{"id":1393,"date":"2017-01-02T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2020-02-21T04:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T09:56:26","slug":"create-online-courses-greg-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/create-online-courses-greg-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"096 How to Create Online Courses for Fun and Profit with Greg Smith, Founder of Thinkific.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Listen Now<\/h1>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8962\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1393-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/michaelport\/STS-096-Create-Online-Courses.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/michaelport\/STS-096-Create-Online-Courses.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/michaelport\/STS-096-Create-Online-Courses.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/michaelport\/STS-096-Create-Online-Courses.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/StealtheShow.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=1393-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/michaelport\/STS-096-Create-Online-Courses.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"STS-096-Create-Online-Courses.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thinking about creating online courses\u00a0for your audience? Greg Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkific.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thinkific<\/a>, delves into important steps to achieving this goal. A lawyer, instructor, and lifelong student, Greg has taught thousands of students online and helped others create their own online courses.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The most challenging thing about building a business. (3:20)<\/li>\n<li>A clear brand identity is the key to success. (9:15)<\/li>\n<li>Branding + online marketing = success in online training. (11:30)<\/li>\n<li>How content creators can become successful with online courses. (13:02)<\/li>\n<li>Why you should launch something you may be embarrassed by. (13:44)<\/li>\n<li>2 goals of any online learning course. (21:10)<\/li>\n<li>The best way to plan out your online course. (22:30)<\/li>\n<li>How and when to use Formative Assessments. (24:47)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about creating <a href=\"http:\/\/get.thinkific.com\/stealtheshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online courses and resources<\/a> to help you get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Now Thinking about creating online courses\u00a0for your audience? Greg Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Thinkific, delves into important steps to achieving this goal. A lawyer, instructor, and lifelong student, Greg has taught thousands of students online and helped others create their own online courses. In this episode, we discussed: The most challenging thing about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,6],"tags":[18,12,41,40,42,43],"class_list":["post-1393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-season-1","category-steal-the-show","tag-business-success","tag-communication","tag-elearning","tag-online-courses","tag-online-training","tag-training-software"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>096 How to Create Online Courses for Fun and Profit with Greg Smith, Founder of Thinkific.com &#8211; Steal the Show with Michael Port<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you thinking about creating online courses for your audience? 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