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My February Audience & Sales Approach
Many people, especially young instructors, ask how much can they earn on the course, why the courses do not explode and that sort of questions. During my first mentoring session with Scott Harris (as an award for Journey to Black Friday Challenge), he mentioned a lot of building the audience. Since February is not a…
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How often do you promote your course in FB groups?
Question Guys i have a question about FB, i'm not much of a FB user, i only started using it to have some sort of online presence for Udemy. Right now i don't have a large follower base that's interested in my courses, so the only FB marketing i can do is to post in groups. I try to follow all the rules, be as active as i…
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Facebook Group or Website?
I have received good advice on this forum before regarding starting a Facebook Group or website to support students. I would prefer a small / serious group versus lots of uninterested / uncommitted people. My thought is not only to have a "closed" group, but to limit it to people who COMPLETED the course. (For example, The…
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Instructor Tips: This marketing strategy did work out for me!
My latest course got Udemy's badge "Hot & New" Here's what I did to get it! Recently, I've been participating regularly with my drawing posts on one of Facebook drawing groups. As my posts there were so engaging, I decided to post about my new course after publishing it on Udemy! So I posted a catchy image of my drawing…
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Using Social Media Wisely to Thrive
Social media sites such as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn can be wonderful ways to expand your digital footprint and hopefully grow your online business. However, the trap is that if we’re not prudent they can also take a tremendous amount of time. Instead of trying to use them all, choose one or two…
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Facebook vs Youtube
Question Is it more effective to create a promo video on youtube and create an AdWords campaign, or are facebook boosts a better bang for the buck? Answers I personally get a few sales from putting a link to a coupon in my description on YouTube and it keeps a slow stream coming in each month. If you have a free course,…
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Which social media sites do you use to promote your courses?
There have been many discussions in the community about using social media to promote courses and it seems like everyone has their own strategy. So we’d love to know: Which social media site do you find the most effective in promoting your courses? GREAT QUESTION!! My course is less than 2 months old, so I'm FAR from an…
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Discussion: What's your most effective marketing channel?
Udemy Promotional Announcements are by far the most effective tool I use to promote my own courses. A promo announcement for a new course is many, many orders of magnitude more effective in driving sales than posting about it on social media, YouTube, blogging, etc. At least for me. Of course you need an existing audience…
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What are the best days to do promotional emails?
What are the best days to do promotional emails? Hey @AbdulAziz Honestly, I haven't found a best day! For me, it is more about having an engaging title so that people want to open that email, not about what day you send it. Best Regards Graham Tuesday morning works best for me outside of Udemy promotions. In my experience,…
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Bonus lectures: articles or videos?
Has anyone experimented with using article-based bonus lectures vs. video-based? If you're trying to drive students to your website or other courses, I wonder if an article format would be more effective. In a video lecture, students would have to find your links in the attachments to the lecture, or type them in by hand…