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Stop Wasting Your Time Creating the Best Course.

Here’s what to do instead

Matt Giaro
Practice in Public
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5 min readAug 8, 2024

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Most creators spent weeks (or even months) trying to create the best course.

And when comes time to launch…

They throw their hands in frustration because it doesn’t like hotcakes.

Perhaps you’ve tried it yourself… or have been in the process of doing so.

If that’s you, stop it.

I know exactly what you’re feeling because I’ve been in the same boat for many years.

Today I make a six-figure income out of my own courses, but it hasn’t always been that way.

You don’t need a perfect course to start making money

Perhaps you’ve read all the advice, watched all the tutorials, and maybe even paid for a few pricey courses on how to make courses.

But for some reason, you’re stuck.

You might start to think, “Maybe my course isn’t good enough. Maybe I need to add more content, polish my videos, or hire a professional editor.”

The problem is, the more you try to perfect your course, the more time you waste, and the less energy you have to focus your efforts on what’s really bringing in business.

The longer you spend perfecting something no one knows about, the more your confidence takes a hit.

What makes it worse is perhaps the frustration of comparing what you have to offer — your knowledge, your experience, your expertise — with what your competitors are doing.

You look at their best-selling courses and think, “How are they making this work? My content is just as good, if not better.” It’s maddening to see others succeed while you struggle. God bless them. But hey, we’re human. You deserve your part of the pie, too.

Bottom line: you really don’t understand how they are able to make their courses successful even with inferior knowledge and perhaps flawed methodologies.

It’s not your fault.

There’s the common narrative that “if you build something great, people will come.”

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Practice in Public
Practice in Public

Published in Practice in Public

If you want to become a better writer, you have to hit the publish button. Notes and drafts don’t count. Practice in public helps writers get off the sidelines and turn pro.

Matt Giaro
Matt Giaro

Written by Matt Giaro

6 Figure Creator. Helping experts turn their ideas into income with online content (in just 2h/day.) Start now 👉 https://mattgiaro.com/medium

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