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ThomasMitchell · ‎11-25-2023

Yup. If they haven’t already, Udemy should include the planned reductions in UfB in TOS and promotional materials so when a new instructor is considering the platform, they know. If I were new, signed up, spent 6 months building a course with the intent to get into UfB, only to find out after the fact that my 25% revenue share will be cut each year over the next few, down to 15%, I’d be angry. I guess that’s the long way of saying I’d tell people to re-think their plans altogether.

ThomasMitchell · ‎11-10-2023

Surround the entire question with quotation marks.

ThomasMitchell · ‎11-02-2023

40 slides?? My courses typically require over 700 slides. Some are closer to 1500 slides.

ThomasMitchell · ‎10-27-2023

That's not the same, though.

ThomasMitchell · ‎10-07-2023

@MarinaT … Saturday morning here. Still no payment in my bank.

ThomasMitchell · ‎10-02-2023

Not permitted.

ThomasMitchell · ‎09-24-2023

No, you can’t.

ThomasMitchell · ‎09-17-2023

General rule of thumb is 20-40 hours of labor for every one hour of produced content. This assumes high-quality output.

ThomasMitchell · ‎09-09-2023

No. Not allowed.

ThomasMitchell · ‎01-11-2023

@Bella ... I have to ask… Why this is always an ongoing problem?

ThomasMitchell · ‎10-11-2022

Oct 11th. Still no deposit into my US bank account.

ThomasMitchell · ‎10-08-2022

@KatieBent I understand you may not be able to provide it right now, but there needs to be an accounting for what happened - and sooner rather than later. Instructors are owed that much.

ThomasMitchell · ‎10-08-2022

@KatieBent I’m expecting a postmortem and detailed explanation of what went wrong. Its 6am on the 8th and I still don’t see anything pending in my account.

ThomasMitchell · ‎10-07-2022

Is this a “display issue” or not????

ThomasMitchell · ‎06-30-2022

@SharonRamel … Yeah, but how many people look at that? I’m guessing not many. Highlighting right on the landing page makes it easier to catch the student’s eye.

ThomasMitchell · ‎06-30-2022

@Bella If you really want to help people stand out, let us highlight our resume on the landing page. This would allow the true experts in our fields to show how we are qualified to teach particular topics. Im sure a potential student would prefer to learn from someone who has actual experience in the industry versus someone who just regurgitates documentation.

ThomasMitchell · ‎06-27-2022

I'm a little concerned over this "Select" badge. It sounds an awful lot like Udemy would be choosing winners and losers. @Bella .... Udemy needs to be careful here. I get that you want to promote the best courses (and you already do), but when you start "Selecting" courses, you are gonna start causing new, and even existing, instructors to ask themselves "what's the point of creating content if I can't compete?"

ThomasMitchell · ‎05-10-2022

I'll be honest here. I have a real issue with Udemy driving traffic AWAY from the platform for ANY REASON. Saying it won't affect earnings is disingenuous. There's absolutely no way to guarantee that.

ThomasMitchell · ‎05-10-2022

Not sure what to think about this... What test is Udemy running with Emeritus? We will run a marketing test that targets Udemy learners whose previous activity indicates that they will be a good match for Emeritus’ learning programs. Between May and August, we will promote Emeritus programs through our website, email, mobile, and social channels once-per-month to these select students in the US, India, and Latin America.

ThomasMitchell · ‎03-07-2022

If you are running Windows 10, the built-in Microsoft Defender offering is very good - and free. Source: 25-year Systems Engineer

ThomasMitchell · ‎03-03-2022

Nah, there’s never been an application form. You used to be able to recommend your own courses for UfB, but that stopped a year or two ago.

ThomasMitchell · ‎03-01-2022

There is no UfB application process. As long as you are opted in in your instructor dashboard, your courses will be considered if they meet the criteria and are in demand. You have no other control over whether they are included or not.

ThomasMitchell · ‎02-20-2022

Courses must consist of at least 30 minutes of video.

ThomasMitchell · ‎02-19-2022

For example, if someone feels that they've cracked the social media code, I'd love to hear the thought process, what they tried and how it worked out. Not just, "I used to use Facebook, but now I use YouTube", but specifically what they are posting and the thought processes behind it, along with both the positive and negative results of various approaches. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I understand that this community is about helping other instructors, but I think it's reasonable to have limits on what you share. This might be an unpopular opinion, but if I'm earning $100k/mo in a crowded field because I've "cracked Facebook ads" or "cracked YouTube ads", I'm not sure what benefit I get from sharing exactly what I did - especially if that breakthrough cost me $20k in ad spend to learn. Sure, I may feel good about helping others - but I'm also helping the 5 competitors of mine that frequent the forum. I think asking instructors to share details is a bit more than should be expected..

ThomasMitchell · ‎02-13-2022

If your competition consists of 10-hour courses, the strategy of breaking it up into several smaller courses isn't gonna work. Why, as a student, would I pay for ten 1-hour courses when I can pay for one 10-hour course that covers everything I need to know?

ThomasMitchell · ‎12-30-2021

Camtasia has never let me down.

ThomasMitchell · ‎12-28-2021

@ElianaC .... I can't seem to find this info anywhere. It's not clear where these breakdowns are. Nothing in my reporting looks any different from what I can tell. I don't see any reports called "monthly summary of performance by channel", to which you are referring. Nor do I see any course filters anywhere.

ThomasMitchell · ‎12-24-2021

I don’t like a lot of what Udemy does, but it’s their platform and their rules.

ThomasMitchell · ‎12-12-2021

I agree with @SharonRamel. I teach what I know. With 25 years in IT as an actual engineer, I have no shortage of topics that I can teach. Since I know my market intimately (because I was part of it for so long), I don't even need to look at Marketplace Insights in most cases to know what people are looking for.

ThomasMitchell · ‎12-10-2021

Can you tell me why my app from October never received a reply?? Never even an acknowledgement.

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