How to Build An Online Course Business in 2021

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May 21  

The most common question I receive in my question is: "Hey John, I know that you quit your job a few years ago... what was the secret that made it all happen?"

Well, to be honest - the secret was years of hard work and consistency by me and my wife. But the tools we used played a big part in it!

In this full-length masterclass, you're going to discover the exact tools we use in our main business (of over 50,000 students) that allow us to generate a full-time income from home with our 3 kids.

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What you will discover in this guide

  • The 3-pronged tech stack that allows us to sell unlimited courses to unlimited students
  • Our favorite secret weapon that allows us to maximize the amount of revenue we can generate from each student...
  • And the email marketing tool that keeps life as simple as possible (without sacrificing functionality)
  • Oh and a bonus - the graphics platform I recommend if you don't consider yourself a graphic designer!

Tools used in this tutorial

Learn More: Thrivecart Review

It's a big tutorial, here are the time stamps

Timestamps:

  • 00:01:30 - Roadmap of the funnel
  • 00:06:10 - The tools we are using and why
  • 00:07:40 - Setting up your Teachable School
  • 00:11:10 - Building Your First Teachable Course
  • 00:16:00 Customizing lessons (important pdf elements and calls to action )
  • 00:19:00 - Adding thumbnails for your Teachable Courses using RelayThat
  •  00:21:00 Launching your school
  • 00:22:00 Duplicating and building out additional courses
  • 00:24:00 Setting up Pricing and payment options
  • 00:26:30 - Reviewing the complete product catalog (and what to do if you donÂ’t have a ton of products yet)
  • 00:30:00 - Setting up your Convertkit Email System & Landing Page
  • 00:37:00 - Setting up Thrivecart to sell your products in a high-converting sales funnel
  • 00:38:00 - Which Thrivecart level is right for you?
  • 00:39:00 - How to integrate Thrivecart with Teachable
  • 00:42:00 - Setting up your first Product in Thrivecart
  • 00:45:00 - Designing your One Time Offer Page
  • 00:49:00 - Creating Tags to Identify and Segments my Email list (and linking them to Thrivecart)
  • 00:54:00 - Understanding Abandoned Carts to recover money easily!
  • 00:55:00 - Creating Your First Upsell in Thrivecart
  • 00:57:00 - Creating Your First Downsell in Thrivecart
  • 00:58:00 - Configuring every piece of your Sales Funnel in Thrivecart
  • 01:00:00 - Linking your Convertkit Landing Page to Your Sales Funnel
  • 00:01:00 - Running our first end-to-end test with test purchases
  • 00:06:00 - Recapping the benefits of this powerful system

About the Author

John Whitford is an entrepreneur who has built over 12 profitable online blogs and businesses. He's also the founder of Unbeatable Tech, a data-driven digital marketing company that specializes in sales funnel implementation for both his own businesses and clients alike. John loves to be a beach bum while brainstorming new ideas for marketing strategies, but he's always excited to take on another project!

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