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Mike Wang
🔤 ABC

I help people learn to develop practical skills and tools to dissolve the inner patterns that are no longer serving them and replace them with updated, more conscious ones that align with the outer results they choose to create for themselves and in their lives.


Active now Joined 23 Nov 2022 Broomfield (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)

Pricing for new course

If there's time on tomorrow's call, I'd love to briefly chat about pricing strategy for my new course. I think I'll finish creating it this weekend.

As far as materials, there is roughly one hour of lesson videos total, 4x 20-min guided meditations, 5x journaling worksheets, and some other minor stuff. It's meant to be a 4-week challenge. But it's evergreen, so people can really go at their own pace.

I know some coaches price their courses based on the amount of material (e.g., video runtime). …


Writing posts to launch!

Hello!
After getting George's support on figuring out how to launch, I wrote a post to use as my launch post in November. I was actually inspired to create a slightly different package for this, but I don't know that it matters that I go into detail in this post. I'd love to hear thoughts on that, and on the post as a whole:

Where did November come from? I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to be heading full tilt into the holidays, but here we are.

The next question is is your pet ready fo…



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Mike Wang 🔤 ABC

It's so awesome you're already taking action implementing what you and George talked about in the last Q&A. Great timely topic :) Are you for/against/indifferent to using AI (e.g. ChatGPT)? I've recently started using it more to help organize my thoughts. Just curious.

You "hit" all the elements I would want to hear about in the offer. I did ask ChatGPT to expand a bit on the pet's experience, the human's experience, and the shared experience. This is the output I got:

Where did November come from? Somehow, the holidays are upon us, and while it can feel overwhelming for us, have you ever thought about how this season affects our pets too?

Is your pet ready for the holidays?

As we dive into the holiday rush—planning meals, preparing for gatherings, buying gifts—our pets quietly share in all of it. They live in the midst of our energy, absorbing every bit of our excitement, stress, and busyness. Unlike us, though, they don’t have the chance to take a break or escape the hustle and bustle.

Our pets feel the highs and lows right along with us, and they often express their reactions in their own ways. When they’re stressed or overwhelmed, it might look like chewing a favorite pair of shoes, missing the litter box, or even becoming more vocal or withdrawn. They’re simply trying to process everything happening around them.

I know adding one more thing to the list during the holidays can feel like too much. But supporting our pets can make a big difference for both of you, helping to bring more calm and harmony into your home during this season.

This is where animal communication work can be a gentle support for you both.

A session can help you and your pet understand each other better, creating a shared sense of calm and connection for the season ahead. I’ve designed a special package to help you and your pet enjoy the holidays together with greater ease, presence, and joy. Because the holidays are meant to be a time for togetherness—for both of you."

Of course, if you're not into AI - just pretend you never saw this :)

Dipanshu Rawal 🌱 Conversation Starter 🔤 ABC

The course experience is best with simplero

Hi @George Kao

Just signed up for "Frameworks" course and the way it's delivered via YT unlisted playlist... it's not a pleasant experience.

Any chance you'd be putting this on native simplero backend?

Likewise, the previous version of simplero was way better experience for consuming your courses, than the newer version. Not sure if I have the option to switch back now.

Thought of mentioning the feedback here :) 



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I'm also finding the previous version of Simplero a better experience - it feels like they are putting a lot of energy into changing things but not making them much better, sometimes worse. Not a great combo. 

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George Kao Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC

@Mark Ridsdill Smith @Dipanshu Rawal definitely would love to know more specific feedback re: what you liked about the previous Simplero experience! I'm glad to be friends with the CEO so I can help influence the resulting product. Let me know specifics and I'll pass it along 🙏🏼

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Mike Wang 🔤 ABC

@George Kao Since you asked (😅), the main thing I miss is being able to have embedded worksheets, pdfs, audio recordings - automatically be expanded by default. In the new experience, you have to click on a small icon to launch a pop-up interface. This is regardless of whatever settings are set on the backend. This is more a preference for the courses I host on Simplero, rather than yours. Otherwise, I'm fine with the new UI. Though I had no complaints with the old one either...

Combining 4 courses into 1 in Simplero?

Hi George and other Simplero Users :)

This is a continuation of my previous question, here in the forum. I know it's outside the scope of ABC, so no expectations... :)

I'm currently on the least-expensive plan, which allows me to offer up to 5 products.

Currently, all 5 slots are filled: I have 4 shorter courses + a bundle that includes all 4 courses. Really, the 4 courses make up a complete process, or client journey.

By the end of the year, I will finish creating another 3 courses (so 7 total…



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Love the idea of upgrading existing 'students' to the full package. I'm curious... I just took a peek at the Simplero plans and the basic plan says you get 5 products and 5 courses. Is there something  in the delineation of the two that might be helpful? Are there potentially 10 slots if you get creative with where you host the videos?  

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Mike Wang 🔤 ABC

@Beth Budesheim Kaoihme Unfortunately, I don't think so (as far as Simplero). But great idea! :)

However, I did start brainstorming different places to possibly host my NON-bestsellers 😂 At least until I can upgrade to the next Simplero tier. Maybe doing what George used to do with his courses (unlisted YouTube videos).

I looked into a few other "free" course management platforms. But I think that might be confusing for people in the long-term (compared to unlisted YT).

Thanks for your thoughts! :)

GK
George Kao Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC

@Mike Wang the limited products definitely forces more creativity / prioritizing 😅

I'd recommend one product slot be reserved for your intro, "start here" course.

After that, 3 other products should be reserved for your bestsellers, and the final slot for the highest ticket thing you could offer, e.g. bundle of everything.  

That way you have a "first step" product, a "first class" product, and then bestsellers in between.

Let me know if that helps?

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Mike Wang 🔤 ABC

@George Kao Yes very helpful, thank you!! 🙏

My action plan:

  1. One of the 4 shorter courses doesn't have any sales. So in the near short-term, I will remove that one since it won't affect any existing users.

  1. In that newly freed slot, I will upload my new "start here" course that I'm finishing up.

  2. I will research the best way in Simplero to combine my 4 shorter "foundational" courses into a single product. Since I don't have a lot of sales yet, I'm thinking of just giving early adopters of any of the existing 4 shorter courses free upgraded access to the entire series. Saves some brain damage. Builds good will.

  3. Upload my other 2 upcoming new courses to the 3 remaining slots.

Content Calendaring

I feel good about my content flow, bringing ideas through the three stages. I have been writing off the cuff and enjoy the process. However, I would like to also plan and schedule things in advance -- especially posts I can predict ahead of time. I'm curious about Notion and using it for content planning. I have Buffer for scheduling. Does anyone have Notion experience, templates they like, or any wisdom to share with content calendaring? Thanks!



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Mike Wang 🔤 ABC

I started using Notion to track my YouTube videos starting around Memorial Day of this year. I'm sure I'm not leveraging it as much as I could. But it's already been helpful. Especially for planning purposes.

My ultimate goal is for it to help me better understand what content I've created, when, and how things are performing. As I feel like it's easy to lose track due to the sheer volume of information.

I essentially currently use it as a hat manual. Each video has fields I go through and fill out (title, post date, summary, etc.). All data is in one place.

I don't remember where I found the template I use. It is geared for YouTube though.

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Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

@Mike Wang Thanks so much, Mike! Glad to hear you've been liking it. Love how you use it to guide you through at HAT manual. It seems like it could be helpful to create a database that I can then view as a calendar and move content around in -- all while creating a searchable bank of posts with all the details and links. I do love my Google Docs, so would want to find a way to keep those connected somehow. I know YT is different but do you have Google Docs as part of your Notion flow?

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Mike Wang 🔤 ABC

@Jackie Johansen Yes! I like that I can see my content in different views. For example, calendar, list, etc. There's even a kanban view - but I haven't used it yet. Maybe if I ever hire a VA, that would become more useful.

I've tried adopting Notion a handful of times prior to this year. And it had never "stuck." So my approach this time around was to make things super simple. To just start. And not over-complicate things in the name of "procrastivity" haha.

So I haven't yet tried features like syncing to my Google calendar(s) and such. But I know it's possible. But even with the built-in calendar view, I can move pieces of content around, color code them, assign them different statuses, etc.

I haven't linked anything to Google Docs yet. There's built-in functionality in Notion for that. But again, I plan to keep things super simple. I would probably just link to any documents, rather than upload/store them on Notion itself.

So I'd continue to use Google Drive for storage. But use Notion for more the info management aspect.