The Ultimate Unofficial Udemy Online Course Creation Guide

Learn the truth behind how making money works as an Udemy instructor. What about discounts? Why $10 courses? How much money do you actually make on average?

Learn the reasons why you might see some of your profits being distributed a lot of different places, and why this is OK, or even good!

Learn what the Udemy Teach Hub is, but mostly, I'll teach you what the Teach Hub doesn't tell you; how to get into the Udemy for Business, etc.

I'll tell you how to get paid as an instructor, and the importance of other features to guide you to optimal success.

The details and truth behind how to become truly successful here; how to make a million dollars as an Udemy Instructor.

Figuring out what topic to teach is the biggest decision in the process of course creation, but there are many guidelines to direct you to finding it easier; I'll tell you them.

Udemy provides to you a treasure trove of data to advise you in the exact logistics of your potential course's success. I'll show you how to find this, and how to take full advantage of this.

Piece your new knowledge together! Get started!

I'll tell you exactly what I do before starting my new courses, the very things I always make sure to include in them; how to draft it properly and to be the best it can be.

Learn what a bonus lecture is exactly, and how I would establish it.

It's time to start the content your students will utilise; learn how to make your slides engaging. Also, how to avoid copyright issues with pictures, and potential suing in this regard.

Learn how to get your students to see what you're doing on-screen, what software I recommend, and the importance of a good mic. I'll tell you just how to get the best audio for your screencasts.

How do you record in loud environments? I'll give you my advice on this, along with how to keep your screencasts from looking amateurish.

The technical aspects of producing a "talking head" segment, and why you should definitely consider making them. They don't necessarily require expensive equipment, and they can take your course to the next level. I'll show you how. 

Lighting obviously makes a huge impact on your video's quality and in turn, reception. There are tips and hacks to make things go smoother and look the best they can.

Green screen is exciting; here's my experience with it.

It's taken me years of trying different set-ups and gear to get the quality that's guided me to the success I have today. Here, you can skip those years of experimenting, and learn exactly what I've settled on.

Audio is very important! Here's how to make it sound best, echo-free, clear, etc!

I have some tricks to make filming go smoother if you don't have anyone around to help you, how to get an nonobjective opinion on them prior to release, etc.

My advice on how to edit your new courses to become professional and absolute.

Learn how to get your new professional looking and sounding video from your editor to where it should be.

Udemy offers some hidden features to make your course more engaging to your students; here's what I recommend to add more flare to what you've already created.

The words you choose are very very important to attract any students to your course. There a lot of things to consider, I'll show you what.

This is an important feature to attract students to your course; here's how to format it and compel students.

More important formatting notes that are extremely significant to optimising your course's success. I'll show you how to make it look like the kind of thing people want to click on; how to make sure you don't undersell yourself.

How to get students to choose you over the others; I'll guide you on how to use promo videos to make yourself stand out and further sales.

Learn how to make the most of your thumbnail and visuals to catch student's attention to your course initially. There's science behind it.

How to deal with legal matters with your course, ie, money, contacting students, piracy, whilst still taking full advantage of any opportunities for the best success for you and your course.

Here's what you should do to efficiently engage and connect with students and encourage reviews if you're a new instructor.

A good relationship with your students personally may be helpful in encouraging them to stick around; here's some tricks to help keep your audience around and still follow Udemy's guidelines simultaneously.

Now that everything is created, it's time to prepare for it's launch. I'll show you what you need to do to help make sure your launch goes as smoothly as possible and to avoid some stress.

Preview videos are key in enticing students and showing off all you offer. YouTube can also work as a great way to do just this; I'll show you how to within Udemy's guidelines and how to take full advantage of YouTube's opportunities for self-promotion.

If this isn't your first course, here you'll learn the best ways to advertise your new course and have it promoted more heavily.  I'll show you how to be sure you reach your audience. I'll also go into detail on using social media to promote yourself.

Apply all you've learnt so far, build confidence to push that submit button!

Don't forget these steps after you've submitted your course, or marketing won't be the best it can be! I'll educate you on coupons, and more into how to not mess up your two announcements you're allowed.

Learn other ways to better your course launch, making things go smoother, cheaper, less stressful, and also possibly securing an audience before you've even submitted your course.

I'll show you some tested and true methods to optimise your success in marketing and getting traffic on your course, working together with Udemy's established customs and using this to it's full extent and your full benefit. What is a flywheel? I'll show you!

Here I'll show you how to keep your flywheel spinning even after your course has newly launched, how to keep students coming over time, keep your course being bought, for your maximum profit!

Find out how a sales funnel works with online advertising and email lists, and whether or not it will prove profitable to you.

Discover how you can use blog posts and online interviews to introduce more students to your courses - the right way. Try these tips to feed your flywheel without much additional work.

Learn how making more courses can help make you more money. I also describe setting a schedule and strategies for first-time instructors.

Find out the importance of keeping up with your Q&A as well as learn the tips and tricks you may overlook. I'll also describe strategies to manage it when you begin to gather a larger student base.

Decide when to draw the line with student-instructor interaction to save you valuable time and effort.

Manage bad reviews and learn what you can do to minimize them. Sometimes your students will offer you valuable criticism for you that could make your courses that much better.

Explore just how Udemy's review algorithm actually works, as well as how to deal with hateful reviews without feeling discouraged.

Understand refunded courses and what they really mean. I also explain how to tell when your courses become out-of-date and how to stay on top of competing instructors.