ArtsyCourseExperts Tech Podcast

ArtsyCourseExperts

Tech tips for creative professionals that build, operate, and grow online courses. We help with topics like strategy, architecture, development, launching, maintaining, enhancing, operating, delighting, attracting, converting, and scaling. The lessons help pro teachers, coaches, and trainers who focus on design, making, fashion, writing, performing, and audio-visual. Keywords: Teachers, Teaching, Educators, E-Learning, Creators, Freelancers, Solopreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Artists, Designers, Makers, Writers, Performers, Musicians, Actors, Photographers, Video Editors, Sound Engineers.

  1. Email Subject Line Tips for Online Teachers

    06/28/2025

    Email Subject Line Tips for Online Teachers

    Are you trying to find the best way to write emails to your prospects so that you can get their attention and convert them to your students? By using the perfect subject line, your domain and your company will stay off the spam list. You’re going to get more people to read and you’ll have less unsubscribes. Also, when you do send offers and promotions, more people are going to check them out.  In this lesson, we’re going to learn all about email subject line best practices. We’re going to learn what is it? Why do you want to use it? We’re going to go into how to guide so that you can have better open strategies. We’re going to review the benefits, then we’ll go into an example, and finally we’ll summarize all our best tips. 😰Here are some of the challenges course creators can face when they don’t use proper email subject lines: • You may find that your emails end up in spam folders • The emails may not be actionable • You may not convert your readers to students • Your topic may not be relevant to the receiver • You may not learn to personalize your emails to each receiver 💡Here are the top things you need to know about email subject tips: • Pay attention to the length of your email subject line • Play the case when writing your email subject line • Personalize sometimes with the name of the receiver • Try to be relevant depending on what they subscribed for • Avoid using too much spam words and be actionable For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/email-subject-line-tips-for-online-teachers/ If you have any feedback or questions, let us know in the comments. Get email tips for creative course creators: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/Subscribe Subscribe on YouTube for our newest videos: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Subscribe to the Podcast if you prefer audio: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts/Podcast We help creative teachers build, operate, and grow their online courses by helping them with marketing, content, technology, and operations. Hope this helps you teach a little bit smarter! - The Artsy Course Experts team Website: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtsyCourseExp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ArtsyCourseExperts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsyCourseExperts YouTube: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Favorite Resources (Some with Affiliate Links) • Thinkific for courses - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-thinkific • Canva quick graphics - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-canva • Mailchimp for Email - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-mailchimp • Envato for images - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-envato • Fiverr quick Help - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-fiverr • Descript fixes videos - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-descript • Bluehost for website - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-bluehost Need tech help with your course, teacher website, or community? https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/course-operations-services/ Struggling with some course thing?  Send us a future lesson topic.  https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/questions/ #courses #onlinecourse #coursecreator #coursecreation #onlineteaching #elearning #teaching #trainers #creators #creative #artist #artteachers #thinkific #teachable #skillshare #udemy #kajabi

    22 min
  2. Business Tools for Online Course Creators

    05/25/2025

    Business Tools for Online Course Creators

    One of the best ways to simplify your work as an online course creator is by utilizing a variety of tools to automate tasks and streamline your workflow. In this discussion, we will cover essential business tools specifically designed for online course creators, particularly those managing communities or providing coaching services. We’ll explore the tools that are most beneficial for both small and large business owners, focusing on which ones are ideal to start with and how they can evolve as your business grows. In this lesson, we’re learning all about the tools that you should use to run your day to day training business. We’re going to learn what do we mean by tools? Why use them? How to choose them? Then we’ll go over an example where we’ll talk about tools that typical online creative teachers use. Finally, we’ll wrap up and summarize our most important tips. 😰Challenges course creators can face when they don’t use business tools: • They will have a significant amount of manual work to handle. • They will not leverage automated processes • They may struggle to manage team members as the business expands. • Managing projects could become overwhelming. • They might lack a streamlined system for easy payment processing. 💡Here are the top tips you need to know when picking out tools for your online training business: • Think about all the departments in your business when picking tools • Watch your budget and start with free tools • Choose the right tools for you and use the best ones available • Add your tools in stages and upgrade as your team grows • You don’t need to use too many tools to make it work For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/business-tools-for-online-course-creators/ If you have any feedback or questions, let us know in the comments. Get email tips for creative course creators: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/Subscribe Subscribe on YouTube for our newest videos: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Subscribe to the Podcast if you prefer audio: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts/Podcast We help creative teachers build, operate, and grow their online courses by helping them with marketing, content, technology, and operations. Hope this helps you teach a little bit smarter! - The Artsy Course Experts team Website: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtsyCourseExp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ArtsyCourseExperts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsyCourseExperts YouTube: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Favorite Resources (Some with Affiliate Links) • Thinkific for courses - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-thinkific • Canva quick graphics - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-canva • Mailchimp for Email - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-mailchimp • Envato for images - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-envato • Fiverr quick Help - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-fiverr • Descript fixes videos - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-descript • Bluehost for website - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-bluehost Need tech help with your course, teacher website, or community? https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/course-operations-services/ Struggling with some course thing?  Send us a future lesson topic.  https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/questions/ #courses #onlinecourse #coursecreator #coursecreation #onlineteaching #elearning #teaching #trainers #creators #creative #artist #artteachers #thinkific #teachable #skillshare #udemy #kajabi

    31 min
  3. Website Footers for Online Teachers & Coaches

    03/02/2025

    Website Footers for Online Teachers & Coaches

    Are you struggling with website footers for your course pages, your coaching website, or even your community sales pages? In this lesson, we’re learning all about website footers. We’re learning what to put on there, how to treat them as global footers across all pages, and what to do so that you don’t have a dead end when a user scrolls to the bottom of your page. This way, they’ll have something useful to click on, to learn, or to subscribe to. 😰Here are the challenges course creators may face when they don’t use website footers: • Site visitors will hit a dead end when visiting their websites • Prospects may find hard to find what they’re looking for in the site • Site visitors will have little or no information about your website • They may not be able to show prospects the services they offer • It may be hard for prospects to find their social media from the site 💡Here are the top things you need to know about website footers: • Website footers are those things at the bottom of your page • It’s common so it’s across multiple pages • Footers could be on websites or other systems like community systems • You can list out your key services, provide links, contacts, social media • You’ll personalize your website footer just for your business For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/website-footers-for-online-teachers-coaches/ If you have any feedback or questions, let us know in the comments. Get email tips for creative course creators: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/Subscribe Subscribe on YouTube for our newest videos: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Subscribe to the Podcast if you prefer audio: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts/Podcast We help creative teachers build, operate, and grow their online courses by helping them with marketing, content, technology, and operations. Hope this helps you teach a little bit smarter! - The Artsy Course Experts team Website: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtsyCourseExp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ArtsyCourseExperts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsyCourseExperts YouTube: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Favorite Resources (Some with Affiliate Links) • Thinkific for courses - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-thinkific • Canva quick graphics - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-canva • Mailchimp for Email - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-mailchimp • Envato for images - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-envato • Fiverr quick Help - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-fiverr • Descript fixes videos - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-descript • Bluehost for website - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-bluehost Need tech help with your course, teacher website, or community? https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/course-operations-services/ Struggling with some course thing?  Send us a future lesson topic.  https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/questions/ #courses #onlinecourse #coursecreator #coursecreation #onlineteaching #elearning #teaching #trainers #creators #creative #artist #artteachers #thinkific #teachable #skillshare #udemy #kajabi

    26 min
  4. Time Boxing for Business Productivity

    02/22/2025

    Time Boxing for Business Productivity

    You can’t talk about productivity without talking about time management. This is why we’re discussing time boxing today as a way for you to balance productivity, private and family time, and work. Time boxing also helps you stay on top of your schedule, smash your goals and prevent burnouts. Do you need help with productivity and getting things done on time? Well, in this lesson, we’re learning all about time boxing for your calendar. We’re going to learn what it is, how to use it and how to schedule things. 😰Here are some of the challenges course creators can face when they don’t apply time boxing: • It may affect your productivity • It can lead to burnout • It may prevent you from accomplishing your daily or weekly to-do list • You may find it difficult to prioritize and complete important tasks • You may find it hard to maintain a happy mood 💡Here are the top things you need to know about time boxing: • Always use your calendar for time boxing • Always utilize your time blocks and don’t move them around often • Try to use one main calendar for all your tasks • Use color codes in your time boxing for different tasks • Have a link in your calendar, to a contact or the process you need to complete For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/time-boxing-for-business-productivity/ If you have any feedback or questions, let us know in the comments. Get email tips for creative course creators: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/Subscribe Subscribe on YouTube for our newest videos: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Subscribe to the Podcast if you prefer audio: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts/Podcast We help creative teachers build, operate, and grow their online courses by helping them with marketing, content, technology, and operations. Hope this helps you teach a little bit smarter! - The Artsy Course Experts team Website: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtsyCourseExp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ArtsyCourseExperts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsyCourseExperts YouTube: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Favorite Resources (Some with Affiliate Links) • Thinkific for courses - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-thinkific • Canva quick graphics - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-canva • Mailchimp for Email - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-mailchimp • Envato for images - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-envato • Fiverr quick Help - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-fiverr • Descript fixes videos - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-descript • Bluehost for website - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-bluehost Need tech help with your course, teacher website, or community? https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/course-operations-services/ Struggling with some course thing?  Send us a future lesson topic.  https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/questions/ #courses #onlinecourse #coursecreator #coursecreation #onlineteaching #elearning #teaching #trainers #creators #creative #artist #artteachers #thinkific #teachable #skillshare #udemy #kajabi

    29 min
  5. Why Online Instructors Should Use OpenGraph Sharing?

    02/01/2025

    Why Online Instructors Should Use OpenGraph Sharing?

    Do you want your courses to be seen by prospects on social media? OpenGraph helps you with that. It helps you share pages of your website across social media platforms, and you can automate these processes. In this lesson, we’re learning all about the OpenGraph protocol. We’re going to learn what is it? Why use it? We’re going to learn how to set it up, and then how to actually share with it. Then we’ll go over an example, and then we’ll wrap up and summarize our top tips.  It’s great for instructors, trainers, coaches, online teachers, that’s why you guys should know about this to grow your business. 😰Here are some challenges course creators may face when they don’t use OpenGraph sharing: •  It may be hard to share their websites across social media platforms • They may find it hard to automate the process sharing important messages • Relevant content will not reach the target audience • Their site may not get the visibility that it needs • Prospects will not get more information about their courses on social media 💡Here are the top things you need to know about this Open Graph protocol: • You need to set up OpenGraph • You can set up with any course teaching platform that supports OpenGraph • Utilize Open graphs to make sharing across social platforms easy • OpenGraph pulls up nice information about your website it is linked • Your URL will pre-populate with a little social media sharing card with extra information. For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/why-online-instructors-should-use-opengraph-sharing/ If you have any feedback or questions, let us know in the comments. Get email tips for creative course creators: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/Subscribe Subscribe on YouTube for our newest videos: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Subscribe to the Podcast if you prefer audio: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts/Podcast We help creative teachers build, operate, and grow their online courses by helping them with marketing, content, technology, and operations. Hope this helps you teach a little bit smarter! - The Artsy Course Experts team Website: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtsyCourseExp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ArtsyCourseExperts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsyCourseExperts YouTube: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Favorite Resources (Some with Affiliate Links) • Thinkific for courses - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-thinkific • Canva quick graphics - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-canva • Mailchimp for Email - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-mailchimp • Envato for images - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-envato • Fiverr quick Help - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-fiverr • Descript fixes videos - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-descript • Bluehost for website - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-bluehost Need tech help with your course, teacher website, or community? https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/course-operations-services/ Struggling with some course thing?  Send us a future lesson topic.  https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/questions/ #courses #onlinecourse #coursecreator #coursecreation #onlineteaching #elearning #teaching #trainers #creators #creative #artist #artteachers #thinkific #teachable #skillshare #udemy #kajabi

    19 min
  6. Validating New Course (And Other Service) Ideas

    01/18/2025

    Validating New Course (And Other Service) Ideas

    The best way to ensure you’re giving and receiving value for your course is by researching to give your prospective students what they expect to see, and by ensuring that there are students that even want that course in the first place. How will you achieve this? By validating your course ideas. Are you struggling with validating a new idea like a course community, maybe a coaching service? Well, in this lesson, we’re learning all the different ways to validate a new idea. We’re going to talk about surveys, research and editors, so that way, at the end of this validation, you can feel really good that you’re going to go all in on this new service. In this lesson, we’re learning all about business validation. We’re going to learn what does it even mean to validate a business idea? Why validate? We’re going to go into a how to guide with some market research and then some of the benefits of validating. Then we’ll go into an example and finally we’ll summarize all our top tips. Here are some challenges course creators may face when they don’t validate their online course idea • They may not do proper market research • They may not understand who their target audience are • They won’t be sure that the course will make sense • They may spend money on ads that don’t get to their target audience • They may spend time researching on courses they don’t need Here are the top tips you need to know about validating a new course or any new business idea • Create a landing page as a part of your experiment • Do a little market research and get info from real people • Research and find out about your competitors • Do some experiments to see if your course idea is valid • Run an ad to see if it works for your course idea For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/validating-new-course-and-other-service-ideas/ If you have any feedback or questions, let us know in the comments. Get email tips for creative course creators: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/Subscribe Subscribe on YouTube for our newest videos: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Subscribe to the Podcast if you prefer audio: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts/Podcast We help creative teachers build, operate, and grow their online courses by helping them with marketing, content, technology, and operations. Hope this helps you teach a little bit smarter! - The Artsy Course Experts team Website: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtsyCourseExp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ArtsyCourseExperts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsyCourseExperts YouTube: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Favorite Resources (Some with Affiliate Links) • Thinkific for courses - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-thinkific • Canva quick graphics - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-canva • Mailchimp for Email - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-mailchimp • Envato for images - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-envato • Fiverr quick Help - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-fiverr • Descript fixes videos - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-descript • Bluehost for website - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-bluehost Need tech help with your course, teacher website, or community? https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/course-operations-services/ Struggling with some course thing?  Send us a future lesson topic.  https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/questions/ #courses #onlinecourse #coursecreator #coursecreation #onlineteaching #elearning #teaching #trainers #creators #creative #artist #artteachers #thinkific #teachable #skillshare #udemy #kajabi

    27 min
  7. Teaching Online Using Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction

    12/30/2024

    Teaching Online Using Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction

    Having a teachable skill is one thing, knowing how to transfer your skills to your students might be a challenge. Skill transfers and online teaching are necessary for a successful online teaching business. Are you struggling with how to actually teach your content? Well, in this lesson we’re going to learn all about Rosenshine’s principles. That way you can use cool tricks to teach your content. I know you’re a creative teacher, but maybe you’re not an expert, maybe you’re not skilled at teaching, so we’ll go over a bunch of cool tricks on how to teach your students better. We’re going to learn, what is it? Why use it? How to use it? We’re going to go over an example and finally, we’ll summarize with our top tips. Challenges course creators may face if they don’t teach using Rosenshine’s principles: • They will not know if students understand what they’re teaching • They won’t be able teach their students how to be independent learners • They will not be able to challenge the thinking of their students • They will not know the success rate of their students • They may not provide process for the students to learn faster Tips for creative online course creators when teaching online using Rosenshine’s principles: • Review prior topics and use small steps • Ask questions to ensure the students are following • Provide diagrams and flowcharts for better understanding • Have students practice, to check their level of understanding • Allow students to do independent tasks and review the tasks For more details and tips check out the full writeup at: https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/teaching-online-using-barak-rosenshines-principles-of-instruction/ If you have any feedback or questions, let us know in the comments. Get email tips for creative course creators: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/Subscribe Subscribe on YouTube for our newest videos: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Subscribe to the Podcast if you prefer audio: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts/Podcast We help creative teachers build, operate, and grow their online courses by helping them with marketing, content, technology, and operations. Hope this helps you teach a little bit smarter! - The Artsy Course Experts team Website: https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtsyCourseExp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ArtsyCourseExperts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsyCourseExperts YouTube: https://youtube.com/@artsycourseexperts Favorite Resources (Some with Affiliate Links) • Thinkific for courses - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-thinkific • Canva quick graphics - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-canva • Mailchimp for Email - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-mailchimp • Envato for images - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-envato • Fiverr quick Help - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-fiverr • Descript fixes videos - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-descript • Bluehost for website - https://www.ArtsyCourseExperts.com/get-bluehost Need tech help with your course, teacher website, or community? https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/course-operations-services/ Struggling with some course thing?  Send us a future lesson topic.  https://www.artsycourseexperts.com/questions/ #courses #onlinecourse #coursecreator #coursecreation #onlineteaching #elearning #teaching #trainers #creators #creative #artist #artteachers #thinkific #teachable #skillshare #udemy #kajabi

    21 min

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Tech tips for creative professionals that build, operate, and grow online courses. We help with topics like strategy, architecture, development, launching, maintaining, enhancing, operating, delighting, attracting, converting, and scaling. The lessons help pro teachers, coaches, and trainers who focus on design, making, fashion, writing, performing, and audio-visual. Keywords: Teachers, Teaching, Educators, E-Learning, Creators, Freelancers, Solopreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Artists, Designers, Makers, Writers, Performers, Musicians, Actors, Photographers, Video Editors, Sound Engineers.