To achieve financial success with your Udemy courses you need to avoid the mistakes that most Udemy instructors make. So we have created a number of best practices for you to follow that will provide you with the maximum chance of making significant passive income on a monthly basis from Udemy.
Validate all of your new Course Ideas
You need to spend time coming up with new ideas for Udemy courses. When you come up with ideas it is essential that you validate them for demand. A lot of Udemy instructors miss this step and end up launching courses that make little or no money.
There are a number of different ways to check for demand. We recommend that you use at least two which are checking with Udemy Insights and using the Google Keyword Planner to check for search engine demand.
Plan your Udemy Course Content
Always take your time to plan a good Udemy course. Detailed courses with several hours of video usually outsell shorter courses. Decide on the learning steps of your course and then create each training video around these.
We recommend that you create scripts for each one of your videos. When you do this you ensure that you don’t miss any important points that you want to get across to your students. It also helps to keep you on track and prevent you from rambling in your videos.
Use the right Tools
Udemy will reject your course if the sound or video quality is poor. Invest in a quality microphone and a pop filter and stand to produce the highest quality audio. For your live recording sections you need HD quality so invest in an HD webcam for a few bucks to create the best results.
If you intend to record your computer screen then you will need a screen recording app. There are free apps available for both Windows and Mac users which will do a good job. You will also need a video editing app to bring everything together and make your videos the best they can be.
Make your Courses Engaging
When you are creating your videos always keep student engagement uppermost in your mind. Do not create videos of longer than 10 minutes because students will not usually want to watch longer videos. Tell your students what to expect from each video by adding an introduction slide at the start and a conclusion slide at the end.
Add stories in your lectures. Relate your interesting experiences but don’t make your stories too long. Create quizzes to increase student engagement. These are good for your students to test their knowledge and to see how far they have progressed. Use the multiple choice answer format.
Make your Landing Page Convert
Your course landing page is your opportunity to sell your course. Don’t treat this as a chore like a lot of instructors do. Create inspiring titles and sub titles. Provide a promo video that really sells the benefits of your course.
Students buy Udemy courses because they want results so make your student goals results orientated. Use your description to sell the course benefits as well. Add an inspiring and quality image to your landing page.
Promote your Course
Don’t just rely on Udemy to sell courses for you. Set up your own promotion channels and use free and discount coupons to drive sales. Ask your family, friends and other people you know to watch your course for free and leave a good review so that you build up good social proof.
Create more Udemy Courses
You are very unlikely to earn a significant passive income from just one Udemy course. So come up with new ideas and use these best practices to rinse and repeat so that you can build your income levels.
