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Hi @GenefaMurph976 , I just noticed you replied to my first comment.  Just checking - did you see my second comment, directly above, with the draft workflow and automated email suggestions?  I think they really make it work for both instructors and Udemy... Thanks, Bill ... View more

Hi @WilliamStewart,    Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I just stumbled upon your message recently. Our monthly coffee chat is primarily a space for instructors to connect and share their expertise, so we don't typically address questions during these sessions.   However, we had a post here about SEO and course descriptions where I shared insights from our internal team in August last year.   Please let me know if you have additional questions.  ... View more

Congratulations to all the Winners👍   ... View more

Hey @MarinaT hope a recording will be posted soon, I could not attend. ... View more

Hello @LindsayMarsh Congratulations on this huge milestone and thank you for sharing your experience. ... View more

Generally, it looks good to me.  Of course, I am making some assumptions since unfortunately I don't speak Spanish.  The number of languages at the beginning is amazingly impressive!   Couple things fwiw:   1.  The cuts between the language examples at the beginning is very abrupt.  When I have had to make transitions in my course, sometimes I have a half second to one second fade out of the previous content.  In Camtasia you can do a transition that causes an image to gradually fade out over a certain time period.  Even a half second of fade out can make a transition to a new piece of content much smoother.  And you can fade in new content as well, so over half a second it fades in, and then starts.  Now, this is a minor comment.  Not make or break.  Doesn't have to be done as an urgent matter tomorrow.  Just might improve it a bit.  For your consideration.   2.  At about the one minute mark you make a reference to your website.  This might or might not be ok, I'm not sure.  I know that generally speaking you are only allowed to "market" your own products and services in the final "Bonus Lecture" - marketing anywhere else is not allowed, since Udemy really does not want students to find educational material is marketing to them.  However, I am not sure what your reference here was, if it was simply "there are free resources like a download of checklists at this website", it might be ok.  If it was "buy my services at this website", it would not be.  And any references cannot ask for email addresses, so if your website asks for an email address to provide a checklist, that would not be allowed.  Except in the bonus lecture.  Suggest others reading this post chip in with their opinion, and/or suggest you double check that brief reference with policy@udemy.com.  These restrictions can seem quite restrictive, but you don't want to make a policy violation, so might be worth double-checking.  This is completely opposite of a Youtube video of course, where marketing anywhere and everywhere is very common.   Hope this helps.  Keep up the great work!   Cheers, Bill ... View more

If you have an ebook, make a course about it and add it as a resource ... View more

That was my point exactly. Your last point - trying to sound more natural. So cut the non-native English speakers some slack.    ... View more

Hi @SilWright, @SAPBuddy, @Jak Się Rozwijać    Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I absolutely enjoy it here in the instructor community!😊 @Jak Się Rozwijać: Many thanks for your feedback regarding a community newsletter. This is exactly what we are currently working on!🙌 Stay tuned! We update you once our newsletter goes live!😊 ... View more

I couldn't agree more!   ... View more

The recap is live! You can access it here 😊 Enjoy!    CC: @TominCumbria  ... View more

Thanks all. ... View more

Hi Bill,  Yep, using that 2 minute loop isn't going to make happy campers. You have a whole bunch of options actually, most under 100 USD that allow you actually access to thousands of songs for a variety of videos. For instance, artlist.io is an example. However it is just an example, I really do not want to portray them as somehow the best one among all, since I haven't tried all. You can also consider just buying specially made for you tracks on fiverr.com This is nice if you want to make a special intro or jingle just for you. Artists on fiverr cover the whole spectrum, from super expensive to very affordable depending on how much social proof they have and their skills.     Bets of luck! ... View more

The recording? Thanks! ... 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

@Bella  @LawrenceMMiller @Abbie  This is regarding "Try it for 7 days" option we have in the personal plan.    If a student didn't continue to a paid plan after 7 days, will those minutes still be counted in the total minutes' pool?   And if a student continues with the paid plan after 7 days, will the minutes consumed in the first free 7 days will be counted in the total minutes pool? ... View more

Thanks @Lili  ... View more