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Hello Piyush Don't worry too much about the reviews. When I published my course to Udemy, I had similar problems of anxiety. Udemy still stands to be the best platform for both teachers and learners from my experience. Keep on advertising your course and your day will come.   ... View more

I'm a professional songwriter so happy to answer this one. Since you are selling your course for financial gain, you need the permission of the copyright owner. Educational use is generally accepted but it's a bit of a tough question in relation to online courses rather than school settings. ... View more

Hello Every one -  Happy New Year   I have just launched my second course, "Part 2 Learning Tabla. Could anyone kindly give me some tips on marketing strategies?   Best to all   Mendi   ... View more

Just received in Wise. Thanks Udemy. ... View more

@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. ... View more

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@TimMacLachlan  My opinion:  You should DEFINITELY create some free coupons and distribute to your network. You shouldn't say, "Here's my course for free in return for a positive review."  But you CAN say, "Here's my course for free.  Please leave a rating and review to help me create the best courses possible, and message me with any suggestions you may have."  You are right - it is critical to get those early ratings in order to gain traction.  You're on the right track.  Consider Udemy's course creation course if you haven't taken it already.  It covers some of this.  Here's more details for how to, and how NOT to, ask for reviews:  https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007512653-Rules-Against-Manipulating-or-Influencing-the-Review-System Good luck!!!   ... View more

Thanks for this Denise!  I had almost quit.  But I just completed my second course and will keep at it, partly because of this post!  Appreciated! ... View more

Hi All! My August sales were far below what I would have expected. After the change of Udemy policy in May, I see a 30% drop in my revenues which is very upsetting. I am wondering if this is only my case or more instructors see the same pattern? ... View more

Hi, I see that you've got 9,729 students enrolled in your course. What do you mean by just 1 paying student?  Can you please detail a bit? I'm new to Udemy and I don't understand this topic.  ... View more

Hi @Zulakha Arif  Our minimum for a course is that it contains at least 30 minutes of video content contained within at least 5 lectures. This page is full of information about teaching on Udemy.   Eliana Cerna  Udemy Community      ... View more

No. You can change anytime but before updating the price of your course, please be aware that switching the price of your course between free and paid more than once will result in restrictions to your promotional announcements. ... View more

Welcome, and good luck 🙂 ... View more

Thats a quality response. Im in the process of publishing at moment and I've worked with SEOs before. The Marketplace tool is amazing and it can either assure you that you've chosen the right subject and key words...or it might confirm the course is not in demand.   The Marketplace tool is strictly based on courses on Udemy of course. But its a great censor, to use for affirmation. Im not expecting too much on my first course. I know the more I add in time, the more exposure I'll have.    I think you should focus on the teaching and developing your own skills for content creation.  ... View more

Long ago, giving public talks, I learned that it is not worth offending even one member of the audience. It is just not worth the backlash. Also, swearing is a cultural behavior and we are speaking to a global audience representing every possibe culture. I think we should respect other cultures. Not worth it.   ... View more

Hi Eve, Thank you for your helpful comment. After reading this post of Scott Duffy: https://community.udemy.com/t5/Stories-Inspiration/Udemy-Promotion-Schedule-Remainder-of-2019/td-p/23453 I think his analysis is quite logical. If he is correct, so this month (July) will be a quiet month because our students are throwing themselves on the beaches. In addition, many posts and comments like yours confirm that the first months should not be expected an income over 100$, it needs time! So I understand, what I have to do now is to focus on improving the course and building its students. My goal is not only making money but also this field is what I am really living for. I hope the best efforts will be rewarded. Congratulation to what you've done. Hope that one day I can reach that. Kindly regards. LongNT. ... View more

Congratulations on getting this milestone. It's a huge milestone but for you its not that huge you are expecting it to be.  The point stating let your student succeed and you will succeed in longer run is perfect. I too believe in that. The marketing strategy as seen in below conversation helps a lot. I have seen few students getting enrolled by You Tube or blogs where i am putting udemy profile links. The students visit my page frequently and give me sales. I always try to check their positive and negative comments. The negative comments help me in learning and positive boost me to move forward. Thank you for sharing such a milestone. It always help in getting an idealogy that the mark instructor got is possible. The only way to get there is hard work and devotion. The most utmost thing is believe that it can happen with you as well.    Once again a big congratulations on getting this milestone.  @Robert_Marzullo wrote:     Super excited to have finally reached this one. 100,000 in sales on Udemy and here is some of what I learned on the way. ( Thos took 3 years by the way! )   1. Consistent output is key. Either updating existing courses or making new courses. ( I have 12 courses now. ) 2. Appreciate bad reviews. What!? Yep, I said it. Those are the ones that will lead you to better course creation if you listen! ( of course I mean the constructive ones. ) 3. Learn to promote your content. Don’t wait for Udemy to do all the work. You can notice that over time I got better at selling my own courses. I started to get less organic sales so I began to share more videos on YouTube, engage with my audience on social media, and create more blog posts. I now bring in 30% of my own sales. 4. Build your audience off Udemy! The real power is in your following and they love interacting with their favorite instructor so give them ways to do that. For me it is pretty easy since I teach art. I comment on their art and give any insights I can. Create helpful free content for your target student as well as a clear line of sight to your course content. 5. Help as many people succeed as you can. Do this and you will find success along the way! 6. Don’t wait for perfection!  It isn’t even a real thing in my world.  I am an imperfect being and I share that in my content.  Besides, I would never get anything done if I thought otherwise.   I hope this helps and I am here if you have any questions! 🙂   -Robert       ... View more