Lisa Parmley

Lisa Parmley is the founder of coursemethod.com. After gaining a Master's degree, she worked in research for about seven years. She started a training company in 2001, offering a course helping people pass a professional exam. That course has earned multiple 7 figures. She created SEO and authority site building training around 2007 which went on to earn well into the 6-figure mark. She has 22+ years of experience in the trenches creating and selling online courses. Get help starting and growing your online course business here.

Joined: August 11, 2018
Articles: 733
Comments: 108

Interviews

How Anantha Krishnan Sreeraman Grew SparkDataBox.com to $30K/Month in the Competitive Programming Training Industry

Who: Anantha Krishnan Sreeraman Website: sparkdatabox.com Course Topic: Programming Training Interesting Stats: 15,000 visitors/month to site Who are you, and what digital training company have you created? My name is Anantha Krishnan Sreeraman, and I am the Cofounder of Spark…

Lisa Parmley
May 26, 2020

Interviews

How Susie Carder Has Helped 100,000+ Entrepreneurs Increase Their Revenues Through Online Training Like Her Predictable Success Method™

Who: Susie Carder Website: susiecarder.com Course Topic: Entrepreneurial success Interesting Stats: 600 opt-ins/month from brand new business Who are you and what course have you created? Susie Carder started out as a low paid hairdresser trying to support her two little…

Lisa Parmley
May 22, 2020

Interviews

How Gems Collins Reduces the Stress Load of Online Course Creators by Offering the A to Z of Online Course Project Management

Who: Gems Collins Website: gemscollins.com Area of Expertise: Online Course Project Management Interesting Stats: Just one blog post increased traffic 2,000% Tell us about yourself and the business you started … I’m a military spouse of about 3 years now.…

Lisa Parmley
May 19, 2020

Interviews

How Heather Farris Uses Online Courses to Generate a New Revenue Stream in Addition to Her Pinterest Services

Who: Heather Farris Website: heatherfarris.com Course Topic: Pinterest Training Interesting Stats: Started with just 2 sales of her tripwire per day to equal $1K/month Who are you and what course have you created? I’m a Pinterest marketing consultant and I…

Lisa Parmley
May 15, 2020

Interviews

How Chuck McCabe Grew TheIncomeTaxSchool.com into a 7-Figure Digital Tax Training Company

Who: Chuck McCabe Website: theincometaxschool.com Course Topic: Income Tax Training Interesting Stats: 60,000 customers and prospects Who are you and what digital training company have you created? My experience entails 45+ years as a tax industry leader. I’ve managed hundreds…

Lisa Parmley
May 12, 2020

Interviews

How Rob Stand of SEOBetter.com Helps People Make Money Online Selling Goods or Services

Who: Rob Stand Websites: seobetter.com Course Topic: Dropshipping and search engine optimization Interesting Stats: Student making 18K/month Who are you and what courses have you created? I have created 2 courses and 1 subscription-based membership. You can find all of…

Lisa Parmley
May 8, 2020

Interviews

How Kelly Casanova Earns a Full-Time Income for her Family of 6 by Sharing Her Love of Weaving

Who: Kelly Casanova Website: kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com Course Topic: Weaving lessons Interesting Stats: 25K YouTube subscribers Who are you and what courses have you created? I am a weaver and now spend the majority of my time teaching weaving online. I have…

Lisa Parmley
May 5, 2020

Business Success

33 Successful Online Course Creators Weigh in on How Their Business Impacts Their Lifestyle

Have you thought about creating an online course? Are you wondering what it’s like to offer training that serves hundreds, if not thousands of people across the globe? It’s actually pretty great. I know a lot more people are looking…

Lisa Parmley
May 4, 2020

Interviews

How Leah Gervais Grew Urban20Something.com to $20K/month by Showing Budding Young Entrepreneurs the Ropes

Who: Leah Gervais Website: urban20something.com Course Topic: Starting an online business Interesting Stats: 200K monthly views on Pinterest Who are you and what courses have you created? My name is Leah Gervais and I’m the founder of Urban20Something. The goal…

Lisa Parmley
May 1, 2020

Interviews

Advice from Zach Evans of BestPianoTips.com on How to Create an Ultra Successful Online Course Business

Who: Zach Evans Website: bestpianotips.com Course Topic: Learn piano Interesting Stats: $40K to $50K/month in course sales Who are you and what course have you created? I’m a piano teacher who focuses on accelerated learning techniques to learn piano faster…

Lisa Parmley
April 28, 2020

Interviews

How Jure Pučko and His Partner Grew Doctrina.biz Into a Highly Regarded Training Company for Healthcare Providers

Who: Jure Pučko (CEO) Website: doctrina.biz Course Topic: Training for healthcare professionals Interesting Stats: 1-2 weeks to create a course Who are you and what digital training company have you created? Doctrina is an e-learning platform that offers short video…

Lisa Parmley
April 24, 2020

Interviews

How Caitlin Pyle of ProofreadAnywhere.com Grew Her Digital Training Company to $2 Million/Year

Who: Caitlin Pyle Website: proofreadanywhere.com and workathomeschool.com Course Topic: Earning money by proofreading Interesting Stats: $2 million a year + 8 team members Who are you and what courses have you created? My name is Caitlin Pyle, and I started…

Lisa Parmley
April 21, 2020

Interviews

How Yoav Helfman of CreatorSchool.io is Using the Income Share Agreement (ISA) to Help Students Build Businesses

Who: Yoav Helfman Website: tryvirtually.com and creatorschool.io Course Topic: Training for freelancers and podcasters Interesting Stats: First live training had 7 instructors with 200 students Who are you and what course have you created? We partner with content creators and…

Lisa Parmley
April 17, 2020

Interviews

How Ryann Dowdy of Uncensored Consulting Helps Entrepreneurs Make More Sales Through Her Online Training

Who: Ryann Dowdy Website: uncensoredconsulting.com Course Topic: Sales training Interesting Stats: 1500 subscribers to Facebook group in 9 months Who are you and what course have you created? I am a Sales Coach and my online coaching program is the…

Lisa Parmley
April 14, 2020

Interviews

How Arantxa Mateo of 32mondays.com Used Her Background in Biological Sciences to Become an Authority in Losing Weight

Who: Arantxa Mateo Website: 32mondays.com and eattoloseweight.teachable.com Course Topic: Weight loss Interesting Stats: 19,000 Facebook subscribers Who are you and what course have you created? I’m the founder of 32 Mondays Weight Management Program and the creator of the online course…

Lisa Parmley
April 10, 2020

Interviews

How Melissa Esplin of Calligraphy.org Turned Her Love of Calligraphy into a Profitable Business

Who: Melissa Esplin Website: store.calligraphy.org or calligraphy.org Course Topic: Calligraphy training Interesting Stats: Subscriber list of over 8,000 Who are you and what courses have you created? I’ve created a hand-lettering foundations course, a modern calligraphy course, and a brush…

Lisa Parmley
April 7, 2020

Research & Statistics

2019 Online Course Creator Industry Report

The very first course creator interview on coursemethod.com went live in August of 2019. It’s only been six months and I’ve already received nearly 75 interviews and counting! Since I ask each course creator the same questions, I’m pulling out…

Lisa Parmley
April 7, 2020

Interviews

How Leon Turetsky of Passion4dancing.com Earns 6-Figures/Year Teaching Ballroom Dancing Online

Who: Leon Turetsky Websites: Passion4dancing.com and Backintelligence.com Course Topic: Ballroom dancing Interesting Stats: 70K YouTube subscribers Who are you and what training have you created? I’m an entrepreneur, Professional Ballroom dancer and I have certificates in personal training and corrective…

Lisa Parmley
April 3, 2020

Interviews

[Tool Provider] How Darren Winterford and EdApp.com Help Fill the Gap in Workplace Learning

Who: Darren Winterford Websites: edapp.com Software: Microlearning platform for corporate training Interesting Stats: 50,000 lessons completed every day Tell us about yourself and the business you started … EdApp fills the gap in workplace learning. We saw an opportunity to…

Lisa Parmley
March 31, 2020

Interviews

How James Pollard Helps Financial Advisors Get More Clients Through His Digital Training

Who: James Pollard Website: theAdvisorCoach.com Course Topic: How financial professionals can get more clients Interesting Stats: Offers a dozen training products in this niche Who are you and what courses have you created? I’m James Pollard, the founder of theAdvisorCoach.com.…

Lisa Parmley
March 27, 2020

Driving Traffic

22 Tips From Successful Digital Trainers for Generating Loads of Traffic to Your Online Courses

Do you already have all the traffic you need? Or could you use a little (or possibly a lot) more? I think we’re all in the second boat. And we can always use fresh ideas for generating traffic to our…

Lisa Parmley
March 26, 2020

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