The visual aspect seems to be the king of engaging content these days but you might also have noticed that even in the best filmed, most action-packed motion picture, the sound has a lot of bearing into how the scenes are perceived and remembered.

Personal branding done right might also help you get more awareness and increase course sales. You just need to learn a few key practices that will help you build your personal brand quickly and efficiently. Let’s have a look at them:

Offering customer support for learners can be an unexpected challenge for entrepreneurs. The bottom line is that you can do it yourself as long as you use your learning platform to the max, automate the process if you can, and manage your time wisely.

Creating online courses for B2B clients comes with its own set of challenges even if you’re a more experienced online entrepreneur. Here are four things that you’ll have to do differently if you’re thinking of collaborating with other businesses:

Having your own business is equally challenging and rewarding. Instructional design requires a big dose of creativity, a thorough knowledge of the audience, and the ability to adapt quickly to shifting demands. With the right connections and the proper mindset, being a knowledge entrepreneur is a rather good line of business at the moment.

Working with a co-instructor can take some workload off your shoulders, especially if you’re creating a more complex course. Plus, the work of two instructors means seeing the content through more than one perspective, which learners will appreciate.

Your online course launch isn’t a one-time event or a marathon that you just have to finish. It actually comes in three stages: pre-launch, launch, and post-launch, all with distinct opportunities to maximize your marketing efforts. Lastly, don’t forget to have fun and enjoy the process!

People need a laugh (or at least a smile or a mental nod for those who are more reluctant to manifest their feelings). So even though learning itself is a serious endeavor, an appropriate dose of humor will go a long way in making the experience more engaging and memorable.

If all sorts of technical issues about creating and selling an online course are more straightforward to deal with, psychological issues are a horse of a totally different color. Here are five examples of fears about creating an online course and how you can overcome each of them:

Feedback can help you improve multiple aspects of your online course. The golden rule is that, in order to get effective feedback, you need to ask the right questions. No matter if you opt for a survey or an interview, here are a few examples of what questions to ask: