Create Your Own Online Course: Make Money from What You Know
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How to create your first online class -
How to use tools and equipment you already have -
How to make money with online classes -
How to promote your online courses -
Best ways to engage with students -
How to find your next topic -
Building a course from start to finish
- Have a computer
- Have a smartphone or other digital camera
- Have a great idea!
Do you have a great idea for an online class? Do you have a skill, hobby, or interest that you would like to share with the world? Are you looking for an additional source of revenue doing something you already know and love?
If you answered yes to any of those questions then this is the course for you.
Elearning is projected to be a $325 Billion a year industry by 2025. And with the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, online and distance learning has seen enormous growth. If you want to get into online teaching, now is the perfect time.
I’ve been teaching online classes since 2015. During that time over 20,000 students from 150+ countries have taken my classes. I make thousands of dollars of month on these classes, and am a top Udemy instructor. If you search “Digital Advertising” on Udemy my class (Digital Advertising & Marketing 101) is the first result.
In this course I teach how to take your passion and turn it into a profitable online course. And I show you how you can get started using tools and equipment you likely already have (like a computer and smartphone) and show you some free resources you can use to create professional looking content.
This course will cover the following:
- Introduction: Who am I and what is my experience with online teaching
- Choosing the right subject: How to identify the right subject for your class
- Picking the right equipment: You may already have what you need to get started. I show you what you can use and make some recommendations if you want to purchase new equipment
- Talking Head vs. Voiceover: I explain what these are and how you can use the best strategy to engage your audience
- Creating Voiceovers: You’ve seen it before, but there are a some easy tools you can use to make professional level voiceover videos
- Video editing software: Once you record your video, you need to edit them. There are plenty of free and easy tools that anyone can use to get started
- Finding the right platform: Once your course is done you need to find the best place to upload, host, and promote it
- Create a Header Image: Your header image shows the world in a bright and shiny way what your course is about. You need one that will grab people’s attention
- Create a Promo Video: Before students sign up for your course they can watch a short promotional video. I give you some tips to make your video stand out in the crowd
- Promotion: Promotion can seem like a big hurdle, but there are a few easy tricks that anyone can do to get started. Once you know what’s important, the rest is easy
- And More: There are plenty of other tips and tricks I share from my own experience
Learn from half a decade of experience and create a professional course today. With the right strategy and a little bit of work, you’ll have your first class up and running and making money in no time.
Need more convincing? Here are some real reviews from my other courses:
Digital Advertising & Marketing 101
★★★★★ “The real-world examples almost makes it self-explanatory. Professionally done and author speaks with authority – i.e. he knows what he’s talking about and it shows.” – AJ Du Toit
★★★★★ “Thought this was an excellent introduction course. Working in the industry without a huge amount of experience in this area, it was a great way to familiarize myself with topics in ongoing conversations internally and externally. Will be taking 201 to further my understanding.” – Jocleyn Armour
★★★★★ “It is advertised as a 101 course and it did exactly that and very well, touching on the building blocks of Digital Advertising and Marketing. Good job Ben.” – Jean C
★★★★★ “Yes, this is a very good initiative to educate the employees with supporting acknowledges to improve their skills more effectively.” – Seshantu Chatterjee★★★★★ “Thanks so much for the insightful course. The course gave me an in-depth information for a beginner like me and still I could understand it. I love the way the facilitator explained everything, and lastly thank you for the recommendation reads. Now I’m ready to move to 201.” – Motsidisi Maureen Ried
★★★★★ “Very informative, to the point and covered all the foundations of digital advertising.” – Robert Janes
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Digital Advertising & Marketing 201
★★★★★ “When combined with Ben’s 101 course, the two classes make for a thorough and well-organized primer on digital media today. Perfect for marketing people and agency folks (creative, account) who are not immersed in a media agency. It will give you a foundation for how digital media is structured, a clear explanation of the jargon and acronyms you’ll hear bantered about, and a better understanding of the opportunities available. The 201 course goes into important detail about some of the key changes that have taken place in digital advertising recently. Ben explains the concepts clearly and succinctly. Definitely worth the time investment.” – Shawn E Fraser
★★★★★ “This course is amazing. I do affiliate marketing and always wanted to learn about programmatic advertising and this course me taught that. I completed this for an interview and the employer was really impressed by the knowledge I had. Hope there is another in-depth version of this course. Where he goes into ad platforms or ad servers and teaches the real world applications.” – Suryameet Singh
★★★★★ “Comprehensive overview…detailed!” – Kaithlean Crotty-Clark
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Introduction to Programmatic Advertising
★★★★★ “I’m in advertising sales and have been looking for a clean easy way to explain and also test my root knowledge of the programmatic ad space. It was very helpful and simple to understand which is hard to do with this topic.” – Raul Bonilla
★★★★★ “Being an advertising agency media planner and buyer, having this hands on information helps when we face a decision to go into the digital advertising space. Your 101 and 201 was extremely informative and truly like your overviews in a very simplistic explanation. Thank you and look forward to your future courses.” – Diane Tody
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- Anyone who has a great idea that they want to turn into a profitable side business with online classes