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LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-31-2023

Yes it matters. This is not Tick Tock. Look at every TV screen, every movie screen, the eye naturally sees more horizontal space and that is why every professional production is "landscape" and not vertical.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-22-2023

@MarinaT, New Community Manager: Ryan I suggest you take this down.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-20-2023

This appears to be an advertisement for a competing platform. That should obviously be against the rules and common sense. @Bella And @Leads Academy you just joined this forum today and you have no courses. Do you not understand that this is a forum for Udemy instructors?

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-20-2023

Now I see in "related content" that Lindsey Marsh seems to be the author before it was copied here.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-20-2023

Who is the author of this post? @Bella It appears that you copy and pasted this without attributing it to the author. It also seems to be several years old, but I can't see any date on it. Not good.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-12-2023

@TejaswiniAllikanti You asked for feedback, which is a smart thing to do. I just looked at the first minute of your opening video. You need to redo this. The audio is terrible. You need to use a good mic that produces a clear audio track. It is very muffled and this on top of the inherent difficulties with your accent, means the most will stop after only a few seconds. Also, you have your head tiled backwards to look up at the camera. That is uncomfortable. The camera should be exactly at the same height as your eyes so you are looking on a horizontal plane. I hope that helps.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-07-2023

Yes. Students want to learn from a human being, one who is expert in his or her field, one who is personable and one who can be trusted to share their experience and knowledge. If you want to succeed as an instructor you have to build your brand around your own identity. Not a cartoon.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎05-04-2023

Thank you, @RobertBrown028 . Occasionally, an apparent wisdom emerges with random probability from a vast sea of foolishness.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-25-2023

Don't confuse your students. To be successful in this business, or any business, you need to build your brand and gain the advantage of selling to loyal customers who respect you. Instructors who make a real business of selling courses have created brand identity.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-24-2023

@Bella Thank you, Bella and sorry to see you are leaving. You have done a very good job herding cats here. Best of luck in your next adventure. Larry

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-19-2023

https://link.chtbl.com/Udemy?sid=li-207 I think many, maybe most instructors don't know that there is a Udemy podcast. This month I think it is particularly good, with a particularly interesting contributor. See if you can figure out why I think she is so interesting.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-19-2023

@Bella Her name is still there.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-19-2023

Congratulations on all of your self-congratulatory accolades. You must be a real genius. You only have one problem. You obviously have spent no time studying what makes an effective course on Udemy and what results in marketing, sales. You have three course, two of which are free (which always results in poor ratings), and your courses are "light", with low perceived value. And don't pretend the problem is that one woman who you chose to publicly assault in your message. And, labeling someone as a "hater" does not tell us anything about her, but it does tell us about you. She is not your problem. Look up "locus of control." You may find a clue. I am very experienced and very good at a very limited number of things. But, I really suck at tennis, dancing, playing the piano and lots of other things. None of your previous accomplishments make you a good online instructor. Focus, man!!!

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-17-2023

I am sure you can. I don't use it that way so you may want to check the specs and ask a question on the B&H site. They are very good about answering questions like that.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-17-2023

Early on I bought two different inexpensive wireless systems and I had all kinds of problems with them. I finally decided to buy a professional quality system and for five years it has worked perfectly. If this is your "job", invest in good equipment. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1484178-REG/sony_uwp_d21_14_uwp_d21_camera_mount_wireless_omni.html

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-12-2023

Here is another example. This is one of my oldest courses. Look at the 12 month data and then the longer data set. Again, very different meaning.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-12-2023

Thank you! This is fantastic news. For those who may be newer instructors, you should know that some of us have been begging and being a nuisance about this for a long time. I am very happy to see it materialize. I am looking over my courses from the twelve month and longer view and recognizing some really important trends that I could not see before. Let me give a couple examples from my courses. It doesn't matter which ones. Course A. Here is the old twelve month only view followed by the longer view. Think about the "meaning" you can derive from the 12 month only, versus the longer data set. Totally different conclusions.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-09-2023

@Bella It seems that several times every week some instructor comes on and posts a message that he/she was banned unfairly. This is a waste of our time since there is never anything we can do about it. My request is very different: A) When and instructor is banned from Udemy they should also be automatically deleted from this forum so they are not posting these messages here. B) Please have Trust and Safety, when they ban someone, which is the virtual equivalent of capital punishment, make their message to that instructor VERY clear, informing them of their offense and informing them what they may be able to do to rehabilitate their relationship with Udemy. I think many of these complaining instructors genuinely do not understand what they did wrong and what they might do to fix it. At the same time inform them that appealing to the instructor community is NOT helpful.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-09-2023

Why not? Some instructors have used an outdoor setting very effectively. See Clare Lynch's course on Writing with Confidence where she is different settings in Cambridge while talking about great writers and writing. Very effective. Also, see Chris Haroun's introductory lecture to his course on public speaking.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-05-2023

@AlexCollin149 Every creator thinks he/she deserves the majority of the revenue for the sale of their work. But, it never works that way. An author of a book, and I am one, may work for five years on what they believe to be a brilliant book that everyone should read. If they get a publishing contract at all, which is increasingly hard to get, the royalty will be between 5 and 15% of the sales. You can, of course, publish your own book, just like you can publish your own course, but you will have a very difficult time developing a market, in either case. The exact same is true for those who create music, plays, films, etc. That is just how the world works. Note that Udemy is not exactly earning "excess profits", in fact they are not yet profitable at all.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎04-04-2023

Since you have raised the subject, and I agree that it is an important issue, I would be curious how you have create an inclusive course.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-22-2023

Thanks, that looks good. My idea is not to read a script on a teleprompter. I have never written or read a script. But, to project my PPTs with key points, graphics, etc., that I talk from. Rather than looking down at my laptop, I thought it would seem to be more natural to be able to look directly into the camera without looking down.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-22-2023

A few years ago there was a discussion about teleprompters and what I remember is that some genius instructors built their own. I am not going to do that. I want to buy an off the shelf teleprompter to use with either a laptop or an iPad and with my Nikon Z6ii camera. There are a bunch listed on B&H (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=teleprompters&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ps) but it is pretty confusing. Who uses one and is happy with how it works? Can you recommend one? Thanks, Larry

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-20-2023

Apparently you succeeded because it shows no courses in your profile.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-18-2023

Respectfully, a small correction. Your preview videos need to be a minimum of 10 minutes. They can exceed that. It would be almost impossible to make them exactly 10 minutes. However, I think it unwise to make too much of your course for free because the prospective student will feel like he or she "got it" and won't feel a need to enroll.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-18-2023

@jvjarvinen Definitely No! The preview video is best short, two to four minutes. You must have a total of ten minutes of video that can be previewed, which means two, three or four videos that are all available for preview. I usually make my first three videos available for preview.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-10-2023

@RonErez The answer to your question is "yes." And, your formula sounds about right. It takes time and persistence.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-04-2023

Forget the number of students. It means little. A reliable way to figure income is to take the number of reviews and multiply by $11. That will come very close. I'll be more precise. I have 85,872 reviews as of this moment. And I have earned a total of $931.020.26 as of this moment. Divide reviews into earnings at it will give you exactly $10.84.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎03-01-2023

You need to create a coupon. Go into "Promotions" on the left hand side of your instructor page, create a coupon for whatever price you want, and have them use that coupon. Then you will receive the 97% percent.

LawrenceMMiller · ‎02-28-2023

Is there ever true work/life balance? I have been an entrepreneur with responsibility for selling business and keeping 25 consultants employed; I have been an author; and, now an online course developer. I am not sure that my life has ever been in balance. I have had periods when I was on my sailboat for six months (I claimed to be writing😃) and then many months of business travel and very late nights working or writing. It is a wave pattern. I am just finishing a new course now. I am on the home stretch, and it is just like writing the last chapter of a book. I don't want balance, I want to be left alone so I can completely obsess on completing my course. But, last year I didn't develop any new course because I was consumed by personal transitions. I may go six month and not develop anything, then for a few months I may be completely dedicated to my new project. Fortunately now, my kids are all grown up, and my wife is a successful author/playwright and now Udemy course developer. So, she completely gets it. Of course you have to take care of your family relationships and not sacrifice those to your work. But, balance, I don't think I have ever been in balance.

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