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Why Are Course Sales Down? How to Tell AI Pressure From a Funnel Leak course business diagnosis knowledge-library niche offer Oct 13, 2026

By Barbara Amador, Course Conversion Strategist ยท Published

Some course creators are seeing sales fall in 2026, and AI is a real part of the reason. Buyers are more hesitant to pay f...

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How to Do Voice-of-Customer Research course business diagnosis knowledge-library niche Jul 30, 2026

Voice-of-customer research is the practice of collecting the exact words your buyers and ideal customers use to describe their problem, their goal, and what they've already tried, then using those wor...

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How to Choose a Course Niche That Actually Sells cornerstone course business diagnosis knowledge-library niche Jul 28, 2026

A course niche that sells is specific enough that one real person reads your first sentence and thinks "this is me." It's defined by a clear person and a clear problem you solve for them, not by a bro...

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