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LawrenceMMiller · ‎07-03-2022

You need to explain what you are saying or asking more clearly. What is "my order?"

GabrielHerr127 · ‎06-30-2022

Unfortunately Patrick this is the typical experience on Udemy for me. I have asked about the abuses to their refund policies for a long time. And they always say the same thing that they enforce rules. But in the end it makes no difference. I used to sell high end trading courses and would loser about 20-30% of my monthly revenue to refunds. Other users tell me that their average refunds are like 102% but I have never seen that happen. I am guessing they probably sell very popular cheap courses. But if you are selling high end courses refunds will screw you. I ended up closing all my courses here and am now selling them myself through Thinkific where I can dictate my own refund policies. I've already sold the same number I sold on Udemy the first half of the month, but I know they can;t just try to steal the content and then get a refund.

VascoPatricio_ExecCoach · ‎06-29-2022

Great insights by several instructors. Would add my personal thoughts: - Currently, the fluidity of communication with students in my opinion. They can ask questions, comment on announcements, send DMs and much more. You really get the feeling that students can speak with you anywhere, anytime; - How stable and intuitive the platform is are both important to me as well. I'm an instructor but also a student, and nothing irritates me more than platforms that break or have very counterintuitive UI. Udemy does both beautifully, and it's a pleasure to learn. To be honest, in some cases where an instructor may not be that good, but where you still have to watch the course, having a good platform to make up for it is very important in terms of motivation; - More than anything else, I would say I love Udemy success is meritocratic by nature. When a new course is launched, if it's genuinely good, people will flock to it, and it will grow over time. If it's not, it will flop. As simple as that. This allows us instructors to quickly learn what is working, what isn't, and how to pivot to satisfy students more;

MichaelPog · ‎06-14-2022

@KatieBent thank you so much for your response and looking further into it. I want to bring up the other thing @Bella mentioned which to me is a much greater concern, now that I re-read it: "Trial consumption isn’t currently counted towards Personal Plan payouts whether or not someone goes on to subscribe" So if I read this correctly, If I am the reason someone subscribes, and as part of the first 7 days, they watch my courses, love them so much that they decide to pay for them by NOT canceling the subscription, I get nothing. This makes absolutely no sense to me at all. I can totally see the reasoning behind excluding consumption from non-paying students. But these are paying students. They pay by keeping their subscription, which pays for the full month including the first 7 days which are part of a trial. This is the absolute opposite of rewarding us for helping Udemy get subscribers. Even if I'm not the one driving the traffic, if after my courses are consumed the student keeps the subscription, the minimum we should get is compensation for those minutes.

CoursesSubconsciously · ‎06-14-2022

What kind of Shutterstock license do you use? Does it have to be enhanced if I wanna use Shutterstock images in my Udemy course? Thank you in advance for your answer.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎06-10-2022

There is lots of advice on this site. Search "course creation" and then search "marketing." However, the key to success here is that you MUST have expertise in some subject. What are you expert in? You can't teach if you don't know.

JuanaMandala · ‎06-04-2022

Thank you, I've done it, it worked until now, today I have New problem and it doesn't work with any of those options. I'll check with support, thanks.

HSE-Trainer · ‎05-27-2022

Hi Hajra Glad to see someone from Pakistan here 🙂

JkjiwaniFCCA · ‎05-26-2022

Hi Lawrence, I just to use that as my LMS as I teach a batch of students presently.

IanLJ · ‎05-24-2022

I do use a DSLR for head shots, as I struggled to get the right quality from a webcam. I also found that it a webcam looked like a webcam video and I wanted a better quality result for the head shots. I did struggle with the audio quality so I invested in a Rode lavalier microphone which substantially improved audio quality.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-23-2022

It is not clear what you are asking. What exactly is the support you are looking for?

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-22-2022

I do not believe that Udemy will do this. Getting approved as an instructor is not a qualification based on any expertise or performance. A letter confirming that you are an instructor would have no meaning. If you want to prove that you are an instructor just point them to your profile page.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-20-2022

I think the first issues is your topic. How many people are on Udemy looking for a course on this topic (Measuring % work progress and construction interim valuation) ? Second, your first intro video has no sound but with an Excel graphic that jumps around in a way that is not comprehendible, at least to me. That is a turnoff. Third, your second video starts with a PPT slide that has much too much text that is not readable. Check out this course that is very good on presentation skills. It is relevant to your presentation. https://www.udemy.com/course/presentation-skills-course-learn-tips-and-hacks-easy/learn/lecture/19190432?start=120#overview Good luck.

Sweet&Cozy · ‎05-11-2022

Thank you very much!

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-07-2022

I don't think you can. The idea that you have to hide your identity, in itself, leaves a bad impression. Students want to learn from an instructor who they can see, connect with, on a human level. You can publish videos of PowerPoint slides with your voice behind, but it will not be very successful.

Thor · ‎04-29-2022

@RobinHills We can't make coupons outside of the current month.

ThaMilan · ‎04-27-2022

Thanks for your replies Guilherme and Lawrence, though I am clicking on April and still see the same result 😞 I will wait a few more days and see if this gets updated.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-22-2022

@Komal762 That's a good question. A couple recommendations: 1. This post presents research, not my opinions, but good research on lecture effectiveness in online courses: https://community.udemy.com/t5/First-time-Course-Creation/Lecture-Effectiveness-The-Research/m-p/14189 2. Alexa Fischer is terrific and her course on Confidence on Camera is very helpful: https://www.udemy.com/course/be-comfortable-and-confident-on-camera/ 3. I've recommended this before, but it is also research based and a very good course on presentation skills: https://www.udemy.com/course/presentation-skills-course-learn-tips-and-hacks-easy/learn/lecture/19190432?start=120#overview Best wishes,

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-15-2022

It sounds perfectly OK and similar to what many of us do. I suggest you review best selling courses in your category to discover what is working for other instructors.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-08-2022

Jan, Ok, so let me attempt to explain. My lectures typically look like the following: In most editing software there are "layers." Typically, my first layer is the stock background office photo. The second layer is the graphics. The third video is the video of me in front of a green screen. The green screen disappears using the green screen "keying" that is a function in the software. Sometimes there is a fourth layer of graphics. If I want the graphic to be behind me, so my hand may sweep over it, it is the second layer. If I want the graphic to go over me, it is the fourth layer. If you look at the following, which is a clip from the same lecture within Adobe Premiere Elements you will see both the audio and video layers toward the bottom and then the four video and graphic layers. I think most video editing software is similar. Once this is all edited and saved as an MP4 file I upload the finished lecture to Udemy. Does that all make sense? By the way, these images are from the promo video to my Hybrid Work System course and you can watch that and see how it flows. There are many ways to do this, none of them are the "right" way, but this is what I do.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-07-2022

@KanataCode I don't think anyone can answer this because there are so many different variables for different markets. How valuable is the course in terms of length, ratings and topic? How is the instructor regarded in terms of his or her own brand/reputation? There are in reality many different "markets" on Udemy. There is a market for music instruction courses, a different market for coding courses, and another one for management courses. Each market as its own dynamic.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-06-2022

@AndreiD To answer your questions... 1. The percent of my revenue that is from UFB is running around 60%. The UFB trend is definitely up. In the last quarterly report the company reported an 80% increase, year over year for UFB revenue. My own revenue from UFB was up 45% for the past quarter. 2. I get the total enrollments by tracking the enrollments for each course and totally them. I have been keeping a spreadsheet for the past six years. This is where my graphic comes from, not from Udemy directly. For each of my seventeen courses I input the following five variables: New students this month; total students; this months revenue; total revenue for this course; current course rating. That data comes directly off the course page that give all your courses. I don't download the CSV files. I don't need them. For example: Below all of my course data I summarize or compile the data as follows: So with this data I can track trends for each course, trends for my "business", etc. I hope that helps.

Boris035 · ‎04-05-2022

Thanks a lot. I just hoped for different answer 😉 Since discounts have a huge impact on sales – I believe it would be nice to have predictable major (let’s say long-lasting) events at least few times a year – like “Big Spring sale”, “Big Summer sale”, etc. I understand why it would be inappropriate for Udemy to announce a detailed schedule for their discount policy – yet, few major upfront announced events a year will not make them any harm 😉 Again, thanks a lot. Boris

ChrystieV · ‎04-04-2022

@MELD I am sorry to hear about your father. It seems like this spiritual healing video had a huge impact on you and I'm thankful that you are sharing this with our community!

mustafask · ‎04-03-2022

First of all, as a Udemy course instructor, I must say that the courses I have prepared for Udemy are of high quality. I spent a lot of time on this. I mentioned even the smallest detail. If copied courses that are now royalty-free are published on Udemy, it would be a serious quality and trust issue for Udemy. Please prepare original publications. Mustafa S. Keser Author/Instructor

Create Your Own Products · ‎03-31-2022

@LawrenceMMiller This is the best advice I have received by far. Is there a way to give you 5 stars? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you so much!

GreggAdventure · ‎03-31-2022

Please proof read your posts, and turn caps lock off. Thanks much.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-27-2022

You can take it down so no one else can enroll in it. However, Udemy offers a lifetime access guarantee so it will still be available to students who purchased it. I would not assume that you will get too many questions.

JulieFreeman · ‎03-10-2022

In addition to my own website, my course is already on another B2B platform that offers subscription-based training to organizations. This is a private platform that does not require exclusivity. (I'm not talking about Skillsoft and similar which are publicly available for anyone to join). Our clients are primarily organizations so I put the course Udemy primarily to make it cheaply available for those people who do not have business backing to access it. However, if it ever gets more traction on the general site and is considered for selection to UFB (probably unlikely since it is new with very few reviews and is competing with well established courses) it would be a nice bonus. My question is, "does the fact that it is already on a different site preclude it from being included?" I ask this because the policy states "if your course is selected for inclusion, you will not begin to offer any equivalent on-demand content on any competitor site or platform other than your own". I will not begin. I think it is unlikely that businesses subscribing to UFB will also subscribe to similar services and vice versa. Therefore perhaps the competition is perhaps less about what individual courses are available on each site but rather between the platforms themselves. For example, cost, quality in general, set up, customer service etc.

AntonKhodos · ‎03-07-2022

Thank you a lot

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