#182: Tactical Tuesday: Boost Accountability & Engagement through Live Online Courses

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks about the pros and cons of live online course programs. He explains why there’s a growing demand for live classes compared to pre-recorded and the benefits live courses offer. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Online courses can be delivered in two formats. Prerecorded courses provide evergreen content and business scalability while live courses offer greater engagement and accountability.  </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Live online courses allow you to elevate your business offer while boosting completion rates and success rates. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some of the challenges associated with prerecorded courses include a lack of accountability, the inability to network and interact, as well as learning from other students. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">85% of students who pay for an online course don’t complete it.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">With live courses, interactivity is 10-20x greater yet it’s harder to scale. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can offer more seats and charge more for the value-added benefits of live courses. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to shift from prerecorded to live, start with one or two hour-long classes with no replays. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason is exploring live online courses and training to continue to grow his business and to help students achieve success.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>3 KEY POINTS:</strong></p> <ol> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">You need students to be happy, complete the course, get results they’re proud of and your program will sell itself.</spa