117: Is This Guy My Competition or Mentor?

Today we’re chatting with Steve Nixon, a successful online piano course creator who played an interesting role in my own course creation journey. He’s got a wealth of experience in his niche and is on a mission to teach people what online businesses actually need to become successful.

"It’s better to get feedback from people right away… real people with real problems that you can serve right away."

- Steve Nixon

It was awesome to hear Steve’s perspective on over a decade of successful online courses, plus hear where he is branching out into new territory. I’m feeling inspired and I think you will be, too!

In This Episode, We Talked About:

(1:11) Chatting about the latest updates to our businesses and more

(6:18) Catching up with Steve Nixon and hearing about his online course journey

(9:16) How Steve’s story impacted my own

(12:06) Tracking the market and finding “the hook”

(14:01) Steve’s perspective on starting the risk of starting his own online course

(15:58) Why he has multiple offerings within one business - and his suggestion for people who don’t have an audience yet

(19:36) A classic downfall of new course creators

(20:08) What Steve would do if he was creating his first online course today

(24:38) Looking to the future of the online course market

(28:37) Branching out and providing value

(31:46) Steve’s upcoming projects and future plans

(34:15) David and I discuss Steve’s interview

(40:55) Is it a good sign if you’re being trolled?

(41:12) Wrapping up today’s episode

We covered a lot of interesting ground today, so I hope you’ll drop me a line and let me know your favorite part of the conversation! And make sure you check out the great tools and freebies linked below.

Links

Steve’s Free Jazz Lessons Website

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Traction book

Clickfunnels Free Templates & Trial

The Online Course Community (free Facebook group)

Steve’s New Strategy Samurai Website

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