Resources
THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO SUCCEED WITH ONLINE COURSES
Welcome to the Course Pursuits Resources section, a curated list of the tools and websites we strongly recommend for building and scaling your online course business. We use each of these tools for our websites and online course and only recommend the ones that are working great for us.
Before digging into the awesome resources we know and trust, an important disclosure:
Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, we will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. Please understand that we have experience with all of these companies, and we recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions we make if you decide to buy something. Please do not spend any money on these products unless you feel you need them or that they will help you achieve your goals.
ConvertKit
Email Marketing
ConvertKit is a powerful email service provider that delivers automation capabilities without the steep price. Collect leads, send out email broadcasts, connect with your community and allow your business to flourish with email marketing.
Pricing: Freemium (Free to begin with. Paid subscription with premium features like automation).
Teachable
Online Course Platform
Easily Create an online course with powerful yet simple all-in-one platform.We have been Teachable for few years now. All our courses are hosted on Teachable.
Pricing: Freemium (Free to begin with). Additional features available from $29 per month.
Thrive Themes
Website Conversion Focused Theme
Themes & plugins, built from the ground up to make your entire website convert more of your visitors into subscribers, customers & clients! This is what we use on all our websites now.
Pricing: $19 per month
Stencil
Graphics Design
Easy-to-use graphic design tool for bloggers, business owners, and social media marketers.
Pricing: Freemium (Free to begin with. Paid subscription gets access to a bigger library).
Canva
Graphics Design
Canva is an online graphics design tool, which you can use to create great looking images for your ebook or lead magnet cover, create graphics for your Ads, graphics for your presentation and much more.
Pricing: Freemium (Free to begin with. Paid subscription gets access to a bigger library).
CallPage
Lead Generation
Drive more sales leads and move deals faster through the pipeline with an immediate conversation via callback. Convert your website visitors into happy customers.
Pricing: Freemium (Free to begin with. Additional features available at higher plans).
Easy Webinar
Webinar Software
Easy Webinar is a great tool for running live webinars, automated webinars and it integrates very well with Convertkit, Teachable, Zapier.
Pricing: 14-day Free Trial
Trello
Project Management
Trello’s boards, lists, and cards enable you to organize and prioritize your projects in a fun, flexible, and rewarding way.
Pricing: Free
Right Message
Opt-in & Lead Segmentation
RightMessage works with any website, and integrates with all the major email marketing databases. With RightMessage, you can create popups, slide ups, sticky bars, and inline forms. You can have them show on specific pages, and you can design them to perfectly match your website.
Pricing: 14-day Free Trial
Zapier
Automation
apier is an easy to use automation tool to connect different systems. For example, when anyone buys your course on Teachable, you can send their details via Zapier to Convertkit. Using Zapier, Convertkit subscriber information will automatically get upated like buyer will get tagged and you can automatically send him/her another offer via email.
Pricing: Freemium (Free to certain number of zaps). Beyond a certain Zaps, automation won't work and you'll need to have a premium plan at $19 per month.
Logitech c922 Pro Stream Webcam
Webcam
We use the same webcam for our videos.
Pricing: $79 on Amazon.com