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The Importance of Bonus Lecture
Hi guys, I just wanted to share with all of you my thought about bonus lecture... I took the time to make a bonus lecture for all my courses and put there all my coupons code and it is really paying off... Every day I'm having some student using a coupon to enroll in one or more of my courses... I'm writing this post as I…
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How do you use instructor coupons?
Hi all, To help promote my courses I create instructor coupons. I have a coupon code which is the same for all of my courses. This is more to make it easy for me to remember than anything else, and it makes it much easier if I encounter someone and we get talking and they say they may consider checking out my courses, I…
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The Anatomy of a Strong Course Promo Video
Sorry for my month-long hiatus! After vacation and the release of my latest masterclass I am able to finally focus on the community and on my students. I just released a new course and with each course release comes a new promo video you have to produce. I wanted to walk through tips and tricks on how to build a strong,…
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How to Create Effective Course Images
As a graphic designer for 14 years, I have created 1,000’s of images for my clients. Course images need to be both dynamic and also effectively communicate your course subject matter. You also need to produce a clean image that communicates a sense of professionalism. Using more than three images may overwhelm the viewer…
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Which type of teleprompter are you using?
Hello dear colleagues! I want to ask which type of teleprompter are you using? I have experience with this BestView T1 prompter but it is small, and when I read the text, it either goes quickly to the bottom or goes slowly, in general, it does not work very well, but I want to read and so that it would be convenient. The…
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Which microphone do you use?
Hi, To create our training courses, the use of the correct microphone is critical. When I began my journey on Udemy, I invested in the Blue Snowball USB Microphone. It is outstanding and works superb even today after six years of its regular use. I use it to record audio lectures. With that said, as I progressed and…
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What I learnt from creating online courses
Firstly I am happy to have my courses on the Udemy Marketplace. In my 3 years of creating course materials I have learned the following points and I hope it can help new and aspiring creators to make better courses from the get-go so here goes. 1. Always keep the student in mind and try and simplify the material 2. If you…
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What will determine the success of your course?
We often discuss whether sales are going up or down and we discuss a lot of factors over which we have no control, such as Udemy’s advertising, the pandemic, etc. But we do not often discuss how our own work product determines the rate of sales. So, I thought it would be worth making a list of instructor’s “controllable”…
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Tips to create course faster
Course creation takes a lot of time and sometimes being productive is hard. I would really like to know from all the instructors how do you stay focused and productive? What kind of schedule do you follow to complete courses? Your guidance would really be helpful. Thanks. @GregReverdiau : Hi @ShubhiSaxena Making a…
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Time saving tips for course creation
Editing takes the biggest bulk of most instructor’s time. Some instructors are lucky to have video editors who can work with them/for them, but not all of us are so lucky! I do one hundred percent of my own editing and finding ways to streamline that process can save me the most time. First of all, I create a theme or…