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Publishing a book is an exciting accomplishment!

But when the champagne bubbles fizzle out, the business piece of the puzzle sets in. To make writing a full-time career, you have to do more than publish a book. You have to build an audience, regularly release new content, and turn readers into superfans — a task list that used to be unbearable for some.  

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So when Kajabi, the platform I use to run my entire online business, shared all the ways authors are using Kajabi to earn revenue from their writing BEYOND book royalties, I couldn't help but "write" about it (ha ha).

How Can Authors and Writers Use Kajabi?

You may be wondering, "How can I turn my published book into a steady income?"  

Well, for one...

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Teachers are some of the most hardworking and resourceful people we all know — always looking for new ways to empower their students and fellow teachers. 

How Can Teachers Use Kajabi?

When it hit me that teachers could use the skills they already have to create new income and a bigger impact on the lives of others, I had to share! 

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Kajabi, the platform I use to power my online business, is helping teachers just like you earn extra cash by doing what they do best and serving the communities they are passionate about helping. 

What Can I Teach on Kajabi?

Chances are, there's one thing that everyone around you comes to you for help with or advice on. It’s a problem you’re good at helping people solve. Maybe...

On Fridays, I post some #FridayFun for you! These are just little extras to make you smile, laugh, feel inspired, and be encouraged in your online course, membership, or service business with Kajabi.

Have you seen the latest Kajabi commercial series on television called "What Will You Create?" I've been seeing them out in the wild and it's so fun each time.

They always stop me in my tracks and I go, "THAT'S KAJABI!" Woo hoo!

So in case YOU haven't seen them, here they are, all 5 in one place. I also link off to each person's site so you can learn more about them + see how great Kajabi sites and pages look.

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Yoga for Athletes with Kajabi

The saying that "all good things must come to an end" is definitely true regarding this bit of Kajabi-related news ...

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Announcement: Kajabi is Closing Down Their 28-Day Challenge

Kajabi just announced that they're bringing their popular 28-Day Challenge to an end. Now you may be asking, “What’s the 28-day challenge?” [Note: This promotion has ended; links now go to Kajabi's home page with my 30-day free trial included].

It’s a proven, systematic approach to making your first $1000 online by selling digital products in just 28 days. And it’s completely free. 

This is an offering that Kajabi has had for a while now. I've heard so many people say that the 28-Day Challenge was the game-changer for getting them started selling their digital products...

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Let's talk about 2 Kajabi features that cause some confusion: Products vs. Offers. What's included in each one and how many do you get of each? How are they used in Kajabi?

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A Definition of Kajabi Products and Offers

No one can explain the basics better than Kajabi themselves so please check out these Kajabi help files to gain a basic understanding. Then come back and we'll talk more :)

Products Overview & Creating Products in Kajabi

Offers Overview & Creating Offers

How Many Products and Offers Do You Get?

All Kajabi plans come with unlimited Offers so you can go to town with those! As for number of Products, if you take a look at Kajabi's pricing chart, you can see that the Basic plan comes with 3 Products, Growth has 15, and Pro has 100!

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Kajabi announced today that from now on feature rollouts will be released more often. YAY!!

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Back in the day, Kajabi used to do "feature rollout" posts after each 6-week cycle had been completed by their development team. However, over time the number of Kajabi teams has expanded. So 6-week cycles with one big announcement no longer makes sense. 

HERE you can see Kajabi's rollups on their blog.

Here's a quick summary of new things added to Kajabi:

Professional Analytics
Including sales report, opt-in report, and page view reports; subscription metrics are on the way like monthly recurring revenue, churn, and much more

Events
You can now clone Events; the UI has been updated

Custom Domains
New process that's streamlined and no longer involves struggling with the...

On Fridays, I post some #FridayFun for you! These are just little extras to make you smile, laugh, feel inspired, and be encouraged in your online course, membership, or service business with Kajabi.

Happy Friday!!

HERE is a fun video Kajabi recently shared on Facebook.

It tells the story of a regular guy who just wants to surf, yet he's beholden to his office job, meetings, and annoying co-workers. 

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Guess how he solves all his problems? Yep, he discovers Kajabi and learns how he can sell his knowledge about surfing, which frees up his time to spend surfing and with the family he dearly loves. 

The story is told with Kajabi's usual great sense of humor but the point it makes is serious. Please take a look and see if it stirs anything in you.

"LET KAJABI FREE...

When you build a "product" - course, membership, etc. - in Kajabi, you may want to include audio files. Some examples might be:

• transcripts of course videos
• meditations
• audio course files
• coaching calls

Here are Kajabi's instructions: How to upload an audio file to a post 

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How to Prevent Downloads of Audio Files

In Kajabi, all .mp3 files are downloadable if added in the download section, as in the instructions above and usually that's fine. Depending on the structure and price of your offering, customers/students will likely expect to be able to download the audio files they paid for. 

But there may be specific cases where you DON'T want to allow audio file downloads.

One example would be if you had a large number of audio files in a membership you sell, and you're afraid people would join for 1...

When you decide you're ready to put your first online course out into the world, it's time for some research, right? You wonder what platforms are out there, how much they cost, what features they have, etc.
 

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Two of the most popular online course providers are Kajabi and Teachable. Linked below is a great in-depth article by Kajabi with a comparison and review of the two. But first, let's talk about course platform reviews ...

Do's and Don'ts to Get the Course Platform Information You Need

Granted, the article was written BY Kajabi so keep that in mind as you read it. Here are some other tips:

• DO read some "Teachable vs. Kajabi" reviews written by others so you get a broad view
  
  
• DO keep in mind that each author will have their own perspective and goals to make you choose the one that benefits...

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Hi entrepreneur!

- Are you looking for the best way to offer courses to your audience and run your online business all in one place?

- Maybe you've heard about the amazing all-in-one called Kajabi and now you're looking into using it?

- Or are you already a Kajabi customer and you want to learn more about what it can do?

For any of these reasons, you're surely in the right place and I'm so glad you found  DIYCourseBiz.com, "YOUR place to learn all about Kajabi!"

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