Need a honest advice about my course?

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Hello friends

actually i'm about to make a full course about creating a free website/blog using some popular platforms such as wordpress.com blogger wix and more platform

i don't know if i should sell this course to people or just upload it for free in youtube and start earning from adsense ads that are showing on the videos ?

please any advice and ideas i''ll be thankful;
#advice #honest
  • Profile picture of the author Lightlysalted
    Sell it. Upload to Amazon as an e-book. You are unlikely to earn much through adsense. Take your time creating it and pack it with high quality content. Include plenty of affiliate links in the e-course too but don't cram it with them! Wishing u well
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  • Profile picture of the author blueclcl
    Apologies if am wrong, but this seems pretty basic to me, so I would suggest to use as bait to build your list.

    You could give it away for free in the classified ad board in exchange for their email address.
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    • Profile picture of the author yunarel
      Originally Posted by blueclcl View Post

      Apologies if am wrong, but this seems pretty basic to me, so I would suggest to use as bait to build your list.

      You could give it away for free in the classified ad board in exchange for their email address.
      thanks but i can do this only if i have another things to offer !
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        Originally Posted by yunarel View Post

        thanks but i can do this only if i have another things to offer !
        Use it as a Giveaway to start building a List.

        Then in email follow ups ( a midst good value-content) you could offer things like WP Plugins to sell them as an Affiliate or your own product to help them in their continuing process of a building a Site .



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        • Profile picture of the author yunarel
          Originally Posted by discrat View Post

          Use it as a Giveaway to start building a List.

          Then in email follow ups ( a midst good value-content) you could offer things like WP Plugins to sell them as an Affiliate or your own product to help them in their continuing process of a building a Site .



          - Robert Andrew
          YA man this is a good idea i put it in my notebook


          Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanbiddulph
    Hi Yunarel! Congrats!

    Question: how much free, in-depth content do you have floating around out there? Feel free to sell, if you have free stuff for people to chew on, like eBooks, blog posts, videos, etc If not, you can still sell of course; I just like to give away some bait to make the main meal more enticing.

    Onward and upward!

    Ryan
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
    Originally Posted by yunarel View Post

    Hello friends

    actually i'm about to make a full course about creating a free website/blog using some popular platforms such as wordpress.com blogger wix and more platform

    i don't know if i should sell this course to people or just upload it for free in youtube and start earning from adsense ads that are showing on the videos ?

    please any advice and ideas i''ll be thankful;
    I think this course is probably a needed one, but the people who are going to host their sites on a free host might not be willing to spend money on a course.

    Perhaps if you created your course to a niche market - "How TO Set Up a Free Website For Knitters" or Poodle Lovers or Duck Hunters or something along those lines, you might find a bit more positive reception to your idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author yunarel
    thank you guys for all the info

    looking forward to hear more from you
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  • Profile picture of the author AaronBurton
    Nothing is free haha, but you can give away a little value and save your heavy hitting stuff for your course.
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  • Profile picture of the author quadagon
    Those are not two mutually exclusive options.

    I have a book on wordpress and videos on youtube that compliment the book. All you need is a small line at the end of each chapter along the lines of:

    'to see me do this head over to my youtube channel'

    then in the videos make sure you reference the book include stuff in the book that's not on youtube and include stuff on youtube that's not in the book.

    I found adding videos really helped drive my customers to the aff links in the book.

    At best i make $150 from a $3.99 (sometime free) book.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    If I were you, is start and try to sell it, if it doesn't sell well then use it as a gift to entice people to join a list
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  • Profile picture of the author Edson Buchanan
    How about you sell it for a low price just to build a buyers list. I know it would do well on Youtube as well but I would test it on the WSO first and see how it does.
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