A straightforward guide to create an online course

ByBrian Krogsgard Posted on

Paul Jarvis has written an excellent and thorough post about how he built an online course that has generated well over $100,000 in revenue in the last year.

He walks through using WordPress, Memberful, and Mailchimp to build a membership website and sell his course.

I very much so considered this route (with Memberful versus WooCommerce). I’m pretty jealous of Paul’s workflows, but I needed more with my overall eCommerce solution, as I have more (future) stuff than a single membership/course purchase.

But if you’re looking for the basics of of membership website, and some good marketing tips to boot, this is an excellent guide I’d recommend most folks follow.

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