First Udemy posted 10 days back- $95 revenue and 35 students till date

[Ravi Kumar K]

Hi All,

I created my course 10 days back. Till now total students count reached 35. 32 students through referrals and 3 through udemy discovery. I gave free coupons around 15 people. As it's a long term game working on more content to raise more eye balls. 

I got 95$ revenue till now. Just want to know from seasoned instructors, typically first month what will be the revenue especially in Finance & Investing related  topics. What are tips you suggest to scale up ? I know initially many of close contacts buy so getting students is little easy and main challenge from month 2 onwards. Your inputs are appreciated and thanks for all the help this community is doing.

Regards,

K Ravi Kumar

Futures & Options Instructor

[Vlad_B]

Hi Ravi,

Wow - congratulations!  These results are simply outstanding for the first month. Many instructors have a considerably slower starting curve.

Keep rocking!

With kind regards,

Vlad.

[Ravi Kumar K]

Hi Vlad,

Thanks for your encouraging words. As you are experienced trainer can you suggest on couple on things.

1. Should i wait for my first course to have bigger based and then upload the second course? or may be after 2,3 months should I upload?

2. Regarding expanding reach do we need to our own marketing more or Udemy marketing will suffice if I focus more on content.

Thanks,

K Ravi Kumar

Futures & Options trainer

[Vlad_B · Accepted solution]

Hi Ravi,

It is great to hear that you are already thinking about the second course. There is no reason to wait until the first course gets bigger. Of course, a small pause makes sense - to congratulate yourself and take something like a vacation between courses. But after a short pause, there is no reason to wait.

One advise though - while you are working on the second course, pay close attention to the reviews / questions on the first course.  If something is very wrong in the course (for example, I remember having a video wrongly mixed, with audio issues), correcting the issues is a first priority.  

For the marketing, you may read this wonderful thread: https://community.udemy.com/t5/Marketing/How-can-I-market-my-course/m-p/435

Cheers!

With kind regards,

Vlad.

[Ravi Kumar K]

Hi Vlad,

Thanks a lot for your inputs. Will take into account the points mentioned by you. Highly appreciated.

Thanks & Regards,

K Ravi Kumar