Lots of Course Platforms Out There—But Searchie Rises Above

There are so many platforms to choose from when you’re ready to create an online course, or if you already have an online course and are looking to migrate your course to a new platform. I used to be a Kajabi lover, but a few years ago I changed to team Searchie and have found it a much more satisfying platform.

Searchie is a superior platform for courses because it offers many benefits to both you and the users—your beloved paying students.

Searchie Provides a Great Online Student Experience

If an online course is not a good experience for the students, it can’t succeed, so let’s begin with the student experience. Taking a Searchie online course is a smooth and satisfying experience for students. Here’s why:

Searchie Courses are Easy to Navigate

The Searchie Hub for your online course can be set up in a clear and simple to navigate way. The student can easily access all of the learning modules, bonus material, course calendar, and live call replays if you offer live sessions.

You can also add the Searchie Search Bar widget to your course Hub so that your students can search any terms they want and be taken straight to that moment in your course. Let’s say your student recalls that you talked about insurance in one of the lessons but has no idea which lesson it was. They can save a lot of searching time and effort by simply searching “insurance” in the Searchie Search Bar, and they’ll be taken not just to that lesson but to the moment “insurance” left your lips.

Searchie Courses are Accessible

Accessibility is more than a buzzword—it enables your students to learn in the way that best suits their unique minds and bodies. From automatic captioning on videos to downloadable transcripts to podcast-stye audio versions of your videos, your students can learn when, where, and how they want to get the most out of your Searchie course.

Searchie Onboarding Helps Your Students Settle In

When a student purchases your online course, it’s like they’re coming to your house for a party. You wouldn’t just open the door and say, “Come on in! The food’s over there, help yourself.” No, you’d welcome them, get them oriented, and introduce them to a few people, right?

Searchie Onboarding helps you do just that with your students. By creating an intake questionnaire, you can gather lots of helpful data from your students that can help them connect with other learners who are similar to them in various ways (geographically, learning interests, etc.). This can help foster a supportive and dynamic community among your students. The data can also create automatic segments in Searchie, which allows you to provide the student with what they’re looking for in your course more efficiently.

Other ways to create excitement, community, and clarity are a welcome video, an orientation week that encourages students to introduce themselves and connect, and program hashtags.

Searchie Achievements and Gamification Keep Your Students Engaged

Searchie achievements are a way to keep your customers feeling rewarded for their progress and motivated to continue learning. It’s just like the coveted gold stars you may have received from your teacher years ago! And there’s real profit to be made: increasing your retention by just 5% can lead to an increase in profit of 25% or more.

There are two kinds of achievements you can create. The first is a Milestone achievement. Set this up by selecting a particular playlist or media file (video or audio) and then create a Milestone achievement that the user will receive when they finish consuming that content. When they see their achievement, they’ll get a small hit of dopamine and be motivated to keep going!

The second kind of achievement is a Manual achievement. As the name suggests, you can create your own achievement based on a number of different actions the user takes. For example, you can create an achievement to reward the user for filling out an assessment or posting to a community forum. This can be a great way to encourage particular actions that you want your user to take!

Searchie is a Great Platform for Course Creators, Too

We’ve talked about why Searchie courses are great for the students, but what about you, the online business owner who’s running the show? Good news: Searchie is the best platform for creating and running an online course. Here are the top three reasons for that:

Searchie is So, So Easy to Use

I’ve worked with many platforms out there, and I can say that Searchie is the easiest to use. All of your content (videos, audio files, and documents) reside in your Searchie Library and can be placed in multiple playlists, so they can be used in more than one course or in multiple places in a course. For example, a cooking course may have a lesson on knife skills that is part of the “getting started” unit, but it is also in the “basic skills” resource area of the Hub.

Searchie’s Chrome extension makes creating the videos for your course simple: you can sit at your computer and begin teaching! The Chrome extension allows you to demonstrate on your computer, talk your students through a slide deck, or simply record yourself speaking.

Searchie has integrations that allow you to create automations. For example, every time you finish a live call with your students it can be automatically uploaded into the place you’ve created to house this in the Searchie Hub (such as “Q&A Call Replays.” No further work on your part!

Searchie’s many integrations can make it so that payments go through and welcome emails go out, all without you lifting a finger.

I’ve worked with hundreds of online business owners, and even the ones who claim to not be tech savvy have found that Searchie is completely manageable.

Searchie Provides Great Support

There’s nothing worse than feeling lost and confused and not being able to get help. The good news is that Searchie truly excels in supporting their clients. When you purchase a Searchie plan, you are joining a community. You can learn a lot from the online Searchie Academy and ask questions in the group forums. Between the outstanding Searchie team and the community of users, you will receive the answer you need.

The development team at Searchie really listens to the needs of the users. Searchie course creators can request new features, and the development team often delivers! The result is that Searchie continually becomes better and more responsive to the needs of its users.

Searchie Analytics Provide Powerful Data

Is there a lesson in your course that’s a star—or a stinker? The fact is, some of our content will be more popular than others. Searchie’s analytics gives you a birds-eye view of what content your clients are lapping up and what content is being passed over. Remember when I mentioned the Searchie Search Bar? Searchie allows you to see what terms are being searched for, which can tell you what content your students are hungry for. This data may help you improve your course and create new ones, all based on your clients’ needs.

Searchie Courses are Powerful Experiences

As an online student and an online course provider, I can honestly say that Searchie is the best website/platform for both taking and creating online courses. Want more proof? Hear from some Searchie online course creators I’ve worked with!

If you’re thinking of creating an online course or migrating your current online course from another platform to Searchie, I have a menu of resources that can help, from free to VIP. I love helping online business owners get started on Searchie!

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