{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#113: The Secrets to Creating Successful and Profitable Online Courses","description":"When you become proficient in your field, you\u2019ll find people coming to you for your expert\u2019s knowledge. In fact, often your ability to educate peers on your methods will surpass the methods themselves. Every business professional has invaluable wisdom, but often they find it difficult to teach in a manner that sticks. Proficiency in teaching is critical for any professional, and today\u2019s guest will help you refine your skill. Greg Smith, co-creator of Thinkific, has been helping brands and business leaders build educational courses through his dynamic online platform. Throughout his career, Greg has found a teaching structure that can help audiences absorb ideas with ease. With his six knowledge bombs of online teaching, and tips on finding your market, Greg Smith will turn you into the best educator you can be. And as a bonus, he's giving you access to Thinkific for free!  In This Show, You\u2019ll Learn: Power of pilot course to hone your teaching content How to up your course completion rate 6 knowledge bombs to think about while creating your course Why perfection kills Key Quotes \u201cWe spent most of our time not on the marketing, but on making a course people would get the most value out of.\u201d - Greg Smith \u201cWith our imperfect videos, we had higher completion rates and better grades. They let the students know that we are human, we make mistakes too.\u201d - Greg Smith \u201cMy single biggest obstacle was my perfectionism. 'Perfect' is impossible.\u201d - Greg Smith \u201cOnce you get your product to the customers, they\u2019ll find a hundred things you can improve upon.\u201d - Greg Smith \u201cIf you\u2019re gonna move the world, you just have to get it out there. Don't try and be perfect.\u201d - Park Howell \u201cYou\u2019ll learn as much from your students as they learn from you.\u201d - Park Howell Mentioned in this episode Greg Smith Greg Smith Twitter Thinkific Winnebago Man Zoom Social Media Marketing World ","author_name":"Business of Story","author_url":"http:\/\/businessofstory.com","html":"