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Transform Your Video Production Process: This Planning Tool Can Help You Cu
Note: I am republishing this from my LinkedIn Newsletter, the Instructional Media Insider The Problem with Video Production To access a template for the Instructional Video Planning Tool discussed in this article, open the template and click File —> Make a Copy. You must be signed in to your Google Account to make a copy…
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How Important your "Welcome" and "Congratulations" Messages Can Be!
Make sure to include a welcome message and congratulations message on each course you create! If you ignore this, you may be missing out on wonderful student engagement opportunities! In your welcome message, you can include a guide on how to get started with your course, how to move throughout the course and even where…
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How to define your target audience?
Before you start creating your course content, it is important to dedicate some time to think about who your intended learners are. A few simple questions can help you do this: * Who are they? * Where are they? * What do they need? * What are their goals or challenges? * Why do they need it? Having a good definition of…
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Webinar Replay: Course Creation with Jimmy Naraine
Hello & happy Wednesday Instructors! Earlier this week we were fortunate enough to sit down and chat with Jimmy Naraine, Udemy instructor to over 350k+ students, about his course creation process. His presentation was one part tactical application, one part motivation & one part mindset shift...it's definitely a must-see!…
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$250,000 and counting...
Happy to share that I have crossed a personal milestone of $250,000 on Udemy this month. This has been an absolutely delightful journey as a course creator. I want to begin by sharing my humble thanks to Udemy for providing an outstanding platform for instructors like us. Here's a glimpse of my journey: Why I joined Udemy?…
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$1million mark achieved on Udemy!
I wanted to post this screenshot to give inspiration to you guys teaching on Udemy. I started here in April 2016, and it was slow going at first… achieving $50 in my first month and only $700 overall after 4 months. But I had an overwhelming passion to make Udemy my full-time job and be the best I can be at it. After year…
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Reached the 2 Comma Club, 1 Million in Lifetime Earnings on Udemy
I achieved an amazing milestone on Udemy this week. I launched my first course on Udemy in January 2016. That month I did about $750 in sales. Since then I've launched 16 additional courses. A lot of nights, weekends, and holidays have gone into course creation. Today, I'll see single days greater than my first month. It's…
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Looking back at my Journey on Udemy
The purpose of this post is not to show the money I make on Udemy (in fact there are no numbers in the screenshot I uploaded), but to share my journey as an instructor, in the hope of inspiring others who are perhaps just starting theirs, or who are frustrated because things are not turning out as they expected, and can't…
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Major Milestones: $100,000 Total & $10,000 / month
What a great Black Friday / Cyber Monday. I hit two milestones: $100,000 Total and $10,000 / month in less than 2 years. Thank you Udemy, for this great platform and all your efforts! I started my first course just for fun and I didn´t expect anything because I * teach extremely competitive topics (Python, Data Science,…
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High quality videos: What makes you unique?
I'd love to see some posts of course videos and some of the things that make your videos unique. For those of us who work in competitive sectors there are often dozens or even hundreds of videos covering the same material-- so how do you make the experience unique for viewers? Here's a recent video: A couple of things that…