There are many reasons why we think having a plugin is better than a hosted solution or using a theme (like the Academy Theme). Hosted LMS Solution Disadvantages: For one, a hosted solution is often times unexpandable, and in some situations you might even lose your content if you stop paying their monthly fee. The largest thing that you will lose is control. With a WordPress solution you own everything, and you are actually building a digital property. Building a web property using WordPress allows you to even sell the whole site (like a house), and make the website more …

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Today’s episode is all about the power of education based marketing. The context of eLearning in marketing A few ideas on how to use eLearning for profit And some applications for corporate organizations Chris shares a great example of how an oil change shop (yes, you heard that right) can use a eLearning platform to hire better employees and find new customers. He shares how anyone can set up an educational based course and publish it on a WordPress LMS system (like LifterLMS). Chris and Josh also share that how education based marketing can have a side effect of providing positive …

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There is a $56.2 Billion dollar Gold Rush in the eLearning and online education space that most people do not know anything about. And according to elearning.com this market is supposed to double by the end of 2015. The internet and open source technologies like WordPress have made it extremely easy for you to publish and distribute knowledge online. Using a simple plugin or theme like WPLMS, The Academy theme or the new LifterLMS plugin you can set up a LMS system or education based business in a weekend. Because of this massive opportunity, the creators of the LifterLMS plugin wanted to start …

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