“The mission of the course is to not only provide free online education to prohibit the spread of COVID-19 but also to create a community that encourages one another to do their part in making a difference.”

“Lots of technology companies have some sort of educational material to help their customers understand the product. But what we did differently is reach out to social media professionals who may not even be customers yet, and offer the opportunity to learn for free.”

“Someone studying for one of these exams is getting so much thrown at them in such a short period of time. My approach teaches students what they need to know in order to pass, get their credentials, and move on. I leave building their expertise to follow as their career …

“I was the first one to do that. So when they saw me, they saw themselves. The support and loyalty that came from my followers was a really big deal in helping me grow.”

“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.”

“Question your norm about money. A lot of dietitians come into my programs selling $50 to $100 USD ebooks and cheap courses. I try to shift their mindset and encourage them to offer more support, live calls, and make it a group program so that they can charge $1,000 to …

“When I established my curriculum, I was aware that there were different standards out there. I created a mind map and outlined the foundation of what should be included in the required 30 hours. From there, I was able to flesh out the engaging additional pieces."

“Thinkific was the most simple platform I tried. I think the fact that I was able to create a whole bunch of different courses inside the platform was the most appealing. Also, it was affordable to get started with.”

“We had a WordPress site with an LMS integration, and it was a nightmare. There were lots of problems – people were paying and not getting access, or getting access without paying. It was really stressful."

“There are 21 million students in the world studying Spanish right now, and Spanish is becoming more and more important every day in international communication.”

"From the beginning, I’ve always had a really positive feeling and experience working with thinkific. I’m very attached to thinkific, and I’m happy with it!"

“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.”

“Just one segment of the online education market made a $172,000,000 last year. So it’s a boom time for teachers right now.”

"You’re not thinking about strategies for making money or any of that, and really for about four years I was just plugging away making content and totally missing the marketing aspect of it."