One day workshops, classes, and teachings.

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Gordon,

Thanks for sharing this post about short classes...

I agree, I think you can make good dough doing this - though I haven't done it myself. (I know you have done it many times!)

My question is... What about the venue?

Do you have to shell out money to get a venue for your class? How can you do this cost-effectively?

I imagine the venue will differ of course depending on the class... For example, a baking class would be different from a scrapbooking class...

I'm very tempted to make a list of short courses (say, 1 to 3 hours) I could teach...!

(Maybe, "How to Annoy Gordon 101" ? )

More seriously, there are quite a few topics I could do... One that springs to mind is, How to write a media release. (I've written a number of successful media releases, so far they all led to published articles, usually in newspapers... So I could easily teach a short course or do a workshop on this... )

Best wishes,

Dien

Start at local library. Then board of education, some school districts offer classrooms. Fraternal clubs, churches and even shared office spaces.

Check hotels and motels for those business centers.

And Dien, consider starting one.

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/off/5723828546.html Here is one I have my eye on. I think it would make an excellent Mini Shared space, and with four rooms in it, could have classes running all the time.

Now, some things, like Cake Decorating and cooking classes need ovens etc. In these cases, you want to "partner" up with the owner.

And not all of these are small dollar amounts, Wall St. types are spending a couple of thousand bux for a one day training on public speaking/presentations. So, small potatoes to a new car type income can be generated from these things.

GordonJ

PS. There are a lot of after school programs too, like teaching elementary school kids golf and tennis, there is a franchise for this. Big money there.

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Start at local library. Then board of education, some school districts offer classrooms. Fraternal clubs, churches and even shared office spaces.

Check hotels and motels for those business centers.

And Dien, consider starting one.

Hi Gordon,

Thanks - good ideas!

I'm going to spend some time over the next few days scouting out possible (cheap or free) venues for a short class...

Meanwhile, while surfing through classes on Craigslist, I found this one...

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Japanese Lesson via Skype!

Hi, I'm Sachiko. I teach private Japanese lessons. I offer a Skype Japanese Conversation Lesson from Tokyo.
I am certified Japanese teacher and have students at all levels, from beginners to JLPT N1 and beyond. Most of my current clients are expats living and working in Tokyo from all over the world. However, I also teach kids, adults, as well.
I'm available most times during the day, evenings, and weekends.
For this conversation lesson, I will bring a bunch of interesting questions about a topic... and we'll chat!
Some popular topics are: men vs women, childhood, getting older, drinking (alcohol), raising children, personality, sports, and travel.

I also have worksheets available to use!

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http://melbourne.craigslist.com.au/cls/5804725047.html

https://learnfromsachiko.wordpress.com/skype-lessons/

She charges $25 for a 30 minute class (one on one).

I thought this was a good alternative "take" on lessons - giving lessons by Skype!

Probably "one-on-one" is easiest if you're doing it this way... But, your customers can be anywhere in the world, and you don't have to leave the comfort of your home! (Or office.)

Best wishes,

Dien

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

Hi Gordon,

Thanks - good ideas!

I'm going to spend some time over the next few days scouting out possible (cheap or free) venues for a short class...

Meanwhile, while surfing through classes on Craigslist, I found this one...

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Japanese Lesson via Skype!

Hi, I'm Sachiko. I teach private Japanese lessons. I offer a Skype Japanese Conversation Lesson from Tokyo.
I am certified Japanese teacher and have students at all levels, from beginners to JLPT N1 and beyond. Most of my current clients are expats living and working in Tokyo from all over the world. However, I also teach kids, adults, as well.
I'm available most times during the day, evenings, and weekends.
For this conversation lesson, I will bring a bunch of interesting questions about a topic... and we'll chat!
Some popular topics are: men vs women, childhood, getting older, drinking (alcohol), raising children, personality, sports, and travel.

I also have worksheets available to use!

-----

http://melbourne.craigslist.com.au/cls/5804725047.html

https://learnfromsachiko.wordpress.com/skype-lessons/

She charges $25 for a 30 minute class (one on one).

I thought this was a good alternative "take" on lessons - giving lessons by Skype!

Probably "one-on-one" is easiest if you're doing it this way... But, your customers can be anywhere in the world, and you don't have to leave the comfort of your home! (Or office.)

Best wishes,

Dien

Thanks Dien, Skype is a great tool for teaching as is youtube.

And coming soon, my class in Astral Travel, all taught via ...

astral classes, see you in the ether, HA!

GordonJ

[Boris]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Now, some things, like Cake Decorating and cooking classes need ovens etc. In these cases, you want to "partner" up with the owner.
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With cake decorating the students make the cakes at home & bring it to class w/ their decorating supplies.

If you happen to already run a business the workshops could be done right there. And sell supplies / tools of course. Similar to what Home Depot does.

More for individual lessons, besides Skype, is video exchange platform. The instructor makes a vid of the lesson, student does a vid in response. Plenty of websites, especially music lessons, do it this way. Neither instructor or student is locked into a time & can be done from anywhere. You could even use YT.

To expand on that, if you have a an 8 hour workshop, that could could be broken down into 8-1hr vids. Run the workshop for 8 weeks w/ a new vid every week & personalized vid response for students. You would only need to make the workshop vids 1 time excluding any updates.

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by Boris

With cake decorating the students make the cakes at home & bring it to class w/ their decorating supplies.

If you happen to already run a business the workshops could be done right there. And sell supplies / tools of course. Similar to what Home Depot does.

More for individual lessons, besides Skype, is video exchange platform. The instructor makes a vid of the lesson, student does a vid in response. Plenty of websites, especially music lessons, do it this way. Neither instructor or student is locked into a time & can be done from anywhere. You could even use YT.

To expand on that, if you have a an 8 hour workshop, that could could be broken down into 8-1hr vids. Run the workshop for 8 weeks w/ a new vid every week & personalized vid response for students. You would only need to make the workshop vids 1 time excluding any updates.

Thanks Boris, you make some good points.

What I want to emphasize is, SPEED. Fly Low quick cash.

Sure, if you want to teach, there are 1001 ways to do it online and we found out with the Headlight Cleaning Videos we could use youtube and drip them, or have them all in one place.

This is pretty SOP for teaching Online, which has made Udemy and other platforms so huge.

I've been offered a nice chunk of change for my Guerrilla videos; Spiders, Snakes and Mice, OH MY series IF I were willing to go in front of a camera and clean them up to a "professional" level... which sort of defeats the whole "guerrilla" concept. I'm not camera shy, many saw that on the SCI Professional Remote Direct Marketing Home Study Course where I did the introduction and on a few of my comedy routines too.

I basically just want to FLY LOW with these little workshops.

BUT, just because this is what I want to do, doesn't mean any of you can't take this simple little down and dirty, quick, simple and easy little money maker and turn it into something big, huge and with large business like profits.

THEN, if this is your desire, you have all the tools you need, and at that point it is more about ringing your own bell, and establishing preeminence in your field the whole "funnel" method...and all that comes with it.

This week I'll be posting my FALL classes, some tests and I'll share the results with you all here.

In the meantime, continue to post your thoughts, it is appreciated and even if I don't choose to go down any given route, doesn't mean you shouldn't or couldn't.

But I do want to say, EVERY one reading this has at least one little cash cow of a workshop in your brain, where it ain't making you any money is it? So, kick that baby out and convert it to moolah, OK?

GordonJ