I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the best way to gain traction for your last course is by cross-promoting a new course.  In this post, overcome the very first challenge of creating your next course: choosing a topic. Start With What You Know and Love There are two base ingredients in this recipe for success: exhaustive knowledge of the subject and a passion for sharing what you know.  Nobody wants to learn from someone that isn’t an expert…
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There are two basic ways to construct your online course. One option is to create all of the fundamentals of a topic, and present the material in an organized and logical way. This provides a strong fundamental understanding of the material, as well as a long-term reference guide for that material. The second approach is to create a task-based course. This sets up a common goal for all subscribers, and each part of the course builds on that premise until…
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Resources for Creating a Case Study Course on Udemy This is a list of resources that I used to create my logo design course on Udemy that I talk about in the video. It also includes some alternatives that you can try out. Mind Mapping Software Mindmeister (Online and Mobile Devices):  Mindmeister is the software I use to do my mindmapping. It is a paid service, but if you look at the pricing page at the bottom there is a…
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What is a Facebook Offer? Facebook Offers are a new feature for pages that have at least 400 fans.  These offers allow you to promote your courses (and special discounts on them) through your Facebook page. Facebook Offers drives people to your course page and helps you get discovered as people claim and share your offer with their friends. It is a great way to promote your courses to your fans!  Let’s take a look at how to create these…
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Quora can be an amazing resource for promoting your name, brand, and Udemy courses.  We highly recommend Udemy instructors explore this interesting social media platform as a means of driving awareness of and traffic to your courses.  You can get started by simply searching for your topics areas (e.g. Yoga, HTML) in the Quora search bar on Quora.com: Using Quora’s search, you’ll be able to find questions, answers, and topics related to your topic areas.  We recommend finding questions (either…
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As your courses grow in popularity and sophistication, it is important to foster a parallel growth of your student community.  Taking a course in isolation is nowhere near as much fun– or as rewarding– as taking it with a cohort of peers who are learning the same things you are.  The Udemy platform offers a number of tools that can assist instructors in creating community, and getting your students to interact with you and each other. With this in mind…
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As an online instructor with Udemy, you are a pioneer on the leading edge of education, but one of the challenges of being a pioneer is the best road has yet to be clearly marked.  Choosing the right price point is the most common question instructors ask, and the most challenging to answer because frankly, there isn’t just one “right” price.  But there are some guidelines that can help you find that perfect price point for your course an ensure…
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In the Online education marketplace, quality rises to the top.  You want to know how courses with massive enrollments happen? Well, people aren’t fools. Nobody buys lemons anymore. To have thousands of students enrolled in your course, it has to be REALLY good – that means easy to listen to, easy to follow, and easy enough to watch for hours. And how do you do that for technical training? Quality screencasting is the currency of the realm for pretty much every technology…
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You’ve heard it in videos before: audio that sounds like it was recorded on the back of a pickup truck going through a tunnel:  full of echos, crackling “S”’s, background noise, and hollow voices.  But the solution doesn’t require thousands of dollars in expensive equipment or buying time at a studio.  In fact, you can get professional quality audio with just a hundred bucks and some creativity.  Here’s how: It all starts with the microphone, that magical device designed to…
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