15 Platforms to Publish and Sell Online Courses (and Counting)

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Looking to sell online courses, but confused by all of the platform choices? In this post I draw on my two decades of eLearning industry experience to highlight some of the top online course platforms and help you narrow your list. While you are here, be sure to grab the free platform selection guide to help you make the right choice faster and smarter. And, if you are ready to create online courses and other online education content, be sure to check out the free Learning Revolutionary's Toolbox!

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To sell online courses, it used to be that you had to master an authoring tool, license a learning management system (LMS) – or come up with a workaround – figure out hosting and e-commerce, and then somehow deal with end user support. These days, you can get across the finish line with little more than the digital video camera in your phone, an Internet connection, and one of the platforms listed here.

Here’s a concise look at some of the best of what’s out there for helping you create, market, and sell online courses on the Web. [Read more…]

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The “Triple Your Price” Exercise

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If you want one simple action to improve your course business over night, it’s this: raise your prices.

To understand why this is true, I’d like you to go through the mental exercise of tripling the price of one of your main (or perhaps your only) course. If you don’t have a course yet, simply triple whatever you are currently planning to charge for your course. [Read more…]

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Qualities of Good Affiliates for Selling Your Courses

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In a previous post, I mentioned affiliate marketing as an opportunity for you to create additional revenue streams (along with expert networks and packaged consulting).

In that case, I was talking about you being an affiliate for someone else’s products. But, of course, the reverse is also true: you can find people to market your products – including your courses – in exchange for a commission on any sales they make.

On the surface, that sounds fantastic. After all, what’s not to like about other people selling your courses for you? [Read more…]

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3 Additional Income Streams for Course Entrepreneurs

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Picture of coins stacked like revenue chartDo you want or need to generate additional revenue while you get your course up and running.

Would you like to significantly increase the revenue potential from each course you sell?

If either or both are of interest, you’ll definitely want to read about the three income streams I cover in this post.

Each can be used as a standalone way – i.e., separate from your courses – to generate revenue.

But, each can also be incorporated into your courses to help significantly boost the revenue potential of each course sale.

Here they are: [Read more…]

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Where to find help creating online courses

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An issue that frequently comes up with Learning Revolution subscribers as well as with clients in my consulting business: where to find help creating online courses.

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It’s an important because one of the main reasons course entrepreneurs get bogged down and don’t achieve the success the could is because they just don’t have the time themselves to create courses.

And, even if they have staff or contract help, these often aren’t people who have the skills necessary for developing online courses.

So, what to do?

You can, of course, try posting contract jobs on big sites like LinkedIn. Or on more niche sites like the eLearning Guild, but my experience is that you are likely to get flooded with resumes from either over-qualified or under-qualified people, many of whom really want a permanent position.

While there is no magic button for finding the right help – finding good contractors or employees is always a challenge – here are some other possibilities that will increase your chances of finding the right fit at a reasonable price. [Read more…]

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Will your online course be held prisoner?

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Photo of locked prison doorThere’s a critical question that should (but often doesn’t) get answered when selecting a platform. Namely, “How easy will it be to move my online course to another platform?”

You see, most course platforms provide you with a variety of tools for creating online courses, and that can be great for getting you started quickly. The problem comes down the line when you decide that you either (a) want to be able to distribute your course through additional platforms (e.g., maybe one of your customers already has a platform of their own), or (b) you want to change to a new platform.

Platforms are all a little different in how they approach course authoring and there simply is no “easy button” for exporting your course from one platform and importing into another. In most cases, you are going to run into a lot of headaches trying to do that and you will usually just have to start from scratch when assembling all of your course components in a different platform.

Now, that may not matter much if… [Read more…]

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