BIP Day 19: Why even well-made courses fail (and how to reverse this trend)
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Article - Why even well-made courses fail (and how to reverse this trend)
Progress update on the Atomic Courses Blueprint
Why even well-made courses fail (and how to reverse this trend)
There's a reason courses fail that few people are aware of.
Since 2011, I've built 15 online courses. And I've discovered that courses fail when a program does not address the hidden stuck points of participants.
They try your course, run into an obstacle, blame themselves and give up.
How can your course avoid this fate?
Four Simple Strategies To Uncover Hidden Stuck Points
Strategy 1: Dig into the past
Find stuck points by remembering where you got stuck. What obstacles did you have to overcome? Why was it hard for you to learn what you're teaching now?
Strategy 2: Observations from the wild
What errors have you seen others make? Where have you observed others getting stuck or giving up?
Strategy 3: Student slip-ups
Maybe you've tried teaching people already and seen where they go off track. What did you have to show them to help them overcome those obstacles?
Strategy 4: Beta Testing
If you haven't had a chance to teach or observe errors, then get a few people to test your course for you. Have them report on where they got confused or stuck.
With these four strategies, you'll create a course people finish. And that means they'll come back for more.
The build in public update is below.
Day 19 Build In Public Update
Today I read through the entire course to do two things:
Find obvious typos and mistake
Clean up any left over elements from my outline
Tomorrow I will do more work on the storytelling bonus that will come with the premium version of the course.
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