I love Justin Ferriman and his LearnDash product.

We’ve been building and selling courses for the last 3 years using his platform.

We’ve used a dozen other course builder platforms such as Thinkific, Kajabi, ClickFunnels, Teachable, and so on.

But none has the flexibility we need— to integrate with WordPress, Memberium, and a ton of plug-ins by the community and custom-built by us.

There is no “one size fits all” course platform, despite what a sales rep or eager friend would try to tell you.

If it’s just you, a Teachable or Thinkific will be just fine.

Load up your course with lessons, a landing page, a quiz, and other components in minutes.

You could even put it on a Udemy or Lynda, as part of someone else’s library.

And if you’re a successful figurehead with an audience, are video-centric, and have $20K to start (not a lot when you add everything up), you’ll want to look at LightSpeed VT.

But if you are on WordPress, need to integrate email marketing, and have a full marketing+dev team, then there’s only one real choice right now.

We’ve gone deep into the APIs (or lack of– Zapier doesn’t count) of these learning platforms and can tell you it’s still early in the game.

I believe that as consumers become increasingly allergic to “ads”, teaching is where it’s at.

Dennis Yu

Dennis Yu is a former search engine engineer who has spent a billion dollars on Google and Facebook ads for Nike, Quiznos, Ashley Furniture, Red Bull, State Farm, and other organizations that have many locations. He has achieved 25% of his goal of creating a million digital marketing jobs because of his partnership with universities, professional organizations, and agencies. Companies like GoDaddy, Fiverr, onlinejobs.ph, 7 Figure Agency, and Vendasta partner with him to create training and certifications. Dennis created the Dollar a Day Strategy for local service businesses to enhance their existing local reputation and make the phone ring. He's coaching young adult agency owners who serve plumbers, AC technicians, landscapers, roofers, electricians in conjunction with leaders in these industries. Mr. Yu believes that there should be a standard in measuring local marketing efforts, much like doctors and plumbers need to be certified and licensed. His Content Factory training and dashboards are used by thousands of practitioners.

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