200: Pat Flynn & Jacques Discuss a Revolutionary New Way to do Courses

In this episode, we explore the world of online courses and communities with Pat Flynn, from "Smart Passive Income". Pat is a seasoned entrepreneur who has learned from his experiences in building online courses that offer accountability and commitment to help people achieve specific results, quickly. Pat shares his journey of developing a community-powered course to solve scalability issues and increase engagement, all while building relationships with each other.

Key Takeaways:

- The importance of creating a sustainable channel that keeps subscribers engaged.

- The success of personalized, cohort-based courses for students.

- Combining cohort-based and online courses to create scalable, personalized learning experiences.

- The value of understanding team members' Enneagram types to improve communication and foster collaboration.

- Creating videos that appeal to the audience, rather than just aiming to satisfy the algorithm.

- The value of integrating the community's value into online courses to increase engagement and promote completion rates.

- The success of online courses in scaling teaching to help multiple people achieve their desired results. 

Key Moments:

 - Pat shares his experience in developing online courses and communities.

- How personalized courses and Enneagram personality and preferences helped improve the way the team works together.

- The importance of creating videos that appeal to the audience to capture their attention and increase engagement.

- Understanding community values and integrating them into online courses to create better learning experiences.

- The impact of sustainable online courses on scaling and achieving specific results to solve problems.

Conclusion:

Building sustainable online courses and communities that serve is crucial in this digital age. Pat Flynn’s experience in developing personalized, cohort-based courses and Community Powered courses highlight the importance of engaging subscribers and promoting completion rates. Intertwining the community’s values into courses has helped create a better learning experience and increased engagement. These insights help entrepreneurs to create scalable and effective courses that achieve tangible results to solve problems.