[Updated April 24, 2020] Running a successful seminar has, traditionally, been a great business model for edupreneurs. Successful seminars can be extremely lucrative and give you the opportunity to grow your authority while traveling around the country (or world) teaching an enthusiastic and engaged audience. But there’s an obvious catch. Even the most popular seminars …
15+ Platforms to Create and Sell Online Courses (and Counting)
[Updated May 24, 2020] Looking to sell online courses, but confused by all of the online course platform choices? In this post I draw on my two decades of e-learning industry experience to highlight the best online course platforms and help you narrow your list. It’s a great companion to my free platform selection guide. …
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How to Lead a Masterclass: Effective Strategies for Teaching Adult Learners
Teaching adult learners has many advantages over teaching younger students. For one, your learners are usually interested and engaged in your subject. Adult learners have chosen to continue their education, and thus value your teaching—and your time—far more than students who are required to be in your class. However, while you don’t need to put …
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Camtasia 2020 Review – The Go-To Software to Create Video Tutorials and Courses
If you are looking to make online courses or tutorials a part of your business model, then you are going to need the ability to create compelling videos. Fortunately, these days there are plenty of tools that make it easier than ever to create video tutorials and courses that not only look amazing but are …
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How to Get Sponsors for Your Masterclass
Hosting a masterclass can be a financial gamble. Will enough learners sign up to cover your costs? What happens if you invest hours in planning your masterclass, but struggle to make a profit? Perhaps you want to teach learners who can’t afford to pay a large fee to join your masterclass, but you still want …
How to Promote Your Masterclass to Build Interest and Maximize Sales
Once you’ve created your masterclass, it’s time to promote your masterclass and begin selling spots. Your promotional efforts should be focused on three key stages: before the masterclass launches, during the sales period, and after the class has sold out. Promoting your masterclass before it exists Even before you’ve written a word of your masterclass, …
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How to Plan an Online Masterclass
Online masterclasses can be great fun, but they’re also a lot of work. From finding the right platform and writing the class, to selling spots and getting reviews, a lot of moving parts need to come together seamlessly in order to make the masterclass a success. This undertaking might seem daunting, and many edupreneurs are …
5 Online Course Platform Free Trials You Should Do
In my guide to online course platform selection, I stress that you really need to understand your goals before you start making decisions about a platform. That means understanding the kinds of outcomes you aim to create for your learners and the types of activities – e.g., video tutorials, online discussions, graded assignments, live online …
How to Create and Host an Online Masterclass
As the market for online courses becomes increasingly crowded, it’s becoming harder to stand out and – with student expectations continuing to rise – it’s also harder to maintain a profitable price point for an ordinary self-paced online course. Edupreneurs need good approaches to bucking these trends and an important one to consider is offering …
Optimizing PowerPoint for E-learning
Times are changing and the world is quickly opening its eyes to the value of e-learning. Traditional learning methods that require you to be at a certain time and place can be an inconveniencing interruption to our often-busy schedules. And from an instructional perspective, you have to balance creativity with practicality. So that begs the …