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This podcast episode is part of our course creator series where I'm chatting with ordinary course creators, just like you. We’re talking about their journey in their online course business, how they got started, the challenges they've experienced, and how they overcame them. These are real discussions with real people.

In this episode, you’ll hear Azalee Maslow’s journey from a social media and blogger freelancer to a Branding Coach +CMO. Azalee will talk about how she was let go from her FT job which forced her to get her side hustle up and running quickly.

Listen in to find out her tips for creating an online course if you’re just getting started and why it’s important to brand yourself.

Note: Some of these links are affiliate links, which means I may get a commission if you try them and purchase. However, none of the fees have been increased to compensate me.

Links mentioned in this episode:

✅ Where you can find Azalee: https://www.azaleemaslow.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/azaleemaslow/

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/51

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This podcast episode is part of our course creator series where I'm chatting with ordinary course creators, just like you. We’re talking about their journey in their online course business, how they got started, the challenges they've experienced, and how they overcame them. These are real discussions with real people.

In this episode, you’ll hear James Pollard’s journey from a high school entrepreneur to a successful online course creator who now serves more than 31,000 customers. He started his online entrepreneurial journey in 2015 as a coach (The Advisor Coach) and quickly realized coaching wasn't for him because he was burned out with the one-on-one sessions. He realized he couldn't scale his time, even though he raised his prices several times, so he transitioned into paid digital courses and products.

Listen in to find out how he has built a successful online course business and how he learned the hard way the importance of improving productivity and automated sales funnels.

Links mentioned in this episode:

✅ Where you can find James: https://www.theadvisorcoach.com/

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/50

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This podcast episode is part of our course creator series where I'm chatting with ordinary course creators, just like you. We’re talking about their journey in their  online course business, how they got started, the challenges they've experienced, and how they overcame them. These are real discussions with real people.

In this episode, you’ll hear Emee Estacio’s journey from a university lecturer who walked away from academia to pursue online entrepreneurship. She started her journey with writing self-help books and then created an online course that helps aspiring authors write and self-publish books on Amazon. 

Learn how she found the courage to walk away from a stable job to pursue online entrepreneurship. Emee says she can't put a price on where she is now. She absolutely enjoys what she is doing now (i.e., teaching) while at the same time she has the freedom to spend quality time with family because of the flexibility online course creation brings.

Links mentioned in this episode:

✅ You can find Emee in her Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/selfpubmadesimple/

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/49

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This podcast episode is part of our course creator series where I'm chatting with ordinary course creators, just like you. We’re talking about their journey in their  online course business, how they got started, the challenges they've experienced, and how they overcame them. These are real discussions with real people.

In this podcast episode, you’ll hear about Stacy Juba’s journey of how her freelance work has grown over the years and how she transitioned into online courses. Stacy published her first novel at age eighteen, and over the years has written sweet and sassy chick lit novels, mysteries about determined women sleuths, and entertaining books for young adults and children. Stacy is also a freelance developmental editor, creator of online courses for writers, and an award-winning journalist who has published more than 3,000 articles in newspapers and magazines. She is the founder of Shortcuts for Writers, and her goal is to take the writing and editing tips she learned in the trenches and simplify them for her clients and students. Her signature course, Book Editing Blueprint: A Step-By-Step Plan to Making Your Novels Publishable, empowers fiction writers to think like an editor so they can save time and money.

Listen in to hear how she has educated herself on marketing, website development, and sales funnels which has led to her success in her online course business.

Links mentioned in this episode:

✅ You can find Stacy at: https://www.shortcutsforwriters.com/

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/48

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This podcast episode is part of our course creator series where I'm chatting with ordinary course creators, just like you. We’re talking about their journey in their  online course business, how they got started, the challenges they've experienced, and how they overcame them. These are real discussions with real people.

In this podcast episode, you’ll hear about Anna Gray’s journey of how she got started in her online course business with all of the twists and turns - a true roller coaster ride!  Anna is a Facebook group strategist,  adoptive mom, and 20-year operating room nurse who lives just North of Los Angeles. 

Listen in to hear her thoughts on “failures” and her best advice for all online entrepreneurs.

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/47

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This podcast episode is part of our course creator series where I'm chatting with ordinary course creators, just like you. We’re talking about their journey in their  online course business, how they got started, the challenges they've experienced, and how they overcame them. These are real discussions with real people.

In this episode, you’ll hear Jodi Bourne’s journey from a freelancer to a successful vacation rental marketer and course creator. Jodi’s inspiring story walks us through her journey of working in marketing for a non profit to starting her own business by freelancing.  You’ll hear about how she was first introduced to online courses and the steps she took to build her online course business (hint: it wasn’t by creating the course first).

Links mentioned in this episode:

✅ You can find Jodi at: https://jodibourne.com/ and Instagram.

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/46

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In this podcast episode, I chat with Kate Doster. If you have 15 tabs open right now and you never wear socks that match, Kate Doster is the productivity lady for you. You’ll see that Kate's zone of genius isn't organization.  In fact, she's a creative copywriter turn course creator who kept missing deadlines, skipping over crucial steps in her launches and lived in a consistent state of digital clutter. 

It wasn't until Trello entered her life as a solopreneur that things finally started to come together. Think - never missing emails, actually finishing up paid products and publishing and promoting her podcast Inbox Besties every week even when things got crazy.

You’ll walk away from this episode with productivity tips for your online course creation projects and course launches even if you feel that you’re the most disorganized person you know!

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Where to find Kate Doster

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/44

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This podcast episode is part of our course creator series where I'm chatting with ordinary course creators, just like you. We’re talking about their journey in their  online course business, how they got started, the challenges they've experienced, and how they overcame them. These are real discussions with real people.

In this podcast episode, you’ll hear about Debbie Gartner’s journey of how she’s leveraged the power of SEO to get over 500,000 page views per month and generates over 20,000 net profit a month. She used her blog and course income to pay off more than $238,000 of debt. Debbie has coached over a hundred bloggers on SEO, and she's a best selling author of two very successful SEO books, Easy on Page SEO and Easy Backlinks for SEO. She has sold over 3,000 eBooks and courses to bloggers and entrepreneurs.

Listen in to learn the secret to her success and how  she’s been able to have $20K, $30K and even $45K months in profit from her online business.

Links mentioned in this episode:

✅ You can find Debbie at: theflooringgirl.com 

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/45

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In this podcast episode, I interview Noah Mittman who is the Founder & CEO of Snowman Films. In this fun episode, Noah walks us through his top tips on how to make your online course look like a pro with video without any costly equipment.

If you’ve avoided using face to camera video in creating your online course, don’t miss this one! Noah walks us through how EASY it is to create your online courses videos and make them interesting and engaging to students.

You’ll walk away from this episode with camera confidence and knowing exactly how to record your online course videos with some simple and easy to use equipment that you may already have in your home office.

Links mentioned in this episode:

✅ Noah’s beginner gear recommendations: https://kit.co/noahmittman/course-creator-starter-kit

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/43

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Do you wonder if launching your online course with a summit is right for you? Do you have questions such as how do you find speakers if you aren't well known? 

In this episode, join me and Krista Miller with Summit in a Box, where we discuss your burning summit related questions. Specifically, we cover:

• How do you know if you're ready to host a virtual summit?
• How to find speakers if you don't have a large audience on social and/or a small email list
• How a summit can lead to a successful online course launch
• Juicy details on Krista's upcoming summit: Sell With a Summit (the course creator edition)

➡️Episode show notes: https://destinicopp.com/podcast/42