LMScast

Today’s LMScast will tell you how to create passive income for offline businesses by sharing information and tutorials online for your products and services. If you have a website-based business you’ll benefit from this discussion, too.

Buyers do online research before buying even simple items, so make it super easy for them to learn about everything you offer. If you’re an instructor or trainer, then online courses are a natural step for what you do and will allow you to reach a much larger audience than you can face-to-face.

Maybe you already know how to build online courses. You can offer your experience as a consultant, designer, or developer to other businesses just getting into eLearning, especially those in your own niche.

At any level, a learning management system like LifterLMS will help you present your business professionally, from basic how-to videos to multi-part training courses.

How-to videos establish you as a trusted expert that people feel good about. Your instruction may help some people do their own repairs, but more likely they will decide it’s too much work and hire you to do the task for them. If they want to DIY their project, they will likely buy their parts and supplies from you.

Learning how to create passive income for offline businesses through online instruction will bring you more customers, and a tool like LifterLMS will make the task even easier. Try a demo of LifterLMS at demo.lifterlms.com and see what our course development platform can do for your business.

This LMScast will show you how to name your online course so students will notice you and take a closer look at what you can offer them. Just as a book title or email subject line can make you want to read further, your course title should have the same effect.

Choosing a name for your course is crucial to its success, so have patience and see how the course develops to choose a title that represents you well.

There are several things to consider in the naming process. Test how the name sounds when you say it out loud, because a reader will “hear” it in their head as they read it. You want a name that’s different from others to reinforce your own unique teaching style and content. Usually a short, simple name is more memorable, but if you want a longer name make sure it’s necessary to describe the specifics of what you’re doing. You can make an old concept sound new and instill curiosity with creative wording, or focus on results with active terms in your title. And niche-specific language is a great way to reach a target market.

Your course title is a form of branding as it defines your scope as well as your course, so choose a name you could expand upon beyond a single instance. How you name your online course is important, so take time to create the best title possible. And remember to try a demo of LifterLMS at demo.lifterlms.com to see what our course development platform can do for you.

Today’s LMScast presents Designing Your Digital Classroom in Step 5 of the Ultimate Course Creation Framework series. In the course so far you’ve created a Rapid Enrollment list, seen the Magical Education Intersection, pre-sold a Collaborative Course, and learned How To Teach Online.

In this final step of the mini-course it’s easy to over complicate your approach, but remember the best solutions are the simplest. You really only need email to get started because the core of online education is the conversation between you and your students. Be the best teacher you can be, and the rest will follow.

The 3 stages of online course growth begin with the collaborative course for testing content. You’ll build relationships and generate new leads with an email mini-course. Finally, your complete evergreen course will shine with a learning management system like LifterLMS to create, sell, and deliver your course, then manage your content, students, and business all in one place.

Your personality and style of teaching are the most important part of your courses, so don’t try to polish your delivery too much in hopes of attracting more students. Be yourself, and all the right learners will come to you.

The internet has already proven its ability to bring people together. Step 5 - Designing Your Digital Classroom will help you present a real online learning experience for your students and yourself.

Sign up for the Ultimate Course Creation Framework series today at lifterlms.com/courseclinic, or text the word “courseclinic” to 33444. And try a demo of the LifterLMS course development platform at demo.lifterlms.com to build appealing online courses.

This LMScast covers Step 4 in our Ultimate Course Creation Framework series with How to Teach Online. You may be a great classroom instructor, but online teaching requires a whole new approach.

In the last 3 Steps we made a Rapid Enrollment list, discovered the Magical Education Intersection, and pre-sold a Collaborative Course. In Step 4 you’ll learn how to bring your best abilities into the online teaching environment. Your students will come to you from a global community of cultures, age groups, and learning styles with a short attention span and limitless distractions.

To keep online learners engaged, you must understand them and adjust your presentation to keep them focused and interested. Visual learners need compelling video and imagery, while kinesthetics require activity through gamification and mobility.

Remember to build breaks into your design so students can stay fresh and receptive. And make sure you address the Why, What, How, and What If questions that make your course valuable and relevant.

Step 4 - How to Teach Online will show you how to present your course content with energy, personality, and fun for an experience in learning your students will keep coming back for. Start your course design with this mini-course, then build it with a dynamic development platform like LifterLMS.

Sign up for the Ultimate Course Creation Framework series today at lifterlms.com/courseclinic, or text the word “courseclinic” to 33444. And try a demo of the LifterLMS course development platform at demo.lifterlms.com to build your best online courses.

Today’s LMScast features Step 3 of the new Ultimate Course Creation Framework series. Collaborative Course is about the benefits of pre-selling and makes use of the interest list and market research you did in Steps 1 and 2.

The purpose of pre-selling a test version course is to get feedback from active students that will help you develop a much more successful complete course and increase its potential to sell. It will give you valuable perspective by meeting, exceeding, or falling short of your expectations. Based on our own pre-selling experiences, especially with our LifterLMS course development platform’s success, we believe it’s a vital step in building your online courses.

In Step 3 you’ll put together an email campaign for your pre-sell course offering based on market research from Step 2, and you’ll send it to your student interest list from Step 1. You will only enroll a few students, because you want them to benefit from your personal involvement, and you need their valuable input to improve your course. You’ll increase opt-ins with incentives and rewards for early investors.

Keep your campaign brief: Send the application, select your students, and start delivering content. Be a great instructor, show them what you’re worth, and they’ll help you create your ultimate course offering.

Step 3 - Collaborative Course is the halfway point of the Ultimate Course Creation Framework. Get started with Step 1 - Rapid Enrollment today at lifterlms.com/courseclinic, or text the word “courseclinic” to 33444. And try a demo of the LifterLMS course development platform at demo.lifterlms.com to build your best online courses.

This LMScast continues our new 5-step Ultimate Course Creation Framework for your eLearning business with Step 2 - The Magical Education Intersection. This is where what you want to teach meets what your students want to learn.

You may think your course idea is awesome, but is there a market as hungry for your subject as you are passionate about it? Market research will show you what aspects of your expertise are in demand so you can channel your efforts and resources into courses that will sell.

There is a wealth of marketing information at Twitter, Facebook and Reddit, as well as Amazon.com and YouTube. Read discussions and comments in your subject area to see what people wish was available to them but aren’t finding enough of. If you can give that to them, there’s your hungry market.

Contact your prospective students in the Rapid Enrollment list you created in Step 1 of this mini-course. Send them surveys, Skype with them, or even meet them for coffee to learn firsthand what they hope to get out of your courses. Then build the courses they want to take. It’s the same process we followed in developing our popular LifterLMS course development platform plugin for WordPress, because it results in delivering the best product for your customers’ needs.

Step 2 - The Magical Education Intersection is where you’ll learn how to find and serve the demand for your knowledge. Get started today with the Ultimate Course Creation Framework mini-course at lifterlms.com/courseclinic, or text the word “courseclinic” to 33444 to get Step 1 – Rapid Enrollment. And try a demo of the LifterLMS course development platform at demo.lifterlms.com to build your best online courses.

Today’s LMScast presents an overview of our new Ultimate Course Creation Framework, a 5-step outline for building your eLearning business.

Beginning with Step 1 - Rapid Enrollment, you’ll make a list of 100 prospective students for your first marketing campaign. It may seem scary, but it’s a necessary foundation for success.

Students have choices today beyond the traditional classroom-based curriculum, and increasingly they are opting to learn online. Rapid enrollment helps you ensure they will choose to take your courses by helping you gather feedback from your prospects list that you can use to make your courses attractive and beneficial.

Doing this right will take hard work and hustle, but we’ll help you avoid making it tougher than it needs to be by showing you how to reach your intended audience, setting goals to achieve the income you require, and keeping you motivated. Plus, upcoming LMScast episodes will cover each progressive step of the 5-step Framework.

Get started today with the Ultimate Course Creation Framework mini course at lifterlms.com/courseclinic, or text the word “courseclinic” to 33444 to get Step 1 - Rapid Enrollment. And try a demo of the LifterLMS course development platform at demo.lifterlms.com to build exceptional online courses.

Until now online coaching has been limited to blogs, email lists, eBook sales, and online meetings. This LMScast will transcend those old-school limitations as Joshua Millage and Christopher Badgett tell you how to use online courses to get more leads into your coaching business.

The 3 main areas of coaching are relationships, business, and health. The coaching market is saturated with dating game players, fitness trainers, and business consultants, and if you promote yourself using conventional methods you will be ignored as just another coach. But if you bring fresh, exciting content to the party, you will attract attention.

Online courses get noticed, and a free mini-course is a great way to let customers see what you can offer them. A beginner’s guide or step-by-step how-to course will showcase your knowledge, style, and personality. Video, images, and lively dialog present you as a real person and build rapport with your target audience. They’ll trust your expertise and be willing to pay you for more of it. And they’ll tell others about you.

Stand out from the masses of online coaches by learning how to use courses to get more leads into your coaching business. Start today with Chris Badgett’s list of 6 free bonus courses to help you choose your first courses and put them together using a platform like LifterLMS. Text "coaching1" to 33444 to get the link. Try a free demo of LifterLMS at demo.LifterLMS.com as well and see what our course development platform can do for you.

We're very excited about this special LifterLMS 2.0 release edition of LMScast! Our mission is to democratize education in the digital classroom, and we're happy to announce that LifterLMS 2.0 is out, and it's free!

The LifterLMS team is grateful to our customers who have been providing feedback that's helped us continue improving LifterLMS. We wanted to give back to the eLearning and WordPress communities, so you can now head over to LifterLMS.com to get your free copy.

There are also some exciting new features in version 2.0, like vouchers and membership automatic enrollment and automatic enrollment options for lessons. You can head over to our blog at blog.LifterLMS.com to read more about all those new features.

We also have more great things coming soon for LifterLMS, and we're excited to be able to continue expanding the eLearning community!

Thank you from the entire LifterLMS Team for joining us on this journey as we build great things together!

Our LMScast today is all about how real estate brokers and agency owners can get leads and sales through online courses. This episode will open up a world of possibilities for any business to benefit by offering online courses.

The two best ways to attract customers are differentiation and positioning. Demonstrate your expertise and give people the opportunity to know you, like you, and trust your advice. Online courses let you do all this without coming off as a salesman by freely sharing valuable, relevant information and anticipating customers’ most common questions and concerns.

You will shine as a progressive agent by using social technology to reach potential customers. Polished, professional online courses created with a development platform like LifterLMS are far more impressive than yard signs, billboards, and newspaper ads. Offer courses that address the most common questions you get from new clients, like first-time home buyer tips and ways to get the highest price when selling a home.

The LMS platform also allows you to monitor who is using your courses and how they are progressing, so you can contact them and offer your personalized services when they are most receptive. They’ll get to know, like, and trust you through your courses and will be more likely to choose you as their real estate agent, and will also refer you and your courses to others.

Once you know how real estate brokers and agency owners can get more leads and sales through online courses, you can position yourself as a standout real estate agent people want to work with. Get started right away with the video courses, course guide, and checklist at the LifterLMS website, or let our Boost development services handle the technology end for you. And try a demo of LifterLMS at demo.lifterlms.com to experience our course development platform for yourself.