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 Make Money as a Content Creator in 2025

How to Make Money as a Content Creator in 2025

With more people than ever creating videos, blogs, social posts, and podcasts, content creation has grown from a side hustle into a legitimate career path. But making money in this space isn’t just about going viral or chasing followers, it’s about being smart with your strategy. Whether you’re a...

20 Profitable Membership Site Ideas for 2026 (That Actually Work)

20 Profitable Membership Site Ideas for 2026 (That Actually Work)

You’ve probably seen creators and entrepreneurs talk about launching a membership site—and for good reason. They offer a powerful combo: recurring income and a built-in community that keeps coming back for more. But where do you start? What kind of membership site should you launch in 2026 ? We’ve...

Top Tips on How to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos

Top Tips on How to Make Money on YouTube Without Making Videos

YouTube isn’t just for vloggers and content creators who enjoy being in front of the camera. If you prefer to stay behind the scenes, there are still plenty of ways to monetize a YouTube channel without creating original videos. From repurposing existing content to leveraging affiliate marketing,...

How An Online Course Outline Is Planned & Executed

How An Online Course Outline Is Planned & Executed

Outlining Saves Time and Money and Helps You Achieve More, Faster Creating a well-structured online course starts with a solid course outline. Think of the outline as your course’s blueprint, setting the stage for a clear, organized learning experience. It helps you lay out the content logically,...

10 Best Digital Products to Sell Online in 2025

10 Best Digital Products to Sell Online in 2025

In an era where digital dominates, selling digital products is one of the smartest ways to build a profitable and sustainable online business. Unlike physical products that require inventory, shipping, and logistical headaches, digital goods exist purely in the virtual world, making them...

Product Updates

Release Notes: Jan 2023

Release Notes: Jan 2023

Happy New Year!  2023 is going to be fun. Spotlightr 5 is humming.  Since our last update we've been continued to tighten everything up.  Feedback from our customers has been incredibly helpful.  With your help, we've moved a couple of things around and added a bunch of improvements making S5 even...

Release Notes: Oct 2022

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...

Release Notes: March 2022

Release Notes: March 2022

Wooooosh!  This first quarter of 2022 flew by!  What happened? Well, the launch of our new plans was pretty successful.  Tons of teachers and course creators just starting out have taken advantage of our Spark plan.  It's perfect for new websites and/or small courses...

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...

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...