How I Made $2.5M With Only 9K Email Subscribers

The Art of Selling Online Courses

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Austin Church makes $50,000+ a year from a $99/month community, but here's the thing - he's never properly promoted it to his 9,000 email subscribers. Not once.
In this episode, Austin gets brutally honest about the mistakes that cost him money, why he initially refused to start a community (and how his own members basically forced him into it), and the LinkedIn strategy he's using to manually recruit new members one conversation at a time.
We get into the real numbers - his revenue swings from $5k to $25k months, why it's just as hard to sell a $500 course as $6,000 coaching, and that first taste of PayPal notifications that you just can't un-taste. Austin reveals why most creators get the order completely wrong when building their business, and why it's shockingly easy to stop doing what actually works.
This isn't your typical "here's my success story" interview. Austin admits where he's screwed up, what he'd do differently, and why sometimes the best business advice comes from just asking your audience what they want and giving it to them.
If you've built an audience but struggle with the selling part, this one's for you.
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If you'd like to talk more about how you can grow your course business, email me at john@datadrivenmarketing.

Chapters

1. The Journey from Freelancer to Coach (00:00:00)

2. Finding Your Business Sweet Spot (00:07:20)

3. The Membership Community Breakthrough (00:15:14)

4. LinkedIn Outreach Strategy (00:24:30)

5. Email Marketing for Community Growth (00:36:26)

6. Taking Action on What Works (00:44:40)