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Create Your First Successful Online Business

Name: Create Your First Successful Online Business
Rating: 4.4 (53 reviews)

How to structure, record, edit, and maximize your online course for massive reach and impact for first-time teachers.

Created byRob Percival, Jon Haase, Codestars • over 2.5 million students worldwide!

Last updated 2/2019

English

What you'll learn

Create your course outline
Build the perfect video starter kit
Film your first video using just a mobile phone and a tripod
Record your first audio file using simple and affordable equipment
Edit audio with the most effective audio editing software
Edit your first video in Camtasia, Screenflow, iMovie, or Final Cut Pro
Respond to student reviews
Engage with happy students
Engage with unhappy students
Optimize a course for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Use online analytics to monitor and improve your course
Speak confidently in front of a camera

Course content

14 sections • 80 lectures • 7h 17m total length

Introduction2:49
What Makes a Successful Course?7:20
How to Get Great Reviews5:48
Serve your students by delivering promised value, answering questions, and inspiring action; engage emotions and stand out from the crowd to earn higher reviews and drive online business success.
The Secrets of Making a Great First Impression10:24
The Single Most Common Problem: Believability5:30
Speaking So Your Students Will Listen4:18
Warming Up Your Voice4:11
Avoiding Stutters and Stammers4:52
The Essential Gear Guide6:55
Use your mobile with a ready cam holder and a fluid-head tripod to film video, pair a lavalier microphone or Blue Yeti for audio, and use Camtasia for screen captures.
The Deluxe Gear Guide5:09
Conclusion0:41

The Perfect Topic For You4:39
2.2 Analyzing the Competition and Setting Your Course Apart10:25
2.3 The Importance of Market Research4:35
Udemy Insights10:15
Using Video Search Results3:43
Competition Research Alexa3:16
Analyzing Your Research and Applying it to Your Course1:13
Sit down, use your research, look at what you’ve got, elevator pitch is written topic, Where it relative to competition (longer, more exercises, more topics) slide screen with elevator pitch, 30 seconds or 100 words no more than 4 bullet points why should people care about your course.

The Power of a Good Course Structure5:28
Structure interacts with topic

Pyramid without missing blocks

Logical learning journey, a leads to b leads to c

Attention exercises, lectures

What kind of course influences the structure, means to an end - do things, discursive less practical

Coding is a skill that needs hands on always, some need to build before hands on
The Sections Of Your Course3:53
What is a section?

How to pick one

Big milestones to get through the course

Good chapter

How to choose them

How does it flow

Stand alone

Linked
Choosing The Lectures In Your Course2:33
Good lectures

How to choose them

How does it flow

Stand alone

Linked

Lectures interacts with section

create a draft chapter list
The Sequence Of Your Course3:24
Big value up front

Build in complexity

Projects at beginning are fun and build competence

Executive summary up front photography example, not the camera it is you
Shortcuts and Hacks To Course Creation4:11
Start on a whiteboard

Move to paper

First talk through the sections thinking of the skill students should be able to do

Then talk through the lessons of each section creating bullet lists of key points

Compare this list to popular references to check for holes and gaps in knowledge
How To Make Your Course Super Practical and Student Focused2:30
Think of everything from your students perspective

Create three personas who may go through your course and

Think of student problems

Consider student dreams and goals

Participate in your activities from a student perspective

Think of your student experience

Why Lighting Is So Important6:57
Achieving professional-looking lighting whilst spending less8:29
Using cheap but effective lights13:26
Video will cover:

Buying your first light

Using your first light (get it close, use an extension cord, take it down, use a light stand)

Storing your first light

Isolating the subject from the background

Making the entire room an even light

Great for preview and intro videos
Making the most of natural light11:19
Mixing natural and continuous lights9:19
When to mix light
How to fill shadows
How to fill in shade
How to soften the sun and fill

Screen capture software and microphones1:20
Introduction to software and microphones and why both are very important.
Why you need crisp audio and good video6:17
examples of good and bad

Computer and mobile hear and see

Benefit to the learning experience
Getting good audio with your mobile6:40
How to setup your mobile for great audio

Wireless mics

Ear mics

Lapel Mics
Getting good audio with your computer4:17
Setup distance, pop screen, distance from keyboard, cardioid pattern and monitoring your audio.
Adjusting and editing your audio using Camtasia, FCP X and Screenflow8:40
Import or record audio
Adjust audio levels
Remove background noise from audio

Why use Camtasia1:58
Learn how Camtasia captures your screen, audio, and video simultaneously to create immersive lessons, and discover its cross-platform ease, $200 price, and practical steps to start producing content.
Creating your first movie in Camtasia3:54
Open Camtasia, select screen, camera, and microphone inputs, and start recording. Use the movable capture box for HD framing, then save your intro video for the next lessons.
Trimming your first video (with and without showing yourself)7:31
Adding annotations with Camtasia12:44
Sharing your video with Camtasia3:04
Adding a second clip to an old project with Camtasia2:42

Why use Screenflow?3:09
Learn why ScreenFlow is a preferred Mac video editing and screen capture tool for instructors, covering how to create, edit, trim, and export videos and compare it to camtasia.
Creating your first movie with Screenflow4:38
Trimming your first movie with Screenflow4:45
Adding annotations with Screenflow11:04
Exporting your video with Screenflow2:59
Adding a second clip to an old project with Screenflow4:01
Add a second clip to an existing ScreenFlow project by dragging in an existing video or importing a new recording, then prepare and export your final lecture.

Why use Final Cut Pro (FCP)1:54
Creating your first video in FCP2:02
Trimming your first video in FCP1:41
Adding annotations with FCP7:00
Learn to add annotations in Final Cut Pro using gradient center and lower thirds to create professional, non-distracting captions, and customize text properties for your course videos.
Exporting your video with FCP3:57
Adding a second clip to an old project with FCP4:44
Learn how to add a second clip to an existing Final Cut Pro project, trim nondestructively, blend sections, and export a polished lecture video.

Requirements

Be able to read and understand English
Be able to turn on a cell phone and record a video
Be able to operate a computer

Description

Learn how to create, record and publish your own online course!

Update with 46 audio files for easy listening wherever you go and a bonus PDF guide on secrets to creating delighted students!

With seven and a half hours of lectures and challenges, plus bonus reference material and individual instructor support, this course gives you all the tools and help you need to create your own exciting, comprehensive and best-selling online course!

Whether you want to monetize your passion, work flexibly from your own home, or just share your skills with the world – this course will give you everything you need to make your online course a colossal success.

Taught by Jon Haase, a hugely experienced Udemy instructor and founder of BHC Portrait Photography, you’ll be taught the tips and tricks of course creation from a true expert.

By the end of the course you’ll have gone from beginner to extremely knowledgeable instructor, and Jon will be there with you every step of the way.

You can have the greatest content in the world, but if you don’t present it in the right way, you might as well not bother!

In this course you’ll learn how to:

Create a high quality, high rated, and engaging course that stands out from the competition
Structure your course so that your students stick with you every step of the way!
Recognise (and avoid!) common presenting mistakes
Record professional-quality video and audio (and discover the impact this can have).
Discover which pro-level editing software works best for you: Camtasia? Screenflow? iMovie? Audacity? Find out now!
Utilise Search Engine Optimisation to get your course seen by the widest possible audience.
How to write amazing titles, subtitles and body copy to engage and motivate your students.
Turn your course in to a best seller by continuously improving your content with online analytics

Built around practical exercises and challenges, with the aim of making the most of your new skills, Jon follows Rob Percival's "learn by doing" style to make sure every student he teaches succeeds.

During the course, you'll:

Assemble the perfect video producer starter kit - and record video lectures like a professional!
Practise different methods of engaging with students, and discover how much this can benefit your course!
Learn from the best real life copywriting examples, and discover easy tricks to attract new students.
Learn how to speak confidently and comfortably in front of the camera - even if public speaking terrifies you!

No prior presenting, recording or teaching experience is required. You'll get all the support you need from the instructor, and in the friendly Q&A area.

This Offer Won't Last Forever

Go ahead and hit that "take this course" button to start learning how to turn your expertise in to a best selling (and financially rewarding) course!

What are the requirements?

No experience required - this course will take you from beginner to paid professional
Course equipment: A computer and a mobile phone:I'll guide you through exactly what you need no matter your budget!
All you need is enthusiasm!

What am I going to get from this course?

Discover the tips and tricks of online course creation
Build the course you want to, quickly and efficiently
Turn your passion in to a course and your course in to a success
Enhance your life by living out your vision and priorities
Contribute to society by teaching others the valuable skills and lessons you already know
A bonus guide on how to engage every student to maximize your effectiveness as an instructor and have happy students

What is the target audience?

Anyone who wants to teach online, and get paid to do so!

Please don't miss this opportunity to change the world while you live out your values with passion and energy. Join me now!

Who this course is for:

Beginners who want to become online instructors.
Experienced teachers who want to further improve their skills!
People who have an open mind and want to change the world
People who care about giving back

Create Your First Successful Online Business

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Course content

Introduction11 lectures • 58min

Perfecting Your Course Idea: Choosing a Strong Topic and Analysing the Competiti7 lectures • 38min

Structuring Your Course for Success6 lectures • 22min

Lighting5 lectures • 50min

Sound Recording and Editing5 lectures • 27min

Camtasia6 lectures • 32min

ScreenFlow6 lectures • 31min

Final Cut Pro6 lectures • 21min

IMovie6 lectures • 25min

Audacity4 lectures • 23min

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