-sell your course earlier rather than later

    EXECUTION 
    One thing is for sure — all subjects are different. Mine is a bit technical and occasionally can get a bit complex, so my students appreciate me being thorough and giving them some aids. But yes, I will need to learn to move quicker, and not stress over each and every detail. I think webinars...
  5. Alexander K.

    Pre-sell your course earlier rather than later

    EXECUTION 
    I am usually able to create a lesson or two a day but I am doing it a hard way and hoping to find an easier way. I am writing the text of the lesson, making slides, recording a talking head intro, then going through the slides with ScreenFlow etc. Lots of work. I am now trying to conduct a...
  6. Alexander K.

    Pre-sell your course earlier rather than later

    EXECUTION 
    Drip feeding would work well, yes, but I am in the first half a year of my entrepreneurship so moving quickly to be able to pay the bills! I looked at Thinkific but my understanding (or maybe my lack of understanding) is that you can't have in one lesson a bunch of resources, like the video...
  7. Alexander K.

    Pre-sell your course earlier rather than later

    EXECUTION 
    My niche is very narrow and I can't tell you about a lot of industries but my general impression is that the Russian market of online learning is much less saturated compared to the Western one. Also, people are very grateful for quality content, maybe because there are many courses that promise...
  8. Alexander K.

    Pre-sell your course earlier rather than later

    EXECUTION 
    As for the platform, I created my very first course on Udemy but it wasn't really successful. One reason might have been that it was my very first course, so I was learning a lot of things. Video, microphones, camera, ScreenFlow... Udemy is a very controlling environment, they will be telling...
  9. Alexander K.

    Fastlane or Unscripted? Which first?

    HOT! 
    I vote for TMF first. In my case, I got the UNSCRIPTED, possibly as a result of reacting to some ad, started reading it and then found out about the TMF. So I got the TMF Kindle version and then the Audible version as well, or maybe vice versa. I actually liked the title, maybe because I am...
  10. Alexander K.

    Can anyone suggest a good platform for paid webinars?

    EXECUTION 
    I am relatively new to webinars, I only conducted half a dozen of them so far. I started from free webinars with YouTube live streaming, and it was a positive experience. I liked how just recorded webinar automatically appeared on YouTube in high resolution, with me doing nothing at all. It...
  11. Alexander K.

    Don't be shy, remind them!

    EXECUTION 
    This is a very valuable comment. I need to learn that the same principle works not only for emails!
  12. Alexander K.

    Don't be shy, remind them!

    EXECUTION 
    The logic is simple: those who are truly your audience will thank you for the reminder, and those who will unsubscribe — you shouldn't really care about them.
  13. Alexander K.

    Pre-sell your course earlier rather than later

    EXECUTION 
    Here is another valuable experience. I created the first version of my course in English, which is my adopted language. I was a bit shy about pre-selling it, so I only pre-sold it when it reached the level of 17 out of 51 lessons. It worked well in terms of money I gained, but only a few...
  14. Alexander K.

    Don't be shy, remind them!

    EXECUTION 
    Well, I'd say it's an intellectual hobby, a sort of. I avoid naming it explicitly as once I do that, you will have a completely wrong idea — that's just how it is, unfortunately.
  15. Alexander K.

    Don't be shy, remind them!

    EXECUTION 
    One important lesson I've learned is not to be shy reminding people of your course (or whatever you are promoting). I had 79 potential volunteers for the pre-launch of my course. When I announced the enrollment, only 26 enrolled. I then resent the invitation to those who haven't opened it (8...
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