the more you work on it, the bigger it becomes. You add a payment method. Build a sales page. Perhaps create a whole website just to host your 1 signature course. You "package your expertise" just like the coach told you. You add more value on top of existing value... to justify the price.
And after all this work, the course never sees the customer. It sucks. You've been working so hard only to see this thing grow out of control.
What you need is something small, manageable and actionable. Something you can create in days and sell more easily. Like a small audio course.
And not spend money on payment processing software? And not sign up for podia, teachable or thinkific? What if you had a roadmap and a low-tech toolkit that allowed you to create, pre-sell and test-drive your very first course (that you could later develop into a passive course or a signature coaching program)? And what if you didn't have to spend a penny on new cameras, green screens and expensive video editing? What if you could use what's already there: your headset, your computer and a simple voice chat platform for hosting? What if you could sell right away to your current clients?
We can't deny that spending hours in front of our screens creates digital fatigue. Language learning apps like Babbel and Duolingo learned that quickly, launching their first 100% audio lessons to help with real-life conversations and pronunciation. Podcast platforms are booming, allowing people to learn on the go, even while doing the dreaded chores!
An audio course for language learners can be used as a resource to sharpen their skills, get new insights into language and practice certain drills or shadowing. During this challenge you will learn how to put together an audio course quickly and test it without spending hundreds of dollars on software, equipment or course-hosting websites.
1 (short) audio lesson a day.
A simple audio-course building toolkit.
Examples of topics for most common niches.
All recordings and materials are available on this website. If you follow the framework, you'll have the draft of your audio course ready in 5 days.
Day 1: 3 types of audio courses online teachers can create (with examples).
Day 2: how to make your content manageable so your course sells.
Day 3: how to go beyond "just interesting" and really zero in on a problem.
Day 4: simplifying the tech part: tools ANY teacher can use for free.
Day 5: keeping students engaged until the end (the add-ons for your course).
Hey! I'm Elena Mutonono, and I've been in the online language teaching world over 14 years full-time. I started in 2010 when I found myself in a new country, without a job and pending employment paperwork.
My first goal was to make what local teachers were making monthly (a goal I reached within 6 months, without the help of platforms, just by word-of-mouth). I also discovered what burnout digital fatigue felt like, and after I had my first child I began looking for ways to work smarter. Like, making more money by working less without editing "signature courses."
While figuring that out, the war in Ukraine destroyed 95% of my 1:1 business, and after 6 months of hoping things would work themselves out, I rediscovered myself as an accent trainer and a coach for online language teachers. Since then, I've launched and helped launch dozens of courses, and I'm here to help you make that dream a tangible reality.
I have a special gift of making things smart and simple because...who has time for elaborate courses? If this is something you're looking for, this challenge is for you.
The challenge materials are short (15 min/day max). What will take more time is your own creation process. But I've taken all the questions I get from teachers who spend 2 years never-creating an ever-growing signature course and boiled them down to the bare bones. So the tasks I'll give you will not take you more than 1 hour to complete. You can cut that time by creating a draft and just using pen and paper to put the outline and draft the content for the lessons.
Not in this challenge. This is all about creating something that's ready to sell. You can then market and sell on your own or join me inside the Smart Teacher's Library to learn how to market and sell. The latter is optional.
Because of the nature of digital, immediately downloadable products, specifically the materials for this challenge, all sales are final and there're no refunds available.
You can access all the materials on this platform for 1 year. All materials are downloadable so you can save them on your computer and don't worry about being on this platform (ever). I've chosen to give 1-year access to encourage all my participants to implement the lessons instead of letting them stay untouched for 1 year. I think we all will agree that "unlimited access" for a 5-day actionable challenge is a lovely phrase that only encourages more procrastination ;)