Making my first Udemy course

A step by step of what I did to launch my first online course

The front page of my first Udemy course

Okay folks, this is the real deal. It’s taken me months of thinking, building a group on LinkedIn and having lots of conversations with REAL people to create this course. There might seem like a lot of steps at first, but it’s worth it :)

Here is a step by step of what I did to create my Udemy course.

1. Have an idea of what I want to create — I opted for the PowerPoint screen recording and a voice-over.
2. Validate my idea by having conversations with real people on platforms like Reddit and LinkedIn.
3. Literally get told off by a motivational friend for letting other things getting in the way of creating my first course…everyone needs a person like this in their life haha!
4. Build a group where I provide valuable free content to everyone, and actually help them with stories from my past experience.
5. Procrastinate a lot, and get over self-doubt — this was the hardest step.
6. Write the PowerPoint slides.
7. Edit the slides and make them pretty.
8. Record a test video and send it to Udemy for feedback.
9. Get feedback from Udemy (within 2 hours!).
10. Record another test video, but this time edit the sound by using Audacity.
11. Get a 5 star review feedback message from Udemy (this was a very proud moment).
12. Record the audio on Audacity and screen record the presentation with Filmora Wondershare. Without a script. And include personal stories.
13. Get rid of the white noise on Audacity, and delete the unpleasant audio on Filmora.
14. Find the 2 times a siren went by, and the 1 time a helicopter flew by. Delete those bits.
15. Stitch the Audacity audio to the Filmora video.
16. Chop up the video-audio combination into 15 pieces.
17. Upload each video onto Udemy with descriptions in a logical order. They have a bulk upload feature, but I didn’t use it this time. Maybe next time…
18. Ditch the idea of a promo video — I just couldn’t face making another video.
19. Write a description (200 words) of my course.
20. Managed to meet the minimum 30 minutes of video content on Udemy, by making at least 39 minutes of video! So I submit for review.
21. Linked a way to get paid.
22. Scan my ID and take a live video of myself to prove it’s really me.
23. Fill out a bunch of US non-resident tax forms.
24. Give away free coupons to members of my LinkedIn group, because the course wouldn’t have been possible without them.
25. Sending the course to friends and family to get mountains of congratulations.
26. Make a bunch of TikToks, post the course link on my website and LinkedIn features.
27. Got my first Udemy student purchase within 12 hours of releasing the course.
28. Write a Medium article about the whole experience.

I hope this gave some insight into how much actual work it was. But I’ve got to say, I’m definitely going to do it again!

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