
Welcome to the OnlineCourseHost.com Course Creator Academy!
If you are looking to become an online course creator, then you have come to the right place.
I'm a course creator myself, and I've been creating courses since 2016. I'm happy to share with you everything that I know about it here at the Academy.
The goal of the Academy is to give you all the information that you need to start creating and selling online courses, and become a successful course creator.
So just to clarify, the Course Creator Academy itself is not a paid product and never will be.
All the information available here is free and publicly accessible. 😉
This page that you are currently reading is the entry point to the Course Creator Academy, and you should refer to it as you go through the content.
Note: You can always refer back to this page by clicking on the Academy link on the top menu.
In summary, these are the resources that you have available:
- The Course Creator Academy: Learn everything that you need to know to become a successful online course creator, all in one place, for free.
- The Course Creator Academy Facebook Group: Public community for interacting with other like-minded online course creators and with our course expert team.
- Online course platform: if you are looking for a super easy-to-use online course platform to host your courses, check out OnlineCourseHost.com
Where To Start?
If you just arrived at the Course Creators Academy, I recommend starting by reading these two main guides.
These two guides alone will tell you everything that you need to know about how to create and sell online courses:
- How To Create An Online Course (Complete Guide, PDF Included)
- How to Sell Online Courses? (Proven Strategies)
After reading these two guides, you will likely want to learn a lot more in-depth about many of the topics that I covered in them.
Course Creation Guides
After reading the first two guides, I recommend that you read the following next articles in this recommended reading order:
- How To Choose An Online Course Topic (That Sells)
- How to Create an Online Course Thumbnail (to Boost Conversions)
- How to Write a High-Converting Online Course Description
- Affordable Online Course Equipment - Complete Guide
- How to Record and Edit Your First Online Course
- How to Create an Online Course For Free (Complete Guide)
- How To Create an Online Course To Sell (Top 9 Ways)
- How to Promote Your Online Course: Complete Guide
- Where Should You Publish Your Online Course? (Self-Hosting vs Marketplaces)
- How I Started My Online Course Business
- How to Hire an Online Course Team (Video Editor, Assistant, Designer)
- Essential Skills You Need To Succeed As An Online Course Creator
- Design Your Online Course For These 4 Key Learning Styles
- How To Create an Online Course For Beginners: Complete Guide
- Maximizing Online Course Success: 13 Best Practices
With these comprehensive guides, you will know exactly how to start and run your own successful online course business!
Course Creation Guides Per Category
Besides the content listed above, we also have a lot more content available here at the Course Creators Academy.
To help you navigate through our content, I have separated everything into the following categories:
Online Course Marketing Posts
These posts talk about how to market and sell online courses:
- How To Create an Online Course To Sell (Top 9 Ways)
- Why Selling Online Courses Is The Perfect Online Business
- What Is The Perfect Lead Magnet for Your Online Courses?
- Ethical Email Marketing For Online Course Creators
- How To Sell Online Courses With a Facebook Group (Top 3 Tips)
- How To Create The Perfect Online Course Sales Page
- Create a Powerful Brand for Your Online Courses (In 5 Steps)
- Online Course Pricing Guide (Top 7 Science-Based Tips)
- How To Sell Online Courses: Complete Sales Funnel
- How To Sell Online Courses With Facebook Ads: a Complete Strategy
- How To Launch Your Online Course? Ultimate Guide (PDF + Checklist)
- How To Promote and Sell Online Courses On Black Friday?
- How to Sell Online Courses: What Works Best Right Now?
- How To Pre-Sell Your Online Course (Ultimate Guide)
- Personal Branding For Course Creators (Ultimate Guide)
- How To Advertise My Online Course For Free?
- 16 Proven & Easy Ways To Market Your Online Course
- Top 9 Online Course Launch Mistakes (That You Must Avoid)
- Why Online Courses Are The Best Way to Monetize Your Blog
- Online Courses vs. Membership Sites: Which Is Best For You?
- How to Upsell and Cross-Sell Your Online Courses
- Email List Building For Course Creators (Best Practices)
- How to Position Yourself As an Expert To Sell Online Courses
- How to Monetize Your YouTube Channel with Online Courses?
- 14 Best Email Marketing Practices For Online Course Creators
- 10 Powerful ways to Beat Your Competitors When Selling an Online Course
- How to Build an Online Course Community?
- PayPal vs Stripe For Selling Online Courses
- What To Do If Nobody Is Buying Your Online Courses (12 Proven Strategies)
- 13 Free and Effective Ways to Advertise Your Online Course
- How To Sell Online Courses With Webinars Like a Pro (9 Proven Strategies)
Revenue Report Posts
These posts talk about the revenue of many course creators in different platforms, including myself:
- My Revenue as an Online Course Creator (Full 2021 Report)
- My Revenue as an Online Course Creator (Full 2020 Report)
- How I Made $1,615,000 Selling Online Courses (So Far)
- How to be Successful on Udemy (How I Made $436,335 on Udemy)
- How Much Money Can You Make Selling Online Courses?
- How Much Do Udemy Instructors Make? (See the Revenue of 13 Instructors)
- How Much Do Skillshare Teachers Make? (See the Revenue of 11 Teachers)
Course Creation Posts
These posts cover all the course creation process in detail:
- How To Create An Online Course (Complete Guide, PDF Included)
- How to Create an Online Course For Free (Complete Guide)
- How To Create a Better Online Course Experience (11 Actionable Tips)
- Should I Show Up on Camera as an Online Course Creator?
- How To Write a Killer Online Course Title
- How To Create an Engaging Course Outline (Template Included)
- How To Create an Online Course Thumbnail with Canva (For Free)
- How To Record and Edit Your Online Course For Free (With Loom)
- Voiceover With Google Slides: The Ultimate Guide
- How to Host Online Classes For Free (with Google Meet)
- How To Create An Online Course On Fitness?
- How To Create An Online Cooking Course?
- Online Course Certificates: Why You Should Offer Them
- How to Screencast : The Complete Video Creation Guide
- How To Create an Engaging Online Course
- Top 10 (Unexpected) Reasons To Create an Online Course
- 19 Free Tools To Create Online Courses
- How to Create a Programming Course?
- 8 Realistic and Profitable New Year Goals For Course Creators
Course Equipment Posts
In these posts I give you some recommendations on what equipment to use to record online courses:
- Affordable Online Course Equipment - Complete Guide
- Green Screen Tutorial: Improve the Branding of Your Online Courses
- What Is The Best Camera For Online Courses?
- What Is The Best Microphone For Online Courses?
Online Course Marketplaces Posts
These posts talk about some of the marketplaces that you have available for publishing your online courses:
- How to Make Money on Udemy?
- Top 12 Online Course Marketplaces (To Sell Your Courses)
- Udemy vs Skillshare for Online Course Creators: Where To Publish Your Courses?
- Is Udemy Worth It For Instructors? (Instructor Opinion)
- Should You Use WordPress For Selling Online Courses?
- Udemy Alternatives (For Selling Online Courses)
Course Creation Software Review Posts
These posts contain reviews on different types of software that you can use to record and edit your courses:
- Screencast-O-Matic Review 2022 (Fully Updated)
- Camtasia Review 2022 - Complete Guided Tour
- Best Screencasting Software in 2022 - Top 10 Options (Paid and Free)
Best Practices Posts
Some best practices that you can leverage as a course creator:
- Top 9 Mistakes That Beginner Course Creators (Always) Make
- How to Create a Compelling Online Course That Your Students Will Love
- How To Handle Negative Reviews In Your Online Courses (and how to avoid them)
- Top 9 Productivity Tips for Online Course Creators
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the most common questions that we get, and the corresponding answers:
- How Much Does It Really Cost To Create an Online Course?
- How Long Should An Online Course Be?
- How Long Does It Really Take To Create an Online Course?
- How Much Money Do Online Course Creators Really Make?
- What Online Courses Are Most In Demand?
- How To Sell Online Courses From Your Own Website?
- 200+ Best Online Course Ideas (With Examples)
- How To Become an Online Course Creator?
- How To Protect Your Online Course From Piracy?
- What Is The Easiest To Use Online Course Platform?
- How do you make money with free online courses?
- Online Course Creator vs Online Coach: Which Is Better and Why?
- What is the most reliable and affordable online course hosting plan?
- What Are The Challenges Of an Online Course Creator?
- Should I Keep Enrolment Always Open For My Online Course?
- Couldn't find an answer? Write us in the comments below
Platform Review Posts
- How To Choose an Online Course Platform (Complete Guide)
- Best Online Course Platforms (Fully Updated, Category Winners)
- Thinkific vs Kajabi 2022: The Ultimate Guide
- Podia In-Depth Review (Fully Updated in 2022)
- Teachable Pricing 2022: Need Help Choosing The Right Plan?
- Thinkific vs Teachable 2022 - The Ultimate Guide
- Thinkific Pricing 2022: What's the Right Plan for You?
- Kajabi Pricing 2022: What's the Right Plan for You?
- Teachable Review 2022: Is It The Right Platform For You?
- Is Skillshare Worth It For Teachers? (Instructor Opinion)
- Thinkific Review 2022 (Fully Updated)
- Kajabi Review 2022 (Fully Updated)
We keep this content updated and publish new content frequently. You can check this page from time to time, or you can subscribe to the Course Creator Academy and we will notify you when new content is available:
Why the Course Creator Academy?
Our goal here at the Course Creator Academy, is to provide you with all the necessary information that you need in order to become a successful online course creator.
The content of the Course Creator Academy is meant to both aspiring and established course creators. Although the content is especially useful for aspiring course creators, established creators will also get a lot of ideas out of it too.
The goal of the Academy is to provide you with a complete blueprint that you can use to implement your own online learning business.
Being online course creators ourselves, we want you to learn directly from someone who has the experience doing what you are trying to do yourself.
Let us know in the comments section below if you have a request for a particular topic not yet covered, and we will look into it.
We are looking forward to help you as much as possible to become a successful online course creator.
Make sure to join us in our Facebook Group Community, ask any questions that you have about online teaching, and you are sure to get an answer.
Any further questions?
If you have any questions about online course creation in general or ideas for new guides on a new topic that we have not covered yet, please post them in the comments section below.
Vasco Cavalheiro
OnlineCourseHost.com Founder & Online Course Creator
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