In Component 1, I described some of the much more “mainstream” ways to promote your group and its e-Learning products to focus on audiences via the web. This second element explores some further World-wide-web channels that you simply might not have viewed as, particularly:
Twitter Craigslist eBay iTunes and other people
Do you tweet? With its 140-character restrict on posts…er…tweets, it isn’t specifically the area to promote e-Learning merchandise or companies.
Or is it?
Go to http://twitter.com/ and develop a cost-free account (you recognize you wish to)! Then mouse click the Look for website link on the bottom of the page, enter “e-Learning” and mouse click Look for again. Lower than a second later, you are going to see what’s becoming stated across the earth suitable now about e-Learning. When I did, I located:
Requests for help with particular e-Learning systems. PodCasts and press releases from e-Learning suppliers (such as SyberWorks)! URL hyperlinks to e-Learning blogs, products, conferences, as well as other web-sites. Free of charge tutorials about authoring e-Learning supplies.
In simple fact, these small tweets present several possibilities to spread your firm’s presence and influence, as a result of comments, item backlinks, and promotional URLs. (Your competitors are in all probability doing so currently.) Twitter can also be a good way to observe what’s staying stated suitable now in and about your field…and to join the dialogue.
Craigslist
OK, this is a extend, appropriate?
Not genuinely. Craigslist is becoming the place to submit jobs and find employment. But it is even now a pretty ignored spot to try and do promotion. I’ll call your attention specially to its dialogue forums area (just beneath personals).<br> There you will come across such possibly beneficial categories (for us) as:
1099, about self-employment and connected solutions and solutions comp, about personal computer systems educ, about colleges, coaching, and finding out technology, about technology
Then, under solutions, you might think about posting an occasional ad below:
computer innovative lessons
And, believe it or not, you are going to sometimes uncover extremely pertinent postings from the gigs area, under laptop and creative,
These (along with other categories) are straightforward areas to site your business title, and its merchandise, services, and expertise, ahead of focus on audiences…especially when they’re in specific cities and states.
eBay
This as well might appear a extend, but I just searched eBay’s marketplace for that expression
“e-Learning” and came up with 72 hits. They incorporated a ton of e-Learning books for sale, plus a handful of CBT courses. In truth, eBay is not the best location to sell most e-Learning items. But you may encourage by yourself there.
Particularly, verify out eBay™s Neighborhood > Discussion Boards > Computer systems, Networking, & IT forum. When I did, the first 10 of its 86 pages contained eBayers’ questions about:
Creating and saving Flash SWF files Java/PL/SQL Dreamweaver Investigation engines Hardware, software, operating systems, and browsers Internet security LANs and networking Computer-based training
And a lot of of these questions offered untapped possibilities to put one’s identify and providers prior to eBay’s far more technical users, while also helping to solve problems associated to your markets. So occasionally checking in on this eBay forum could be a good solution to start (or join) discussions about your markets, to help others, and (oh, by the way) to put your firm and its solutions earlier than their eyes.
iTunes
Apple’s popular iTunes hosting and distribution service isn’t just for music. It also offers additional than 100,000 totally free educational audios, videos, lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and podcastsâfrom universities, PBS stations, and cultural institutions across the planet.
And yet again, most e-Learning products aren’t suitable for this kind of delivery. But, if your firm’s goods lend themselves to promotional videos on YouTube (which I discussed in Component 1 of this article), then also look into iTunes …especially since your younger audiences use it every day.
Others?
What other techniques can you think of to expand your firms presence on the net? Most public web-sites offer you forums, and approaches for users to comment on their purchases and needs. I can think of three immediately: Amazon.com, CNET.com, and ePinions.com. But nonetheless other influential internet sites may perhaps serve your particular markets.
There are numerous such opportunities out there. So if your e-Learning merchandise and expertise are ready for wider exposure, think about spreading the promotional word over less-obvious expertise like these. Your competitors may possibly by now be.
About SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks, Inc. is often a leader in the custom e-Learning Solutions and Learning Management System/Learning Content Management System (LMS/LCMS) industries for Fortune 1000 corporations, law enforcement, healthcare, and other industries. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, the business serves the multi-billion-dollar e-Learning market. Since 1995, SyberWorks has developed and delivered unique and economical solutions to create, manage, measure, and improve e-Learning programs at companies and organizations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and throughout the earth.
