The Online Course Show 020 – From Engineer to Online Course in Specific Engineering Niche – Tom Geiss Shares His Story of his GD&T Basics Online Course
Oct 6, 2017
38:58
Hi there! It’s me, Jacques (a.k.a. The Online Course Guy). I’m here with another podcast episode, this time with a fellow engineer who’s steadily built a following for his high-quality resources online.
Tom Geiss’ expertise in GD&T engineering knowledge is in high demand within his niche – a perfect intersection between passion and opportunity. Over the course of our conversation, he shared plenty of valuable insights with me about his process of course creation. So take a listen to hear what’s worked for him, and what he’d do differently if he was starting again.
Tom Geiss’ expertise in GD&T engineering knowledge is in high demand within his niche – a perfect intersection between passion and opportunity. Over the course of our conversation, he shared plenty of valuable insights with me about his process of course creation. So take a listen to hear what’s worked for him, and what he’d do differently if he was starting again.
"No matter what, you do need to have
a dialogue with your users in some way."
-Tom Geiss
In This Episode, We Talked About:
- Why Tom went in a different direction with his resources than he initially planned
- The research tools Tom used to find the exact niche to focus on for his course
- How Tom built a high-quality, content-rich web presence to take advantage of low competition in his niche
- Tom’s strategy for increasing page views and bringing in potential students
- Tom’s views on SEO and his goal to expand into other forms of traffic-building
- The stages Tom went through before quitting his day job to focus on his online course
- Tom’s advice for you as a future online course creator - regardless of your intended niche
You can hear all that and much more on today’s episode, so I hope you’ll give it a listen. And please remember to leave a comment and tell me your favorite tidbit from this episode!