Learn how to animate your lesson videos with eLearning video Creator Kim Merritt of the TheUrlDr.com. Kim is an expert in online marketing who works in the eLearning development space. Chris Badgett from LifterLMS has a great conversation with Kim in this episode about effective marketing for online course sites. With course creation and marketing, there are a lot of technical aspects that can appear daunting when looking in from the outside. In this episode Kim breaks down her process of animation for educational content, and what areas are crucial to this process. Kim first got started with animation about …

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We dive into SEO for course creators and membership site owners with Lindsay Halsey of Pathfinder SEO in this LMScast with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. In this episode, Lindsay and Chris address some major questions about how SEO interacts with online courses and memberships on both the technical and strategic levels. Pathfinder SEO is a guided SEO solution for site owners, freelancers, and agencies that Lindsay and her team have worked to develop over the last 10 years of doing SEO for her agency. It is a subscription-based service where an SEO coach helps you map your strategy out and …

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Learn about how to add a live event to your mostly online education business mix with Mike Morrison from The Membership Guys in this episode of LMScast with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Chris and Mike dive into topics relevant to membership site owners, from customer retention to bringing in experts to speak to your audience. Mike runs a weekly podcast called The Membership Guys Podcast that covers practical advice and strategy tips for creating and growing a membership website. His business partner Callie Willows also does a podcast called Behind the Membership, so be sure to check that out as …

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Learn about social media marketing and management for course creators with Tina Todorovic from Social Web Suite in this episode of the LMScast podcast with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Tina and Chris get into several topics around social media and automation for course creators and membership site owners. Social Web Suite is a social media management tool that helps entrepreneurs with navigating the complicated and ever-changing world of social media platforms. In this episode, Tina shares some great tips and strategy for what course creators can do to manage and maintain their content on social media. We often discuss the …

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In this week’s LMScast Ali Mathis of the LifterLMS team discusses teacher appreciation week – a conversation with Chris Badgett on the world of online and offline education honoring teachers. Teacher Appreciation Week begins on Monday, May 6th and comes to a close on Friday, May 10th. At LifterLMS we are having special promotions for the week. In this episode Ali and Chris have a conversation about teachers and how important they are. Chris talks about how he considers himself to be a reluctant teacher, meaning that he did not set out in his career to become a teacher or …

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In this episode of LMScast, Chris Badgett dives into why online course marketing and sales is not really rocket science with Chris Bintliff. Chris Bintliff shares his story of creating his first website in the year 2000, to working with different organizations and building up his brand and agency into what it is today. Chris Bintliff works with businesses to do marketing identity, content strategy, web experience, personalization, and automation. He positions himself as an instigator rather than a strategist or creative, because those terms do not get to the heart of how Chris works with organizations. The parts of …

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Learn how masterminding can dramatically increase your odds of success as an education entrepreneur with Ken Wallace of MastermindJam in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett, founder of LifterLMS. Ken and Chris dive into the ins and outs of masterminding, and how they can benefit you and your business. Chris credits the ability of LifterLMS to survive and thrive to participating in masterminds. On LMScast we talk a lot about the five hats course creators wear at different times during the course creation process. Participating in a mastermind can help you master those five hats in …

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Learn about creating online social learning membership sites with web development agency owner, BuddyPress expert, and StudyChurch founder Tanner Moushey in this episode of the LMScast podcast with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Chris and Tanner dive into what BuddyPress is and how you can use it on your sites to create a powerful social media experience on your site. BuddyPress is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to turn your website into a social media platform of sorts. You can have user profiles, an activity feed, groups, forums, and notifications. You can even associate forums with specific groups. With …

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Learn about how to validate your online course and master the marketing fundamentals with Justin Wise of Think Digital in this episode of the LMScast podcast with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Chris and Justin discuss what makes effective marketing for online courses, and how you can incorporate these best practices into your strategy. Justin has been involved with digital marketing since 2007, so he has seen a lot of changes in the industry over time. He shares a framework in this episode that he has noticed stand the test of time in the business space online. The structure Justin shares …

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We discuss how to make and market your online course or get some help with that with Grant Weherley of MonetizeMyExpertise.com. Chris and Grant dive into several topics relevant to course creators, from what philosophy to take when planning out your course, to how you can improve your course content by focusing on what adds value. Grant has a great analogy for course building. He compares it to building a house. When you build a house, typically you don’t attempt to build it by yourself, unless you are an architect. The same situation applies to course building, and that is …

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