David Siteman Garland is the creator of The Rise To The Top & Create Awesome Online Courses. David helps people create & sell online courses with thousands of successful students all over the world with courses on every topic imaginable, from aerial silk arts to baby sleep training with several students making 7-figures+ with their courses and too many to count making multiple six-figures, 6-figures and 5-figures.

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• The Rise to the Top – David’s website

3 Key Points:

1. Create an asset so you can get paid for years.
2. The perfect time to launch is when you launch.
3. Follow a system.

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Time Stamped Show Notes

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• [02:16] – David’s current life with his 20-month old daughter
  • [02:42] – When David was starting his business, he had a lot of free time
  • [03:26] – As a parent, you don’t have control of your own time
• [04:15] – Online courses allow for schedule flexibility
• [04:45] – Leverage is the key word
• [04:51] – Entrepreneurs go through seasons
• [05:05] – JLD shares his experience with online courses
• [06:32] – JLD is doing a FREE Masterclass with DSG this Thursday, November 3^rd, [2:00]PM EST
• [07:57] – Signup HERE!
• [07:47] – The benefits of doing online courses
  • [08:07] – Up front work, but you get paid for years – create an asset
  • [08:57] – You’ll be able to help more people without working more
  • [09:23] – You don’t need a huge amount of customers to be successful
• [13:28] – David will teach the 5 Key Mistakes to Avoid when creating online courses during this FREE Masterclass
  • [14:28] – Fill-in-the-blank worksheets will be available to help you with the training
  • [14:54] – DSG will also have giveaways on the webinar
• [15:30] – Myths that are NOT true
  • [15:48] – Who am I to teach something I am not an expert at?
  • [17:22] – People think there is a perfect time to launch
  • [18:21] – People think online courses will take too much time
• [20:28] – “Who cares about the competition?”
• [21:09] – David shares one of his successful students’ stories
• [25:22]– Another testimonial from David’s students
  • [25:39] – Rachel Bowman is in the aerial silk industry
  • [26:17] – Rachel did $70K on her first launch
  • [26:30] – Your industry, when packaged the right way, can be a massive success
• [26:35] – Last testimonial from David
  • [26:43] – Renee Christine – a stay-at-home-mom that does crafts
  • [27:04] – Renee was struggling being a single mom with 3 kids
  • [27:32] – Renee’s first launch did $3,000
  • [28:09] – She sent a ‘crying video’ to David and she took her kids shopping
  • [28:33] – Renee kept perfecting and improving
  • [28:44] – 20 months later, she’s now at the 7-figure mark
• [29:46] – Every streak starts with one

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