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.
Scorecard
Is your course idea ready to sell?
Share it with experts deciding whether to build a course. Their answers show how ready they are, which makes your offer of help easy to place.
Ten quick questions on audience, result, demand and launch plans, a score out of twenty, what the score means, a first step for each point and a four week test.
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The same audience, 12 other formats.
Guide for course creators
For course creators and coaches who want first time creators on their list.
Checklist for course creators
For tools and coaches that serve course creators before a launch.
Cheat sheet for course creators
For course creators who want new creators learning from them.
Email scripts for course creators
For anyone who serves course creators and wants them on their list before launch.
Template pack for course creators
For tools and coaches that want course creators planning with their template.
Swipe file for course creators
For course creators who know they should keep in touch with students and never find the words.
Buyer's guide for course creators
For course creators who are about to pick a platform and do not want to move their students later.
Decision guide for course creators
For course creators who know what they teach and have not yet decided how to deliver it.
Mistakes list for course creators
For course creators whose students buy and then disappear.
Roadmap for course creators
For course creators who are about to run a first live cohort and want a plan for every week.
Case study for course creators
For course coaches who want to reach experts thinking about their first course and afraid of building something nobody buys.
Worksheet for course creators
For course coaches who want to reach experts who are working out whether a course could be worth their time.
The same format, written for 21 other niches.
Scorecard for real estate agents
For agents who want to meet homeowners months before they list, while they are still getting the home ready.
Scorecard for accountants
For accountants who want to reach owners in the months before year end, while there is still time to get the books in order.
Scorecard for financial advisors
For advisers who want to meet people in the ten years before they retire, while there is still time to change the outcome.
Scorecard for consultants
For consultants who want to meet owners of growing businesses before the problems turn into a crisis.
Scorecard for recruiters
For recruiters who want to reach small employers before their next hire goes wrong.
Scorecard for freelancers
For freelance designers who want to meet small business owners who suspect their look is holding them back.
Scorecard for fitness and nutrition coaches
For fitness coaches who want to reach people who keep starting and stopping their training.
Scorecard for marketing agencies
For marketing agencies who want to reach owners before they spend more on marketing that is not set up to work.
Scorecard for business coaches
For business coaches who want to reach owners who feel stuck doing the work instead of running the business.
Scorecard for fractional executives
For fractional leaders who want to reach founders who are unsure whether part time senior help would work for them.
Scorecard for authors
For authors, editors and writing coaches who want to help writers judge when a manuscript is ready for paid help.
Scorecard for photographers and videographers
For commercial photographers who want to reach owners who are not sure whether their photos are holding them back.
Scorecard for linkedIn creators and ghostwriters
For LinkedIn ghostwriters and creators who want to reach founders and consultants whose posts are not bringing in work.
Scorecard for finance and money educators
For money educators who want to help people see where their money habits stand without judgement.
Scorecard for SEO and content consultants
For SEO consultants who want to reach owners who are not sure why their website brings in so few visitors.
Scorecard for career and executive coaches
For career coaches who want to reach job seekers who send applications and hear nothing back.
Scorecard for health and wellness coaches
For wellness coaches who want to help people see where their habits stand without judgement.
Scorecard for leadership coaches
For leadership coaches who want to reach managers who feel their team is busy but not moving forward.
Scorecard for sales coaches
For sales coaches who want to reach founders and sales leads whose numbers swing from month to month.
Scorecard for HR consultants
For HR consultants who want to reach owners of small firms without an HR person.
Scorecard for IT consultants
For IT consultants who want to reach owners of small offices without an IT person.
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