LearnDash

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The other way to build an audience is through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). If a learner is on Google searching for a course like the one you teach, you will of course want to be at the top of their search results. Otherwise, no: SEO rankings aren’t like search ads. You have to earn your rankings.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s a topic we haven’t touched on much in this blog: your course website. Build your SEO with a blog or other long-form content. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the primary ways to attract an audience to your course without paying a cent in ad money. This is where a blog comes in. Here’s what to consider.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Second, search engines flag keyword stuffing as a negative ranking factor. If they catch you at it, they’ll penalize your page by tanking it to the bottom of their search results, and that’s a black mark that doesn’t go away easily. But to gain followers and readers, your blog needs to have value.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 7, 2021

One of the major things I do is write: book, blog posts, articles, and more. So the first two tools I use are for writing: 1. Of course, that’s how I’m writing here. I also use it for writing for the HPT Treasures blog (I post once a month, third Friday. Still, it’s worth getting out there.

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LearnDash

JUNE 6, 2019

You have to be producing content in the form of blogs, videos, infographics, and even podcasts, if you want to draw attention and stand out from the crowd. Or, in online terms: podcasts, videos, and blogs. Of all of these, blogs are the lowest-cost to produce, but they also require strong writing skills. Or maybe not!

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Origin Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2014

To be able to write these, it is first important to understand the difference between aims and objectives. Once you have done this, you won’t go about writing a whole manual about using the internet, right? For example, introducing the browser, email, search engines, and so on. What does a search-engine do?’. First name.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 21, 2021

I found reading, and now searching for answers, to be a valuable use of my time. I blog, for instance ;). There are other ways I write as well, and experiment, and look to refine my thinking. There are other ways I write as well, and experiment, and look to refine my thinking. Because I’m learning.

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Scissortail's Learning Nest

AUGUST 26, 2024

Microsoft Word I use Word for creating facilitator and participant guides for instructor-led training, drafting blog posts, taking notes, writing scripts, and creating storyboards. Side note: my husband is grilling burgers as I write this. And when I learned that you can search a particular site using “site:”?

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2014

I missed my anniversary by a few days, but I’ve now been blogging for 8 years. Voice Over Scripts: Writing Style Tips. My Instructional Design Careers posts also continue to be popular, and are a primary way people find me on search engines. Image Credit: Graphic Stock Filed under: Blogging , Lifelong Learning'

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 29, 2022

First of all there’s the ‘as needed’ searches for specific information. Here I typically use DuckDuckGo as my search engine, and often end up at Wikipedia. I have a number of blogs I’m subscribed to. It may lead me to diagramming , or writing up something, frequently both (as here ).

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Origin Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

However, writing such content also poses a couple of instructional design challenges: Separating content from presentation is almost a cliche in the lingo of device-agnostic content developers. In case you do not have access to a good usable CMS interface, writing well-structured and metadata enhanced content may be a bit of a challenge.

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Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from Clive Shepard’s presentation titled The New Learning Architect , part of the eLearning Guild’s Thought Leaders Webinar Series. On demand: we can’t possibly provide everything that people need, so giving people opportunity and confident to use tools like search, wiki, forums, is important.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

My blog posts are written manually by me unless I post something like this; everything above is my own writing. Microsoft Stream also has features like speech-to-text search, face detection, and comments. I’m using the Copilot descriptions below, although I have edited them and added some extra content.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 28, 2019

WordPress: my first learning tool is this blog. OmniGraffle: a lot of thinking comes from reflection, both with the blog for thoughts, and through diagramming my understanding. Word: I do most of my writing besides blogging in Word. Here’s where I lay out my ideas. OmniOutliner: another way I think is in outlines.

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Web Courseworks

JULY 13, 2017

I love writing branching scenarios, preparing presentations for conferences and webinars, and editing images for clients’ courses. A blog post about the importance of incorporating social media into your company’s blog might have been relevant about 10 years ago (probably still behind the curve, honestly) so I’m not going to write that.

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

You’ll receive insights on how to conduct keyword research the right way and craft compelling content that doesn’t get buried under other search results. With the right SEO strategy, you’ll be able to improve your search engine visibility and drive large amounts of targeted website traffic.

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LearnDash

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Patrick was kind enough to write-up his opinion on the matter and allow me to post it here on the LearnDash blog. I use WordPress in conjunction with Moodle since the blogging platform is much stronger. Search Engine Optimization. What are the advantages of using WordPress over Moodle?

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 18, 2020

Writing is arguably the top way I reflect. That’s where I write books and articles first. And, of course WordPress is how I write my blog (e.g. Writing is a way to sort out how I think about things. As I say, things that end up in presentations and books tend to show up on blog first.

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LearnDash

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

WordPress has many uses today and has come a long way since its original blogging roots (although it is still #1 as a blog platform). It is because of this that I have decided to write on the topic, specifically some tips to create effective elearning while leveraging WordPress. Know Your Audience. Choose Your Host.

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LearnDash

JUNE 10, 2020

When I first started writing essays for school, the rule we were given was “no online sources allowed.” And since you’re teaching an online course , it should be a given that your learners will be searching for resources online. Imagine trying to write a guide for citing online sources in 1997, the year before Google was founded?

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

I recently gave a presentation to the Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals about blogging to build your business. This is specifically about what I have learned about blogging to build your reputation as a learning consultant over my 9+ years of blogging. I’m not specifically writing to an audience of clients.

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LearnDash

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They searched for your name online, they followed a link from your social profile page, or they went directly to your web address from your business card. Meanwhile, a lot of organic traffic will land on your site through some other page—a blog post or a product page, for instance. Begin a blog and include an email sign-up form.

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Clark Quinn

MAY 29, 2019

So, the steps seem to be: Write a post (more below). Do a search with a keyword from the post to find related posts. Write to every blog author you find and offer them to link to your post. And, as one of the people who blogs (e.g. Maybe newbie social media marketing hires are writing them? Your thoughts?

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 9, 2022

However, a couple of tools have become more prevalent, and one’s slipped back, so… I’ll rearrange my list for this year, given that I’m not writing a book right now, with an expectation that it may swing back. Writing is a primary way for me to think through things, and that’s not changing. Duck Duck Go.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 26, 2022

Well, it comes down to some reflections on blogging. Some people I’ve lost touch with, most who aren’t blogging any more or even in our field! Some people I’ve lost touch with, most who aren’t blogging any more or even in our field! There are myriad reasons I want to continue to blog.

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Learningtogo

MAY 25, 2023

The free version, ChatGPT-3 , is still available and may be all you need if you’re looking for a virtual assistant to help you tune up your writing and generate ideas. That’s where Bing will suggest additional search terms, summarize lengthy articles or websites, or create new content if properly instructed.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Online learners can hear about and access your course by many means—email, social media, search engines—which in the marketing world are often called “channels.” We focus on building an email newsletter, or engaging learners on social media, or building our SEO for search engines. Create blog content for ongoing learning.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2016

One way I stay connected with the community and what’s happening in the field is by reading blogs by instructional designers, elearning professionals, and educators. If you don’t want to subscribe to all these blogs individually, check out eLearning Learning. This is my favorite blog aggregator in the field.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 9, 2019

I have been reading Ashley Chiasson’s blog for years, so I was excited to get to meet her as well. This is a larger topic than I can address here; it needs its own blog post. Search is probably faster, but a chatbot may be a higher quality interaction. amdchiasson joined us soon after.

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Challenge to Learn

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Writing down my thoughts, experiences, and ideas in WordPress in the form of a blog is still one of my best ways to learn. Google search. I have to say that, initially, I was not a big fan, but it has grown on me significantly. We use Zoom for internal meetings, webinars and learning sessions with customers. Google Docs.

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LearnDash

MAY 16, 2017

As you search for the right promotion method for your business there are a few “traps” to avoid. As you create your website you will realize that the search engines (aka: Google) have the potential to be the lifeblood of your business. If you are found in the search then your sales message is in front of more people.

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Fly Plugins

APRIL 8, 2024

Article Index Step 1: Evaluate the monthly search volume for your topic. Step 3: Use advanced search operators to find current course offerings. No, it wasn’t kickstarted by reading some wannabe make money online guru’s blog. The caveat is that you only get 1 keyword search without an account.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 16, 2013

It was a lot of creative writing and storytelling to put learners in a real context. Chad Udell’s Learning Everywhere is a good book on this topic, and there’s lots of blogs you can read for free. In both cases, they were people who contacted me because of my blog, and not something I was seeking out.

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Web Courseworks

MAY 30, 2017

When I write blog posts for Web Courseworks, I’m typically focused on the philosophy and design of adult education, and for good reason: there are many special educational considerations for adult learners, and I want to design curricula that best meets their needs. Browse or search for courses from course catalogue. Check out.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 2, 2023

A colleague recently suggested that I write about how I get so much done. I blog (like this), for the same reason. When I do presentations and write articles for others, they’re the result of the time I’ve spent here. Which is amusing to me, since I don’t think I get done much at all!

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LearnDash

APRIL 18, 2018

You don’t have to have a perfect, fully-developed website, but you do have to have a blog and somewhere to direct visitors so that they can learn more about your course. Start writing. Blogging is the cheapest way to build interest in your course, at least from a financial perspective. (It What should you write about?

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Fly Plugins

JUNE 4, 2024

2 Use it for your site’s blog A little over a year ago, I started using an automated online video transcription service called Rev. 3 Offer it up for guest posting Now, using Rev to create blog posts from your online course videos is a great strategy. I love to write, but most website owners loathe keeping up a blog.

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