How to validate a course idea: a guide
Guide for course creators
For course creators and coaches who want first time creators on their list.
Mistakes list
Why students do not finish your course
How to use this mistakes list
Share this in creator communities or in your newsletter. Creators whose students disappear will recognise the causes and want help with the fixes.
What is inside
A slow first lessonStudents decide quickly whether a course is working.
Lessons that are too longA long video is hard to start and hard to resume.
No deadlinesWithout dates, a course competes with every urgent thing in a student's week and loses.
No communityA student on their own has nobody to notice if they stop.
No remindersStudents who go quiet seldom return on their own.
No clear next stepA lesson that ends with a summary leaves the student to decide what to do.
Three title ideas for your own version
Why students do not finish your course
Six reasons students drop out
What to change when students stop
Where to promote it
Creator communitiesyour newsletterLinkedIn postsa link in your welcome email
Why give creators a list of reasons students drop out?
Most creators blame the student when the cause is in the course. A plain list with a fix for each helps them keep the students they have already won.
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