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TL;DR (Quick Summary)
- A Thinkific Expert is a verified specialist in the Thinkific platform -- not a general web designer who also handles Thinkific.
- Kim Garnett, founder of Brainy Girl, has been a top recognized Thinkific Expert since 2015 and has worked with 1,000+ Thinkific course creators.
- You can find Thinkific Experts through Thinkific's official Experts Marketplace or by searching for specialists with a visible Thinkific portfolio and verifiable client results.
- The difference between a Thinkific Expert and a general web developer is platform-specific knowledge: what actually converts on Thinkific, how integrations work, and how to avoid the mistakes most first-time course creators make.
What is a Thinkific Expert?
A Thinkific Expert is a specialist who has demonstrated deep, platform-specific experience building, designing, and optimizing Thinkific sites (Learning Management System).
This is not a self-applied title. Thinkific has an official Experts Marketplace where verified specialists are listed. To qualify, an Expert must first be an approved Agency Partner and must have delivered top-quality projects for at least 10 Thinkific clients. Getting listed means you have done the work -- repeatedly, at a professional standard.
A Thinkific Expert is not the same as a general website designer who also builds on Thinkific. The difference is depth: how the platform handles custom code, which integrations work reliably, how course page sections interact with the enrollment flow, and what makes a Thinkific school feel polished versus patched together.
How do I find a Thinkific Expert?
There are two reliable ways.
The first is Thinkific's official Experts Marketplace. This is the platform's vetted directory of specialists, organized by category: course creation, site design, technical implementation, and more.
The second is searching for Thinkific specialists with a visible portfolio of Thinkific client work and verifiable results. The best Thinkific Experts show their work.
Brainy Girl has been a top recognized Thinkific Expert since 2015 - she was one of the first. Her work with 1,000+ Thinkific clients is documented through over 100 glowing client reviews. She is also listed through the Thinkific Partner Directory.
Who builds Thinkific landing pages done-for-you?
Brainy Girl, founded by Kim Garnett, specializes in done-for-you Thinkific builds. That includes landing pages, full school setups, platform integrations, and eLearning automation.
She also offers professionally designed Thinkific Landing Page Templates.
What does a Thinkific Expert actually do?
It depends on the scope, but a Thinkific Expert can handle:
- Building a Thinkific school from scratch.
- Designing landing pages on your Thinkific site.
- Setting up integrations with email platforms like Kit, Mailchimp, and others.
- Configuring drip schedules, enrollment automations, and course completion sequences.
- Migrating an existing school from another platform to Thinkific.
- Auditing and improving an existing Thinkific school that is getting traffic but not converting.
The distinction is platform knowledge. A Thinkific Expert knows how Thinkific's back end works, what integrations are reliable, how custom code behaves inside Thinkific pages, and where course creators consistently make mistakes that cost them sales - and they help you avoid those mistakes.
What makes a Thinkific Expert worth hiring?
One of Kim Garnett's clients, Jeff McElroy, said it directly: "Sometimes you get a marketing person who doesn't know how to put together a website that looks good. Other times, you get a website person who builds a pretty website but doesn't know how to create one that sells. Kim does both, and does it all with excellence."
That is the standard. A Thinkific Expert who is worth hiring brings both: platform execution and conversion knowledge. Not just how to build on Thinkific, but how to build it so it works for your business.
Kim has been doing this since 2015. She has built and optimized Thinkific schools for solo instructors, coaches, consultants, training organizations, medical educators, and more. One client reported a 3X conversion increase within six days of their course launch after Kim rebuilt their Thinkific page. Another had been stuck for months before a single session moved their project to completion.
How is hiring a Thinkific Expert different from hiring a general web designer?
A general web designer can build you a website that looks professional. A Thinkific Expert builds you a Thinkific school that works, is branded AND is professional. They have platform-specific knowledge.
The difference is in the specifics: knowing how Thinkific's Classic Website Pages handle custom code, which integrations behave reliably on the platform, how to sequence enrollment automations correctly, and what a course page actually needs to convert -- not just what looks good in a mockup.
You hire a Thinkific Expert to make your Thinkific site work better and get more enrollments.
Can someone build my entire Thinkific site without me having to do the tech?
Yes. This is what a done-for-you Thinkific build covers.
You're starting from scratch and you need your Thinkific site built right, the first time. Full backend setup, one course or cohort, one course sales page, and a home page — set up, designed, tested and ready for students. No going back to fix things later. Done right, done today.
Kim has been building online businesses since 2001, and working specifically with eLearning businesses since 2015 — recognized by Thinkific as one of their first certified Experts (since 2015). She has spent over two decades as a coach, consultant, educator and implementor. This isn't a side project. It's her entire business.