What is the best time to utilize mini courses? When to Use Mini Courses

It's done: You've designed every content page, uploaded every video, posted all questions. Your course online is now ready for launch. However, how do you figure out the people who would like to join?

Enter mini courses. A mini course is a concentrated course on one area of study. In general, it is between two and three hours long, a mini course focuses on helping students resolve a specific issue or get one outcome.

A mini-course for free is the perfect little tool to establish an email database and figure out who's interested in your full, paid-for course. Plus, building a mini-course doesn't require much effort. You could pull the content you already have to make a free mini course in order to entice users to purchase the entire course.

We've narrowed down the ideal approach to rolling out a mini course depending on the needs of your business: first in the event that you want to build leads. There's also a second approach for the time you want to test your course concept.

Create leads to a paid course.

Mini courses are a bona fide lead magnet. Giving out samples of content is among the most effective ways to gather email addresses of folks who will want your full course.

Take a look at this: If people aren't willing to give you an email address to sign up for your mini-course It's likely that they won't pay for a full program on the same subject.

Here are a few strategies to get leads by first driving attention to your mini course.

• Create a landing page with an opt-in to the free mini-course. Below are guidelines for creating an effective landing page that converts.
• Include your mini-course within your next newsletter or in your next product announcement.
• Make a section of your current email list, and then ask them if they're interested in taking the mini-course.
• Make sure to share your mini-course widely through social media platforms and take part in discussions when your mini course is relevant.
• Create a blog for your blog or guest post on a website which explains the issue that your mini-course can solve. Add a call-to-action for people to register.

When your customers have received an idea of the content through a mini course, they're likely to want your full course. If you offer a small portion for free, you can hook your audience and increase the rate of conversion.

Check your course concept.

One could also consider an introductory course as "testing to see if it works" to test a new design concept for the course.

In the beginning, you could make your course available to a select group of interested people. Think of it as an "exclusive initial look" and solicit opinions prior to the launch. Small launches also allow you to collect testimonials for a future website that will allow you to reach more learners.

Don't be shy -- ask users directly if they'd be willing to pay for the entire course. After all, this is the value of the mini-course! If students are enthusiastic about the course and enthusiastic, then you might offer a referral discount or a mini-ambassador programme for the full course. Additionally, you could reward mini course students by offering them an exclusive discount on the entire course.

Make a mini course using .

There are a few methods to start your mini course beginning:

      Make a Course New      

You could design your mini course into completely different course

• Navigate to LMS > > COURSES.
• Click on the "Add New" button that is located on the top on the screen.
• Select the "Builder" option in the navigation bar at the top.

Mini courses typically comprise only one portion, therefore you are able to bypass the section builder, and then proceed to creating your own lesson.

To repurpose an existing lesson, use to repurpose an existing lesson, use the "Lessons" box on the sidebar. Select "View the entire collection" or search bar to search for an exact lesson by its title. Hover over a lesson in the lesson's box, then select on the "Add" option. It will then add the lesson to your mini course.

Once you've added the course, you'll be able to change the title and content as needed to fit your theme or the goal of your mini course. It is possible to drag and drop other subjects, include a test, and so on until the mini-course feels completed.

      Use the Course Creator Wizard      

After uploading your video(s), you can modify your settings and set up your mini-course exactly. Be sure to change your mini course's settings on "free" rather than "open" in order to make it a requirement to have you to sign up via email.

Are you not using it yet? Give the demo a try to find out how a cost-free mini course could work for your marketing strategy. The demo is available your options as a participant and course designer by sign-up to try the demo.