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Every time I go out, I see people on their phones. In the store, walking down the street, stopped at a red light in their car, in the food court. Everywhere you look, people are looking down at their phones. The phones can do everything now. We can order dinner and have it delivered, or book a table at our favorite …

The universe has conspired to give me a week off work next week, and so I’ve decided to set a little challenge for myself. I will watch 7 courses over the next 7 days. And blog about them here. First up, Anthony Alicea’s course, Learn and Understand AngularJS. The courses will focus on things I really want to learn to improve …

Have you ever wondered how a submarine works? I mean, really, when its at the bottom of the ocean, what does it do to get back to the surface? How is it propelled? How does it steer? Why doesn’t it tip over under the water? In this course, Arjit Raj goes over these questions in technical detail. Arjit is a …

The question comes up from time to time, How Does Udemy Promote My Course? Well, there’s the official answer that talks about the options but gives no detail on HOW to get into those options. Udemy Promotions Of course, there is more to it than that. There has to be. First you need to understand something that is very important. …

I recently had to purchase some stock photos, and found one I liked. I was about to buy it, when I realized that many different stock photo sites carry the same image. So I spent some time finding that image on many of the big stock photo sites, and working out the price for the exact same (or similar) sized …

Someone pointed me to this really interesting article on building your own home recording studio. I think the advice is awesome, and love how she tests each setup with a recording so that you can hear the difference side by side. Transom Worth checking out if you ever have to do audio recording at home.  

Hey there, fellow course lovers! I wanted to bring three courses to your attention as something you might want to look into. Marc Issacson is passionate about Drupal, and deeply knowledgeable about technical topics like using the command line. I’ve taken the “Business Success Formula” course myself, and Marc goes through step-by-step the thought process you need to go through in …

There’s a soft spot in my heart for Coursera. Although my time is almost entirely devoted to Udemy these days, I still enjoyed many of the great courses that I’ve taken on Coursera. I want to get back to taking more courses there. So it’s good news that Coursera has raised another $60 million from investors to continue bringing great …

I am in the middle of reading The Boron Letters, a series of letters marketing legend Gary Halbert sent to his son Bond from Boron prison in 1984. It’s fascinating. Now these letters have been read by countless marketers, and have become a bit of a cult legend. The secrets to sales and marketing are buried inside these free letters …

This post focuses on some recent changes on the Udemy.com platform. Udemy has introduced a redesigned category and subcategory pages, and several instructors are reporting a devastating effect on sales. I have not really understood why sales have dropped until today. Here are some thoughts. I’ve heard from a number of instructors who contacted me privately that the redesign a …