The Startup Filmmaker’s Journey to Creating an Online Course. 

Follow business-owner Michael as he takes you with him on his journey to create his own course.  All the detail and tangible results, with real-time case study content.

How to Create Video Content With Your Phone (For Under $100)

How to Create Video Content With Your Phone (For Under $100)

When it comes to creating video content for your business, most people think it requires a lot of equipment and a huge financial investment. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Today, anyone with $100 and a smartphone in their pocket can create outstanding video content.  Knowing how to...

Researching Lighting for iPhone videos?  We Got You.

Researching Lighting for iPhone videos? We Got You.

Lighting for iPhone Video: Simple Ways to Instantly Improve Your Footage Whatever reasons you may have for choosing to shoot your course videos on an iPhone, you won’t get the quality you’re looking for with your footage if you don’t take time to consider how to light it. Your iPhone camera is a...

How to Create a Successful Online Course Step-By-Step

How to Create a Successful Online Course Step-By-Step

Think about the last time you learned something new online. Maybe it was a quick YouTube tutorial or a full course that took you step by step through a new skill. The difference between something you click away from and something that keeps you hooked comes down to clarity, structure, and a sense...

12 Best Online Learning Platform Examples for 2026

12 Best Online Learning Platform Examples for 2026

Online learning has come a long way, and in 2026, the best platforms are more flexible and engaging than ever. Students can follow learning paths shaped to their needs, dive into content libraries full of interactive resources, and get feedback in real time.  For busy professionals or companies...

How to Teach Online Without a Degree: Skills, Platforms, and Tips for Success

How to Teach Online Without a Degree: Skills, Platforms, and Tips for Success

You don’t always need a degree to start teaching online. What you do need are the right skills, a bit of training, and a plan for getting noticed. A TEFL certification can boost your credibility, but platforms like Preply, Cambly, and italki make it possible to get started with nothing more than...

Master Online Course Design: Tips, Tools, and Strategies for Success

Master Online Course Design: Tips, Tools, and Strategies for Success

Designing an online course can feel overwhelming at first, but the essentials are simple: know your students, set clear goals, and build content that keeps them engaged. When you start with a solid foundation and make smart use of technology, you create an experience that students want to stick...

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How to Make Videos Searchable For Your Students

How to Make Videos Searchable For Your Students

Searchable video? Huh? Yup. You can make your videos searchable. First things first, let's just touch on a few concepts to fully understand this. What does it mean to make your videos searchable. Content within videos is invisible to search engines. Yes you can optimize your videos and you can...

Release Notes: January 2022

Release Notes: January 2022

Happy New Year!  It's going to be an exciting 2022. As mentioned in our previous update, new plans were coming and they have indeed arrived.  Right before Christmas we rolled out our Spark and Aurora plans to join the Polaris plan.  We hope these 3 plans serve to fit our audience better, with...

Release Notes: June 2019

Release Notes: June 2019

With the first half of 2019 coming to a close we wanted to identify some of the more comprehensive enhancements to the platform.  That doesn't mean we ignored some of the smaller ones, as these in specific use-cases sometimes carry tremendous value with them. New Play...

Publishing with Embedly

Publishing with Embedly

We're very pleased to announce that Spotlightr oEmbeds are now supported on Embedly, the most utilized provider of third party embeds on content publisher platforms. This means that you will now be able to paste the Spotlightr share link on sites like Medium, Reddit,...

Release Notes: February 2019

Release Notes: February 2019

2019 Started off strong with a major update to CTAs which introduced very powerful and adaptive Hotspots. We also followed through with improvements to CRM integrations by making it supper easy to tag your customers. We are also nearing the official release of the...