How Barbara Runs Her Coaching Practice with Quick, Flexible Courses
The Backstory
Barbara Daoust is a coach who helps clients create vision and life plans. Her main work is one-on-one coaching, but she kept running into the same need: supplementary materials to reinforce what clients were learning. She wanted a way to spin up quick courses — from short supplements to full programs — without getting pulled away from the coaching itself.
What Was Getting in the Way
- She needed different course formats to support different parts of her coaching
- Every hour spent figuring out technology was an hour away from her clients
- She wanted to create supplementary resources quickly, not as a big production
- Her clients sometimes needed tech help, and she didn't want to be the IT department
What They Were Hoping For
- Use templates and instant courses to create supplementary content quickly
- Let the Ruzuku team handle tech questions from her students
- Spend her time on coaching and content, not platform management
- Have the flexibility to offer different course formats as clients need them
How Ruzuku Fit In
What Clicked
Barbara uses Ruzuku's templates and Instant Courses to spin up supplementary materials whenever her coaching calls for them — quickly, without a big production. And when her students hit a tech snag, the Ruzuku team steps in so Barbara never has to play IT support.
What They Built
She built a system where her main coaching programs are supported by quick-launch courses created with templates and Instant Courses. When a student needs help navigating something, the Ruzuku team handles it. The result is a seamless experience for her clients and full focus for Barbara.
The Tools That Helped Most
What Changed
Barbara has built a versatile coaching practice where technology supports her work instead of getting in the way. Between the flexible course formats and the Ruzuku team handling student tech questions, she gets to focus entirely on what she does best — coaching.
| Metric | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Course Creation Speed | Slow and effortful | Templates + Instant |
| Student Tech Help | Barbara had to handle it | Ruzuku team steps in |
| Coaching Focus | Diluted by tech tasks | Fully on her clients |
| Program Flexibility | One format fits all | Right format for each need |
Timeline: Built a flexible coaching practice with templates and quick-launch courses
"The flexibility and variation of how I can set up these courses has been wonderful. Now I have a whole team at Ruzuku that can take care of my students in navigating the technology. So I can really focus on my students' learning, which is wonderful."
Lessons Worth Sharing
Templates and Instant Courses let you create supplementary materials without a big production
Having a team that handles student tech questions frees you to do the work you love
Flexibility in course formats means you can match the format to the need
The best platform is one that handles the technology so you don't have to