Course Development
Hey all. I am thinking of putting together a course on Mobile App dev for non-coders and new entrants into the business world. I know this may seem like a dime a dozen field but I think I see an opportunity. What is the best platform: Teachable, Udemy, Skillshare: MY audience is going to be people like myself - later entries. (Older Professionals on Second Careers)
I'm running nocodemvp.com on Podia :)
The tree platforms have a very different business model, so it depends on where you want to have control. Skillshare tries to sell subscriptions so you have little to less control on pricing unless you make a paid course which works only for well known names. If you plan to do multiple course later on similar subject that skills are with their audience might be good target. Udemy will highly discount your course and people will basically only buy on this discounted price. Both Udemy and Skillshare gives very little control on how you can connect your audience directly but they help you to get discovered. Teachable gives you more flexibility and control but you have to promote yourself no help here unless you really established. So these are some of the trade offs.
I find udemy works for me best. That's partly because they pick the bestselling courses and add them to 'udemy for business' which is what brings in the real cash. It also makes it very much worth your while making the course good. Sounds strange I know, but I got a lot of advice saying just get it out there it doesn't need to be good. I have two course I'm proud of and two I rushed. The rushed courses turned out to be a waste of time and the two good ones pay my mortgage and expenses for the month.
I didn't try teachable because I didn't want to do any marketing. I could learn marketing or I could learn more about my field and learn to make the courses better. I find the later more satisfying. The downside is they take loads of money and if they want they can decide to take more at any moment. If it was my full time income I probably would use teachable.
I got several emails from a Skillshare representative inviting me to teach a course, and it was pretty tempting. Though I was surprised they reached out to me because I had never actually taken a class on the Skillshare platform. I have taken many classes on Udemy however, which makes me think Udemy is more visible. I'm thinking about teaching a web dev class myself!
Basically, everything that @szferi already said.
If you have your own audience and/or are willing to put in the effort to market your course, go with either Podia or Teachable.
Otherwise, Udemy is a great starting place and can help you grow an audience.
Plus One for Podia. Big fan of that platform. They're doing a lot right, and continue to add value. Once I ever find the time to sit down and record things, they'll be hosted on Podia.