I‘ll be real. I held out on AI as long as I could. I was convinced it was going to be humanity’s downfall from the first time my phone had the audacity to tell me I actually meant to say, “I have no ducking idea” — but desperate times call for desperate.

Want to teach a course about real estate investing? Fantastic, but make sure you have experience as a real estate investor. Want to teach hair stylists how to successfully open their own salons? Do it. But you should have opened your own salon first.

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I launched my first digital course without any prior experience in the niche I was teaching about. In my hurry to establish myself as an expert, I overlooked the importance of having hands-on experience. Can you guess how this turned out? Yep, my first course was a total flop:

• Credibility: To build trust with your future students, you need to show them that you're the real deal. Having actual experience in the subject matter is the first step to gaining their confidence.

• Effective Teaching: When you have demonstrated experience, your teaching becomes more powerful. You can relate to the challenges your students might face and provide practical, real-world solutions for them.

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• Credibility: To build trust with your future students, you need to show them that you're the real deal. Having actual experience in the subject matter is the first step to gaining their confidence.

Published on both offline and online marketing materials, these claims boasted investment strategies that were powered by ‘expert AI-driven forecasts’ and that would ‘turn your data into an unfair investing advantage.’ One of them even claimed to be ‘the first regulated AI financial advisor.’