How do I collect email addresses when students sign up

[JulieHazell403]

Apologies for the stupid question but I haven't yet sold a course on Udemy and I was wondering how I collect the email addresses when students sign up either direct from Udemy or via my external marketing following a referral link.

[Abderrazzaq Kharroubi]

Udemy doesn't allow direct access to emails. The only possible way is through promotional and educational announcements. This what I used to know. 

[JulieHazell403]

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply

[ThomasMitchell]

It should also be noted that if/once the majority of your students come from Udemy Business, you lose the ability to communicate with them through Udemy at all, since announcements are not delivered to them. 

[JulieHazell403]

Oh OK.  So how do you develop a relationship with them and keep them in your funnel for future courses etc?

[ThomasMitchell]

The best you can do is build a community on Facebook or LinkedIn or on your own site. It’s not particularly easy, nor fast - but it can be done. 

[KrystianWojtarowicz]

As previous instructors responded you can't collect the emails via Udemy. But the positive fact is that you can create Facebook groups for example and there collect huge community, as I did ( >100k ).

Best Regards,

-Krystian Wojtarowicz