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#78: Marie Poulin – Earning $40,000 per month as a course creator

Nov 2, 2021

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Marie Poulin transitioned from agency job to full-time freelance, discovered online education, and created a software product called Digital Strategy School to teach designers how to utilize Notion strategically.

Marie found success and growth by consistently providing value, being helpful, and establishing herself as a reliable resource, which is crucial in today's competitive landscape.

Designing a business around your natural abilities and aligning it with your personality and strengths, while emphasizing personalized attention and high-touch interactions, can lead to fulfillment and success.

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The Excitement and Discovery of Notion

Marie discovered the productivity tool Notion and became obsessed with its capabilities. She started sharing her experiences with notion through webinars, YouTube videos, and office hours, which caught the attention of the Notion team. She decided to double down on her passion for Notion and created a course called Digital Strategy School to teach designers how to utilize the tool strategically. This marked the beginning of her journey as the 'Notion person'.

What Years Are We Talking About Here?

00:43

Web Designers - How Do You Find The Ceiling On This?

00:49

The Price of a Mentorship Course

00:41

How Do You Design for Workflow?

02:37

Introduction

2min

Creative Elements Podcast - Episode 1

4min

Notion Mastery - I Worked With Marie Forlio

2min

The Origins of Notion Mastery

2min

Design School - What Was the Path After Design School?

2min

How Did You Get to Work in the Design Industry?

4min

How Did You Start Your Own Clients Services Business?

3min

Why I Love Butcher Box

3min

Do You Have a Strategy School for Web Designers?

3min

10.

How Strategic Was It to Spend So Much Time Giving So Generously?

2min

11.

Getting a Sense of Who You Are as a Person

2min

12.

How to Build a Course and a Product?

2min

13.

You Build Your Way Too?

2min

14.

Do You Still Sell Strategy Courses?

4min

15.

How Do You Make Your Pricing More Leverageable?

2min

16.

How Just Works Can Help Your Business

3min

17.

The Queen of Notion

4min

18.

Webban

3min

19.

How Do You Design for Workflow?

3min

20.

I Love This Approach to Selling Again

2min

21.

How Do You Design Your Business for Fun?

2min

22.

Designing for Fun

2min

23.

How Do You Feel About Consistency?

3min

24.

Is Consistency the Best Strategy?

4min

Marie Poulin is the creator of Notion Mastery. Marie helps ambitious business owners design their life and business systems, so they can make space for growth.

Notion is one of her favorite tools for making your goals visible and taking action on your ideas, and she loves showing folks how to use it to Supercharge their productivity.

Marie educates people on how to use Notion on YouTube and through Notion Mastery, her 12-month, semi-guided learning journey. She provides video instruction and all kinds of templates as a starting point, which she pairs with weekly live office hours, an online community, live demos, coaching hot seats, and even some additional workshops.

In this episode, we talk about Marie’s transition from agency job to full-time freelance, her discovery of online education, her foray into creating a software product, the origins of Notion Mastery, and why her inconsistency hasn’t slowed her down one bit.

Learn more about Notion Mastery

Enroll in Notion Mastery (affiliate)

Follow Marie Poulin on Twitter

Follow Marie Poulin on Youtube

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