Teaching online is a fantastic way to earn money from your experience, skills, and expertise — and everyone’s an expert in something, right?
We’ve covered this topic in the archives before, with Scott Britton, Rob Cubbon, and most recently with Jon Haws and how he included an online course as part of his rapidly-growing nursing empire.
This week on the show I’ve got an inspiring and action-packed episode with Phil Ebiner, who’s someone I’ve been watching from afar the last year or so.
Phil’s built up a HUGE library of more than 50 online courses and teaches more than 130,000 students. While he now focuses on his business full-time, he hit the 6-figure income mark before leaving his day job.
In this episode we chat about how he comes up with course ideas, how he structures his content, and he markets his material, along of course with the tech he uses to get it all done.
On a personal note, my Udemy course has turned into a nice passive income stream, earning $300-600 per month on autopilot. If I were smarter, I’d work on building out my portfolio of courses!
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- How Phil’s first $62 in income from teaching online hooked him on the business model.
- How to come up with ideas on potential courses you can teach.
- How Phil outlines and structures each course.
- The tools and software he uses to create his courses.
- Why Udemy is such a powerful platform for people without an audience.
- How each course turns into a “little passive income asset.”
- How Phil is building his own list and platform with the help of Udemy and his “Bonus Lecture” strategy.
- How he recommends launching and marketing a course for both new and experienced instructors.
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Thanks for having me on the show Nick! It was super awesome! Hopefully your audience enjoyed it.
Udemy is really a gold mine for skilled entrepreneurs. Now I’m sharpening my saw for me to share it to others and hopefully earn something out of it.
Thanks for this great idea!
Totally!
Hey, great podcast. Definitely got a lot of ideas flowing. However, I was disappointed that you didn’t talk validation at all. There’s a lot of work upfront for creating these video courses. Do you validate that it will sell first, and if so, how?
Hi Brian, great question. I actually recently wrote a guide about exactly this on my blog. Check it out: https://www.videoschoolonline.com/9-ways-to-validate-my-online-course-idea/
Ah, very cool of you. Thanx Phil!
Great question Brian — thanks for keeping me honest — and thanks Phil for quickly jumping in with an awesome resource!
I enjoyed this show. I’m a soon to be Udemy instructor. Course is in the Udemy hopper.
I’ve had a few snags with the test video. Nonetheless, I’m pressing forward.
Technology is kicking me in the rear, but I’m pressing forward and the goal for the course to launch in March.
That’s exciting FBK!
Thanks Phil.
Hi,
First off, great podcast and there is a ton of actionable info here. I am going to sign up for the Video school course but I want to hit the ground running, is there a certain microphone you suggest or would I be better off just going with the webcam? I’m planning on Powerpoint based courses. Thank you.
Hi Brian,
The cheapest high quality option is the Blue Snowball or Blue Yeti. I have the Heil PR-40, which is a great podcast mic. Here’s my complete list: https://www.videoschoolonline.com/course-creator-equipment/
Great to hear you two guys chat about Udemy and other stuff. Nick, I enjoyed the update at the end about your little one.
Thanks Rob!
At the moment I am not involved online courses. It is for later in the year. However, I do enjoy dipping into the various Podcasts. Once again Nick’s questions show genuine interest. Plus, Phil’s experience, knowledge and discussion are inspiring. Cheers!
Thank you for the informative interview and congratulations on your new child.
Hi,
I just discovered this on Pinterest. I am wondering if people are teaching online independently, without being employed by a college/institution? I am curious what field of teaching applies, I am in the field of communication. I am curious if you can design a course on anything you want? Would love to learn more. Thank you!