Episodes
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Shayna Oliveira of EspressoEnglish.net chat about overcoming the fear of being too sales-ey when selling your courses and also Shayna’s unique path to success in selling her English Language courses.
Published 10/22/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel offers Sarah Parkinson Howe personalised advice for creating her first online course and answers questions to help other new instructors.
Published 10/09/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla discuss how they’d approach building a brand new Youtube Channel for Online Course Promotion
Published 10/01/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Elzaan Marnane talk about Imposter Syndrome, why we experience it and what you can do to minimise its effects.
Published 09/03/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla talk about what they did when the found their online courses had been stolen and rue-loaded on Youtube, stealing their SEO rankings and impacting their income.
Published 08/27/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla talk about the differences between creating exclusive and non-exclusive courses. Some platforms prefer to have exclusive courses and some don’t mind. Hear what one of the top selling online instructors’ has to say about what you should do with your courses!
Published 08/19/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla talk about how to go about updating your course. There’s 2 main different ways when dealing with mainstream hosting platforms, uploading into the original course and creating a new course. Both come with their own unique set of problems.
Published 08/12/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla talk about utilising different online course hosting platforms to best benefit your business. Some online instructors choose to limit their placement of courses to one platform, we suggest you put your courses on as many platforms as possible!
Published 08/05/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla chat about how they've grown and utilised their online social communities like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to attempt to sell their courses.
Published 05/16/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla chat about A/B tests, what they are and what their experiences with the A/B tests are. Daniel has run tests for pricing of his site subscription and the results were very interesting.
Published 05/02/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla chat about how you can use virtual assistants to help start, grow and sustain your online course creation business using sights like Upwork and Fiverr. Daniel and Tayla have been using virtual assistants for the last 3 years to complete various tasks within Bring Your Own Laptop and they believe VA’s have been instrumental to their success.
Published 04/24/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla talk about seeing their courses be pirated on different platforms, what they did about it and advice for other. Sometimes it’s in your best interest to try and take the content down, and sometimes you might want to think twice.
Published 04/18/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel interviews blockbuster film animator, Lucas Ridley. Lucas is a full-time animator working in films, commercials, and video games currently living in Los Angeles, CA. He is also an online instructor sharing his knowledge and experience in animation at digitalcreatorschool.com
Published 04/08/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla talk about what to do once you’ve finished making your first course, how to distribute it, what to do to get the most value out of your content and more. Lots of people put their course out into the world but don’t take the extra few steps to get the best value. www.instructorHQ.com www.twitter.com/instructorhq www.instagram.com/instructor.HQ
Published 03/20/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel interviews Ian Yates who is the Web Design Editor at Tuts+, the education arm of Envato’s network. Daniel and Ian chat about the history of Envato, why you might want to host your courses on the Envato Tuts+ market and how to overcome the first few speed bumps to producing your first course and more!
Published 03/13/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel interviews Robbie Carman who runs a Boutique Color, HDR Mastering & Finishing Service and also online training at mixinglight.com. mixinglight.com is a great resources for anyone wanting to learn color grading with pro colorists. Daniel and Robbie chat about what Robbie would do if he was to start online training from scratch and also being an online trainer in general. Robbie is the owner of DC Color and mixinglight.com.
Published 02/28/19
David Blatner is the author of 15 books and over 20 video titles, including Real World InDesign, InDesign Essential Training, and Spectrums: Our Mind-Boggling Universe From Infinitesimal to Infinity. He is the president of the CreativePro Network (CPN.co) and the co-host of CreativePro Week. With over 30 years as a teacher, writer, and creator, Blatner strives to demystify, inspire, and connect.
Published 02/20/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel interviews Adobe Photoshop Hall of Famer - Dave Cross. Dave has been helping photographers and creative professionals get the most out of their Adobe software. Dave has a Bachelor of Education, is an Adobe Certified Instructor and is a Certified Technical Trainer. Dave has taught for Adobe, at Photoshop World, the Texas School of Photography and Kelby Training. He offers online training at learningphotoshop.cc.
Published 02/13/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel interviews Adobe Photoshop Hall of famer - Terry White. Terry has worked for Adobe for more than 20 years and is an Adobe Creative Cloud Expert. Terry has been active in the industry for over 25 years and is the founder and past president of MacGroup-Detroit. Terry is the host of the top ranked award winning Adobe Creative Cloud TV and has one of the most popular channels on YouTube.  Visit Terry at www.terrywhite.com and www.terrywhite.tv
Published 02/04/19
In this episode of The instructorHQ Show, Daniel interviews Justin Seeley from EduPixel, a veteran in the online instructor game. Justin Seeley is a graphic designer, photographer, and renowned online instructor. To date he’s authored over 100 online courses which have been viewed more than 16 million times by students around the world. His work has been featured on such platforms as LinkedIn Learning, CreativeLIVE, and Pluralsight. Visit Justin and...
Published 12/11/18
In this episode of the instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla revisit the accidental murder of one of their most popular Youtube videos. This is a mistake that is better avoided, learn from us!
Published 12/06/18
In this episode of the instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla chat about the differences between hosting online courses on your own platform vs on a marketplace like Udemy or Skillshare. They also go over the benefits and why Bring Your Own Laptop decided to take the approach that they did.
Published 11/29/18
In this episode of the instructorHQ Show, Daniel and Tayla chat about the techniques they use to Pre-launch a course. It's turned out to be one of the most important parts of preparing for their online course releases and something they regret not doing earlier!
Published 11/21/18
In this episode of the instructorHQ Show, Tayla asks Daniel some questions about how to handle student questions, what happens when you get too many to handle and how we plan to approach the problem
Published 11/14/18