055: Share Your Course with Thinkific with Siddharth Bharath

Author: The Connected Yoga Teacher
Published: Mon 12 Mar 2018
Episode Link: http://www.theconnectedyogateacher.com/55

055: Share Your Course Using Thinkific with Siddharth Bharath

Thinkific is an online course software platform based in Vancouver BC, Canada. CEO Greg Smith was searching for a way to put his LSAT course online in order to reach more students. He saw the need for an online course platform and along with his co-founders designed software that would allow course creators to easily add their content online.

On today’s episode, Shannon speaks with Siddharth Bharath, a marketer and VP of growth at Thinkific. Sid, who at the time was a marketing consultant, was looking for an online platform to host his courses. He really liked Thinkific as a course platform because it was easy to use. He decided to contact Greg Smith with some marketing ideas and Greg was impressed enough to ask Sid to join their team and has been with them since.

Shannon picks Siddharth’s brain asking him what technology is needed to create a course, how much financial investment is involved, how students and teachers can interact, marketing your course and more.

10:05 What led Sid to work for Thinkific

12:40 How Thinkific can help you run a course

14:45 The Thinkific plans so you can decide which financial investment works for you

15:55 Do you need a website needed to run a Thinkific course

16:50 What is the bare minimum technology needed to make a video

18:30 What tools are needed for good audio

19:55 Sid’s tips for creating a video

20:40 How Thinkific facilitates the interactivity between students and teachers

21:30 Yoga teachers who are producing courses with Thinkific

23:25 The Thinkific team and culture of kindness

25:30 The help available to Thinkific users

26:25 Sid’s tips for marketing a course