Create scalable online courses and position yourself as an expert

Online courses are characterized by three major advantages: very high flexibility, learning independent of location and time, and a very wide reach.

But to decide whether it really makes sense for you to create an online course, you should ask yourself the following questions:

• Is there a need for the topic I am offering?
• What problem do I want to solve with my offer?
• Which niche can I cover?
• What is the aim of my course?
• What do my customers need and what are their requirements?
• Who are my competitors and what can I do better?
• What does my process look like and how can I ensure success for my customers?
• Do I already have customers who would be interested or do I have to start from scratch?
• How can I ensure an exchange among the participants and feedback?

If you have now decided that an online course is just right for you, then get started right away and create your first course.

You have decided and now want to create an online course, then good preparation is the be-all and end-all. Preparation includes everything you need to start producing and marketing your course. 

This includes:

• The target group analysis
• The topic of your course
• The aim of your course
• The outline of your course

You are an expert, have a wealth of knowledge and experience in a particular field and would like to share your expertise with others? 

Then launch your online course as a digital product and earn money with it. Skillshare, Open Education Database and Udemy are leading the way: The sale of online courses is a globally sought-after and growing market. 

In order for you to successfully market your online course, it is important that you:

• You have a topic
• Know your target group
• Decide on an online course platform
• The opportunity to reach your target group
• Has an account with a payment provider (Stripe, Hotmart, CopeCart, Digistore24, PayPal, Mollie, GoCardless, affilicon)

If you are already successful with your offline training courses, or have already started, you can easily digitize your courses and offer them online.

With Memberspot, you also have the advantage that you can upload your videos directly to your course without having to resort to platforms such as Vimeo or YouTube. 

You also have unlimited video storage, the content is protected against copying, is GDPR-compliant and is stored securely on EU servers.

• Generation of passive income
• More independence and flexibility 
• Greater reach, you can serve more customers with your content
• You create greater added value for your customers

There are direct interfaces to Digistore24 and Copecart. These are payment providers through which online courses and memberships are sold in the reseller model. You can also connect other payment providers via the Zapier tool. E.g. Elopage, WooCommerce, Paypal and more.

Creating an online course has now become quite easy, there are many tools, such as Memberspot, that help you to create your online course in just a few steps and without any programming knowledge. What is a little more complicated than the actual creation of the course is what has to happen beforehand. This can be broken down into three steps:  

1. The preparation (brainstorming)
2. The production of the course content
3. The follow-up of the contents 

Once you have done this, the fun part lies ahead of you: create your online course in just a few steps.

This depends entirely on which tools you use or want to use. If you use many different tools to create, promote and sell your online courses, you may incur monthly costs for each tool. To avoid this, you can also choose an all-in-one solution, i.e. a tool that combines all your tools.

With Memberspot, you can benefit from a German platform with a member area for just EUR 39 per month, where you can not only easily create your online courses, but also offer them as an app with your white label branding. Other advantages include simple operation, an attractive design and the storage of your data on EU servers.

See for yourself and test Memberspot now for 14 days free of charge and without obligation.

• Flexible learning for your community
• Simple knowledge transfer
• 100% remote - short-term planning possible
• Customized content
• You reach more people
• Lower budget than for face-to-face courses
• You can create creative explainer videos
• The content is easy to update
• Test options (e.g. multiple choice)
• Use and integration of various media possible
• Evaluation of learning progress
• Earnings through sales