Top 10 Tools For Online Course Creators (in 2020)

These are the top 10 tools, software, and products I use every day for my online course business. These are all tools I was personally using and happy with before I started endorsing them or earning a commission on them when you sign up for them.

1 - CLICKFUNNELS

Why I use it: The best thing about ClickFunnels is it can do so many things in one software platform: landing pages, order forms, funnels, your membership site itself. I’ve been using ClickFunnels for Piano In 21 Days since 2015 and it’s my top online course tool.

Bonus you get when you sign up with my affiliate link: Over $1,000 in templates that I personally made as well as my course “ClickFunnels for Course Creators”.

2 - ACTIVECAMPAIGN

Why I use it: I’ve tried all the email autoresponders out there and ActiveCampaign combines just the right amount of user-friendliness and advanced features. Emails are super important for online course businesses so you need a good email autoresponder.

Bonus you get when you sign up with my affiliate link: My exact email templates and automation that has produced 7 figures in sales for Piano In 21 Days.

3 - BONJORO

Why I use it: To eliminate any fear in the student that I’m not real or that I don’t care about them. So much of my sales funnel is automated it’s nice to have this personal touch. Bonjoro makes it so easy to send a short video to my customers.

Bonus you get when you sign up with my affiliate link: The script you can use to onboard your customers. And another script you can use when just starting out to send Bonjoros to those that optin to your email list.

4 - ZAPIER

Why I use it: to free up my time and make sure things run smoothly. Zapier allows me to automate so many things that would be a manual process otherwise.

Bonus you get when you sign up with my affiliate link: Zapier does not have an affiliate program.

5 - DEADLINE FUNNEL

Why I use it: Deadline Funnel is the glue that holds my evergreen funnel together. It’s a huge piece to the machine. And the best part? It never breaks. It just keeps chugging along day after day helping me bring in multiple sales a day. Evergreen funnels have so many advantages over launching just a couple times a year.

Bonus you get when you sign up with my affiliate link: A course on how to setup Deadline Funnel and I’ll pull back the curtain on my Piano In 21 Days setup.

6 - RIGHTMESSAGE

Why I use it: to provide a personalized experience to website visitors and present the right offer to everyone.

Bonus you get when you sign up with my affiliate link: My course on how to setup RightMessage for Course Creators.

7 - PICSNIPPETS

Why I use it: adds a nice personal touch, yet still automated. Everyone who joins my email list gets an image in the first email I send.

8 - FRESHBOOKS

Why I use it: I need accounting software and this is the best combination of ease and features I’ve found.

Bonus you get when you sign up with my affiliate link: My accounting for course creators course and guide on how to properly connect Stripe to Freshbooks.

9 - SCREENCAST-O-MATIC

Why I use it: I find in many situations it's easier to communicate with a video instead of text.

10 - THE ONLINE COURSE ACCELERATOR

[exodia_exodia]

Thanks for the video Jacques. I'm a regular listener of your podcast :)

[MarcLittlemore]

Some great tools here Jacques! Thanks. I want to investigate Bonjoro soon. Seems like a good way to "surprise and delight" new users and engage with them to understand what they want from a course.

[radlinabbott]

Hi Jacques I purchased the Expert Secrets book through your link how do I gain access to the free accelerator course now?

[mathecourses]

Hi I signed up for ClickFunnels using your link. How do I get the bonus templates?

[encapsulatio]

Any updates to the list of tools?...let's say a top 20 is better.

[TheOnlineCourseGuy]

What do you think of the list? Did I miss anything?