Why Create an Online Course?

Online courses are becoming a more and more popular way for bloggers and online business owners to make a living. The best thing about them is that they are a form of “passive income”. This means that you can create the content once, and continue to sell it to new students again and again. But what are some of the other benefits of selling an online course?

It’s easily accessible

Online Courses vs. eBooks: Which Should You Create

If you have something to teach the world and you have a website on which you can showcase it, then that’s definitely something that is worth doing. It can help to promote yourself and your expertise, it can make you money, and can also help to build a base of loyal users. The two main ways to teach online are through online course and eBooks. Depending on what you’re trying to teach and how you’re trying to communicate it, one type of product may be better for you to create than the other. Here are some of the things you should take into consideration when making a decision.

How much are you trying to teach?

How to Make Sure Your Students Engage with Your Online Course

You’ve sold your online courses, but have you made sure that they’re going to have the desired effect? Have your students really done the work and got something out of your course? Are people going to tell their friends about your online course and recommend it to other people who are trying to learn about the same thing? There are many things you can do in order to make sure that your future students engaging with your online course.

Make updates

How to Choose a Topic for Your Online Course

Deciding to create an online course is a big step forward, but if you don’t even know what you’re going to teach, you should put some serious consideration into your topic before you start. There should be several deciding factors in how to choose what you eventually create your course around, but here are the main things you should think about.

What do you like and what are you passionate about?

4 Tips to Help You Sell Your Online Course

Creating and selling online courses can be a great way to earn some revenue from working online, but it can also be quite challenging to make the money from them initially. However, even with a very small budget (or no budget at all!), there are ways that you can promote your online course and try to make at least a few sales.

Promote the online course on your social media

How to create and sell an online course

How to create and sell an online course

Have you ever entertained the idea of creating your own online course? Maybe you want to give away a free course to build your brand and reputation. Like most bloggers or other small business owners and entrepreneurs, you might see an online course as a great way to build a passive income stream that reliably puts money in your pocket every day and night (or at least monthly). For whatever reason, if you are considering creating, marketing and selling or giving away an online course, there has never been a better time to do so.
Thanks to the global reach of the Internet and the World Wide Web, there are billions of people who can get access to your course. They can live thousands of miles and several time zones away and get their hands on your course day or night, regardless of where they live, and all they need is an Internet connection. If you are unsure about just how powerful the Internet is for building your business and reaching your financial goals as a blogger or other small businessperson, consider this.
● 4.15 billion people had Internet access in December of 2017

How to Reuse and Repurpose Content from Your Live Video

How to Reuse and Repurpose Content from Your Live Video

If you’ve been successful in making a great live video, you might start wondering what else you can do in order to utilise the content and get as much mileage from it as possible. Some videos that you post will have a better response than others, and if this has been the case with your live video, it is a good idea to look at the content and think of ways you can use it further.

Share the video after it has ended

How to Get Over Your Fear of Live Video

How to Get Over Your Fear of Live Video

You’re certainly not alone if you’re considering doing a live video but have worries and anxieties about it. However, there are certain things that you can do in order to try and make the idea of filming live not quite as worrying as you first thought. Here are some of the things you can do to make the process easier and to become excited about live videos rather than scared and nervous!

Don’t worry about what you look like 
You’re probably going to want to look great for your live video, but you should also remember that there is only so much you can do and that your audience aren’t actually that bothered about your appearance. The fact that the video is live will generally make your audience much more forgiving anyway, so that’s a positive way to look at live filming!

How Live Video Helps You Connect with Your Audience

How Live Video Helps You Connect with Your Audience

Have you noticed that lots of people seem to be going live on social media these days? With many apps joining the bandwagon and allowing their users to easily go live and create videos for their followers, it’s no surprise that so many bloggers and small businesses are getting involved and using this fairly new feature to their advantage.

Connect with your audience quickly
It’s a super-fast way to get in touch with your audience and let them know that you’re active and online. Your followers will receive a notification to say that you have gone live, and you’ll be able to see just how many of them are engaged with you and are watching the video as it is live.

How to Get More People to Attend Your Facebook and Instagram Live Videos

How to Get More People to Attend Your Facebook and Instagram Live Videos

Are you going live on Facebook and Instagram but not getting the support that you want? This is a common problem for bloggers and small businesses who are trying out the new social media features for extra publicity and engagement but just not quite achieving what they want. Here are some great ways to get more people to click on your live videos and attend the live feed that you’re putting all the effort into.

Announce it beforehand
If you go live whenever you want, it might suit you but think about the timetables and schedules of your audience. You should announce that you’re going live before you actually do it, especially if you are going live with something important or exciting that you really want people to engage with. Rather than letting people know 10 minutes before that you’re about to go live, let them know the day before (or even the week before depending on the importance of your video content). This gives people who are interested in the video enough time to make plans and rearrange anything which might get in the way of missing your live video.

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