Did you test your course on any elderly people as you were developing it? What did you learn from that, if so? Did it require changes that were surprising?
I wanted to:) And you know what the funny thing is, if i give the course for free, no-one watches it.
I did reach out to several people in my friendship, gave them free the course just to get feedback. None of them watched it, so thats very, very surprising for me. Maybe i should go up to random strangers and PAY THEM in order to give them something that would benefit them - and maybe get some feedback:))
But on the other hand, I've got very lovely reviews on udemy, so apparently those who find it love it and thats very encouraging.
> Maybe i should go up to random strangers and PAY THEM in order to give them something that would benefit them
It is pretty normal to compensate people for their time in my limited experience (both as subject and from what I hear about user testing). Usually it's a pretty small amount, not like a normal salary but a bit more than a cup of coffee for maybe 30-45 minutes of their time (assuming they don't have to travel to you in addition). They are helping you create a commercial product, it is not weird to do something in return, although I understand also what you're saying about how they might benefit from it themselves
Perhaps you could do a small amount, say (the equivalent cost of) a good cup of coffee, plus a free copy of the course so they can use it themselves and show some others? That spreads the word in addition to them feeling compensated
I'm not a marketing expert though, just going off of what I hear and experienced from other companies
That sounds appropriate. I think I've usually seen slightly higher values, but then also usually for half an hour or a little bit more time so that matches up
It might be worth thinking of more natural partners like senior centers, libraries, etc. Maybe start with more of a open Q&A session and show them how to navigate the course to answer their questions.
Such a tremendous amount of work, really Kudos! So cool.
Yeah, my problem with all that is its 8hours long, showing just parts of it is not enough really. I'd like to hear from ones who really do it in its entirety. What they struggled with, aht aas good, what wss awful. Etc.
