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Best Year Amidst Crisis The Dual Strategy That Made Me Grow
Hi everyone! My case is a bit curious. The year that has been one of the most challenging for Udemy has also been the best year for me since I started. I began in April 2022. I attribute this result to two key things: 1 - Finding a promising niche. Before, I would run and run, get tired, and not get results. This year, in…
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How Do You Stay Motivated While Writing or Creating Courses?
Hello instructors, As an author, I’ve learned that inspiration comes and goes. I’m curious how other instructors stay motivated while writing their books or creating new courses. Do you follow a routine, set deadlines, or wait for creativity to strike? Let’s share tips that keep us moving forward.
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Time for positivity: what do you plan to do with your Black Friday millions?
I can only imagine the sarcastic comment people are planning to give me after clicking through on this title → :-P Actually, I have a different question. In the Udemy UB-exclusivity clause, has it ever been clarified how much you are supposed to change a course in order to upload it elsewhere? Like they encouraged us to…
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Why Sales are Falling?
I noticed sales are falling and i want to know reason why? I saw i am not alone to face this issue. Many instructors too have this problem. Strange! Personal subscription is causing trouble?
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Minutes Taught
This absolutely blows my mind. 536,186,016 That number represents the minutes taught, across all my courses, since October 2020. Using my handy-dandy calculator, that equates to… 8,936,434 Hours 372,351 Days 12,232 Months 1,019 Years My kids get tired of listening to me after only a couple of minutes. :) Try it out. Head…
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Your failure on the platform? Your fault! Read more
A few days ago, I received a negative review on my course. I flagged it to Udemy because I truly believed it was unfair and didn’t reflect the actual quality or effort behind my work. Earlier today, I got a response from the Trust & Safety team saying that the review doesn’t violate any policy and that “all instructors…
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Udemy was Better before Subscription Models?
Am I the only one who thinks Udemy was better for both students and instructors before they rolled up this "suck" subscription-based model? As an Instructor, its seems revenue is declining continuously? My most loved and highly rated course sales are down? I myself purchased their personal plan, and psychology says if the…
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Everyone is complaining about the Personal Plan (PP), but no one is taking any proactive action.
If instructors are unhappy with the PP program, they can actually choose to opt out. This is especially true for those who believe their courses are high-quality. If they did, students in the PP would find that all they see are junk courses, which would in turn push them to purchase the high-quality courses individually…
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Concern About Low PP Revenue, Subscription Changes & Declining Sales
Hello fellow instructors, I just noticed the PP (Personal Plan) revenue update in my account, and honestly, I’m quite disappointed with the figures. The earnings are much lower than expected — not even reaching three digits in some cases. At the same time, I’ve noticed Udemy is shifting more toward the subscription model,…
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Questions About Udemy’s Shift Toward Subscriptions
During the most recent earnings call (Q325), Udemy leadership shared the following: "The momentum in consumer subscriptions is strong, so we are accelerating that push. This means we are intentionally reducing transactional course sales in favor of recurring subscription revenue, which will slow near-term segment growth.…
