The Business Of Selling Courses

[SoftStone]

Hey you all,

I created this thead because I am a bit stuck in the thought process and I think many people are in the same boat as me (Sorry If there is a similar thread already, but I haven‘t found it.)

Two cents about me: I‘ve identified a niche in the programming industry that is not too saturated with courses and books (I wasn‘t able to find many myself when learning about it).

I started creating free content on the subject and have picked up some (minor) traction.

My plan was to start selling online courses in my niche as soon as I grow my audience to a larger amount (no idea when exactly, but I‘ll figure that one out.).

Of course, there is a lot of work to be put in initially without any gain, but I‘d be very willing to do it.

Now my questions remain:

- is the delayed gratification with this strategy worth it in the longrun (assuming that it does take off)?

- has anyone had similar experiences with pursuing this strategy?

Sorry for using so many "I"s...

Anyways, would appreciate some thoughts if you have any.

Thanks.

 

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[NFT]

Foolproof way: Save a lot of time, money and frustration by doing a simple Google Forms survey on your future audience before creating your course.

Creating the survey is free and you can promote it with Facebook Ads for very little money.

By doing this you will find out EXACTLY what your potential customers need and want.

Then you can create a course based on the surveys results and BOOM there you go. You just solved their exact problem.
Additionally you can use some of your audiences exact phrases in your copy to be more persuasive...

 

[SoftStone]

Foolproof way: Save a lot of time, money and frustration by doing a simple Google Forms survey on your future audience before creating your course.

Creating the survey is free and you can promote it with Facebook Ads for very little money.

By doing this you will find out EXACTLY what your potential customers need and want.

Then you can create a course based on the surveys results and BOOM there you go. You just solved their exact problem.
Additionally you can use some of your audiences exact phrases in your copy to be more persuasive...

Yep, exactly. But before that, of course has to be the long grind of building up the audience you can ask (right?), which, like I said, I‘d be happy to do.

I really have no experience with facebook ads, never used them before. Do you mean just driving people to the survey? In which would they want to participate and buy the service if they‘re not one of my followers?

(I know you‘re talking about idea validation, but next would come the part of finding the customers).