

Real stories from one of a kind business owners who started with courage and ended with successful digital courses.
This is Rhea Whitney’s
Digital Course Academy Success Story
Rhea Whitney Reid Photographer & Coach
“I’m so grateful to have this income stream as part of my business! I know my business can scale -- and I have Amy to thank for all of it!”
Results are not guaranteed. Please see earnings disclaimer for more detail.
I have had a passion for photography ever since I was a little girl. But I never thought during my days on the playground that someday I’d have a photography business.
It all started very organically because I just kept following my interest — I bought a camera… then I took a class… then I started doing photos for my friends… and eventually, after getting let go from my corporate accounting job in 2015, my business was born.
I was now a full-time photographer ready to thrive and take it to the next level!
I started getting more and more clients through word of mouth, and my success snowballed from there. By 2017 it had totally taken off — I was really busy!
And when that happened, I started getting LOTS of people asking me how I built the photography business. I wanted to help, so I started doing one-on-one coaching to teach them the basics. I quickly discovered that this individualized type of coaching was a terrible way to leverage my time.
When I found Amy (through Jenna Kutcher’s podcast), I knew she could show me a better way. So I enrolled in DCA, and I created a course to help hobby photographers take their business pro — just like I did.
I’ve launched my course a couple of times now, and each time I do, I gain more and more confidence.
My last launch opened in June on the Black Lives Matter Blackout Tuesday, and all the conversation online (rightfully) was about that. I was wondering if what was happening in the world would affect my sales. But even with a pretty small list of 700 people I still had ten people enroll and I made $11,000!
I’m so grateful to have this income stream as part of my business.
It gives me peace of mind knowing I don’t have to worry about booking photography projects through 2020 to make a great income (but that I totally can if I want!).
I have Amy to thank for all of it!
UPDATE: Currently, I am in my 7th year working on my business full time and have launched eight times and generated over $125,000 from my digital course alone!

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Every journey starts with one step. If the questions “who am I to create a course?” or “where do I even start?” are coming up for you, know that they came up for every single successful course creator you see on this page.
Whether you’ve never owned a business before, you have no idea what your course would be about, or you’re totally allergic to tech — we ALL start somewhere. What matters most is your willingness to put one foot in front of the other.
Each of these course creators started with one thing: THE COURAGE TO TRY
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