On the Building and Scaling Online Courses Podcast, I (David Young, aka Davey Gravy) talk about what I'm learning day to day as I continue to build my 7-figure online course business in the drone training niche. This podcast is for anyone who wants to build an online business, is curious about what it's like to run a business in the "new economy" (aka - work from anywhere, do business online, etc), or just wants to spy on my day to day life and thoughts. Listen in! And feel free to email que ...
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In this episode, I tell you about my methodology for creating new courses where I am not the subject matter expert. How I recruit other highly qualified instructors to help me out and how I make a high-quality course.
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Ep 54 - My Biggest Temptation (and Mistake) as an Entrepreneur
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In this episode, I talk about the number one mistake I typically make that holds me back from doing better and achieving better results.
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Ep 53 - Two types of successful webinars to add $5k - $30k per month
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In this episode, I talk about two different types of webinar strategies that I run to add thousands of dollars of profit to my business every month.
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I think you should write a book. I’m working on one and it’s been valuable experience in ways that I had not previously imagined. I’m gonna try to convince you to write a short one too with this episode.
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Ep 51 - Tips for Creating Short Form Video Content
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In this episode I walk you through my exact process for coming up with ideas, scripting, shooting, and editing my short form video content. We’ve been doing it consistently for about six months and I’m here to share what I’ve learned so far.
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Ep 50 - Recap of My First Live Event
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Let’s talk about the first ever live event we’ve done for Drone Launch. What we did, how much it cost, was it a success or failure? I break it down in this episode.
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Ep 49 - 4 Things to Focus on as an E-Learning Founder
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Pulling some inspiration from Y Combinator, here are the four categories that I try to spend the most time in. Anything outside of these four categories is usually a waste of time and I need to get back to the core!
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Ep 48 - The “TMI” Problem (and I’m not talking about “too much information”)
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Do you suffer from the dreadful TMI that plagues many entrepreneurs? And I’m not talking about too much information. If you sit down to work in the morning and are not super clear on what you need to be doing that day, or you feel overwhelmed when you think about work, or you find yourself procrastinating when you know you should be doing important…
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Ep 47 - Turned a $0 profit month into $23,000
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In the last episode I talked about how I basically had no extra cash to work with. In this episode I talk about what I did to change that and ended up generating around $20,000 in additional cash flow through one week of targeted marketing and advertising.
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In this episode we talk about the cash crunch! I ended up spending a lot more money on the business this month than I had originally planned. In this episode I walk you through what I spent the money on and how I’m gonna handle the cash crunch.
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Ep 45 - Formula of What to Focus On to Make Money
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In this episode of talk about how I figure out what to work on when I’m not sure what to do in a given day. I pull some money formula secrets from one of the marketing industry’s best minds, Frank Kern. If you’re trying to build an online course business and you’re not sure what your next move should be. Listen to this. Hope it helps.…
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Ep 44 - How We’re Using AI in our Business. Should you be afraid?
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In this episode I talk about AI. I talk about how we are using it in our business to help generate new ideas and fresh content. I also talk about three things you can do to make sure AI doesn’t replace your job as a creator.
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Ep 43 - You Can Skyrocket Your Business with this One Right Decision
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In this episode, I talk about a meeting that I JUST had on the day I recorded this podcasts and how it was the result of an action I took a year prior. And this meeting isn't even going to result in any revenue until 15 months from now. But it will change the trajectory of my business.
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Ep 42 - Course Instructors and Podcast Guests. How to get people to say yes.
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In this episode I talk about how I have been able to partner with instructors to create online courses, get affiliates, and get people to say yes to coming on my podcasts.
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Ep 41 - good, fast, cheap. Which ones to choose and when.
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In this episode I dive into a dilemma I have faced in course creation. Do I spend time to make the course good? Do I spend a lot of money developing the course? Or do I try to get it done fast? i’ll walk-through what I’ve done in the past and which situations call for which combination.
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Ep 40 - Stay ahead of change without going broke. The entrepreneur's challenge.
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In this episode, I give you a breakdown of how my paid workshop experiment went, what the revenue was, and how I am going to incorporate that strategy going forward. I also talk about where I am trying to take the future of Drone Launch, niching down on the focus of our customer base, and how to build for the future without going broke.…
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Ep. 39 - Testing out Paid Mini-Workshops. First Time Revenue Numbers.
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I’m trying out something new. Paid mini workshops as a lower priced entry point to our world of products. I’m walking you through how I’m doing it, why I’m doing it, what our revenue is so far, and my exact tech set up.
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Ep. 38 - CCD: Kill Procrastination with 3 Letters
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In this episode I dive into why I am procrastinating on work for a course that we are giving a makeover to. I’ve discovered three things that help me conquer procrastination and get a lot done. Introducing… CCD.
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Ep. 37 - $5M in Revenue and My Current Growing Pains
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We crossed $5 million in total online course sales! In this episode I talk about some updates since my last episode and also two things I am struggling with right now as I go from being a solopreneur to building a real business that will be around for the long term.
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Ep 36 - Day 5: $11k in 2 Hours and How to Get Someone to Buy Without Selling
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It’s day five of trying to recover a bad profit month! Listen in as I dive into how we generated $11k of revenue in just a few hours. Also I dive into how we did that without really selling at all.
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Ep 35 - Day 4: Goodwill and Scammy Marketers
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Day four of trying to recover a bad profit month. I’m diving into scammy marketing tactics, your “goodwill reservoir”, and biting off more than you can chew
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Ep 34 - Day 3: Profit Sharing Ideas
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Day three of trying to recover a bad money month. I’m sharing with you a profit sharing idea that we have for one of our offers. Also some thoughts on Selling 101.
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Ep 33 - Day 2 of Trying to Save a Bad Profit Month
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Here are some updates on what I’ve been doing in an attempt to make some money this month and beat the projections that we were going to make little to no profit. Also I dive into my findings about the mental part of being an entrepreneur.
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Ep 32 - Not Making Any Money This Month (And How I’m Going To Fix It)
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Just got some projections last night that showed we aren’t really going to make any profit this month. High ad costs are killing us. Here are three things that I am going to do in order to make sure that we have a profitable month. Will it work? I don’t know. But follow along as I try and you’ll find out.…
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Ep 31 - How Mentorship Changed my Business
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Not growing as fast as you want to? Lacking motivation to get your stuff done? Feel like you have lack of clarity and direction? These are all things that I have dealt with. In this episode I’m gonna talk about WHY having a mentor/coach has been pivotal in my business growth and 2 reasons why you need one.…
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Ep. 30 - What You Should Be Doing Every Day if You Want to Make Money Online
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In this episode, David dives into two core things you need to be doing every day to build your online business.
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Ep 29 - Fired my Bookkeeper. Here’s why.
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Numbers numbers! They make or break you. Here’s why I fired my bookkeeper and how I’m fixing things. Also… where have I been?
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028 - “Don’t Waste the Heat”: Wisdom from a Surgeon
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Ever feel like you work really hard on something (a course, lead magnet, content, funnel) but then lose focus and end up moving on to something else before you’ve gotten the full value of the thing you were originally working on? I think every entrepreneur has that problem. In this episode we’re going to talk about that issue and how to solve it. T…
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027 - $15,198 in 4 Days: Inside My Email Campaign
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In this episode I take you behind the scenes and give you all of the dirty details and specific numbers behind how I generated about $15,000 in pure profit in only 4 days.
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026 - Behind the Scenes of Upcoming Sales Funnels
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In this episode, I will be telling you about two different promotions and sales funnels we plan on running to our email list of drone pilots. I’m going to tell you my plan and then report back with the results. Listen to check it out.
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In this episode I’m a tell you why speed is better than quality. Feels weird and almost sinful to say that, but in the world of online marketing it’s true. Let me tell you why…
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024 - How to Make Your Course Stand Out, Even If Your Competitors Copy You
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In this episode, I’m diving into what I’ve done over the years to keep driving sales to my course, EVEN when people try to copy what I’m offering.
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023 - The $300 Investment That Made Me $80k
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It’s all about which “lever” in your online course business you need to be pulling. What should you be focusing on each day? Today I am going to share with you the one thing I did that made me an easy $80,000 (and only cost me $300).
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022 - Successful Course Lifecycle (plus new name and biz updates)
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In this episode I talk about our new podcast name, the status of our flagship course launch, the cycle of a successful online course, and fun partnership I’m working on with my friend Dan.
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Well, I fell off the horse with a Podcast streak. But I’m back today! Been building up on the podcast about launching a new course, Drone to 1K. Well I finally launched it. Here are the results of how the live webinar went and how I put it together.
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020 - First Time Doing Live Webinar
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Excited about all I’m learning about selling on live webinars. Also filling you in on my wife’s crazy plant-based diet that I’m trying to avoid eating.
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019 - Anxiety and Uncertainty about Launching New Things
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One whole week of a podcast every day. Man, feels like I’m a real professional at this now ;). Talking today about some feelings of uncertainty and anxieties over launching new things.
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018 - D$1K Update and Thoughts on Days that Suck
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Six days in a row. Killing it. Getting some updates on the bits of work I’m doing this Saturday for our new course lunch. Also a short riff on sucky days.
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017 - Drone to $1K Course Launch Plan Update
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Five days in a row. Crazy. Talking today about an update on our Drone to 1K course launch plan. Lots of work involved but I’m excited about the possibilities. We’ve never done it this way before.
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016 - No Such Thing as a Million Dollar Idea
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4 days in a row now. I wonder what the Guinness world record is? Today I'm chatting about something I've come to learn over the last 4 years. There's no such thing as a million dollar idea... just million dollar execution. Ideas are cheap. Work is hard.
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Back at it for the third day in a row! It's almost like I'm a master of habits at this point. A brief update on our Drone to 1K program launch and the major benefit of sustained focus on one goal.
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014 - How We Plan To Launch Our Next Course
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Want to know how to launch a course before you ever make it? That's what we're diving into on today's bitesize business episode.
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013 - I'm Back! (After 9 Months...Oops)
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I'm back with another episode of bitesize biz after 9 months off! A lot has happened and I'll try to get things back up to date ASAP. For now, one of my favorite books... Expert Secrets by Russell Brunson.
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012 - How I Trick Myself Into Getting Things Done (Especially When I Want To Avoid the Task)
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In this episode, we dive into what to do when you’ve identified an important task that needs to get done in order to move the needle in your business or to make more money, but you just can’t seem to conjure up the motivation or the discipline to get going. Sometimes the most important tasks are the hardest and take the longest. In this episode we …
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011 - How Much Money We Made from Our Most Recent Course Launch
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Do you ever wonder how much money people make when they launch of course? In this episode, David breaks down how he went about creating a new drone course on roof inspections by partnering with someone already doing it. He gets into the details as to how much he made and the profit splits. If you ever wanted to get some behind the scenes on the mon…
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010 - How a Strange Partnership Almost Got Me to Buy a Pen Holder
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What’s the strangest collaboration or partnership you’ve ever seen? In this episode, David talks about one surprising partnership that got him to go into a store he’s never been in before and almost got him to buy something, even though he knew the trap he was walking into. Let’s analyze this and see how it can be applied to get more customers to w…
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009 - What NOT to Do When Launching an Online Course
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How do you know if you have a good idea for an online course? How do you know if people will buy it? Should you waste your time and money and months of your life creating one? In this episode I give you a few handy insider secrets to answer all these questions.
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008 - When You Have Too Many Business Ideas
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Do you constantly get ideas for new businesses or new projects? If you have an entrepreneurial brain, the answer is usually yes. It’s great to be creative and idea driven, but sometimes that can be an Achilles’ heel. In this episode, David shares what he learned at a mastermind retreat with some top business people on what to do about this.…
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007 - Should I Hire A Copywriter? (When to Hire One and When to Do It Yourself)
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Have you ever wondered how people can make you want to buy something so badly when you did not care about in the first place? That’s copywriting my friends. Today’s question is: should I hire a copywriter or do it in-house? And what resources are out there to help me learn the skill. Let’s dive in and find out!…
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006 - How to Make a Video Ad That People Will Watch and That Gets Sales (think Squatty Potty)
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Have you ever wondered why certain product videos go viral? Think squatty potty, dollar shave club, poopurie, etc. David shares some lessons he learned when sitting in a session with the Harmon Brothers (the brains behind many of those campaigns) and also from testing out his own video ads on Facebook and Instagram. If you want to know how to creat…
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