How to Brainstorm Ideas for Your Online Course

Are you looking for ways to brainstorm ideas for your online course? In this era of the internet, there are so many things you can teach. It’s easy to get confused about what you should teach.

We want you to have a bit of clarity about what you will teach. This article will outline the way to brainstorm the right online course that you should teach. 

Let’s get to know how to brainstorm ideas for your online course.

Steps To Generate Ideas for Your Online Course

So now you have a list of a couple of skills that you already have. It’s time to follow the steps below to filter these ideas that you already have, and add some more.

Step 1. Explore Popular Course Niches

Exploring popular course niches is a great place to continue your search. Find out which popular course niches match your skillset and add them to your list.

There are endless possibilities for creating an online course and you can get an idea of people’s choices by exploring popular niches.

Step 2. See What People are Selling

You can find a niche course by exploring which courses people are selling. This allows you to cut down on research time. 

By looking at what is already on offer, you can avoid similar content to other course creators. Instead, you can focus on creating fresh content, even if the niche is the same. 

Step 3. Ask People you Know

By this step, you should already have a filtered list of course ideas. Asking people about the skills they want to build will help you make this list even shorter.

By asking people, you can not only generate potential niches but also topics that your course can cover. 

Step 4. Evaluate All Ideas

Now it’s time to evaluate your ideas to make a compact list of niches. After completing all the filtering mentioned above, you shouldn’t have more than 5 niches on your list.

Assess all the ideas and note down their pros and cons. This will help you select the best idea in the final stage.

Step 5. Select an Idea

You have narrowed down the list of niches. From this pool, now you can pick the one that is important, suited to your skill set, and have market demand.

Congratulations, you now have an idea for a potentially successful online course!

Time to Put Your Knowledge to Work

In this article, we talked about how to brainstorm course ideas that are profitable and suitable for your skill set. Following the process, you’ll be well on your way to creating a successful online course site.

Author Faisal Sarker Faisal is a tech writer and marketer. Apart from writing useful content that help people around the world, he also likes to travel and read books of all genres in his leisure time.