Course Lab: Lessons from Successful Online Course Creators

Aron Croft, founder of Hidden ADHD, shares how he took a challenging topic and challenged students and created a win-win for transformation and success. Listen in to find out how a little creativity and resourcefulness can go a long way.

Show Notes

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As someone with Inattentive ADHD, Aron Croft is on a mission to help other ADHD folks live happier, more productive lives. He runs a company called Hidden ADHD and created a course called the Productivity Academy Program.

     In this episode, Danny and Abe talk with Aron about turning his one-on-one coaching for ADHDers into an even better product with a group program.

In this episode we'll discuss:
  • Why you don’t have to be an expert to be a teacher.
  • Reasons to include one-on-one coaching.
  • Ways to iterate and scale your course.
  • Using teams and peer accountability to aid in successful completion of your course.
  • What are effective platforms for course creators to communicate with students?
  • Working with a challenging topic or niche.
  • What is a consistency coach, and how can you use one in your program?
  • How to incentivize returning students, and how it can help you scale your business.



“I know there's a need for this program and that there's opportunity there. But how do I take that to the next level?”

– Aron Croft
Aron Croft is the founder of Hidden ADHD. Aron is on a mission to raise awareness about Inattentive ADHD, how it goes under the radar, and how to rebuild your life post-diagnosis.

     His work has been featured by ADDitude Magazine, ADDA, and more. Despite going to Harvard, by the age of 33, he was broke, divorced, and earning just above minimum wage. Then he was diagnosed with Inattentive ADD, and his whole life changed.

     He has since built a thriving Fortune 500 career helping companies like Marriott, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald’s, KPMG and United Healthcare.


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Credits:
  • Guest: Aron Croft
  • Hosts: Danny Iny & Abe Crystal 
  • Producer: Cynthia Lamb 
  • Executive producer: Danny Iny
  • Assembled by: Geoff Govertsen
  • Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin
  • Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
  • Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
  • Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio


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• Track Title: Grace
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Writer Name: Chelsea McGough
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• Track Title: Coo Coos
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Episode transcript:  Challenge Accepted (Aron Croft)  coming soon

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Creators and Guests

Host
Abe Crystal
Host
Danny Iny
Guest
Aron Croft
Producer
Cynthia Lamb

What is Course Lab: Lessons from Successful Online Course Creators?

Want to create a hugely successful online course, one that has a major impact on the lives of your students? If you want to learn how to create online courses from the best, you turn to Mirasee; and if you want to host that course, you can’t go wrong using the powerful platform, Ruzuku.

Ruzuku co-founder Abe Crystal and Mirasee founder and CEO Danny Iny know what it takes to stand out and be successful in the online courses industry. And now they’re teaming up to share this intel with you in their new Course Lab podcast.

In every episode, Course Lab showcases an entrepreneur/course creator who is nailing it with their online course -- and not because they’re teaching people how to make more money. In fact, most of these creators occupy unusual or overlooked niches, like music, writing for video games, overcoming inherent bias, and finding your life purpose.

Turns out, the key to their success all comes down to their online course design. In this podcast, Danny and Abe reveal the most important design tactics that are making all the difference for these online course creators -- and how you can implement them in your own online course. So if you want to create a successful online course that changes the lives of your students, this is your big chance to learn how it’s done from the best in the industry!