Top 5 Trends for Online Courses (Updated to 2020)

Mar 7, 2023

In the words of Reuters according to Reuters, the market for e-Learning in the world is expected to reach $275.10 billion by 2022. That means that the online course market is one of the most rapidly growing businesses that can be found on the internet. So far, the creators of courses have earned over 200 million dollars by teaching their skills.

In order to help you make the most of this opportunity and make the best of the year ahead, we looked to our most popular course creators and came up with a list of five key trends to keep an eye on in 2020 in order to level up your business.

Here's a look at one of the major trends to watch in 2020.

  Your Clients Are Your Most Effective Marketing Instrument  

Many course designers focus on acquiring customers. Just like ravishing beasts they desire is more. In this tireless hunt for more clients, they tend to ignore the most important customers of all - the ones they already have..

     In 2020, successful course creators will ditch the traditional sales funnel in favor of one that is more than the sales process Marketing Flywheel.    

Jim Collins explains the flywheel marketing concept in detail. "A flywheel is a heavy wheel that takes huge energy to move. Keep pushing, and the flywheel builds momentum and eventually turns itself in its own direction and producing its own momentum - this is the moment when companies go from great to excellent. A flywheel is also a self-reinforcing, self-reinforcing system that is made some key actions. They feed into, and are in turn controlled by one another, building a long-term business ."

For course designers One of the most crucial ways to help build this momentum is to ensure you provide a great user experience. By building high quality training and making sure your students find value in your content will increase your satisfaction with your customers over time (LTV) and boost your referral engine.

  The Building of Your Marketing Flywheel  

1) Start the momentum with inviting your students to sign up for your online course. If you only have just a handful of people in your audience It is important to monitor their activity closely and ensure they are a top priority. In the event that you have a significant crowd, inviting them to your event will help you get going with a gust of wind in your sails.

2) After you've got students that had the opportunity to experience your course determine where they gained most value from the program by surveying them, and looking at graduation rates.

3) Get your students to provide testimonials and add these to your marketing materials in order to build social evidence.

4) Provide your audience with the necessary tools to speak for you. Offer them promotional swag and promotional materials. It is also possible to reward those who promote your events.

5) Create a repeatable workflow in response to feedback from students. Also, strive to automate contact points for your target audience. Implementing an automated email workflow is a fantastic method to improve your course and provide increased value to your viewers.

6) Continue spinning this flywheel until you be rewarded though customer advocacy raising your company to unprecedented success.