Comments on: Persuasive Online Copywriting Course 4/17/07

By: toni tischer

toni tischer — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:38:55 +0000

Hello
I live in the heart of the rocky mountains.
but that doesn’t mean copy is not important. New York is out of the question. Online my dear friends online.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:20:15 +0000

Would also love an online version of the course!

By: Soha El-Borno, Creative Apricot

Soha El-Borno, Creative Apricot — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:46:04 +0000

Wow, first of all, I’m glad to see I’m not the only one interested in an online course. I agree with Jeffery that the quality has to be right and I’m not a big fan of a home-study dvd package. I want the hands-on learning and coaching. I hope providing this course online doesn’t take too much time because I’m so eager to take it!

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:05:56 +0000

I would also be interested in an online course. Thanks!

By: Nishi Viswanathan

Nishi Viswanathan — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:59:10 +0000

I would be interested in an online course too. I am in!

By: Jeffrey Eisenberg

Jeffrey Eisenberg — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:40:08 +0000

Krishna, Thanks for your comment. We’re not even sure what to charge for the follow up course work. It’s harder to mark up and comment on homework than to teach a 3-day class, BTW, three days is what it should be.

Peter, I wish it was that easy. People do that. We won’t. The quality has to be right for people to learn from it.

By: Lauren Barr

Lauren Barr — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:50:53 +0000

I would also be interested in an online course.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:45:08 +0000

I provide English copywriting services over here in Israel to Israeli businesses. I’d love to be able to upgrade my skills, but as you can imagine, there aren’t many courses available here. A webinar would be a great solution, especially since I won’t be in NY any time soon!

By: Peter Koning

Peter Koning — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:42:20 +0000

Record the April 17 session, add some workbooks, and turn it into a home-study dvd package.

By: Ktyner

Ktyner — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:35:37 +0000

Jeffrey,

A good general rule of thumb for web-based courses is 1/3 of the price for a live, in-person course.

I hope this helps, thanks for adding me!

Krishna

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:52:46 +0000

Jeffrey,

Please add me as an interested party for an online version of your course.

Rachael
Australia

By: Jeffrey Eisenberg

Jeffrey Eisenberg — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:39:36 +0000

Paul, It is under consideration but they have the same isssues we do about production, distribution, maintenance and certification of completion. The one huge advantage is the location if we did the trainings live.

By: Paul Schmidt

Paul Schmidt — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:01:21 +0000

Jeffrey…

As a fellow alumni of the Wizard Academy, why not use their “educational platform” and coordinate it with Roy?

You would get the value of the campus, credibility and certification offered through the “Harvard of the Southwest”.

In addition, you could use video projection to conduct the course while not having to travel outside New York. Austin, Texas is about half way from everywhere in the US…with ample accommodations and easy access. This would make the travel expenses much less for everyone and perhaps Roy would coop the use of the Academy Campus in exchange for the many copywriters who would become acquainted with the Academy.

Just some “off the cuff” thoughts.

Paul

By: Jeffrey Eisenberg

Jeffrey Eisenberg — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:11:19 +0000

Ktyner – I’ll add you. Here’s the tough question: what should we charge? The extended course with grading is time intensive.

By: Ktyner

Ktyner — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:47:21 +0000

Please add me to the list of voices calling for a web-based course. I like the idea of a high-level DBD for beginners, and a more interactive course for more advanced participants.

By: Jeffrey Eisenberg

Jeffrey Eisenberg — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:12:40 +0000

Our challenge for multiple cities is the costs as well. Web based isn’t as intimate but has advantages.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 04:40:27 +0000

You can add me to the list of those interested in a web-based course. Alternatively, maybe just rotating cities would help. Example: It is inexpensive for me to get to Chicago or St. Louis, but it is expensive for me to get to New York. Just a thought.

By: Jeffrey Eisenberg

Jeffrey Eisenberg — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:54:29 +0000

Dmitry, thanks forsaying that about our seminar. UIE has done a great job at extending delivery of seminar material online. It’s not an easy thing to do. Things worth doing are usually not easy though.

By: Dmitry, Chief Apricot

Dmitry, Chief Apricot — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:26:18 +0000

Jeff, I really like the idea of the webinar. I enjoyed your seminar at UIE and I think you can go the same path Jared is going – he is conducting online seminars all the time now. I see it as a set of seminars which can be purchased individually or all together for a discount.

By: Soha El Borno

Soha El Borno — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:02:40 +0000

Thanks for considering it as an option! I agree with Frank suggestion and would like to see the course offered as a webinar. I vale feedback and hands-on training too so I would def make sure that it is incorporated no matter what method you decide on.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:37:48 +0000

I’d also love to do this in some online form, and the course with graded assignments seems best to me. Online video (with transcripts) could easily cover the lecture portions, while the assignments would provide the invaluable hands-on training and feedback. Maybe start with the detailed class for copywriters and go from there? Maybe a DVD-only version for non-copywriters looking for more passive, high-level training?

By: Jeffrey Eisenberg

Jeffrey Eisenberg — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:49:41 +0000

Soha, We’ve thought about it, not all the way through yet, and come up with several alternatives based on the fact that we actually have days worth of content we could teach. We’d like to know how would you envision us offering that? Is it chunked into lots of smaller courses that teach a technique or two at a time? Is it a series of 60-90 minute webinars? Is it a course that has graded assignments over a few months leading to some certificate of completion? Is there a different course track for owners and marketers than actual copywriters? Do we teach the really advanced techniques that require full blown Persuasion Architecture? We would appreciate your feedback.

By: Soha El Borno

Soha El Borno — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:49:09 +0000

It would be great if you could offer this course online.