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How 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 MoreWhat To Do About WordPress Vulnerabilities and Exploits in 2019
You work hard to make your WordPress site a great experience for visitors. Do you want unauthorized third parties horning in and messing up your good thing? Of course not! That’s why you want to be aware of and safeguard against any potential vulnerabilities and exploits. If you’ve just seen the infographic 20 Chilling WordPress…
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 MoreLevel Up with Mike James’ Online Arduino Course [Success Story]
We recently had the chance to interview Michael James from programmingelectronics.com. Mike took a huge leap of faith when he left a cush job in aviation to launch an online business around his true passion…the open-source hardware and software project, Arduino. More specifically, he chose to turn that passion into a business by creating online…
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 Costs for Amazon S3 Storage and Delivery
Amazon’s S3 cloud storage platform is extremely cost-effective, but budgeting for it can be difficult to predict. When we started our first online course back in 2010, almost all of the content consisted of video. And when we launched we knew we needed to address three specific issues right off the bat… Since we were…
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…
Read MoreA Wish for Your 2019…And a Few Last 2018 Updates
A Wish for Your 2019…And a Few Last 2018 Updates Wow…just wow! It’s hard to believe, but we’ve almost reached the end of another year! It’s been a busy year at Fly Plugins HQ…we’ve launched new plugins and integrations, made massive overhauls and updates to WP Courseware and S3 Media Maestro, and we have a…
Read MoreThe Gutenberg Guide to WP Courseware and S3 Media Maestro
Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the past 2 years, you’ve likely heard that the classic WordPress editor is getting a facelift and its name is Gutenberg. The WordPress Gutenberg editor has been in the making for a couple years now and is finally ready for prime time….well, errr, for the most part. Thankfully,…
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