She created her online course “How to Start a Shoe Brand” as a means for people to gain access to her knowledge and expertise. Through “The Shoe Community”, she has created an online space where members such as shoe start-ups and shoe brand founders come together to share their experiences and support each other. “Who doesn’t love shoes?” Listen to Susannah’s incredible story of how she took her passion for shoes and created her own special niche market, inspiring others through her membership community.

In this episode, Elizabeth shares her inspiring story of her early beginnings: from her college days that helped shape her ability to lead, work in groups, create projects, to becoming a successful entrepreneur. Learn how she started using Convert Kits to find her audience and then became the first Convert Kit certified expert. By refining her content, she mastered the art of creating a fun filled business, turning it into a profitable, repeatable process.

Tune into this episode to see how she increased her revenue significantly by creating a higher ticket, six month group coaching program. A program that has her audience wanting to buy from her again, and again, and again.

They were a regular American family - stressed, working too many hours, spending too little time together, and struggling with debt. In the summer of 2012 after some tough times at work, they decided to start an online business and take control of their own destiny. They would go on to replace their income, quit their teaching jobs, and make millions online to build the life of their dreams! Now they're helping others control their own destiny with faith and hard work. In this episode Shane describes in detail how he and his wife Jocelyn used their knowledge, wisdom and experience to create digital products and resources.

You’ll hear Andréa's journey from a freelancer to a social media agency owner and creator of her Savvy Social School.

My guest today on The Course Creator's MBA Podcast is Brandi Good. Brandi loves to systematize online business activities using tech, workflows, and automations - customized to the needs, comfort level, and budget of each business owner she works with. Her signature service, Systematize Your Biz, is designed to help you pandemic-proof your business by getting your courses and memberships online. Brandi is currently obsessed with Kajabi, morning coffee, and Star Wars.

Listen in to hear her best advice on tech integrations for your online course especially if you're just starting out.

In this bonus podcast episode, I'm chatting with Kate Ahl with Simple Pin Media. We talk about the differences between Pinterest versus Instagram so you can determine which one is the right fit for your business (maybe both!).

Kate also walks us through three things to do when you first start marketing your business on Pinterest so you can get started right away.

My guest today on The Course Creator's MBA Podcast is Rachel Mitchell. Rachel is the founder & CEO of My Sweet Sleeper. She is a certified Pediatric & Maternity Sleep Consultant, former night nanny, and mom of six.

Listen in to hear her best advice for selling and promoting your online course including what’s worked for her business.

In this episode, you’ll hear Dan Tricarico's journey about how a high school English teacher starting helping teachers overcome stress, practice self care and find more balance and happiness in the classroom.

Listen in to hear how he is growing his online course business and expanding to a new market to help others achieve their inner zen.

In this episode, you’ll hear Tom Scarda's journey about how moved into online course creation after years in the franchise industry and how he uses his online course as a lead gen for his consulting business. He was the number one franchisee of the year with his first franchise concept and failed miserably in his second franchise. Tom is the author of several books including the number one bestseller, Franchise Savvy. He has helped more than 1,500 people figure out if franchising is for them since 2005.

Listen in to hear his advice on how to fast track your success and how he continues to educate himself to set up his business for success.

In this bonus podcast episode, my guest is SEO Expert, Rachel Lindteigen. Rachel is the President & Founder Etched Marketing and in this episode she walks us through three easy steps to sell our online course with search engine optimization.

Listen in for her tips on how to optimize your online course sales page for Google and an insider tip on how to handle courses that may not be open all year round.

In this episode, you’ll hear Chelsea Baldwin's journey where she started as a freelance writer after she had hard time finding a job in journalism after graduation. She later worked in at a firm in content marketing and was promoted to their CMO, but online entrepreneurship was calling her name. Determined to take her business seriously, she set up a LLC, started serving clients and eventually created online courses so clients who couldn't afford her services could still learn from her.

Listen in to hear about her advice on why you should just get started and make improvements from there.

You’ll hear Chelsea's journey about how she started in entrepreneurship through dropshipping and eventually made her way into the online course creation world after she saw an ad for a virtual summit with Teachable.

In this episode, you’ll hear Ronni Bartle's journey as a data focused marketer which has helped her launch several different online courses. As a self described serial entrepreneur, in this episode, you'll hear about her evergreen product, Stalker, and a new project she just launched with Vacation Rental Life for a 6-week live course called the Book Direct Accelerator. This course serves vacation rental managers who want to get more direct bookings for their short-term rentals.

In this episode, you’ll hear Corinne Hone's journey about how moved working in non-profit organizations to moving into online entrepreneurship so she could have the freedom lifestyle she craved.

Listen in to learn how you can write your book even when you don't have the time.

Listen in to hear what online course creators need to know about self-publishing on Amazon.

Today, we’re in a 3-part bonus episode series that focuses on helping you finally self-publish your non-fiction book. I know that many online course creators have a book idea in the back of their mind and you know that a book can be a powerful lead generation machine. Let’s face it…if you can launch an online course, you can also write and self-publish your book.

Listen in to hear how you can get clarify and nail your book’s topic.

In this episode, you’ll hear Meredith Noble’s journey from a grant consultant to an online course creator with an established recurring revenue business. Meredith is an entrepreneur, community leader, and outdoor adventure. She is part of Geeks in the Woods, a new wave of pioneers building technology companies from remote, yet connected Valdez, Alaska.

Meredith is the founder of Learn Grant Writing, where her team helps those looking for a career change become freelance grant writers.

In this episode, you’ll hear Ben Taylor's journey from a full-time freelancer to blogger and then online course creator. Ben is the Founder of HomeWorkingClub.com, a global portal providing advice to remote workers and freelancers. His freelancing course, Freelance Kickstarter, released in September last year and he now has 100 students signed up.

Listen in to hear his best advise for aspiring online course creators and some mistakes to avoid along the way.

In this episode, you’ll hear Azalee Maslow’s journey from a social media and blogger freelancer to a Branding Coach +CMO. Azalee will talk about how she was let go from her FT job which forced her to get her side hustle up and running quickly.

Listen in to find out her tips for creating an online course if you’re just getting started and why it’s important to brand yourself.