Generating online course ideas that will make money seems to be getting more difficult for the masses of entrepreneurs, who have flocked to Udemy and other online course platforms in search of financial freedom. It’s one thing to daydream about online course ideas you’d like to create. It’s another thing entirely to determine if you can turn your idea into a money-making machine.
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Online course design should look to traditional course design principles for inspiration. as these are rooted in years of research on instructional design practices. So when you sit down to design your next online course, keep in mind a few key course design principles. that will help guide your content creation and organization. How you incorporate these may differ slightly depending on which online course platform you are using, and what the end purpose and audience for your online course are.
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In our last article, we highlighted top workplace skills for 2020. This week, we are focusing on top personal development skills. Personal development skills are a hot topic in general right now. A new decade has begun and so potential learners will be thinking about what personal goals and characteristics they want to achieve in 2020 and beyond.
Udemy courses reflect the world we live in. The most popular courses reflect the current lifestyle and career trends. The most popular instructors reflect what we value nowadays in terms of entertainment and information dissemination. We all live according to ratings and so do Udemy course instructors. Over this past year, the media has been flooded with all kinds of headlines about the progress of women. This year a record number of women will be working in the US Congress. 2018 was dubbed the “Year of the Woman”. We at Teachinguide got to thinking, “what does our data tell us,…
(5 minute read) Udemy instructors have love/hate relationships with Udemy affiliates. On one hand, a Udemy affiliate takes a percentage of your course sales. Instead of getting 100% of your earnings, you have to share it with someone else. On the other hand, Udemy affiliates bring in sales you would not otherwise have. They help widen your reach and exert marketing efforts on your behalf. The best part is without results, you do not have to pay them. After creating Udemy courses, some instructors decide to take matters into their own hand and become a Udemy affiliate themselves. After all,…
Looking for new course ideas? Create online courses for these skills employers look for! The skills employers look for in their workforce and future job applicants are changing rapidly in 2023 and beyond. So if you’re an online course creator looking for new course ideas or you’re looking to enhance some courses you already created perhaps this list will inspire some creative thinking about which direction to take. Tackle any aspect of these skill categories and you’re sure to see some success! Even if you aren’t creating Udemy for Business courses or other corporate eLearning courses, employees, job seekers and…
Anyone planning to optimize course sales must know it’s a competitive business. Therefore, any optimization that can be made to both obtain more enrolments – as well as to sell more courses to current students – will help go a long way in helping the instructor.
Those who get into online teaching and course creation have, among other goals, the primary goal of making money. You may be looking for some extra income, wanting to leave your day job entirely, or want to make money following your passion. The big question is: How can you become good enough and popular enough on Udemy or other platforms to do that? Who are the top Udemy instructors and how do they create top selling Udemy courses? One way is to learn from people who have achieved strong financial results by creating the most popular Udemy courses. This is…
The holidays are upon us! Many of us are very busy finding gifts for nearly everyone we know and often trying to manage a budget at the same time. Whether you have just created a new online course or have several courses on Udemy, you should try to take advantage of this seasonal scenario with your online course promotion. It’s the perfect time to promote your courses as an “easy” and budget friendly Christmas gift – for that person who has everything, for all those teachers who need thanking, or for that relative that someone doesn’t know all that well…
