Absolutely! The strategies that I teaches can be used on any social media platform or other owned platform (like your email list). On Day 3 of the challenge, I walk you through our Story Sales Script, which is a proven messaging/content framework that shows you how to launch and sell out your beta spots for your online course before you even create any of the lesson content! I demonstrate how you can share this messaging framework via Instagram stories, but you can also apply the same messaging framework to other social media channels or even your email list. I will also give you some ideas for how to adapt the framework to different content channels, too!

That’s totally fine! I am a firm believer that software doesn’t create your success, YOU do. While I do recommend Kajabi as an all-in-one course and marketing platform and teach you how to outline your course and build a checkout page in Kajabi during the challenge, you have full freedom to use whatever platform + tech tools you want - free options (like Facebook groups) or paid options (like Teachable, Podia, Thinkific etc.) The strategies I teach are NOT platform specific and you can apply the same concepts to any platform of your choosing. If you do choose to try Kajabi, I will give you access to an extended 30 day free trial with this link: https://ellenyin.com/kajabi

Well then good thing none of those things are necessary for your success in this challenge! I will show you how to get your first paying students without ads or an email list. Also when I first created my course I didn’t have a website either :)
Most people who have joined the Paid To Create Challenge have had an audience of less than 1,000 people and still have enrolled paying students for their beta course.

That's ok, I will help you figure this out on day one in the challenge! Just bring the knowledge already in your head and a willingness to learn.

Of course! It comes down to this: are you still struggling to enroll students? ⁣Do you want your course to convert better? Then you don't want to miss out on the bonus masterclass with special guest & 7 figure course creator Haley Burkhead where she goes over how to SCALE your course with an evergreen, automated sales machine that uses cold, free leads (AKA people who don't already know/follow you)! ⁣

No problem, the replays will be available immediately after the live training each day and you'll have access to them for a full week to watch at your convenience! And if you want to keep lifetime access to all the replays, just upgrade to VIP when you sign up!

That's exactly why I designed this as a step-by-step EXPERIENCE in a LIVE, 3 day container. You’ll be held accountable to show up for the live trainings & daily HW because the challenge is time sensitive, so it's the ultimate motivation to kick procrastination to the curb.⁣ Plus, you have the support of allll your fellow challenge participants who are doing this with you in an inspiring, highly engaged pop-up community!

The Paid To Create Challenge is a 100% LIVE, bootcamp style 3 day experience - NOT a course. During this challenge, I help you productize the existing knowledge in your head and the skills that you already have into an online course that you can pre-sell and enroll your first paying students before you create a single piece of lesson content. The Paid To Create Method is the best way to create an online course, because with the initial cash injection you get from your beta (founding) students, you actually get PAID to create the course content by teaching it live and receiving real-time feedback. This is a much better way to create a course compared to spending months of your time, money, and energy into building a course upfront, without knowing if there is an actual demand for it when you get to sell it. Using the Paid to Create Method you are able to side step that whole mistake and validate your idea immediately by pre-selling it before you’ve created it.

You can create an online course about ANY topic there exists a community or interest for on the Internet, which is pretty much everything. You do NOT have to create a course in the business or marketing niche to be successful. Some examples of diverse course topics Paid To Create Alumni have created in the challenge before include: how to sew swimwear, women’s self-defense course, how to build your own fences, and how to make and order specific Chinese dishes.

We kick off June 13th and will meet for a live session each day from 11 am - 1 pm PDT. It’s okay if you can’t make it live - the replays are available immediately afterwards in the Facebook group, where our pop-up challenge community is hosted.

Here’s the full break-down of the three days:

​​Day 1: OUTLINE - I help you clarify your course topic and outline your course with the 3 key elements you need to create a high-converting course!

Day 2 BUILD - I help you build your course framework as a product in Kajabi, set up your checkout page in Kajabi in less than 30 minutes (so you have a way to collect money from your founding students), and decide your beta pricing. Kajabi is our recommended course platform - I give all our students access to an extended 30 day free trial  so you can decide if it's the right platform for you. Use of any specific tech platform is by no means required for you to successfully complete the challenge - we have students who choose to use other platforms out there. It's up to you! My motto in business: tech doesn't create your success, you do :)

Day 3 - SELL: I walk you through our proven story sales script/templates and show you how to launch and sell out your beta spots for your online course before you even create any of the lesson content! 

Day 4 & 5 - BONUS: I love to overdeliver, so I offer you a bonus masterclass with one of our favorite course experts to show you how you can take the beta course you’ve created in Paid To Create and SCALE it, so you can don’t have to rely on only selling your course to your existing audience. On Day 5, I wrap the challenge with a fun Graduation Celebration call!

Online courses are a scalable, residual revenue stream in your business! I believe that they are truly an asset because they are something that you invest time and energy to create upfront one time and then you are able to sell that same resource over and over again. Because courses are time-leveraged, you’re able to impact more lives through a scalable online course, versus only selling one-to-one services.