128: Becoming an Online Instructor on Lynda with WordPress and Freelancing Expert Carrie Dils

14/04/2017 34 min
128: Becoming an Online Instructor on Lynda with WordPress and Freelancing Expert Carrie Dils

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of LMScast Chris Badgett of LifterLMS interviews WordPress and freelancing expert Carrie Dils. They discuss Carrie’s journey from running a small blog to running her own company and teaching courses on Lynda. She also tells of her experiences with podcasting.

Both Chris and Carrie agree that podcasting has helped them significantly with becoming teachers. Getting in front of a camera and delivering content to an audience has helped them become more comfortable with the teaching environment and has made them better communicators.

Carrie has many roles in her business and life that she has to fill. She shares her process of switching mindsets in order to accomplish different goals and fill different roles. Carrie believes anyone can join the WordPress space, but having a unique niche and personality is what makes you successful.

Chris shares his origin story and how he became interested in WordPress and course development. Carrie also shares how she learned how to use WordPress on Lynda and now is teaching others how to learn WordPress with the same platform. Carrie is releasing a book about her journey soon called “Real World Freelancing. A No Bullshit Survival Guide.”