“My personal definition of “pay it forward” is when you channel the love and kindness that has been shown to you and share it with others. In other words, show your love, share your knowledge and play it forward.”

"Online education was a bit different from our core business, but what we realized is that we already had a lot of strengths to be able to launch our offerings. We already had core content verticals within science, an engaged audience, and a great network of researchers, scientists, and doctors. …

“I learned that people expect videos. I had to manage my students’ expectations because I don’t think some topics are best suited for video.”

“My background has been in in-person teaching. I really enjoy that because I like the interaction that you get with folks. But I was getting too tapped out trying to deliver the courses in person across Canada.”

“A lot of people were asking how I grew my successful textured art business. That was great feedback that I used to create my next course.”

“I wrote down all the things I knew how to do, all my experience. What I learned working a nine-to-five, and everything I knew about business finance. I looked at how I could give those skills directly to the marketplace, as a coach.”

“Before using TCommerce I wasn’t as happy with my checkout. People would sign up for my site but they wouldn’t purchase the course right away. Now, the sign-up screen is the purchase screen as well, which increases the conversion rate. Plus, the new checkout and other sales tools are free …

“With 1-1 coaching, I felt like a record on repeat, answering the same questions. So I took everything that people were asking me, and turned it into an online program."

“My TikTok audience didn’t really transfer to Instagram, which I thought was interesting. The following was completely different; I had around 2,000 Instagram followers when I started it. Shortly after starting the page, I had an Instagram reel go viral and I grew 50,000 followers per week from there after.”

“Building a membership site on Thinkific let me grow my audience and teach thousands of students sewing and DIY fashion. Thinkific has made the process so easy for me to navigate.”

“Then, we can advise them on which course to choose. We want to determine if it’s a good fit.”

“I got started with online courses when I realized that I could better serve my audience and earn revenue by breaking down the steps of what I learned, and show people exactly what they needed to do.”

“We decided in the first couple of weeks that we were going to go big. From day one, we looked at software that would allow us to scale.”

“People in the political and educational world who didn’t talk about this stuff two years ago are now emailing me asking for more information. I can now see the impact we’re making; these are people who make big decisions for large student bodies and institutions.”

“Out of all the platforms we looked at, Thinkific Plus was the best fit to help other companies get their sales reps the training they need in a very quick fashion, with a very affordable solution."