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Dear Coach...
Okay, so now that you have your ecourse written, how do you
deliver it to your readers? Below, I'll explain some of
the options you have.
OPTION #1. Broadcast for free at yahoogroups.com.
YahooGroups is a free way to broadcast your ezine. It
works well, but it inserts an ad at the end of each issue.
And it doesn't work well for sequential broadcasts (see option 3
below).
OPTION #2. Broadcast for a fee at webvalence.com.
We broadcast most of our ezines using Marty's sophisticated
system. Most important is that you can queue up your
lessons/issues in advance which allows you to take a
break! The one limit with Marty's system is that you
cannot broadcast sequentially, which, for an ecourse that should
be received in a set order (Lesson #1, Lesson #2, etc.).
Most ezine broadcasting systems are limited to sending out the
same lesson/issue to everyone on the same day. But with
ecourses, folks will be 'subscribing' every day and they don't
want the common lesson of the day. They want their lessons
to go in an order, depending on the day they subscribed.
If you're just doing an ezine, that doesn't matter and you can
use yahoogroups.com or webvalence.com. But with ecourses,
you'll need to use a sequential broadcaster, as described below.
OPTION #3. InfoBee.com
With InfoBee.com, you can 'load' up your lessons in text or html
and whenever someone subscribes, they'll get their lessons in
the right/sequential order, starting with lesson 1. Great
system. Cost runs about $20/month.
OPTION #4. GetResponse.com
Similar to the features at InfoBee, GetResponse has a free
version available (their Pro version with tons of extra features
is $17.95 a month). FAQs at http://www.getresponse.com/faq.html?10000
Finally...
If you're going to do an ecourse, I'd go with InfoBee or
GetResponse given the sequential delivering system that your
readers will want.
Oh, wondering how to get paid for
your ecourse?
We cover merchant accounts in another lesson, but here's a quick
description of the simplest way to charge and get paid online
automatically for an ecourse...
You can set up a 'sub merchant' account at ibill.com.
Then, create a web page that describes/sells your ecourse, give
folks a link to click that takes them to your account at
ibill.com. Ibill runs their credit card and presents them
with a webpage that tells them how to subscribe to your ecourse.
(You have complete control over the contents on this
page/instructions.) Ibill will cost you about 15% of
revenue but it's a quick/easy way to start.
I hope that this has been helpful.
Thomas
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