Selling The Couch With Melvin Varghese, Ph.d. | Weekly Conversations To Build And Grow Your Counseling Private Practice

Today’s show covers lessons I have learned from launching a successful cohort-based course (CBC). The process takes a lot of work but is very rewarding, so if a CBC is in your future, don’t miss this episode. You’ll Learn: ● How I launched my first online course, The Healthcasters, in 2015, even though I felt like an inadequate novice ● How Online Course School launched in late 2021, with 16 workshops for nine colleagues in the beta cohort group ● Ten lessons learned from my CBC launch: ○ Get your beta students through your email list, previous courses, and Mastermind class colleagues. ○ Screen the participants well. (I did this through one-on-one Zoom calls.) ○ Do welcome calls with breakout rooms, so the students get to know each other. ○ Keep the CBC length around 6-8 weeks, or structure a break after a few weeks if it is longer. ○ Have an assistant with you on all workshops. ○ Tier your support for students at multiple levels. ○ Start with the “I do/we do/you do” framework for teaching. ○ Prep your lesson