Jared interviews Ali Abdaal, a former doctor turned YouTuber, about his journey from medicine to full-time YouTuber, finding the perfect course creation platform, finding motivation and freedom as an entrepreneur, and navigating doubts and changing perceptions in the creator economy.
Consistency and finding a niche aligned with individual's unfair advantage are key factors in achieving success on YouTube.
Breaking down course content into manageable steps and leveraging existing skills or knowledge are crucial in creating successful online courses.
Deep dives
Building a Successful Online Business with Kijabi
Kijabi is known for helping everyday people build successful businesses online by providing a simple all-in-one platform. They have supported over 100,000 people to create 300,000 products and earn over $3.9 billion in revenue. The focus of the Online Business Edge podcast is to bring real success stories from real people who have achieved success on Kijabi. Ollie Uptall, a doctor-turned-online entrepreneur, shares his journey of starting a YouTube channel, growing it to a million subscribers, and making the transition from medicine to a full-time YouTuber. He highlights the importance of consistency, leveraging unfair advantages, and applying business principles in growing a YouTube channel. He also discusses the process of creating online courses and the importance of validation and fulfillment in course creation. Ultimately, the motivator for Ollie and many other entrepreneurs is the freedom, autonomy, and the ability to do what they love on their own terms.
Finding Success through Consistency and Content Niche
Consistency is a key factor in achieving success on YouTube. Ollie emphasizes the importance of consistently uploading videos and shares that one video per week for two years can be life-changing. He also highlights the significance of finding a niche that aligns with an individual's unfair advantage. Ollie discovered that his medical knowledge and ability to teach became the foundation for his successful YouTube channel. He advises aspiring YouTubers to focus on providing value and solving problems for their target audience. Additionally, Ollie underscores the value of treating YouTube as a business and applying business strategies, such as competitor analysis and creating systems and operations, to make the channel sustainable.
Creating Courses and the Journey to Kajabi
Ollie shares his experience with creating online courses and the simplicity behind it. He advises breaking down the course content into manageable steps and leveraging existing skills or knowledge as an unfair advantage. Ollie discusses the process of validating course ideas and crafting offers based on market feedback. He highlights the potential for online courses to generate significant income and provide long-term sustainability. Ollie also explains how he discovered Kajabi as a platform for selling courses and creating funnels. He credits the book, 'Dotcom Secrets' by Russell Brunson, and the advice of Brendan Burchard for leading him to Kajabi. Ollie emphasizes that Kajabi has provided the tools and support needed to successfully monetize his online courses.
Today’s episode was recorded at Kajabi Hero Live in Austin, Texas.
In this episode, Jared speaks with Ali Abdaal, YouTuber, Podcaster, ex-Doctor, and soon-to-be Author. Ali studied medicine for 6 years at Cambridge University, graduating in 2018 before working in the UK’s National Health Service for 2 years.
He then started his YouTube channel in 2017 making videos about medicine and studying. Now he make talks about books, tech and how we can live healthier, happier lives!
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