Posts by Nate Johnson
3 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…
Read MoreThe 3 C’s to Reduce Customer Churn for Your Membership Site or Course
Customer churn can lead to a 33% loss in sales for a membership or course site each year. But what can you do to fix it? For a membership site or online course which relies on recurring monthly subscription income, there are a number of potential factors which can lead to a loss of customers…
Read MoreHow to Calculate Amazon S3 Pricing for Storage and Delivery (+CloudFront CDN costs) – 2021
Amazon’s Web Services’ S3 pricing is competitive and cost-effective, but budgeting for it can be difficult to predict. Let’s take a look at how to calculate an estimate of monthly AWS S3 pricing for your business. When we started our first online course back in 2010, almost all of the content consisted of video. And…
Read MoreHow to Create an Online Course with WordPress in 10 Simple Steps
Want to know how to create an online course with WordPress? These 10 simple steps will show you how. Article Index 1. Introduction 2. Course Topic Selection 3. Course Topic Validation 4. Setting Learning Outcomes 5. Compiling Your Resources 6. Beginning Your Outline 7. Choosing a Delivery Method 8. Creating Your Course Lessons 9. Building…
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