Posts by Nate Johnson
3 Tips for Higher Course Completion Rates
Over the last six years, we’ve worked with course creators in almost any industry or niche you can think of. And one of the most common issues they run across is how to get their students to follow through and actually complete a course they’ve created. If you’re an online course creator, in this article…
Read MoreWP Courseware 4.6 Introduces Bundles, Installment Payments, and Much, Much More!
Well, where do we start? We crammed so much into the release of WP Courseware 4.6 that it’s almost hard to list it all! If you’re interested, you can check out the release notes within the plugin. But, we wanted to share a few highlights. We’ve always been feature-driven by customer feedback, so this release…
Read More4 Questions to Ask Before Launching Your Online Course
We’ve always said here on our blog that everyone is an expert in something. And that something is what leads to the idea for an online course. But an idea doesn’t sell. A marketable product does. That being said, there are, of course, ways to ensure the viability of a marketable product ahead of investing…
Read More3 Ways to Use Amazon S3 Cloud Storage Within Your Online Business
We’ve long been proponents of using Amazon Web Services’ S3 cloud storage platform for hosting video. It’s inexpensive, has the resources to store and deliver as much video as you can create, and it delivers it to your end user with a fast playback experience (especially if you combine it with Amazon’s CloudFront content delivery…
Read More3 Ways to Repurpose Your Course Content
Creating an online course is not an easy task. When my business partner, Ben, and I created our very first online video course back in 2010, we easily spent at least 200 hours shooting video, editing video, creating action guides, working on the site, marketing the course, supporting students, and on the list goes… And…
Read MoreUnderstanding Where to Begin and End Your Course Lessons
In this post, we’re going to begin a new series on content creation tips to help you create online courses which will help your students succeed in absorbing and retaining the material you deliver. These tips are based on experiences working with our clients over the last several years, and these strategies and tips are…
Read More3 Strategies for Using Discount Codes to Enhance Your Course Sales
Done right, discount codes can quickly boost sales of your online courses. However, improper use can lead to an unnecessary loss in revenue. On our blog, we’ve previously discussed reasons not to use mass online course marketplaces like Udemy to sell your courses. Sure, the instant access to millions of potential customers is appealing, however,…
Read MoreHow Branding Can Help Your Online Courses Succeed
It’s not often that online course creators give much thought to building a brand around their course…but it can be a game changer when it comes to marketing that course. Our team recently dove head-first into a massive new project here at Fly Plugins HQ. We can’t share a lot of the details quite yet,…
Read MoreCreating Randomized Quizzes with WP Courseware
Randomized quizzes are a great tool for enhancing learning retention. They’re also simple to create within WP Courseware. At the end of 2014, we released the largest update we’ve ever made to WP Courseware. After months of development and testing and with the guidance of one of the smartest people in the WordPress ecosystem, our…
Read More3 WordPress Training Resources You Need to Know About
Fumbling around with WordPress can be daunting in the beginning, however, these WordPress training resources can greatly lessen the learning curve for new users of the world’s most popular content management system. I can remember it like it was yesterday. Three things happened around 2009 which all culminated in me becoming deeply embedded in the…
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