👥 How to start a Live Workshops side hustle
Ticketed sessions on one practical skill
👥Communities & Platforms
Live Workshops
Ticketed sessions on one practical skill
Startup
$Hrs/wk
8First $
~14 daysStep-by-step action plan
- Define one ideal customer and the specific result they should get from Live Workshops.
- Interview five potential customers and note the exact words they use to describe the problem.
- Create a one-sentence starter offer: ticketed sessions on one practical skill.
- Build the smallest useful sample or demo you can show before asking for payment.
- Set a starter price, a clear delivery window and one simple way for customers to pay.
- Contact 20 qualified prospects with a personalized message and a link to the sample.
- Deliver the first order manually, ask for a testimonial and document every repeatable step.
- Review replies, sales and delivery time each week; improve the weakest stage before adding more channels.
AI tools
- ChatGPT — plan programming, prompts and member onboarding: Open resource
- Circle — host discussions, events and paid memberships: Open resource
- Tally — collect applications, surveys and feedback: Open resource
- Chatfuel — build bots that onboard members and answer questions: Open resource
Resources
- CMX community resources: Open resource
- Circle resources: Open resource
- Tally help center: Open resource
Ebook outline
- Pick your niche and audience
- Design your first offer
- Build your first membership and welcome kit with AI
- Launch on Instagram, YouTube and email
- Scale, systemize and raise prices
AI prompts
- Act as a Live Workshops expert in Canada. Give me 10 niches with demand, competition and a first offer.
- Write my membership and welcome kit offer for [audience]: promise, price, 3 bullets, call to action.
- Create a 30-day content plan for Instagram, YouTube and email for my Live Workshops business.
Business strategy
- One audience, one offer, one channel. Sell the first membership and welcome kit before you systemize anything.
Monetization
- Monthly memberships and upsells.
Marketing plan
- Show up daily on Instagram, YouTube and email, add one lead magnet, follow up weekly by email or DM, collect proof, then raise your price.
Recommended tools
- Whop
- Skool
- Discord
- Stripe
- Claude
Checklist
- Niche and offer chosen
- Price set
- First membership and welcome kit built
- Payment and Instagram, YouTube and email set up
- First testimonial collected
- Income tracked, with a tax buffer set aside for CRA
Templates
- One-page offer
- Outreach or post script
- Weekly revenue tracker
7-day launch plan
- Day 1Choose niche and audience
- Day 2Write offer and set price
- Day 3Build your first membership and welcome kit
- Day 4Set up payments and your Instagram, YouTube and email profile
- Day 5Publish or pitch to 10 prospects
- Day 6Follow up and refine
- Day 7Review results and plan week two