Your Path to a Lifetime of Book Profit

You devoted precious time and energy to writing your non-fiction book.

And you earned every bump and bruise along the way - writing draft-after-draft, editing, proofreading, interior and exterior art, publishing... The Works.

The book is printed, the online sales accounts are up, everyone in your world knows the book exists.

Finally! You are done! Right?

Not so much.

You aren't helping enough people and you certainly aren't earning the money you'd like.


You've heard that the book is the ultimate authority-builder, so you research ways to sell more books and build related products.

A natural solution: build a course based on the book!

The similarities between developing and publishing a nonfiction book and a course are too good to be true. The logic and processes involved in creating these products make them natural companions.

You also like that online courses can reach anyone in the world at the speed of the internet and cost much more than books.

But you soon learn that creating a course involves a lot more than you initially thought.

  • How do you develop a respectable course?
  • How do you define course goals and objectives?
  • How do you choose lesson types?
  • Should you have quizzes? Surveys? Tests?
  • Should the course be 100% on-demand? Should you include live lessons?
  • What's a mini course?
  • How do you bundle courses?
  • How do you build course critiques?
  • What the heck is a Learning Management System and do you need one?
  • How do you build course website pages?
  • How do you create discount coupons for courses?
  • Should you use affiliates or revenue share partners?
  • What about recording video and audio? What equipment and software do you need?
  • How do you price your course?
  • How can you market your course?
  • How do you maintain a course after it's built?
  • What the heck is a Customer Relationship Management software and do you need it?


I created this course to make all of this easy to learn. 
(you can thank me later 🙂)

My name is Lucas Marino and I'm the author of Monetize Your Book With a Course. I'm a course creation nerd, a certified Thinkific Expert, and a retired military veteran with a career in professional training.

Don't let my doctor's degree in engineering fool you. I have a healthy sense of humor and built a multi-six figure career as a servant leader, coach, and serial entrepreneur.

I built this course to help you quickly create a profitable and impactful course from your book. It's what I do every day for my clients.

This hybrid course includes lifetime access to dozens of video lessons, templates, a weekly live group Q&A session, and expert tips to help you build a profitable course from your book.

Let's get to work, shall we? Click on one of the magic enrollment buttons and let's make you some money.



Launch Your Course with Confidence

You will build a course from your book. Don't be intimidated, everything is here, simplified, and ready for you to learn. Lifetime access to a course that pays you for a lifetime.

  • Curriculum and Content

    You have the expertise, now gain the knowledge to build the curriculum your students deserve. Learn to build course content like a pro.

  • Course and Site Settings

    Learn every Thinkific course and site setting. Learn how to build a functional, lucrative course site with clear guidance from a Thinkfic Expert.

  • Tools of the Trade

    You want your course to stand out in a good way. Learn about learning management systems, digital workbooks, and a ton of great references for enhanced learning.



Meet Your Instructor

Thinkific Expert, Lucas Marino

Lucas Marino

CEO, Principal Solution Developer

Dr. Lucas C. Marino, PMP is a serial entrepreneur in training businesses and is the founder of Marino Training, EAST Partnership, and co-founder of the Empire Builder’s Masterclass. Lucas helps entrepreneurs and authors launch and sustain online training products. He is a Thinkific Expert, host of the Conversations with Course Creators podcast, and author of Monetize Your Book with a Course. A military engineer by experience, he spent 21-years as a naval engineer and training manager in the United States Coast Guard. Lucas is passionate about developing others and collaborating with fellow entrepreneurs.

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