Everybody wants to have a webinar class or live online training course that not only makes money, but has a lot of student participation, that where you get lots of success stories and the class almost runs itself. After all, what is the point of you teaching somebody something if they don't use it. This is what sets you apart and this is what sets your webinars apart from everyone else.
To improve student participation in your online classes, offer challenges, allow blog comments, and encourage community interaction.
What is a challenge? A challenge is just like homework. You teach them a lesson and give them an assignment with a due date, which they then must complete. The difference between a homework and a challenge is that with a challenge you might offer a special gift such as personal consulting or a group coaching call, or even some bonus you have lying around. You can even make it fun and even more special bonus to the first person to finish their assignment making it a challenge, turns it from a boring school type lecture into a fun game.
If your membership site and webinar class is hosted on a blog, which it should be, make sure to enable blog comments so that your students can post their challenges for everyone in the class to see which becomes your built-in social proof. After all, if you or haven't deal with everybody directly emailing you their assignments, it's gonna become tough to manage, but if they just leave a blog comment on one challenge post, it's very easy to maintain.
And if you're giving a price to the winners or to the first winner, it encourages the student to take action right now, especially if there are 10 other students trying to accomplish the same task.
The other good thing about having blog comments within your webinar membership site is that students can interact with each other. If they have questions, other students can jump in and offer their answers or their opinions. When students want challenges, other students can tell them "Great job!" or give them their own advice. Isn't that the point of having a live community? People can learn not just from you but also from other students, and even better, they can make new connections and get new friends and joint venture partners.
Improve participation in your webinar course by providing challenges—which are basically homework, by enabling blog comments and allowing your students to interact with one another.
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