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Junkyard · ‎03-07-2024

Uggh, I wish I had seen this before I made the ignorant and foolish mistake of posting my free coupon code to Udemy Free Coupon Code groups on Facebook. It was exciting for my daughter and I to watch people register from all over the world on the map, but you are absolutely right, VERY few have done anything at all in the course! This was my FREE course that I thought might help drive traffic to my main course on a simliar topic. At least I didn't post a FREE coupon code for my pay course, thank God. So I wonder if my FREE course is doomed forever? I'm going to go remove that posting from the facebook groups I posted to, even if it is really too late, damage already done. Thanks for the information here. It helps, but the marketing side of all this is overwhelming. Not sure I want to take the time to be a youtuber and my social media presense is small with most not being "technical" or into my subject matter like I am, but my first course is still selling a little, simply from Udemy's marketing. I'm happy, not looking to make this a career I guess, but will work at it to improve. - thanks again.

Eng.MohammadAwwad · ‎02-11-2024

Amazing room

learnwithyan · ‎10-07-2023

My bitrate is 1500 Think its good for udemy

MarinaT · ‎08-22-2023

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!😊

Tanya333 · ‎06-23-2023

Thanks @MarinaT! FYI, the link to this webinar on the webinar recording page is incorrect - it brings you to the webinar sign-up page.

MarkLassoff · ‎05-17-2023

Keep in mind that many people here don't speak (or write) English as a first language and may be teaching in another language all-together. I'd rather people try to get their point across as best they can then become self-conscious about their writing. This is a world-wide community and first, we have to be accepting!

Coach.Hector · ‎05-07-2023

Muchas Gracias @Bella tu profesionalismo inspira a los demás. Te deseo mucho exito en tus nuevas aventuras. Nuevamente Gracias te vamos a extrañar.

Ayesha A · ‎05-02-2023

hi Jack, To answer the second part of your question; Udemy will rank you well if you are going micro niche on already well established courses. What i mean by rank well is that it will show your course as NEW with already well established courses in first two or three courses, By going micro niche i mean dont create anymore course on how to do SEO. Instead create a course on How to do SEO for Car rentals/ How to do SEO for Solo Traveller. Give your students resources, tell them where to go, direct them, lead them. Zoom in deep and find the micro niche which people are searching for. Search for popular topics in Tools section of your instructor dashboard on your left hand side. Hope this helps. Regards Ayesha.

@AutoDS · ‎03-22-2023

We agree with this too! Something they should definitely consider!

SaiAcuityIn756 · ‎03-07-2023

I use google translate once I download the English caption file. Create VTT docs and upload, its pretty simple. Takes time when it comes to long duration courses but I try to create captions in languages like Spanish, French, German since for my courses I see lot of interest from these regions. Moreover I create captions only for my highly saleable courses.

Bella · ‎03-06-2023

Hey @MarkLassoff, this post is fantastic! Thank you for sharing your process and equipment for creating technical courses. It's clear that you've put a lot of thought and effort into your videos, and I appreciate you taking the time to provide examples for those interested in creating similar content. I'm sure your tips and insights will be helpful to others looking to create technical courses, and I encourage anyone with questions or ideas to share them in the thread -- let's keep this discussion going! 😊 Bella Almeida Udemy Community

MarkLassoff · ‎03-02-2023

You're looking for "stock video". Search this term on Google and you'll find dozens of free and paid sites. Here's one to get you started...

MarkLassoff · ‎03-02-2023

Stand up and press record? Can you be more clear about what you are asking about? If you're asking how to record video, you should start with the resources that Udemy provides. This might be a good place to start: https://teach.udemy.com/recording/set-up-your-filming-studio/ If this isn't what you're after, please clarify your question.

MarkLassoff · ‎02-20-2023

It's overly complicated, in my opinion. Here's the summary from Udemy: https://support.udemy.com/hc/en-us/articles/229605008-Instructor-Revenue-Share You can also click the "view details" link next to any sale in your sales report and see how your share was calculated.

Alexia · ‎02-20-2023

🥰 @Kimmy

Alexia · ‎02-15-2023

Thank you for clarifying @emergentorder . Lots of possibilities!

Otabek Abdurakhmonov · ‎02-14-2023

Hi @Luca.U , For me, it is also interesting to know other instructors view regarding this topic. But as far as I know, although offering your course for free helps you to reach lots of students, most of these students will not engage or watch your course after enrolling which will lead to poor performance. If your course is good enough, then I assume you will easily reach lot's of students by promoting it yourself. This is just what I've heard from other instructors and I've not offered my courses for free so far. Let's see what other instructors say about this. Good luck!

bnnnakra · ‎01-30-2023

Actually, the fault is with promotional video. I have wrongly uploaded the small promotional video from kinemaster. That's the issue. Not with my lectures video.

MarkLassoff · ‎01-30-2023

Thanks! I think it's important to delineate between Christian content and Christian instructors. I'm sure you can understand discomfort by labeling and segregating instructors as Christian or non-Christian...

CoursesSubconsciously · ‎12-19-2022

What Shutterstock license did you use for your Udemy courses, standard or enhanced?

Shaker · ‎06-19-2022

I use Audacity it's a great free software , it can fix that

amansrivast729 · ‎05-17-2022

i am at office according to indian standard time

MarkLassoff · ‎05-08-2022

Hi @Blogging Betty Boomer We use a prompter in some instances and not in others. Generally, for introductions, wrap-ups, and other structural videos, we script and read off a prompter. We also sometimes use it for instructional videos where we want to get a single learning objective across in a tight timeline. When we're in "teaching mode", demonstrating software, code, or technology, we purposefully don't use a prompter. We'd like the viewer to feel like the instructor is sitting right next to them, explaining what to do step-by-step. Remember that video learning is missing the "intimacy" of the student-teacher relationship. Bad prompter can dehumanize the interaction even more, so be judicious in your usage. Here's an example of a video we did with a prompter: And here's a video we did without a prompter. (Notice the difference in approach) The challenge is not in learning to use the prompter software-- It doesn't take anyone on our team more than 10 minutes to use our iPad-based software. The challenge is in learning to read off the prompter and seem natural!

PainDocPenny · ‎12-24-2021

That is something I do not hear every day. I love that you are in the know, Sharon! Thank you for sharing! 😉 HAPPY HOLIDAYS to YOU and YOURS!!!

Rahul Iyer · ‎11-20-2021

Hi @AEC2021 In situations like these, I always make a point to reach the content owner and seek a written permission. In most cases, I receive the permission as it increases the visibility of the content creator. In the past, as a response to my request, the content owner also recommended my course on his/her YouTube platform/blog (which was a really nice gesture). This practice mostly works when we deal with individual content creators.

Bry · ‎01-05-2020

Haha, thanks David! I am, however, 4 years moved on and much happier than I was - in case you're therapist mind was wondering 😊 I've taken a quick poll and it seems like the simple slideshow / cheesy animations are helping people stay focused and they keep the videos from getting too dry by staring at code while trying to picture the words coming out of my mouth. I've decided to continue doing them for folks like yourself. In case you ever decide to switch from therapy to game development, my videos will be there to help you along the way haha 😊

MasterK77 · ‎10-23-2019

Hi im only going to Answer your First Question! In my own personal Experience where I put one of my Courses up for FREE for a bit...I did Notice that a lot of people never ever looked at it or finished it because it was Free...on the other hand if a person buys your Course they really feel that they should get their Moneys worth,and engage and finish it...so I have to agree with MarkLassoff...I hope this helps,The Best of Luck! MK

ScottDuffy · ‎09-18-2019

Maybe what you want is PayPal or Payoneer to support bitcoin withdrawal. But they would never, ever do that for the same reasons as above. Plus PayPal makes its money on fees so they don't want to do it.

TomOphir · ‎07-03-2019

I feel its important to focus on the long term story of what is happening with our courses, have meaningful goals and and not always get bogged down in the day to day happenings... as another member, said it's easy to get jarred by an occasional negative review. My courses tend to sell steadily, modestly within a niche marke... but after six months hard effort I now have a bestseller amidst my courses, and Udemy is doing a great job helping to promote my courses. So keep on going...

Mufaddal · ‎06-11-2019

Thank you for the inputs will surely keep in mind these checkpoints.

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