I made my first business video in 2009! It was the early days of online video and I knew next to nothing about making videos at the time. Don’t laugh. Half way through, I almost gave up. I’m glad I didn’t. Read on to find out why. Let’s Rewind Recording, editing and embedding a video to play on a website in 2009 was no easy task. ...
Pros, Cons and Details to Help You Decide tldr - jump to the end of this article for my updated opinion. If you are thinking about selling an online product like an ebook, a report, a course or even some kind of membership, Gumroad might just be the right tool. Some Background I’ve been selling products online since 2014, first with a custom Wordpress site that I hacked together with several plugins. ...
This is a review of NewZenler after using it for just over 3 years. Course creators who want to create and sell an online course have a few options to do it nowadays. This article is my in-depth and honest NewZenler review. NewZenler is not as well known compared to similar course hosting sites like Teachable, Thinkific, Podia or Kajabi. It is likely, they started later but I’m not 100% sure. ...
If you are thinking of selling your knowledge via online courses, you’d probably been looking to find the best course hosting platform. There are many such platforms including Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, Podia and some you may have not heard of like NewZenler, PayHip or Gumroad. This article is from my experience in using Teachable, Udemy, Skillshare, NewZenler and Gumroad. It is not comprehensive since there are just too many to try and review. ...
My courses are hosted on Gumroad. To log in, go to Gumroad.com First Option Click on the Login button. Enter your email and password. If you forgot your password, click on Forgot Password to reset your password. Gumroad will then send a link to your email address to rest your password. Wait a minute or so for the email. Please check if the email went into your Spam folder in case you don’t receive it. ...
In 2015, I wanted to record an online course. Let’s call that Course X. That meant recording and editing several hours worth of videos. I had made videos before in the past but nothing that required that much editing. Six years ago, there weren’t that many good free video editing software. After looking around and testing a few video editor, the best free video editor I found was Shotcut. Recording and editing the course took a month. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time on Shotcut and got to know it very well. ...
Video Editing Made Easy With Shotcut Video Editor Learn how to edit video with Shotcut, a free video editing software that is powerful, yet easy enough to learn even if you have never created a video before. Making a video is quite simple once you learn how to edit a video. This software is cross platform and work with PC, OS X or Linux. Click here to find out more. ...
Where should you host your online training course? There are plenty of options and let me divide this into 2 big categories – a market place and self hosted platforms. Marketplace A marketplace will be sites like Udemy, Skillshare, Skillwise, Lynda, etc. Too many to list with more popping up. The key feature of a marketplace is that the marketplace is where students and instructors meet. There are other instructors there selling their courses there too! ...
Video Editing If you would like me to edit your videos, please get in touch. My area of focus is professional business and services. Get in touch for a quote. Online Courses Consultation If you want to create and sell online course and have questions like:- creating videos where to sell you courses, where to host your courses how to market the courses using automation etc. You can contact me for a consultation. It is just to know what you need help with and if we are a good fit. ...
How much should you charge for your service or your product? Lots of entrepreneurs and business owners struggle with this. There is no one right answer. In this article I’m not talking about pricing high or low. That is largely a function of the market you choose to serve. Your branding also plays a part in pricing. You don’t expect budget prices when you go to a five star hotel neither do you expect sky high prices at a budget motel even if both sell the the same exact bottle of mineral water right? ...