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Plan Your Course Marketing Before You Publish, Here are Proven Marketing Ideas
Marketing is not an event, it is a process that extends over a long period of time. Get started now! None of these are an instant path to instructor success. But, they are things that work if you are serious about building an online business on Udemy. * When you are planning your first course, shoot your best shot! Your…
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When do you consider a course "complete" and "ready to publish"?
This is a question many instructors or soon-to-be instructors ask themselves at some point, and the answer might not be very obvious. As many experienced instructors would probably tell you, a course might never be complete. If you want your course to stay relevant, you will need to keep improving it over time, but I will…
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How long does it take to create a course?
@LondonAppDev : I've been on Udemy for a few years now and currently have 4 courses live. I create the courses with my wife. I do the technical instruction and planning, and she does the editing, graphics, and marketing. We've kept track of the number of hours it takes my wife and I to create each course, and I want to…
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Instructor's Tips: My Course Creation Workflow
The most successful instructors spend time planning their course before they record it. Our instructors will tell you how they do it below! @Hypnodan : I wanted to share what my workflow is to create my courses on Udemy as efficiently as possible. I always keep a notepad of course ideas, some of these I think are better…
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A List of Useful Sources for Instructors
Hi guys, I thought it could be interesting to have one post with a list of all the usefull sources for instructors, like music, graphics and software.... I started with what I usually use and with what is free. I hope you can add some more sources to the list so it can become very usefull for everyone in the comunity. If…
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The Importance of Topic Selection
If there's one thing that's important for a first-time course creator, I think it's in choosing the right topic to teach. So, here's a dump of my own thoughts on how to approach this. The biggest decision you can make when launching a new course is what topic you’re going to teach. If you choose the wrong topic, it doesn’t…
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A/V Best Practices When Creating Your First Course
When you first start out, you are going to make a ton of mistakes when filming your course. Before filming the entire course, film a few lectures and go back to watch them. There is nothing worse than filming an entire course to find out the audio was muffled, or the video was blurry! When you first are getting started,…
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What should a first-time instructor invest on: Audio or Video?
A common question from new instructor is: "Should I invest in a decent microphone. Or, a decent camera when getting started?" The answer is actually quite simple. Which do you consider to be the most effective way of delivering your course content? Or, "Is audio quality more important than video quality?" When we ask the…
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How important is it to have a personal brand as an online instructor?
Hey instructors! "Personal brand" has been a pretty hot topic in the marketing world these last couple of years, especially with the boom of social media where everyday people are developing their own brands and becoming influencers. Do you think it's important to have a personal brand as an online instructor? Though I…