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097: The Right Way to Turn Your Passion Into a Successful Online Course

Recently, I had the chance to talk with Louise Dean about the story behind her successful novel-writing course and how her passion has become her business. Louise had a fascinating start to her online course journey, and shared some great tips and tools that could be useful no matter what your niche is.

"Proceed with glee! . . . Keep it really personal, really friendly, really truthful and honest."

- Louise Dean

I’d love to hear what you found most interesting about this interview – feel free to drop me a line and let me know.

In This Episode, We Talked About:

  • (4:04) The social experiment that eventually prompted Louise to create her first online course
  • (6:17) How Louise found a group of people willing to take her novel-writing challenge
  • (7:20) Why she sets a time limit for the structure of her course
  • (9:01) How her original course compares to her current course iterations
  • (10:01) How Louise has set up her course content
  • (10:37) Why she provides additional courses beyond her 90-day offering
  • (13:38) Louise’s challenge to me - this one took me by surprise!
  • (14:14) How many students she’s had to date and how she continues to find more
  • (15:40) The built-in review-gathering process in her course
  • (16:11) Louise’s favorite tools and services
  • (18:31) Scheduling and marketing on Instagram
  • (19.39) How Louise stays on top of things without a traditional team in place
  • (20:37) Her advice for new or struggling course creators

Thanks for listening and learning along with me today. Stay tuned for another great episode coming soon!

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