“I make up to $12,000 a month teaching bread baking!”
“Ten years ago, I left a 30-year marriage, had two of my 10 children at home (one of whom was disabled) and was caring for my mother. I didn’t go to college, I had no job experience and I needed to find a way to make money. I had a website where I taught people how to bake sourdough bread, and a bit of a following on a Yahoo group, but I never made any money from it. Then I discovered Udemy.com, a platform that offers online courses. I took a few courses on making videos and making money on YouTube and then realized I could use the platform to sell my courses on bread baking. In 2015, I launched my first course and made $1,000 in the first month!
“Udemy makes it easy to get started with free classes on how to build your courses. I developed a course outline, a curriculum, quizzes, worksheets, PDF downloads and recipes. I used an older video camera that I had on hand, but you can use a smartphone or an iPad. With each new course I created, I purchased more tools like video editing software and a better microphone. I now have 13 different courses on sourdough bread baking. To market them, I use my website (NorthwestSourdough. com), YouTube and Facebook, where I post coupons for the courses.
“Sourdough baking is seeing a renaissance. It’s my passion, and I love teaching people about it. My courses cost between $29 and $99, and I’ve made up to $12,000 a month—money that helped me purchase and pay off my first home!”