<div class="bbWrapper">Thank you for your support <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/31325/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="31325" data-username="@mws87">@mws87</a> and <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/74/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="74" data-username="@Rawr">@Rawr</a> !<br />
<a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/26881/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="26881" data-username="@EricZ">@EricZ</a> I use Aweber, no problems so far <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br />
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This is all normal. Welcome to the game.
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</blockquote>Actually I entered the game 3 years ago and since then I felt pressure constantly growing. It was very hard to manage my 'states' back in 2014. Lots of ups and downs. I survived the battle, its much better now than it was then, but there is this fear of failure and fear of having to go through those moments again (this creates motivation). Though I think it is not possible with the experience I have gathered.<br />
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I just finished a very looong e-mail giving lots of value to my subscribers. Surprising thing happened just after finishing the e-mail. I needed advice if I should split it into two and how to test things.<br />
And what? 6 minutes later I got a response on the issue from e-mail marketing guru Noah Kagan <span class="smilie smilie--emoji" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8" data-shortname=":D">😀</span> Got enough confidence.<br />
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That's another reason I'm looking at Gumroad, much easier to sell your videos through them.
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</blockquote>Is it? How many videos have you sold?<img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /><br />
I wouldn't use gumroad for that. It's like programming Windows and Internet Explorer to surt the Internet.<br />
If I would want to record a course now, have more profits and have it on my domain, I would go with <a href="http://usefedora.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">http://usefedora.com/</a> But marketing is the hard part usually...<br />
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It's <b>easier to sell to existing audience</b>, and later with experience try to step up and build your own traffic sources. You can get existing buying customers from Udemy and drive them to your site on Gumroad for the next "module" or video. I wouldn't have such sales on my books without the leverage of distribution channels of Amazon and Createspace.<br />
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There is a reason people do guest posting on blogs, they use someone elses traffic.<br />
The same case is for Udemy which is growing amazingly fast, over 5 000 000 students is worth building a position there.<br />
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It's good that the entry level is higher than on KDP, creating a video course is not that easy as outsourcing short ebooks to Philipines. It's also very good that they have quality requirements and things like having content in chunks (people love quick consumables).<br />
I've recorded a test video in 720p and it passed without problems, encoded in Camtasia.<br />
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<u>I've got some notes from a webinar with a guy who released 6 courses on Udemy, it's not a rocket science:</u><br />
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Create original course. Create good sales page. Make sure first 15% is awesome (previews).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Give it away for free every 1-2 months whenever you want your "popularity" to get higher. (Popularity is a number of new students within given time period (week), and its default search sorting)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Get reviews for social proof, again giving it away for free, those who liked it will recommend it to other buyers from the niche. (When you send someone to Udemy with a coupon and they buy something else you get aff $$$)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Triple displayed course length by adding PDF's <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have 12 modules, it's a "sweet" spot.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have the course enrolled into Udemy's promotions and they will get you $1000+/month minimum (with a course priced at $47-$57).</li>
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Of course all depends on what you create and the pricing. I will definitely have something there later on to try it, for money, for more leads, but most importantly <b>for fun</b> of doing it <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>
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