How to spend $100 to make $1,000
Pay yourself $10 per hour to make a video course.
Make:
@Loom is free
Sell:
@Gumroad is free
Promote:
@Twitter is free
@ProductHunt is free
Pay yourself $10 per hour to make a video course.
Make:
@Loom is free
Sell:
@Gumroad is free
Promote:
@Twitter is free
@ProductHunt is free
Hour 1
Write the gumroad sales page.
Yes really, write the sales page first.
Outline, your course in 5 sections.
Write the gumroad sales page.
Yes really, write the sales page first.
Outline, your course in 5 sections.
Hour 2
Create a spreadsheet, http://sheet.new
Write down resources and tools that your students can use.
You'll give this away as part of the course.
Create a list of videos on one page of the sheet.
Write short descriptions of the video sections.
Create a spreadsheet, http://sheet.new
Write down resources and tools that your students can use.
You'll give this away as part of the course.
Create a list of videos on one page of the sheet.
Write short descriptions of the video sections.
Hours 3 to 7
Spend at most 1 hour recording a 5-10 minute loom for each section.
Don't like it? Do it over again.
Start badly? restart
Take your time.
Spend at most 1 hour recording a 5-10 minute loom for each section.
Don't like it? Do it over again.
Start badly? restart
Take your time.
Hour 8
Upload videos to Gumroad.
Add in video links to spreadsheet you're giving away.
Write gumroad welcome email.
Write gumroad automated emails for 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks later.
Upload videos to Gumroad.
Add in video links to spreadsheet you're giving away.
Write gumroad welcome email.
Write gumroad automated emails for 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks later.
Hour 9
Record an intro to the course. 5 minutes max.
Put this on gumroad.
Record a 30 second video about the course.
Put this on Twitter.
Put it on Product Hunt.
Record an intro to the course. 5 minutes max.
Put this on gumroad.
Record a 30 second video about the course.
Put this on Twitter.
Put it on Product Hunt.
Hour 10
Promote the heck out of it.
Everywhere.
Write 100 tweets about your course.
Quote yourself.
Make visuals
Make fun things.
Promote the heck out of it.
Everywhere.
Write 100 tweets about your course.
Quote yourself.
Make visuals
Make fun things.