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I always get excited when the subject of creativity comes up. Creativity brings richness and beauty to our lives, and drives the forward progress of mankind in every field of endeavor. Without it, life would be cold and empty and hardly worth living at all! That's why I'm so excited to bring you this episode of the Teach. Inspire. Profit. podcast where I hopped on a live Blab event for nearly an hour with my good friend and podcasting expert, Doug Foresta. It was a totally unscripted chat about creativity, where it comes from, and how to unleash it in your life and business. This is one episode you do not want to miss!

I always get excited when the subject of creativity comes up. Creativity brings richness and beauty to our lives, and drives the forward progress of mankind in every field of endeavor. Without it, life would be cold and empty and hardly worth living at all! That's why I'm so excited to bring you this episode of the Teach. Inspire. Profit. podcast where I hopped on a live Blab event for nearly an hour with my good friend and podcasting expert, Doug Foresta. It was a totally unscripted chat about creativity, where it comes from, and how to unleash it in your life and business!

Ok, so you've identified your niche.  You know the major pain points and desires of your target market.  You know what keeps them up at night. What's more, you have a powerful and proven solution to what ails them, and you've devoted the last 6 months of your life to creating an online program to deliver that solution to them.  So now what? How do you set up a web site? How do you create and deliver email? How do you take orders?  Well, I recently sat down with Forest Linden to get the answers to these questions and more. Forest is the COO of the Art of Money, and an expert at the tech side of running an expert online teaching business. A lot of people make the mistake of leaving the technology until the end. Today, we intend to fix that!

It's bound to happen to you. You invest your time, your knowledge, your creative energy - heck, even your soul - into creating an online course you just know is going to kill it in your market. Then, you put it out to the world and ... crickets! I understand the pain, believe me. I've personally been through the emotional roller coaster of launching courses that didn't sell really well - and then, banging my head against the wall trying to figure out WHY my offer didn't convert. Well, I eventually learned that when this happens, it's usually one of five reasons. In this episode, I unpack those five reasons, tell you how to fix them, and even more importantly - how to avoid them altogether.

When I started my first online business VAClassroom.com in 2008, I was clueless about how to grow a business. All I knew was I wanted to make a good living teaching other people valuable skills for creating an exciting and rewarding new life. So I just started doing what I really enjoyed doing ... and as luck would have it, the strategy that I loved most turned out to be THE core strategy for creating an expert online teaching business. In fact, when you examine the inner workings of any profitable online teaching business today, you'll find some variation of this recipe hard at work.

You’ve heard the saying, “Do what you love and the money will follow”? Well, lots of people talk about following your passion, but can you really make money doing it? Or are you just being set up for failure? And if it’s really so easy, why isn’t everyone doing it? In this episode, you’ll get the surprising answers to these questions and more. Plus, you’ll learn simple strategies for making it happen in your own life starting today!

Hosting a virtual conference is one of the best – and most proven – ways to gain massive exposure for a new “expert” teaching business in the online realm. Think you can’t do it? Think again! In this episode, world-class photographer Jeff Shaw reveals how he used a virtual conference to build his list and profits in six short weeks. It's simple and requires zero tech knowledge. So it's perfect if you're just getting started.

World-class entertainer Barry Friedman has performed for Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Johnny Carson, TED Talks, and even the White House. So how did he launch a highly successful online training business? In this entertaining interview, Barry reveals the steps he used to leverage his expertise and experience booking gigs as a professional juggler to build a profitable business in a rather unique niche!

If you like simple, high-impact recipes for success - you'll love this: The level of success you experience in your online teaching business will ultimately be in direct proportion to your ability to create online training programs your students love, share, and buy more of. It won’t happen overnight, but there are simple steps you can take right now to speed the process up considerably, and greatly stack the odds in your favor ... and it's worth every bit of effort you put into it. In this episode, you'll learn 7 key ingredients for creating “raving fans” for your business that keep coming back for more!

Can you really sell an online course or program before you’ve created it? It's not only possible, it's highly recommended. We’ve run hundreds of live and interactive online bootcamps, workshops, and clinics ... and it's a whole lot easier than you think. In this episode, you'll learn a simple formula for creating an online workshop your students will love and generating serious profits for your business!

Humans have used stories to communicate for over 40,000 years. Whether told through verbal language or pictures drawn of cave walls, a great story is engaging and emotionally-charged, making it highly memorable. In this episode, we talk about why stories are the most powerful tool in your teaching arsenal. Plus, you'll learn 5 types of stories and how YOU can use the art of storytelling to multiply the power of any course or program you create!

Scientists continue to discover exciting - and even startling - new things about how our brains work. Including, HOW people learn and how to inspire them in powerfully effective ways. In this episode, you'll discover 8 practical and super simple secrets of brain science to become a better teacher, and make a bigger impact in the world, with your online training programs and courses. Plus, I give you several of my favorite resources to make it easier than ever for you!

The world today is full of talented experts. But the harsh reality is, there are few great teachers with the skill and knowledge to pass their expertise on in powerful and inspiring ways. In this premiere episode, we explore 7 simple ways to shift from expert to high-impact, high-influence teacher. The results on your business and life from this simple shift in your thinking will astound you!