At Teachable, we believe that everyone has expertise worth sharing—and that you can make money teaching what you know. Business owners, coaches, creatives, freelancers, and influencers can all take advantage of online courses to grow a thriving business and earn real income.
With an online course, you can earn money sharing your valuable skills and experience with others. A course can grow your community, expand your business, and earn you respect in your niche. Even better? Online courses give you your time back—time you can invest in other aspects of your business, your community, and even your family and friends.
Everyone has valuable knowledge, skills, and expertise that other people need and want. And although you might be excited about building your online course business, many first time course creators like you worry:
In 2017 alone, our community of instructors earned over $85 million selling courses through Teachable. And after talking with our happy and successful customers who have made a profit teaching online, we’ve learned that there’s a simple, repeatable formula for building a successful course business. It starts with choosing the perfect course idea...before you waste hours building something that no one will buy.
AND MOST OF ALL...
Our top course creators have something in common
Successful course creators have a crystal clear idea about:
In this course, you’ll walk through every step of the journey to solidify your business idea, choose the right course idea, identify your audience, and map out the #1 common denominator that all successful Teachable courses share: a guaranteed transformation.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
SECTION 1
Get an overview of the course, along with some helpful resources and the course workbook. (Editable and yours to download!)
SECTION 2
Brainstorm online course ideas
Narrow down your options and identify your top choice
SECTION 3
Use four foolproof techniques to validate (or test) that you've chosen not just a good idea...but a profitable one.
SECTION 4
Identify your target customers' demographics and psychographics. And get specific!
SECTION 5
Use the go-to "four-deep" technique to make your topic even more focused.
Identify the underlying transformation that will make your course truly valuable.
SECTION 6
Identify the key milestones students will achieve in your course
SECTION 7
Give your Teachable school a strategic name to build your brand.
Use our 3-part naming technique to give your Teachable course a name that attracts students.
SECTION 8
Congratulate yourself on taking the first step toward starting your online course business!
Learn what comes next (and exactly how you’ll get there).
FAQ
Your Instructor
Teachable is an all-in-one technology solution that empowers creators to transform their knowledge into income. Teachable handles everything from web hosting to payment processing to customer support. We want to give you more time so you can focus on what matters: creating awesome online courses, and building the business and life you want.