ZCS031: How to Make Sure Your Course is Successful with Greg Smith from Thinkific

Published: June 1, 2016, 8 a.m.

Welcome to another episode of The Zen Courses Show! Today\u2019s guest is Greg Smith, co-founder of Thinkific, a platform to host and deliver your online course.\n\n \n\nThis episode is especially valuable for anyone who is curious about Thinkific, marketing online courses, and pricing. Enjoy!\n\n \n\n**Free Workshop!** \xa0Greg and I are Hosting a Free Workshop to Help You Create Your Course! Click here to register: \n [http://get.thinkific.com/zencourses/](http://get.thinkific.com/zencourses/)\n\n \n\n**In This Episode, You'll Learn:** \n \u2022 Greg's story: how law school helped him start teaching online courses \n \u2022 How Thinkific is different from every other online course platform out there \n \u2022 Why self-paced courses have low completion rates\u2014and what to do about it \n \u2022 Direct integrations that will help you run your online business \n \u2022 How to get started with Thinkific if you\u2019re considering it for your online course \n \u2022 Two features on Thinkific that you can\u2019t find anywhere else \n \u2022 3 ways to improve your odds of success with your online course \n \u2022 3 marketing strategies to spread the word about your online course \n \u2022 The future of online courses and LMS platforms, according to Greg\n\n \n\n**References and Tools that Greg Mentions:** \n \u2022 [Thinkific](http://get.thinkific.com/zencourses/) \n \u2022 [Quora](https://www.quora.com/) (great way to research customer needs) \n \u2022 [@thinkific](https://twitter.com/thinkific) on Twitter\n\n \n\n**Thanks for Listening!** \n If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving an honest review for The Zen Courses Show on iTunes! Ratings and reviews boost ratings & help new listeners find the show. I read every review and would love to read yours. Click [here](http://bit.ly/zencoursesshow) to leave a review.\n\n \n\nAnd, finally, don\u2019t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. If you have an Android phone, you can subscribe on Stitcher.\n\n \n\nLastly, I want to say THANK YOU to Greg for sharing his story with us on The Zen Courses Show!