WORST UDEMY COURSES - LESSONS I'VE LEARNT
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Welcome to my latest Udemy video! I've already done a few videos about my experiences on Udemy, and there are more to come! Today I thought I'd look into which of my courses have performed the worst. All of them have great content and the best of intentions but I've learnt a lot more about what sells on Udemy! I'm excited to pass on some of my top lessons to you and hopefully save you a lot of time. Thank you so much for watching, and of course don't forget to subscribe!
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I work full time online as a 'Digital Nomad' which means I get to travel the world with my fiance (Ed) and not be tied to living in any specific country. I do Freelance PR, teach courses on Udemy (check out my profile here - www.udemy.com/u/louisecroft/) and of course blogging and UA-cam.
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I fell deeply in love with Gili Air when we visited as a paradise getaway, but Chiang Mai is my favourite place to live. Plus of course, there's no place like home (Dorset in England).
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Learning from others' mistakes is the wisest way of learning!!
Totally agree!! And making these videos always gets me in the mood to create new Udemy courses too! haha
Digital Nomad Girl plz give your fb I'd.I am graphic designer some give me work .I do work then payment.
After 2.5 years on Udemy, I randomly decided to make a course on English Literature as I have 2 degrees in English. It's 12 hours long and a truckload of work went into it and I was worried it was too academic for Udemy. That one course paid my way through the COVID lock down and cleared my credit card. To me the secret was using the marketplace tool to gauge popularity and demand. With 100k courses on Udemy it's hard to find a topic with high supply and lowish demand, but I did. I would also rather make a course in a crowded niche but go all out to make it good than make 10 courses which attract hardly anybody each. Udemy is now getting so crowded that I think you do need to carefully plan how you can make your course stand out, plus do what you did so well and build a reputation on UA-cam and Instagram so that people are interested in your personality and style.
Very Inspiring experience, Eve, thanks for sharing.
All the platforms show you the miracles and golden buckets, but it's hard work the makes the success. Lovely video, keep track of your channel!
Awww thanks! Yeah I want to always show both sides of the coin. I have some really profitable courses but also major duds! Want to try and help other people avoid the same mistakes :) What video have you guys got queued up next??
Excellent advice and behind-the-scene info, thanks Louise!
Appreciate how candid you are about what may fail. Thank you for your valuable service!
Thank you!! Learning from failure is just as important as sharing success I think :)
This is such a useful video, thanks for sharing what hasn't worked so well for you.
Yay - really glad to hear that! Any other video requests??
Thanks for this valuable information!
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for telling me about Udemy. I am so excited. You are very great. I found you threw your video with Andrew. You tube recommended me to you in the side panel. :D
+Glass Nation that's so brilliant to hear!! Really glad you're enjoying the videos :) let me know if you have any video requests for me!!
Hey I just found your channel and I love it!!! I almost binge watch all of your videos in an afternoon lol. I want to be a nomad girl too, I want to go to many places...anyway love your videos :)
Woah what an amazing comment!! Thank you so so much
great video im learning so much here
I want to know how you record video and audio for the courses? Basically I want to know the steps you follow while inserting audio clips and record your voice.
Hey! I either have a mic that plugs directly into the camera so it records my voice the same time as it films my face. Or... sometimes I use a different mic which records audio onto my laptop and then I sync it up using Final Cut Pro :)
Hi ! Excellent video, new subscriber :)) Can you please talk us through the how to make courses process? Like does it have to be in one video or several? How do you break it down etc? Thanks so much 😃😘
Hi! There's a sign up in the description box for a really detailed course I've got coming out soon :D Pop your name on that and you'll get all the info!
But the short answer is that you make several videos - about 30 videos of 5-10 minutes long :)
I love your channel and find it very useful.
Thanks! Really glad to hear that :)
Great Video! What metrics do you use to judge if there's too much competition? Thanks
+Tony Cleere thanks for watching! That's a great question :) Udemy have a really good niche selection tool now where they show you traffic. I also look at number of courses, number of reviews and the quality of the course. If you'd like to know more put your name down for upcoming course about it.... docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7sBfCXQvFN998EkmeRJJ56e-cvqaVG76IN9EMjBm5CruQeA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Digital Nomad Girl . Thanks for your reply, much appreciated
Excellent video and advice. Yet another path to income while living abroad, thank you for sharing.
+Timothy Vannette so glad you found it useful! What do you do for work?
such a good video!:D
Really glad you enjoyed it! Are you considering teaching online?
another great shot. well done Nomad Girl....
So glad you enjoyed it! Anything else you'd like to see in a video?
i would love to watch you showing us how you have grow your channel...? as i am having hard time...😞
Honest and fascinating
Brilliant! So glad you think that :D
Love that all the fails include me!!! Guess I still stick to Graduate Recruitment hahah
Haha - you are great at what you do ;) I still don't know why that course flopped - wish I did!!
How do I know if the topic I want to teach is worth doing it? I know Brazilian Portuguese and I was thinking that as an idea but when I searched on Udemy there isn't a whole lot of courses on this which can be a good sign or bad sign. I don't know if it would be something worth investing my time. I don't have many other ideas at this point but I am attracted to the idea of a passive income.
Hey! Udemy has a search tool for instructors which will show you the search volumes on each topic. It's super helpful!
A lot of courses is definitely a good sign - but only if you can be on page one. You'll need a high quality course, smart key word stuffing, and a bunch of reviews from facebook groups etc with people in who want to learn your topic.
Hope that helps!
From mistakes, we can learn. Thanks a lot for sharing
Definitely agree! So glad you found the video useful 💕💕
Yup! Market research and product development are critical to creating content and products with the audience or customer in mind. It may not always be something you're particularly interested in. Falls in line with one of the general rules I have, which is to keep my money and passions separate. A few very lucky people have passions which lead to financial reward. But, trying to turn your passions into income isn't always feasible. Focusing on creating income streams of any type which are lucrative and flexible enough to allow you to pursue your passions, should be the ultimate goal. There will always be mistakes and failures. Those are just part of being successful. Cheers on another great installment! 😉
Yes 100% true about keeping passions and money separate. I have been so enthused and excited about how passionate these experts are that I lost sight of how viable the course was. Ever since you asked me about what a course needs to make for a decent hourly wage I've been relaying that to people! Really bring it home that to make $400 a month you need to be signing up 80 new students every month! Really helps people see the reality. So thanks for always giving me great food for thought!!
Enjoyed the video and others on your channel. You have that great combination of intelligence, charm, and an attractive appearance. Which brings up my first question: How necessary are those traits when producing video content for a successful UA-cam channel or Udemy course? Also, have you purchased courses on Udemy? Thanks!
Hi Kent. Well thanks so much! :D
So.... yes I have bought a bunch of courses on Udemy. It's super cheap and gives you plenty of previews to check that the course is for you. I've taken photography, Amazon Kindle, productivity, juice cleansing, affiliate marketing, and of course a bunch about Udemy itself. The quality varies so you need to check out the course in detail before you take it, but I've learnt a ton :)
And finally, I think charm and intelligence are always important for being likeable and trustworthy as a teacher. However, I think attractiveness can be a mixed blessing! The image is more likely to get clicked... but it's harder to build gravitas and respect for subjects like money or business. So I guess it depends on the course topic! If you're teaching mechanics or photography then I doubt it matters at all, but if you're teaching makeup or blogging like me then it probably matters more!
Does that help? Are you considering teaching?
Do you know if teaching geography does descent numbers on udemy?
Create a "Instructor" account on Udemy. Go to tools, and then "Marketplace Insights"
I don't know - but Udemy have a section where you can search for things and it tells you if they are popular!
Thank you, great information.
You're so very welcome! Glad it was useful :) Are you guys travelling at the moment?
No till working the 9-5, I have just booked a trip for us to Chiang Mai for October, we would like to check it out along with the the nomad scene etc. So very excited.
Fantastic! We absolutely adore Chiang Mai. Maybe we'll even be there at the same time!! What are your jobs?
Would love to catch up if you are in town. So Cool. I booked our holiday last night and so excited. I work in Admin and Dave at present is driving trucks. We both want to work online, Dave is learning coding and I do websites and UA-cam etc, I teach raw food and veganism, your courses I am doing is a great help. The big thing with us is that we are doing it late in life, next week I turn 60 - so it is a big thing to sell all our belongings and start a new in a new country and trying to keep up with the youth, who were brought up on computers LOL
A major mistake Instructors make is that students enrol to actually watch the lectures. They don’t. About 85% never watch anything . About 5% fast forward to get the completion Certificate. The remainder watch about 2 minutes each week. Therefore: forget content. Get a photogenic, animated presenter; use AI or Wikipedia or just make it up for script. Then you have a course! Look at courses with 15,000 enrolments but Q/A is empty. No-one is engaged!
Why Udemy instead of something like Teachable?
Thanks for the question!! Answer coming soon in the form of a new video!!!
Thanks! I am currently creating a course on Teachable.
Thaaaank you
Glad you found it useful 🥰
I think courses made in a language other than English would have much-limited audience, the reason would be that not many people around the world are aware that there are courses in their language available in Udemy , and this in itself creates a problem elsewhere since not so much sites like Udemy offer courses in languages other than in English ...
Hey. I'm not sure to be honest... But I do know that Udemy paid for some of my courses to be translated into Russian! So there must be some demand as it was quite a hefty investment for them. Presumably Spanish is a huge audience too :) if you chose a big and proven market like Photography I think you could do very well :)
I think the biggest problem was you tried to monetize on content thats freely available on google.
+Sid Bakshi could be!! Did you see the video I made comparing Udemy and youtube? It's along the same lines :) thanks for the thought!
nice
Thanks! :)
hi,do you have public facebook page ? thanks
Hi! I have one for my blog so that's a good place to reach me: facebook.com/paupertoprincess/ Or my other social media links and contact details are in the description box on the video! Thanks :D
thanks a lot
I got an ad for an art course on Udemy!
Ooo cool! The art courses seem to be popular :)
I got a Udemy ad from this. How ironic lol
Haha. Glad they're spending some money on bringing me lots of student! Lol
Digital Nomad Girl udemy doesn't fail entirely i have seen udemy ad in this video hope this ad gives you a good revenue
Haha! That's funny. I don't get to choose the ads but I guess they know that people interested in udemy watch my videos. Hope you found the video useful :)
@@digitalnomadgirl yes thank u
this is awesome.. and udemy is awesome but not all courses do well.
Totally agree! Very important to think about topic popularity before you spend too much time creating a course :) Do you have any?
hi there.. yes I do. have about 24 courses :) >> www.udemy.com/user/alimirza
I'm making a course about making games and game engines
Cool! I look forward to seeing them :)
Embracing failure is the best way to succeed.
Could not agree more! Now if I release a course I'm far more confident it will succeed and I can avoid all the pitfalls from before :) What was your most recent productive failure?
How do you deal with negative reviews?
I always try to reply to them to see if I can improve. But of course having a good course should mean you don't get many. I think generally you have to take feedback well and adapt when you can, but also not take it too personally because you can't please everyone.
You have a lovely accent. Wink wink.😃
If I was learning English I'd definitely try to learn a cultured London accent. Nothing like it in the world. But if you're not living there it might be difficult to maintain. Imagine learning the basics in that accent, then moving to Boston or Brooklyn where the decimation of the English language is an art form. Much like how Quebec tramples the elegant and refined French language so beautifully enunciated in France. One does wonder why people seem to willingly brutalize a language. Why would any sane person actually want to talk with a traditional New York accent? What's ironic is New Yorkers, as they move up the ladder, seek to flush that accent as much as they can. Listen to news broadcasts from New York City. You'll never hear that accent from their own city from the lead people. I bet many people go to particular universities to eradicate their Brooklyn/New York accent. As soon as people hear that they stereotype them into their category of the brash, uncultured, uneducated, unread, common, loud and abusive pain to be around people they avoid at all costs. Its not fair and its not right but it sure happens every day there.
Do you do affiliate marketing? Can you be successful without showing your face?
Its just simple, provide value to students and them will value you too as their trusted instructor
I don't know English speaking because your information is good my English is not good
Thanks for always saying hi on my videos! I love seeing your comments on my channel :)
How are you i am Ali
I was initially very interested in & excited about Udemy, but after watching your videos I think not, cos I teach practical creative subjects. Seems like they're probably not worth the effort & I should look for some other way to create some income. Shame.
Hi! Don't get too discouraged - I know someone who makes a lot of money from baking videos - so they don't necessarily have to be business related. If you sign up for an instructor account (free) then you can look at the stats Udemy provide about each search topic. That will tell you what you can expect to earn per month from your topic ideas :)
Digital Nomad Girl arh thank you. I did feel a bit defeated in the moment 😊 Will take your advice & try to make one or two & see how they go. Cheers.
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everyone makes mistakes
Totally! They're the best way to learn :D
5 dollar profit omg
Indeed!! So you've got to make a LOT of sales!
The Badminton course needs a better title, not just "Badminton"! At the very least, "Badminton for Beginners," or "Improve Your Badminton Game," or "Badminton: Have Fun Burning Calories with this Easy Sport"
Good plan! Thanks 🥰
You are so beautiful
I just watched/listened to a Spanish Udemy course. It was absurd. An Indian accented woman is trying to speak English making lots of distracting grammatical/pronounciation errors. Then she speaks Spanish with her accent which sounds wrong. Can they not hire a native Spanish person to actually speak Spanish? This is like language-fishing. So often I find stuff from India such poor quality. They're like the slime of the internet, always promising the world and almost never delivering anything useful. Is it their education system in India? Is it cultural where they, like much of China, are just thinking of profit today with no thought of building their brand's reputation so their business flourishes tomorrow? I don't understand this because Indians I meet who are educated in western countries are very bright and absorb and process information very well, much better than local people on average. India really needs to get its act together.
You are a Gorgeous woman! (Just had to say that.)
That correct English is, I have learned, not I have learnt learnt is not a word.
en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/learnt-vs-learned Just British instead of American! 😌🇬🇧
I love your videos except one thing - the punching sound that you add in. It actually makes me stop watching the videos sometimes because it hurts my sensitive ears, and feels violent... Aaah, I need to close the video now insted of watching it to the end.
Hiya! I've actually stopped using it in more recent videos because I felt the same :) Thanks for the thought! You live and learn :)
That's great to know! I started following the channel but haven't watched so many of the new videos - more browsed trough the older ones. Just having my first udemy course reviewed so thanks a lot for all the advice :)
Great! Congratulations - a very exciting time :D
keep getting distracted by adorableness. lol. sorry.
Hope you learned a lot too :)
@@digitalnomadgirl oh yes that too! That's why I came to you in the first place! Thank you :) I was an associate professor in the visual arts for over 20 years. Now I'm curious about Udemy :)
Nice! It's a great opportunity 👍 hope you find plenty of advice here
I guess you didn’t learn how to spell learned
Guess you didn't learn how to use Google - en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/learnt-vs-learned
The majority of the so called instructors on udemy can't even string a sentence together let alone their accent. It's a joke!!!!!!!
Its pronounced U D M Y but nice try.
+Jungle Skunk haha. We Brits like to do things differently
JESUS CHRIST!!!!! Don't scare me like that you....woman...))) I coughed with my tea seeing this )))
Friendly tip, Digital Nomad Girl: Try to use fewer hand gestures when speaking. They're very distracting and make you look less poised.