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Online Course Content Research
A second archived version of the online course research report, focused on courses about course creation and online selling.
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A second archived version of the online course research report, focused on courses about course creation and online selling. Version differences do not establish a separate client engagement.
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Online Course Content Research Introduction This research document summarises the market for digital courses on online course creation and selling products online. Both are part of an overall industry known as ‘How to Make Money Online’. In today’s digital age and information era, online businesses with low barriers to enter are hugely popular. But therein lies a problem. They’re everywhere. Consumers don’t know which course to take, which expert to trust. Nor do they know which platform to trust, equipment to use, product to sell or marketing channel to use. Accordingly, this research focuses on those core pain points and also includes some competitor analysis. Sources are included throughout and the Resources section outlines additional data. Consumer Pain Points - Course Curators 1. Sales and Marketing The proliferation of online courses means consumers (i.e. students) are spoilt for choice when it comes to course and teacher selection. From cooking to crafting, speaking to sign language, most topics are covered by multiple course curators. The abundance of options means it’s crit…Read the complete original document
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