Million Dollar Micro Business

17Embrace automation and software

The technology now available to us as business owners enables the sort of exponential growth that some years ago just wasn't possible without a large team of people. I am all for doing more in less time and spending time on the things that we're best at and that create the biggest impact. Too often people run around like busy bees all day without ever achieving their desired results. One way to use our time better is to automate as much as possible in the business. With an online course business, there are so many resources available to do that, and more are being released all the time.

Here are some of the top software solutions and resources you can use to automate and delegate in your online course business:

Kajabi

Kajabi is the software package that will power the bulk of your digital course business. It has a full website builder that makes it easy for you to create and market your site. It houses all your pipeline marketing funnels, your checkout, your email marketing, your database, and your courses and membership. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of software I've ever seen and has absolutely changed my life, as it has for tens of thousands of other course providers who use it.

Kajabi is marketed as an all-in-one platform and it does cover most of your needs — but not quite all.

Stripe

Stripe processes all your payments. They take a credit card merchant fee and deposit the funds collected directly in your bank account. Stripe ...