“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.”
“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."
“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.”
“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."
“It was the first time we really opened our eyes to, ‘hey we can leverage our time–instead of doing this one-on-one, we can do it en mass and basically create a passive revenue stream."
“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.”
“We were the first organisation to launch a truly virtual event - the first banking industry virtual conference, which we’re really proud of. We committed to bringing the best and most interesting education to bankers inexpensively, and in a timely manner."
“There was a lot of downsizing then - some of them lost their jobs too - and we offered them the opportunity to join us as speakers. Even when the economy got better, most of them stayed with us over the years – many of them are exclusive to us; not because we make them exclusive to us, but because they know who we are, and we’ve been with them for years. Relationship building is a high priority for us.”
"She wasn’t a skilled gymnast, she was just having fun and dancing to this really crazy dance music, and in that moment I was just completely mesmerized. I was like, if she can do this, I can do this. I love dancing. This is going to be great.”