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Phew! I misread it. Congrats on the fruitful journey though.  ... View more

 Chris Haroun is the hero we have, but do not deserve. Thank you!! ... View more

Many people say that they are frauds. They sell their initial thing for cheap, and then you have to pay a heafty amount to use it completely. That worries me. ... View more

As Boris said, computer generated voices are prohibited. ... View more

Glad your courses are better than AI poetry! Congrats 🙂 ... View more

Had a quick look and listen to your course, and it seems more than fine actually. Sound quality is great, and your introductory videos that do show your face is warm and welcoming. Good luck and weldone!  ... View more

Hi @HanyEldiftar , @LawrenceMMiller is a great community supporter, and helped me a lot on how to improve my own courses. So, you should take his suggestions into consideration for sure. Of course, if you make research on your own at Udemy, you will see that this, "instructor-centered", or “old-school” approach of course creation dominates – instructors recording themselves. Larry is a great example how successful one can become by pursuing this approach. However, new technologies allow us to apply different styles. For example, I prefer "Whiteboard animation". Since I am a relatively new instructor, maybe I am not a good benchmark for you. However, check the following instructors who earned a status of “Udemy Instructor Partner” status: https://www.udemy.com/user/365careers/?kw=365+car&src=sac https://www.udemy.com/user/asengyczew/?kw=asen&src=sac Obviously, it’s up to you how you are going to build your own brand and authority. Faceless approach has his own Pros & Cons for sure – Larry mentioned the major concern. Regards, Boris ... View more

Hi @RyanJaress , This is a great topic for sure. I hope you do not think only at traditional approach of sitting and shooting yourself 😉 I am trying to simplify the process while keeping my content engaging. That’s why I have a very different approach to most of other instructors focused on “traditional AV recording process” – I rely on “Whiteboard animations” – so I have a very different “AV setup”. I found many benefits in this approach: It allows me to entirely focus on my core – on content production, while to completely eliminate boring video editing, or expensive equipment like camera, lighting, etc.; It allows me to separate Audio from Video recording process since I am not on the screen. I am recording my own voice over (based on my own script) – but it can be easily outsourced, which is a great opportunity for all of us non-native speakers; You can even outsource “Whiteboard animation process” if you don’t have a software, or don’t like it. Yet, I prefer to do it by myself since it is a creative process, and I see it as an integral part of my content production – here I can play with visual elements and symbols as I like; From a technical standpoint – it’s similar to creating content at Power Point. Yet, drawings make it much more engaging, while syncing voice over with drawings is very easy; And, if you think this approach is not a good match to classic instructor’s Video recording process – just check “365 Careers” and their content at Udemy – they are killing. Here is the link:   https://www.udemy.com/user/365careers/ Yes, they rely on a different software – “2D animations” – I have just started experimenting with this as well. For now, it seems as much more complicated, but you always have to spend some time on obtaining new skills – and, it’s always hard at the beginning 😉 So, instead of just talking about mics, cameras, lighting, video editing tools and similar – I would like to expand the topic to new possibilities based on technology – I think that’s the true “AV setup” discussion, challenging the basics. And, I don’t mind if you guys would like this to be a separate topic. I am the first who would like to better understand new trends and what technology really allows us to do. Sitting and shooting yourself is good approach for sure, but just one possibility. Only one possible “AV setup”. ... View more

@Bella Please keep us updated. My course on udemy for business has 6 students from China and 23 from Singapore. Most are from USA and India. This got my wheels turning as I’m in a women’s group with a lady from China. She is doing some marketing for our group and she showed me the WeChat platform that she is an influencer with 1.1 M followers. Whew …..I’m curious how many students are fluent in English and how the students are reacting to the course. Big favor for me to ask her to plug my course …… ... View more

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Of course, nothing should be free.  When I advertise my own links at discount I call them a 'sponsored price of $xx' not as free or discounted 😉   Sounds more noble than I guess it is, but even if one person who would have paid signs up for free, I have definitely invested in them 🙂    There is, however, something gratifying in knowing there are three thousand people out there getting project management training they may not have had.   JP ... View more

Thank you @Bella ! ... View more

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 ... View more