As a teacher, you live and breathe sharing the knowledge of others to you students. What about sharing your own knowledge to other teachers? Side hustles to earn extra income have become the norm and digital products are a way to monetize your knowledge while maximizing impact. In order to focus on teaching and creating, you need an easy to use technical system, that’s where Kajabi comes in.
Create an online course
Think of an online course like a super detailed lesson plan. You already know how to create and follow a scope and sequence. You already have the fundamental framework! When it comes to create an online course, you already have so many different resources you can pull from. Some ideas include:
- subject specific lesson materials (ex: algebra tutorials)
- educating teachers on classroom management or organization
- offering private tutoring services for teachers OR students!
In Kajabi, you can create a mini-course or a full blown course using their templates. Once you publish your course, you will always have that content locked into drive additional revenue.
Questions to Ask →
- What do people constantly come to me for help with?
- Who is my main audience (for example, other teachers, math students, etc.)?
- What is a pain point in every teacher’s life that I can help solve?
Start a membership site
Memberships are a great way to create recurring revenue and predictable income. With a subscription, you’ll get guaranteed revenue at scheduled times. Members can pay a subscription fee and have access to members-only content. This helps you stay creative and keep your audience engaged.
Think of you membership site like your VIP close Instagram besties – or an online classroom. This is for those that want more community than an online course. For example: you can have extra videos, webinars, or worksheets that are only for certain membership groups.
Questions to Ask →
- What content will I offer to everyone versus my membership site only?
- How can I enhance the value of existing content for my members?
- What will my cadence be for my membership site?
- Will I be able to post content weekly or monthly?
Become a coach or a private tutor
This option is great for teachers that want to either coach new teachers or provide a online tutoring service for students and grow a revenue stream targeting parents and students. Coaching allows you to monetize video calls and increase relationships while making money.
Questions to Ask →
- What do I want from a coaching program with my readers or fellow teachers?
- What types of 1:1 coaching will I offer my students? How much time can I give to coaching sessions?
Host a Podcast
Teachers are the most qualified to share a podcast because you’re highly skilled at teaching and performing to an audience. You know how to story tell and get to the point while making what you’re teaching super relatable to the audience. One of the most popular ways to share information is through a podcast.
You can create a public podcast where it is discoverable to increase awareness. You can also create a private/paid podcast which is excellent for a membership site as an option for exclusive content.
Questions to Ask →
- What type of podcast do I want, and what knowledge will I share?
- Will I monetize my podcast with advertising or with a membership site?
- How will my podcast differ from my other content mediums?
Offer Digital Downloads
While this one sounds familiar to you, my favorite difference with selling digital downloads on Kajabi is that I GET THE DATA. I love TPT and it has made me where I am today. I recognize that TPT does not give me email addresses of my purchasers, which makes writing and targeting audiences for upsells even harder.
You can easily upload your downloads as pdfs throughout your online course, send them through email, or add them to your website. You can also sell them as individual offers like this one, and send a customize email sequence to nurture your buyer post sale.
Take it a step
further and offer ebooks in your area of expertise so your preferred audience can get a more in depth reading, like this Blogging Playbook I sell here.
The perk? You keep what you earn and don’t have to give away royalties or have another platform take a chunk of your profits.
Questions to Ask →
- Do I have existing resources I can sell on my site? (think worksheets, sheet music, etc.)
- Can I repurpose my existing content (E.g. blogs or downloadable resources) to create an ebook?
Ready to take the leap?
Get 30 days of Kajabi for free with my link (normally only 15 days). By using this link, you’ll also receive two free Coaching calls from me to help you get started with Kajabi quickly!
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