Launch your starter course in 7 days

Small, specific courses sell better than big, broad ones. "Everything about confidence" is hard to finish and hard to buy. "Speak up in your next team meeting without your voice shaking" is something a person can picture and want today.

You probably already know your topic. It's the thing you explain on repeat, or the shift your clients usually have in their first few sessions with you. Package that.

A strong starter course topic

• Fixes one clear problem people already come to you with
• Fits into 5 or 6 short lessons
• Gets a win people can notice within a week
• Leaves buyers wanting your next level of help: coaching, a group program or a membership

Skip topics that

• Try to squeeze your whole method into one course
• Are too broad to picture, like "mindset" or "health"
• Need months before anyone sees a result

I want to create a short starter course (5–6 lessons, about 5 minutes each) to sell as an entry-level offer.

About my business:
- I help: [who you serve]
- With: [the main result you help them get]
- The questions clients ask me most: [list 3–5]

Give me 10 starter course ideas. For each, include:
1. A specific, outcome-focused title
2. The one problem it solves
3. The quick win someone gets within 7 days
4. How it naturally leads to my main offer: [your main offer]

Then tell me which 3 you'd pick first and why.

With your topic picked, it's time to give it shape. Hub Builder lives inside your Hub account, so it doesn't just suggest an outline. It creates the course for you, with lessons and descriptions ready for your videos.

Ask for 5 to 6 lessons of around 5 minutes each. Short courses get finished, and people who finish get results and come back for more.

Want something bigger later? Hub Builder can outline longer programs too. Just tell it how deep to go and how many lessons or modules you want.

Build a starter course in my Hub account.

Course promise: "This course helps [who] get [result] in [time]."

Structure:
- 6 lessons, about 5 minutes each
- Lesson 1: welcome and what to expect
- Lessons 2–5: one teaching point each, ending with a simple action
- Lesson 6: wrap-up and an invitation to [your next offer]

For every lesson, write a title and a 2–3 sentence description.
Show me the outline first so I can approve it before you build.

When you approve the outline, Hub Builder creates the course in your Hub account. You'll find it under Courses, ready for your videos.

You have the outline. Now you need the words. Bring it back to Hub Mentor, which already knows your business, your audience and how you talk, so the scripts sound like you instead of a textbook.

You won't memorize anything. A script keeps you on track while you film. Read it through, change anything that doesn't sound like you, and add your own client stories.

A good 5-minute lesson script

• Opens by naming the problem this lesson fixes
• Teaches one idea, with one real example
• Ends with a single action to take before the next lesson
• Sounds like a chat with a client, not a lecture

Today's actions

1. Paste your Day 2 outline into Hub Mentor
2. Use the prompts below to write one lesson at a time
3. Read each script out loud and change anything that feels stiff
4. Add a client story or example where it helps

Here is my course outline: [paste outline]

Write the script for Lesson [number]: "[lesson title]".

- About 5 minutes spoken (roughly 650–750 words)
- Open with a quick hook that names the problem
- Teach one idea with one concrete example
- End with one simple action for the viewer
- Write it in my voice: warm, plain and conversational
- Mark spots where I could add a client story with [STORY]

Using my course outline: [paste outline]

1. Write a 3–4 minute welcome script that says who the course is for, what they'll be able to do by the end, how the lessons work, and gets them excited to start.

2. Write a 3–4 minute closing script that celebrates what they've done, recaps the key ideas, and warmly invites them to [your next offer] with one clear next step.

Keep both conversational and in my voice.

This is the step people put off the longest, so we've given it two days. Your buyers aren't expecting a studio production. They want you, teaching something useful, the way you'd explain it on a call.

Your phone or laptop is enough. Film at your desk or on the couch, all at once or a few lessons at a time. The goal is simply to press record.

Pick your format

• On camera: you talking straight to the viewer. It's the most personal option and the best fit for coaches, because people are buying you.
• Slides with voiceover: simple slides with your key points while you talk over them. Good for steps, frameworks or anything visual. Make slides in Canva and record your screen with Loom, Zoom or your computer's built-in recorder.

Not sure? Go on camera. It's quicker, it builds more trust, and there's nothing to design.

Reading your script

Load your script into a teleprompter app like PromptSmart, BIGVU or Teleprompter Premium, and place the text as close to the lens as you can so you look at the viewer. Prefer to speak freely? Stick 3 or 4 bullet points beside the camera and talk around them.

Recording checklist

• Face a window for soft light, or use a ring light
• Raise the camera to eye level (a stack of books works)
• Wear something you feel good in
• Clear anything distracting out of the background
• Talk to one person, not an audience
• Made a mistake? Pause, then keep going. You can trim it later.

Actions for Days 4 and 5

1. Set up your space: light, camera height and background
2. Load your scripts into a teleprompter, or write your bullet notes
3. Record every lesson in one or two sessions
4. Watch each one back and re-record only what really didn't work

Once filming is done, keep editing light. Cut the start and end, remove any big stumbles, and stop there. Nobody needs transitions or background music to learn from you.

Easy editing options

• Loom: trim the start and end right in Loom, then download the file.
• Descript: edit your video by deleting words from the transcript, and remove "ums" in one click.
• Your phone's photo app: fine for simple trims if you filmed on your phone.

Pricing is where most coaches get stuck. Charge too little and it feels like you're undervaluing yourself. Charge too much and nobody takes the first step. Here's how to keep it simple.

Your starter course is a front door, not your main income. Its job is to get the right people in, give them a win, and show them what working with you is like. When they think "if this small course helped this much, imagine the full program," it has done its job.

Typical starter course prices

If this is your first course, start lower. You can raise the price once results and reviews come in.

Help me price my starter course.

- Course: [title and one-line promise]
- Lessons: [number], about 5 minutes each
- My audience: [who, and how much they already know and trust me]
- My main offer and its price: [offer and price]
- Testimonials or results so far: [yes/no, short description]

Recommend one price and explain why. Include:
1. How it compares with similar starter courses
2. Why it's an easy yes for my audience
3. How it sets up the jump to my main offer
4. When and how I should raise it