That was a great story, Jerry.
As an Internet Marketer, I have been making my living from the Internet since 2008.
I've also made several courses, but I usually create them for others who then sell them as their own products.
I never tried Udemy, but from what you wrote it seems highly lucrative.
I was just wondering if you would be willing to elaborate a little further on the reasons Udemy decided to shut down your account? That would be very helpful information for me.
Thanks for your time and again, great post.
Sure I did in this video
OK I'll watch this all the way through. Thanks!
Jerry, I've watched the video in its entirety, and I still don't see how you broke rule number three. They seem to allow collaboration with other instructors, and all you did was create an element of her course. How did you "share" each other's student base by doing that? And even if you did, I don't see why they have a problem with instructors marketing to each other's students. Don't they get paid whenever someone purchases a course? Why would they care so much about this?
@contentking grateful you watched the video and asked about Udemy's breakup with me! It felt like when a partner makes an excuse to leave and even if the excuse is not very valid on the surface, the end result is still the same. It seems they wanted me and the other instructor with a similar profile as me gone because he left just a month before I did mysteriously "closing his account" which was giving him $20,000+ a month on autopilot based on some principle.
I have to say I don't agree with what they did to you. I don't think you did anything wrong. It's almost as if they were pissed at you because you thought of a viable marketing tactic before they did.
This is the problem with relying on big companies when you use the Internet to make your living. I learned early on that in order to succeed online you need to have several income streams and you can never put all your eggs in one basket, so to speak.
At any rate, you seem like a very intelligent and motivated person, so I have no doubt that you will not only recover from this, you will excel.