If you’re going to be attending conferences/workshops/classes, I recommend developing a short list of learning objectives and goals. Often, there’s so much information to digest that it can be overwhelming. By knowing what you’d like to get out of an educational experience before you start, you can focus your attention on the details that you need to know at the moment. There may be a wealth of other information offered, but it’s probably better to revisit those points later when you’re ready to act on it.
In a few weeks, April Bowles-Olin of Blacksburg Belle will be back on CreativeLive (my favorite online learning resource) to teach a course called Create Digital Products that Sell While You Sleep.
To prepare myself and get into the learning spirit, these are my personal learning objectives:
- Determine which types of digital products to make.
- What is the intersection between what my audience wants and what I am qualified to produce?
- Select the most effective software for creative a product.
- Word or InDesign?
- Photoshop or Illustrator?
- Plan out a launch strategy for a digital product, both before and after the product is available.
- How do you continue to promote without sounding spammy?
- Are affiliates the best method?
- Determine a profitable pricing strategy.
- Single Offer vs Multiple Packages?
- Select the most effective sales platform.
- There are so many to choose from, with such a variety of fee structures; it can be tough to make a decision!
I’m hoping that April’s course will help to clarify these issues for me. Can’t wait to find out what she has to teach us!
Are you ready to make your creative work more lucrative, stable, and sustainable in the long-term? Join April Bowles-Olin for an introduction to digital products and how they can enhance your creative business. This course will show you how to produce and position viable products for generating multiple revenue streams and passive income. RSVP right here to watch it live and get access to the workbook for FREE. This post is part of the Create Digital Products blog tour.
I completely agree with this! When you plan out what you want to learn, you’ll be more likely to reach those goals without delving into instant overwhelm.
I’m really excited to help you clarify those issues. Those goals are absolutely doable. Thanks for participating in this blog tour.
Thanks for the opportunity to participate! Looking forward to your class!
Hi Olive!
Great post! What a smart idea to come up with objective *before* the class even starts. p.s. Love the name of your blog!
Thanks Cathy! I remember you from Kari Chapin’s audience! Hope your business is going well.
Hope you learn tons… and more! I’ll see you in class 😀
I think I’m a learn-a-holic…
This is a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Love your post Olivia ! This wonderful list of learning objectives and goals is really helpful as i am preparing to attend April’class in Nov 🙂
I’m so looking forward to the class. I have a lot to learn.
This is great advice! I especially like the first one, being qualified before deciding on what to make. It can be subjective, and what I look for before diving into a course is the background of the creator. I’ve noticed over time that people with skills from traditional schools are more apt at being successful in their own businesses.
Exactly. Like, how do I know what to make, and how can I prove that it’s worth buying from me if there are others selling the same thing. I’m so looking forward to April’s class.
I love how you are planning ahead! I have some of those same questions but hadn’t thought about formalizing them as a way to prepare for the class. Thank you for your example! I want to get as much as a I can from April in November as I know how much content she offers, and I think I will use your model as a good way to prepare. Thank you so much!!!!
Glad you found it helpful!
OMG, learning objectives…GENIUS! Thanks for the inspiration, embarrassed to say that I hadn’t thought to do that myself. I have given a lot of thought to what I want to get out of the class but I think taking it a step further, and really committing it to paper and seeing it come to life will be so much more effective. Thank you!
Im excited to learn from April and its really fun getting to know everyone on the blog tour.
I’m a university professor by day, so I live and breathe learning objectives. I’m so glad you found this helpful.
Great post! I can’t wait to see what we learn from April! 🙂
I’ll be looking for you from home in the audience!
Awesome points! I am taking notes from all of these wonderful blog posts so I can maximize this course to the fullest!
Thanks Richelle. That’s a good idea too… totally stealing it and stalking all the other blogs now.
Olive,
These are great questions and is a good step-by-step process to follow for every digital product launch.
Thanks Fanny! They’re definitely questions that keep coming back to me.
What a great angle to take on this topic! I was just thinking that this blog tour was already teaching me so much before we even get to April’s course, and then I came across your post which has everything beautifully summarised and itemised. Thankyou 🙂
I’m so glad you’re learning with the blog tour. I love seeing how everyone has a different approach to the prompt.
Planning ahead is a really smart idea and something I need to work on. So your list is very helpful. Thank you!
It can be so overwhelming without having goals to start. Information overload!
This is a great method to ensure that you learn what you want to learn. Great idea. I’m with you on a launch strategy and pricing structure.
Thanks! I’m really excited for this class.
What a great idea! Overwhelm always smacks me right between the eyeballs & it’s probably b/c I just dive right in. Thanks for the tip! I’ll need it for April’s course in Nov & a blog conference in June.
What blog conference are you going to in June?
You are super duper right about planning your learning objectives: it’s the best way to get a big ole ton of goodness out of any class you take.
I used to teach (first in high schools, and then in a private school for kids with Learning Disabilities), and I used to focus a lot on choosing the outcome that matters most. Teachers do it when they’re planning a lesson- but students need to as well, or it’ll all fall short of the best result.
Can’t wait to see what you create next!!
xo
K
Thanks Kris! Must be a teacher-thing. 🙂
I never thought of thinking about the goal or outcome BEFORE taking a class! What an excellent idea!
See you in the chat room 🙂
Thanks Indre! Looking forward to this class!
This is a SUPER smart idea, and I love the list of questions you came up with!!! I saw you refer to yourself in the comments as a learn-a-holic, and that really made me laugh because I’m such a sucker for books, classes, webinars, live-streams…you name it, I’m in!
Yea, seriously! I’m always buying books and classes… I’ve got to start making some of that money back so I can fund more classes.
These are all great things to consider! I myself am curious about all of these questions, too. Can’t wait to learn! Good luck on your future digital sales!