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How to build a community flywheel with your online course
Six actions course creators can employe to make a team out of students
Online courses afford a great opportunity to work with and find liked minded people that you enjoy working with.
That’s the hope.
But for course creators, building a community from scratch is no easy task.
If you are just starting out getting the right mix of early adopters and behaviors is crucial to building a community that builds on itself.
I’ve been a member of three cohort based courses in their infancy and here are six things I’ve noticed that has made them grow to be successful.
Stack the deck with diehard fans.
It’s not enough to just have people in your course. You need the right people.
You need a band of brothers and sisters that are salivating to learn from you and help each other.
Diehard fans will give you significant feedback and operate as a pseudo team as you learn what they are most interested in from you.
