Aug 3, 2026 · 25 min · 9 segments
Online courses have huge earning potential but they can also be massive wastes of time. A lot of people create online courses because they want the upside, but they create the wrong course, or they…
Gillian PerkinsHost
So you wanna create an online course, but you want to make sure that you are not wasting your time, because while online courses have huge potential for earning, they also can be massive wastes of time because a lot of people create online courses because they want that upside, but they create the wrong online course, or they don't create their online course in the right way, and they end up making no money from it at all.

The first three or four online courses that I made were complete flops and did not earn me a penny, but now in the past few years, I have made a few courses that have earned me over $2 million, which, yes, is super crazy, and I never thought I would be able to say that.

Even when I saw the potential for earning with online courses, I never thought that I would be one of the successful course creators.

So that's really what I wanna share with you, what goes in to creating a course that sells and sells easily, and you can easily scale, meaning sell more and more and more of it without having to work more and more and more.

[upbeat music] We became entrepreneurs because, more than anything, we want freedom.

I'm Gillian Perkins, and I'm on a mission to take back entrepreneurship for what it's supposed to be.

In every episode, I'll share with you how to get the most out of every hour you work so that you can work less and earn more.
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So you wanna create an online course, but you want to make sure that you are not wasting your time, because while online courses have huge potential for earning, they also can be massive wastes of time because a lot of people create online courses because they want that upside, but they create the wrong online course, or they don't create their online course in the right way, and they end up making no money from it at all.

The first three or four online courses that I made were complete flops and did not earn me a penny, but now in the past few years, I have made a few courses that have earned me over $2 million, which, yes, is super crazy, and I never thought I would be able to say that.

Even when I saw the potential for earning with online courses, I never thought that I would be one of the successful course creators.

So that's really what I wanna share with you, what goes in to creating a course that sells and sells easily, and you can easily scale, meaning sell more and more and more of it without having to work more and more and more.

[upbeat music] We became entrepreneurs because, more than anything, we want freedom.

I'm Gillian Perkins, and I'm on a mission to take back entrepreneurship for what it's supposed to be.

In every episode, I'll share with you how to get the most out of every hour you work so that you can work less and earn more.