xVP at Maven, Qual Research Expert

A live, cohort-based course on Maven is a powerful way to share and monetize your expertise. But building one takes real time, and before you invest, you need to know the course will actually sell.
As former VP of Marketing at Maven, I know the criteria that predict whether an instructor succeeds. In this course we apply those criteria, rigorously, to your specific expertise.
This is a fast track to market clarity: you find out exactly what will sell, which is different from what you know.
The process is designed for leaders in their field:
In business: CxOs & advisors
In academia: researchers & published authorities
If that is you, we will develop an offer you are confident to take to market: stress-tested against the criteria that predict commercial success and positioned to build your audience, impact and authority.
Together we will turn your subject-matter expertise into an outcome-focused offer that people are not just willing, but compelled, to pay for.
And longer term, that will bring you:
New clients to funnel into your high-ticket engagements
Revenue that is no longer tied directly to the hours you work
A wider digital presence that builds your reputation with new audiences
The insights and key decisions behind Course-Market Fit and success on Maven.
Identify which audience will feed your high ticket funnel
Define your audience beyond simple demographics
Know actually makes professionals willing to invest
Find the problem with enough urgency and importance to command a premium
Articulate a solution your buyer will believe you can deliver
Differentiate from the alternatives your buyer is considering
Build a narrative that pulls audience to you
Focus on distribution that builds brand for your whole business
Use referrals and community to compound your growth

Product Marketing Leader I Qualitative Research Expert I Course Design Consultant
Fractional CxO's & Advisors—your expertise in a specific area is sought out, and you've developed a repeatable approach.
Academics & Researchers—you're the expert in a field with professional application, from Decision Science & Negotiation to Quantum ML.
Published Maven Experts—you've launched but sales are not meeting expectations, you want to focus on quickly getting to Course-Market Fit
You are actively planning to monetize your experience by teaching (on or off Maven)
You have deep experience that the market already recognizes as valuable
This is low-ego space for senior practitioners to embrace a new challenge and get hands-on

Live sessions
Learn directly from Vanina Schick in a real-time, interactive format.
My Course-Market Fit Framework
I'll share the five criteria that I've validated as predictive of whether a course can pull demand and convert at a premium price. We'll apply them to your course in real time, and you'll get live feedback on where your commercial logic holds and where it breaks down.
Your Buyer's Journey
A structured artifact to inform your positioning and GTM: how your buyer moves from latent awareness to ready-to-buy, the stages, the drop-offs, what they need from you at each. You (and your AI) can keep using this, so every, post, and email and message lands with power.
Your Course Outcomes
Vague transformation statements don't convert. We make yours specific: what changes for your student professionally, what they can do now that they couldn't before, and why that justifies the investment in your course.
Your Ownable Narrative
At this level, a good CV is table stakes. Real authority comes from your unique story and it's ability to deliver your bigger "why". An outside editorial perspective is critical here. Most experts are simply too close to their own work to do this without help.
A Peer Sandbox for Live Critique
You work alongside other experts building their own courses. Insights come from watching positioning come together and fall apart in real time, across different expertise domains. Working through the same challenge with different material sharpens your thinking faster than working alone.
Your Personal Review with Vanina
Booked separately during the cohort window. Vanina reviews your course, helps identify your Course-Market fit risks, and find opportunities to reposition and mitigate.
Monthly Course-Market Fit Office Hours
I run monthly office hours as a public Lightning Lesson event, at 12:30pm in the weeks following every cohort. Course alumni present their CMF for live critique. Unlimited Q&A.
Maven Guarantee
Your purchase is backed by the Maven Guarantee.
Jun
30
Buyer Journey
Jul
2
Implications of the Buyer Journey
Jul
7
Your Problem / Solution
Jul
9
Problem / Solution Clinic
Live sessions
8 hrs
In twice-weekly one-hour sessions, I deliver practical insight into what makes a course succeed. We cover the key strategic pillars, one-by-one, in a structure that fits around your schedule.
Tue, Jun 30
3:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Jul 2
3:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Jul 7
3:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)
Guided personal work
6 hrs
Between our live sessions, you do personal work to surface your context and shape your course offer. I provide momentum and accountability to drive your progress.
There's no way we would have arrived at such a perfect landing page on our own. Vanina's process is concise and the output was marvelous. I use that word specifically because I felt giddy at how effective it was.

Jasmine Bina
Maven for Teams
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