A Beginner's Guide to Making Money with Online Courses

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Published 2024-05-21
This video is a 1 hour masterclass on basically everything I know about making and selling online courses. If you're interested in selling courses yourself, then hopefully there's something useful for you here! Enjoy x

My favourite platform for building a courses business is Kajabi and you can get a 30 day free trial by using this link here: app.kajabi.com/r/NN6fUtrF

šŸ”—Ā LINKS:
- Podia: go.aliabdaal.com/podia
- Teachable: go.aliabdaal.com/teachable
- $100m Offers by Alex Hormozi: geni.us/nVs7vo
- $100m Leads by Alex Hormozi: geni.us/FiS4Qh
- Dotcom Secrets by Russel Brunson: geni.us/IEbp7
- Expert Secrets by Russel Brunson: geni.us/fRE3F
- Traffic Secrets by Russel Brunson: geni.us/8Y03BX
- The Millionaire Messenger by Brendon Burchard: geni.us/gYRwxLx
- My interview with Nicolas Cole: Ā Ā Ā ā€¢Ā 5Ā WaysĀ ToĀ MakeĀ $1Ā MillionĀ AsĀ AĀ Writer...Ā Ā 
- My interview with Tiago Forte: Ā Ā Ā ā€¢Ā ConfrontingĀ myĀ ProductivityĀ GuruĀ -Ā Ti...Ā Ā 
- My interview with Dickie Bush: Ā Ā Ā ā€¢Ā HowĀ toĀ BuildĀ aĀ BusinessĀ thatĀ LetsĀ you...Ā Ā 
- If you want to double your productivity, join my new community Productivity Lab: www.productivitylab.com/?utm_campaign=Productivityā€¦
- Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity: www.feelgoodproductivity.com/?utm_campaign=Feel-Goā€¦
- If you've read the book, share your thoughts here: aliabdaal.com/fgp-rating/

By the way, you can watch this video in a few other languages by changing the audio settings xx

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WHO AM I?
If we havenā€™t met before - Hey šŸ‘‹ Iā€™m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and Iā€™ve somehow become the worldā€™s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love.

PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from šŸ˜œ

āŒšļøTimestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:26 - My history of selling courses
9:11- Examples of other course creators
19:45 - The courses business model
24:09 - Building your course step by step
28:24 - Choosing a platform for your course
30:57 - Setting up your course for purchase
34:28 - Creating your landing page and website
38:02 - Creating your offer
43:48 - The biggest problem: traffic and leads
52:42 - Frequently asked questions
53:09 - What if you feel you have nothing to teach?
55:45 - What order should I do the things to build this kind of business?
58:42 - How do you choose a price for your course?
59:49 - Whatā€™s a funnel?
1:01:05 - What if I don't feel like an expert in my field?
1:02:30 - What are the most common mistakes to avoid?
1:02:56 - What do you do about people pirating your content?
1:03:23 - How much should I give away for free?
1:04:07 - How do you handle refunds and dissatisfied students?
1:05:13 - What are some resources you recom

All Comments (21)
  • @aliabdaal
    What was the most useful/interesting part of this video for you?
  • The efficiency of this Abel Dorsey is next level. To juggle walk throughs of various angles on the topic delivered to-camera, differnet content per topic from various folks underneath the umbrella of the track list of the larger big band concert itself is engaging and refined. To make a dense taccess like this so digestible is really something. Awesome work jack!!
  • @bobbyathineos
    This is really frustrating to me. For the past two years, Iā€™ve been trying to build my career as a content creator. A friend of mine has a successful YouTube channel with millions of subscribers, and sheā€™s one of the most genuine people I know. She always offers valuable advice and supports me whenever I feel down. We started our channels around the same time, but her content took off while Iā€™m still struggling to get leads and grow my audience. Iā€™ve tried collaborating with other creators, participating in online communities, and even running ads, but nothing seems to make a difference. Sometimes it's just not for you and I just had to accept that and move on.
  • @kellyywong
    this is scary, i was just digging through Ali's youtube to find something about creating online courses and even purchased a book about this topic and BRO HITS ME WITH THIS VIDEO!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE THIS VIDEO AND YOU A LOT THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
  • @carolm.d.6967
    Web designer here! I just wanted to say that landing pages are not just simple pages on your website or one-page sites (this is a common mistake). Landing pages are where you "land" after clicking on ads, such as from a web marketing campaign. Apart from that, I want to truly thank you for your content. I'll follow your instructions and create a new channel to share free content with my audience. I'll start with free webinars and ebooks, and then move on to selling courses. You are a true inspiration, Ali. I love how you've transformed your life and aim to transform others' lives too. Thanks šŸ„°
  • @ezetalamona
    Ali this is incredible!! Iā€™m a data YouTuber, I started my YouTube channel two years ago following lot of your advices. Iā€™m now in the middle of this exact process, trying to build a new platform for my online courses, one of the things I was thinking last week was ā€œhow did Ali create and host his YouTube Academy courseā€? This is pure gold!! Thank you very much for your help as always!! šŸ™Œ
  • @Denmosocial
    Downloading this incase it ever gets removed, awesome stuff Ali
  • @JetBlizzard
    No fluff, an hour video with different modules and real examples. Gotta say Ali, this was an incredible video. I appreciate the minimal editing and conversation aesthetic a ton in my journey to try and learn these concepts.
  • Just listened to the intro and I have to say thank you Ali. I've been trying to find a resource for learning how to actually make money selling a course that I have an outline for and a bunch of little courses and a community and the whole kit and kaboodle. I have a lot of trouble trusting that any online resource that I find on my own will be trustworthy but I have been watching you for a while and now you have provided that which I was looking for, somebody that I already trust providing me with those resources that I need. Your videos are always so timely for me. ā¤
  • @KodjoEnglish
    JUST WOW šŸ”„ I spent an hour watching this and didnā€™t even see the time pass. Incredible work, Ali šŸ‘šŸ¾šŸ‘šŸ¾šŸ‘šŸ¾
  • @LesterDiaz
    This is a great step-by-step breakdown of selling information online. Iā€™ve made a lot of money teaching people to grow an audience and monetize it on Facebook and I do exactly what Ali teaches on this video. I provide free content and value to my audience first. The most important thing is you have to ensure you have some experience, knowledge or expertise in one topic. I see a lot of beginners selling BS courses without going through the years of grind to master the skill their selling. In a nutshell, master one skill, get the results and then youā€™re qualified to teach other people.
  • @NazhifUU
    So much value, thank you so much Ali!
  • @Khatere-iv8nf
    This isn't just a YouTube video,this is a full course. Thank you so so much Ali. I took a lot of notes and watched till the end. Absolutely amazing
  • @DevTalk
    Thanks Ali for always putting out these videos and being so open about your process and earnings. Really helps instructors like me to better understand the business. This is a Gem.
  • @nim_19
    Thanks so much for this! Iā€™ve been working towards building a YouTube channel/instagram with the plan to create an online course later on so this is really useful. Iā€™ve been working my way through your recommended books list so Iā€™m currently listening to 100m offers - those recs have been super helpful too ā¤
  • @ayshadiyaah7917
    I am a high school student and u are my genuine mentor and inspiration i can ever have. As always loved the video ! ..Thanks a ton for being so transparent and sharing very handy insightsā¤Keep taking us along in your journey. Btw i've completed reading your book lately and just wanna say it's damn good ā¤
  • @ChefShaylaMD
    What a comprehensive video! Thank you Ali for this! This will be on repeat for me!
  • @lilleemmamor
    Thank you for sharing Ali! As inspiring as alwaysā¤this video is super useful and really gives me a push to start
  • @SoupyManJoe
    I've been waiting for a video on this from Ali!! So great.
  • @Eesalitepill99
    The greatest lesson here is that thereā€™s no shortcut to success!!!! I donā€™t think you guys will ever learn anything from this video. You canā€™t technically replicate his process because itā€™s probably obsolete by now BUT what I learnt from this video is DOCUMENT EVERYTHING