At the Tiny Course Empire Podcast, host Cindy Bidar is banishing the online marketing overwhelm and busting the myths about digital course creation that keep you stuck in startup mode.
Each week you’ll hear actionable tips, real-world strategies, and plenty of practical advice about turning your expertise and experience into digital courses, and your courses into a profitable, sustainable business.
With more than 10 years of hands-on experience managing operations and marketing for six- and seven-figure businesses, Cindy knows a thing or two about how to launch and grow an online empire. She’ll help you make sense of the technology, turn seemingly monumental projects into bite-sized tasks, and design repeatable systems that create predictable results.
It’s no secret that email marketing offers the best ROI (return on investment) for your promotional efforts. But did you know there’s a way you can earn even more from your email list…
There’s no escaping the camera when you run an online business. Video content continues to outrank other formats. Social platforms prioritize reels and live streaming. And let’s not forget podcast in…
Does this sound familiar? You’ve put the finishing touches on your latest course or digital product, and you sit down to write your sales page, and… nothing.
The words simply will not come. You don’t…
Did you know that knowledge workers (that’s us) waste up to 2.5 hours per day just looking for the information they need to do their jobs?
That means that time you spend hunting down a password, or s…
Marketing.
That’s the number one concern I hear from new (and even more established small business owners). How can they most effectively market their products—and where?
It can feel like a constant …
In a perfect world, we’d have all of our expenses covered each month, and we’d have plenty of “fun money” stashed away in case we wanted to take a last-minute trip or buy a fancy laptop or splurge on…
Have you ever thought to yourself, “There’s too much competition in this niche,” or “I’m too late to find success with this,” or “Everyone else does this better than I can”?
We’ve all had those thoug…
I forget to add salt to my bread dough (pretty tasteless, in case you’re wondering). I wash a hot pink shirt with a load of whites (oops). I overwater the plants in my office and invite a hoard of fu…
Want to increase your income? You don’t have to create more or increase your marketing efforts or even grow your audience size. All you have to do is optimize what you’re already doing.
That’s what s…
I’ve created more than 80 digital courses and earned more than $1,000,000 in revenue from them. But you might be shocked to know that my first course was a bit of a disaster. As in zero sales. A true…
Do you ever wonder what makes one small business owner more successful than another? Do they have better contacts? More education? Smarter ideas? Faster computers?
For more than a decade, I’ve been w…
If recent poll numbers are to be believed, as much as 86% of people surveyed claim to hate math.
They say it’s boring or they’re just not good at it. They think it’s too rigid and cold, or that the r…
One of the best parts of Six-Figure Systems is the Q & A calls. Twice each month I get to chat with members and answer the questions at the top of their minds. I help them make better business decisi…
What exactly does an online business owner do all day anyway? What should YOU be doing to grow your business?
That’s the question that came up recently on a Six-Figure Systems Q & A call, and honestl…
Here’s a hard truth new business owners sometimes struggle with:
You have to be seen if you want to be successful.
Once upon a time, when making money online was new and competition was nearly non-ex…
You’ve no doubt heard about some recent changes Apple and Google are making to their browsers and mobile devices. Maybe you’ve heard some scary things, like how those changes are bringing affiliate m…
Imagine being told your business—the one you’d put so much time, energy, and money into—was the worst performing franchise in the entire country.
Pretty disheartening, right? You might be tempted to …
Content is what drives your traffic. It brings in new subscribers and makes sales. If you’re a course creator or blogger, it’s also what you sell.
That makes content creation both the most important …
It’s pretty discouraging when you’ve worked really hard on a course or a product, and you launch it out into the world with lots of hope and excitement and then… crickets.
Maybe you make one or two s…
A customer asked me once if I thought I’d run out of course ideas one day. It can feel that way when you’re new, and sometimes even when you’ve been doing it for a while.
But the truth is, there are …