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.

Thinkific Pricing (2025): A Great Free Plan & More
Updated Feb 2025 Thinkific is one of the most popular online course platforms for course creators everywhere. They boast a diverse customer base ranging from massive brands like Hootsuite and CMF to solopreneurs and everyone in between. Regardless of where you fall in this range, if you’re...

Thinkific vs Podia: The Non-Affiliate, No-Nonsense Comparison for 2025
Deciding on the best online course platform to host your online courses is an important step in building a successful online business. With numerous options available, it can be challenging to determine which platform aligns with your specific needs and goals. Thinkific and Podia are two popular...

Top 9 Thinkific Alternative Platforms for Online Course Creators
Thinkific has become a go-to platform for many online course creators, but its limitations in advanced features and integrated marketing tools can leave some users seeking better options with all the features needed for success. If you’re looking to expand your course's reach and potential, you've...

Top Picks for Beginners in 2025: Best Platform to Host Online Courses
Deciding on the best platform to host online courses can feel overwhelming for beginners. Ideally, you want a fit-for-purpose solution that aligns with your teaching style and goals. This article cuts through the noise to compare the essentials: functionality, usability, and cost. We lay out the...

2025’s Top Software to Create Online Training Courses For Small & Big Budget Creators
As you’re searching for the best software to create online training courses, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and completely stall out. With so many options in such a massive range of prices, it can be hard to compare and make the best choice. To help you out, we’re dividing software options into...

Thinkific vs Mighty Network: Best Platform for Your Online Community
Summary: Deciding between Thinkific and Mighty Networks is like choosing between a well-equipped classroom and a vibrant community center—one is perfect for crafting and delivering lessons, while the other excels at fostering connections and shared experiences. If you're an educator or...
Product Updates

Release Notes: Oct 2022
We haven't put out any Release Notes since early June. The main reason being that we were pretty much working on the biggest update to Spotlightr since it's inception. And that was an all new app, completely redesigned. June and July we had our heads down working on that big update, and we...

How To Prevent Users From Downloading Video Files (Or Share Them!)
Pirates! They're out there. It's a legitimate concern. Digital pirates out there don't want to pay people for their hard work. As a course creator or even a general website owner your videos are your property and one of the most valuable online assets you have. You've spent time and money...

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...

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...

Release Notes: November 2021
New plans are coming! Here on this page is the first time we are announcing this. In a few weeks we are going to be releasing brand new plans for Spotlightr. Just in time for Christmas cheer! In the fall of 2020 we started offering only one plan, the Polaris plan,...