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Course Creator Equipment: Complete Studio Setup Guide

Post author By Alan Spicer - YouTube Certified Expert
Post date 26 April 2026
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Online course creation is one of the few creator paths with high-margin economics — a single evergreen course can earn £50,000–£500,000+ a year, dwarfing even top-tier YouTube CPM revenue. That maths changes the equipment calculation completely. A £4,000 production setup isn’t expensive; it’s a rounding error against expected revenue. But the requirements are specific — course content has to work for long-form teaching, screen recording, demonstration and student retention in ways that differ from standard YouTube.

This guide covers what UK course creators really need to produce professional, high-retention course content. For the broader context, see my Ultimate Creator Equipment Guide 2026.

Some product links below are affiliate links, so I may earn a small commission at no cost to you. It never changes the advice — you’ll notice I steer a lot of course creators toward the cheaper webcam route below.

Why Course Equipment Is Different

Four things set course production apart from standard YouTube:

Screen recording is half the content. Talking head alone doesn’t teach — students need to see workflows, software demos and step-by-step execution.
Sessions are long (30–90 minutes). Battery and heat management matter, and there’s no tolerance for unreliable gear.
Retention is measured differently. Students who finish leave reviews; students who don’t ask for refunds. Production quality compounds across 30+ lessons.
Updates are ongoing. You’ll re-shoot sections as your content evolves, so a portable, repeatable setup matters more than for one-off videos.

The Core Course Creator Kit

Camera: £700–£2,100

Course creators need cameras that handle long recording sessions without overheating, with reliable autofocus for sit-down teaching.

Starter: Sony ZV-E10 (~£700) — good enough, with class-leading autofocus for solo work, though it has no IBIS and you should check cooling on long takes.
Best value: Sony A7C II (~£2,099) — better low-light, longer reliable record times and full-frame quality; DPReview rates it as competitive for years.
Webcam-first alternative: Elgato Facecam MK.2 (~£170) + solid lighting — enough for most course content, with a simpler workflow. Reviewers rate its uncompressed 1080p60 and Camera Hub software (it’s noisy in low light and has no mic, so light it well and mic separately).

Take the webcam-first approach seriously for course work. The quality gap between a great webcam and a mirrorless body is much smaller for seated talking-head than for dynamic content, and the workflow wins — no batteries, no heat, no focus hunting — matter a lot across long sessions.

Screen Recording: £0–£250

This is the hidden half of course production, and software choice matters more than hardware here.

OBS Studio (free) — powerful and cross-platform (Mac/PC/Linux), with a steep learning curve.
Camtasia (~£250 one-time, Windows/Mac) — the course-creator standard, with built-in editing.
ScreenFlow (~£170, Mac only) — Camtasia’s Mac equivalent, arguably better for macOS users.
Loom (~£10/month) — browser-based and simpler, good for quick lessons.

Camtasia and ScreenFlow are the standard for serious course creators. The “record and edit in the same app” workflow is faster than an OBS-to-Premiere pipeline.

Audio: £280–£600

Audio matters disproportionately for courses, because students listen closely for long stretches and fatigue from poor sound accumulates across a six-hour course.

Starter: Shure MV7+ (~£280) — USB, broadcast quality, no learning curve; it rejects a lot of room noise, which suits untreated home offices.
Pro tier: Shure SM7B (~£400) + Cloudlifter CL-1 (~£160) + Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (~£160) — the SM7B’s off-axis rejection is superb, but it needs a lot of clean gain, which is exactly what the Cloudlifter and interface provide.
Lavalier alternative (for walking demos): Rode Wireless Go II (~£269) — the dual-channel standard with on-board backup recording.

Critically, add room treatment. Recording in an echo-y room audibly fatigues students. Basic foam acoustic panels (~£50) or heavy acoustic curtains kill most of the room echo — worth knowing they tame reflections, not outside noise.

Lighting: £240–£800

Consistent lighting across multiple sessions matters more than fancy lighting. You’ll re-shoot lessons months apart, and they need to match.

Starter: 2× Elgato Key Light Air (~£240) — app-controlled and they remember settings exactly, which is the whole point for consistency; owners rate the soft, even output (WiFi-controlled, no physical buttons).
Better: 2× Aputure Amaran 200d S with softboxes (~£760) — more output and better colour; rated for value, with a fan that’s a touch louder than the smaller model (keep it off-axis from your mic).

The Key Light Air remembering your exact brightness, colour temperature and angle is worth the premium over cheaper panels for course work — that repeatability is what keeps lesson 3 matching lesson 30.

Teleprompter: £150–£300

Controversial for course creators. Fully scripted delivery can feel robotic; fully ad-lib content rambles and wastes student time. The compromise is a bullet-pointed teleprompter with occasional full-sentence cues.

Budget: Neewer teleprompter (~£160) — works with a phone or iPad.
Pro: Glide Gear TMP100 (~£260) — better optical quality and a closer teleprompter-to-lens distance.

The kit is the easy part — selling the course is the hard part.

A £2,000 studio produces nothing until the course itself is validated and marketed. If you want a second opinion on your course strategy, positioning or the YouTube funnel feeding it, book a free 30-minute discovery call.

Book a free discovery call →

The Course Creator Essentials Kit (~£2,000)

Camera: Sony ZV-E10 + 16-50mm kit lens (~£700) — class-leading AF for seated teaching
Screen recording: Camtasia (~£250)
Microphone: Shure MV7+ (~£280) — rejects room noise, no learning curve
Boom arm: Rode PSA1+ (~£120)
Lighting: 2× Elgato Key Light Air (~£240) — repeatable settings for session-to-session consistency
Acoustic panels: Foam panels for the wall behind camera (~£50)
Teleprompter: Neewer with phone mount (~£160)
Tripod: Manfrotto Befree (~£140) — a reliable pick, if a little less stiff than pricier rivals

Total: ~£1,940. This produces course content competitive with the top sellers on Udemy, Teachable or your own platform. Improving from here is about content quality, not equipment.

Course Delivery Platform Considerations

Your platform choice affects your equipment needs:

Udemy / marketplace platforms: minimum video quality requirements (1080p, clear audio), enforced by the platform.
Self-hosted (Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi): you set the bar. Higher production means higher perceived value and premium pricing.
YouTube course (free content): normal YouTube production quality; monetised via AdSense and back-end services rather than course sales.
Coaching platforms (Skool, Circle): often video within a broader community, where production can be more casual.

Premium-priced courses (£500+) need production that signals premium quality. A £99 course can get away with webcam-tier; a £1,500 course cannot.

Demonstration vs Teaching Setups

Software / digital courses

Screen recording dominates; the camera is secondary, for intros and outros. Priorities: an excellent microphone, a great screen recorder and a fast editing workflow. Minimal camera investment needed.

Physical / hands-on courses (cooking, crafts, fitness)

A multi-camera setup is essential — an overhead camera for demonstrations and a wireless lav for movement. See my travel-adjacent gear recommendations for wireless audio and stabilisation priorities.

Whiteboard / presentation courses

A document camera, or an iPad with Apple Pencil plus screen recording. Physical whiteboards on camera need specific lighting to avoid glare (a polarising filter helps).

Business / strategy courses

Talking head plus slide presentation. Professional appearance matters more here — students are judging your credibility as a source. Similar priorities to finance YouTube.

Course-Specific Software Stack

Screen recording + editing: Camtasia or ScreenFlow
Slide design: Keynote (free on Mac) or PowerPoint; avoid Google Slides for video export quality
Course hosting: Teachable, Thinkific, Kajabi, or self-hosted on WordPress + LearnDash
Email marketing (essential for course sales): ConvertKit or MailerLite for sequences
Student engagement: Discord or Circle for the community layer
Music/SFX: Epidemic Sound (~£12/month) for intros and transitions

Note: vidIQ and TubeBuddy are less relevant for course creators whose content lives off YouTube. If you’re using YouTube as a top-of-funnel for course sales, they stay relevant.

What You Can Skip (For Now)

Cinema cameras (FX3, FX30) — overkill for seated course content
Multiple camera angles — a single camera is fine for most courses; save cutaways for advanced production
Broadcast-grade RGB lighting — consistent, warm white light is all courses need
Expensive teleprompters — a £160 phone-based prompter does 95% of what an £800 broadcast one does
Studio set design before validation — prove the course sells before building a set

Course Module Recording Workflow

An efficient workflow for a 30-lesson course:

Outline all 30 lessons in a shared doc before recording any
Script key phrases (intros, conclusions, transitions) and improvise the middle
Batch-record similar lessons — all intros one day, all tutorials another, all outros a third
Screen-record lessons separately and combine with camera footage in the edit
Edit in batches too — don’t switch between recording and editing modes daily

Batching keeps your lighting, framing and energy level consistent across the course. Students notice when lesson 3 was filmed on a different day than lesson 4, because your hair and lighting changed.

Upgrade Path Based on Course Revenue

Pre-launch (£0 revenue): the Essentials kit above (£2,000). Don’t over-invest before validation.
First £10k in sales: upgrade the camera to a Sony A7C II if you started with a ZV-E10. Better image quality compounds across the whole library.
First £50k in sales: a dedicated recording space with purpose-built acoustic treatment, and professional lighting (Amaran 200d S with softboxes).
£100k+ annual revenue: a full studio buildout, a backup camera body, a hired editor, and possibly a production assistant for shoot days.

For cross-niche context, see my equipment upgrade roadmap.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a dedicated camera for course creation, or can I use a webcam?

For most course content, a high-quality webcam (Elgato Facecam MK.2 ~£170) plus excellent lighting produces results competitive with dedicated cameras, with a much simpler workflow. Upgrade to a dedicated camera when you’re doing dynamic content, outdoor segments, or your course pricing justifies the production polish.

Camtasia or ScreenFlow — which is better for courses?

If you’re on Windows, Camtasia (no Mac-exclusive alternative of its calibre). If you’re on Mac, ScreenFlow is marginally better for macOS integration and workflow. Both are excellent. Avoid DaVinci/Premiere for course work — their workflows aren’t optimised for screen-recording-heavy content.

Should I record in 4K for courses?

No, 1080p is the course standard. Most students watch on phones or embedded course players that max out at 1080p. 4K doubles your file size, export time, and storage requirements with zero visible benefit. The exception: if you’re using 4K source footage to crop and reframe in post (pan-and-scan effect on 1080p output), that’s legitimate.

How important is audio quality for courses?

Extremely. Course students listen for hours at a time; poor audio accumulates fatigue and reduces completion rates. A £280 Shure MV7+ is the minimum serious course audio bar. Don’t cheap out here.

Do I need a script for every lesson?

A bullet-pointed outline, yes. A word-for-word script, only for intro sequences and transitions. Fully-scripted courses feel robotic; fully-improv courses ramble. The best balance is knowing exactly what points you’re covering and improvising the exact wording — good teleprompters support this with outline cues rather than full text.

What’s the best course hosting platform?

Depends on goals. Udemy for reach + low marketing effort (but lower margins). Teachable or Thinkific for your own pricing + platform simplicity. Kajabi for all-in-one with email marketing. Self-hosted on WordPress + LearnDash for maximum control + lowest fees at scale.

How long should course lessons be?

10–20 minutes is the range with the best completion-rate data across course platforms. Lessons over 30 minutes see completion-rate drop-offs that compound across the course. If a topic needs longer, split it into two lessons.

What to Do Next

Read the full Creator Equipment Guide 2026 for broader context
Apply the 30/25/25/20 budget rule, adjusted for courses (audio 30%, lighting 25%, camera 25%, software 20%)
If your course strategy uses YouTube as top-of-funnel, see cross-platform equipment
Consider course creation’s revenue-per-viewer in the high-CPM priorities framework
Avoid common pitfalls in creator equipment mistakes to avoid
For bespoke advice on your specific course setup, book a free discovery call

Course creation has the best margin economics of any creator path — a well-produced course pays back its equipment cost from the first 20 enrolments at £99, or the first 4 at £500. Invest in excellent audio, consistent lighting, reliable screen recording and the best camera you can justify. Most of all, invest in production consistency across lessons: students complete courses where the production feels coherent, and completion rates are what drive reviews, referrals and repeat sales.

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BUSINESS TIPS HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE LISTS

How to Create Online Courses

Post author By Alan Spicer - YouTube Certified Expert
Post date 3 November 2022

As we’re keen to point out on this site, the internet provides a veritable cornucopia of ways to make money.

We are fortunate enough to exist in a time when it is possible to monetise more activities than ever before, which in turn gives more people a chance to earn their living doing something they love—or at least enjoy. And the good news about this post is that we’re talking about something that allows a wide range of people to do what they love, albeit indirectly.

I personally use Skillshare to learn new skills and even make my own courses. Its surprisingly easy to do and in some cases even FREE.

Teaching others is, in a way, a gateway to doing what you love, since you can be teaching a subject you are passionate about. Online courses make this possible in the most convenient and lucrative way since you produce one course and it continues to educate and generate revenue after you have stopped working on it.

So, with that in mind, we’re going to walk you through the broad strokes of creating your own online course. Let’s get started on how create online courses works!

1. Choosing the Subject Matter

Bear in mind that, whatever you teach, you need to be genuinely knowledgeable in the topic. This is why so many people enjoy making online courses—because it gives them the opportunity to work on something related to something they are already passionate about. But, depending on your level of actual expertise in the subject matter, you may need to do some research if you’re going to produce an online course of sufficient quality.

Of course, you have an area of expertise, you already have an ideal subject matter. And, if that area of expertise happens to also be something you love, all the better!

Of course, we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t point out that you should do some market research and make sure that your ideal subject matter is one that people are interested in. Doubtless, there will be a market for just about anything, but an incredibly specific and obscure niche may be too small an audience to be worth the time.

Of course, you can still do it for fun.

2. Research

Even if you are thoroughly knowledgeable in your chosen subject, it’s worth brushing up on the things you are going to be covering. If you are a professional in the field you are covering, we probably don’t need to tell you this, but for people who are covering something they are passionate about but perhaps not professionally trained, it’s easy to get a little get carried away.

Remember, you are selling an educational product. If that product is flawed, its potential plummets through the floor.

3. Outline Your Course

This is another area where it can be easy for less-experienced course-makers to get carried away with themselves and regret it later. We know it’s tempting, but resist the urge to go freeform when you are putting your course together.

Write a clear outline of what you are going to cover before you start. And we don’t mean a bullet-point list of headlines! Have detailed descriptions for each section, and we’d also recommend trying to assign each section an estimated time. Ideally, you want each section to be roughly the same length.

You also state an objective for each section. That will be important a little later in this post.

4. Create Your Content

You’re well-researched, you have your detailed outline, so now it’s time to get to the good stuff. The best way to approach this part of the process will differ from person to person. Some people will prefer to write a section at a time, editing and polishing each one before moving on to the next. Others might prefer to write the whole thing all of the way through and then go back and polish it.

However you feel comfortable doing it is fine, as long as you make sure that the finished product is free of errors.

Of course, if your content is video-based (as most are), you don’t need to worry about errors in your writing because your writing is only a script. But again, be on the lookout for basic errors, and try to make your video as high-quality as possible. You can get away with a poor-quality video containing good content on YouTube, but paying customers will feel cheated.

Speaking of YouTube, you can find a detailed post on the subject of using YouTube videos in your online course here.

5. Test Your Course

Once your course is completed, it’s time to test. Try to find a few willing victims—sorry, volunteers—who can work their way through your course and give you feedback with fresh eyes. In particular, ask them if they felt each section achieved the objective you set out in the outline. If not, consider reworking it.

Try to remain open-minded during this stage. When you’ve put a lot of time and effort into something, it’s natural to be defensive when someone criticises it. Remember, this is a product you are selling, and your testers are only there to help.

6. Publish Your Course

With all that done, it’s time to pick a course provider and publish your course. If you have enough of an audience already, you could sell your course direct to them. There is no definitively best solution here; it’s just a matter of what works for the individual.

Most of the online course companies that turn up on the first page or two of Google are perfectly fine, so shop around and see which one looks good to you.

7. Promote!

Don’t fall into the trap of just putting something online, leaving it to sit there quietly, and then wondering why it’s not making money.

You need to promote your course. If you have an existing audience, that’s great, you can certainly leverage that. But don’t neglect other sources.

You might consider buying advertisements on YouTube or AdWords, or releasing teaser content designed to give viewers a taste of the course.

Final Thoughts

We won’t lie, creating a good online course is a lot of work. It’s certainly not something you can whip up overnight. But if you have enough passion for a subject matter and you don’t mind putting in the hours, it can be a great way to generate revenue, grow your brand, and increase your audience.

Top 5 Tools To Get You Started on YouTube

Very quickly before you go here are 5 amazing tools I have used every day to grow my YouTube channel from 0 to 30K subscribers in the last 12 months that I could not live without.

1. VidIQ helps boost my views and get found in search

I almost exclusively switched to VidIQ from a rival in 2020.

Within 12 months I tripled the size of my channel and very quickly learnt the power of thumbnails, click through rate and proper search optimization. Best of all, they are FREE!

2. Adobe Creative Suite helps me craft amazing looking thumbnails and eye-catching videos

I have been making youtube videos on and off since 2013.

When I first started I threw things together in Window Movie Maker, cringed at how it looked but thought “that’s the best I can do so it’ll have to do”.

Big mistake!

I soon realized the move time you put into your editing and the more engaging your thumbnails are the more views you will get and the more people will trust you enough to subscribe.

That is why I took the plunge and invested in my editing and design process with Adobe Creative Suite. They offer a WIDE range of tools to help make amazing videos, simple to use tools for overlays, graphics, one click tools to fix your audio and the very powerful Photoshop graphics program to make eye-catching thumbnails.

Best of all you can get a free trial for 30 days on their website, a discount if you are a student and if you are a regular human being it starts from as little as £9 per month if you want to commit to a plan.

3. Rev.com helps people read my videos

You can’t always listen to a video.

Maybe you’re on a bus, a train or sat in a living room with a 5 year old singing baby shark on loop… for HOURS. Or, you are trying to make as little noise as possible while your new born is FINALLY sleeping.

This is where Rev can help you or your audience consume your content on the go, in silence or in a language not native to the video.

Rev.com can help you translate your videos, transcribe your videos, add subtitles and even convert those subtitles into other languages – all from just $1.50 per minute.

A GREAT way to find an audience and keep them hooked no matter where they are watching your content.

4. Learn new skills for FREE with Skillshare

I SUCK reading books to learn, but I LOVE online video courses.

Every month I learn something new. Editing, writing, video skills, how to cook, how to run a business – even how to meditate to calm a busy mind.

I find all of these for FREE with Skillshare – Sign up, pick all the courses you want and cancel anytime you need.

5. Shutterstock helps me add amazing video b-roll cutaways

I mainly make tutorials and talking head videos.

And in this modern world this can be a little boring if you don’t see something funky every once in a while.

I try with overlays, jump cuts and being funny but my secret weapon is b-roll overlay content.

I can talk about skydiving, food, money, kids, cats – ANYTHING I WANT – with a quick search on the Shutterstock website I can find a great looking clip to overlay on my videos, keeping them entertained and watching for longer.

They have a wide library of videos, graphics, images and even a video maker tool and it wont break the bank with plans starting from as little as £8.25 ($9) per month.

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SOCIAL MEDIA TIPS & TRICKS YOUTUBE

Can I Use YouTube Videos In My Online Course?

Post author By Alan Spicer - YouTube Certified Expert
Post date 3 December 2021
2 Comments on Can I Use YouTube Videos In My Online Course?

YouTube is a veritable cornucopia of informative and educational content, with much of it having the added bonus of being entertaining at the same time. It’s no wonder, then, that many people are looking to use YouTube videos in their online courses, but is that allowed?

As always, the answer to this question will be dramatically different depending on the circumstances in which you are using a YouTube video. There is no rule in YouTube’s terms of use that specifically prohibits the use of YouTube videos in online courses… but there are rules that indirectly make it impossible to do so.

We’re going to get into this, so make yourself a beverage and get comfortable.

Online Courses?

Online courses. They are a great way to impart knowledge and generate some extra revenue. If you are already sharing your wisdom on YouTube, putting together an online course is a natural extension of that, and one that can be very lucrative.

That being said, putting together an online course can be a lot of work, so it will make things a lot easier if you can use some of the content you have already created.

According to Mordor Intelligence, the online courses industry was worth $6,845 million last year.

Using My Own YouTube Videos In Online Courses

There is absolutely no conflict here. You own the copyright on any videos you upload to YouTube, and you are permitted to download your own videos from the site without breaking any of YouTube’s terms, so you can still use your YouTube videos even if you have lost the original files and the only copy exists on YouTube.

If you have the original files, however, YouTube needn’t be a factor at all. You own the rights to the content and you have the files already. In this case, it has nothing to do with YouTube.

Should I Use My YouTube Videos In Online Courses?

So, we’ve established that you can use your YouTube videos, but the next question is should you use them? We can certainly recommend leveraging your existing content to make life a little easier, but you need to consider what you’re putting in your online course.

If your course is just a collection of your existing YouTube content, it will severely reduce the potential revenue your course can generate since users can head over to your YouTube channel and watch it for free. You could take the relevant videos down from your channel, but then they would no longer be generating YouTube revenue for you. Every case is different, of course, but we’re willing to bet that if you’re considering turning your YouTube videos into an online course, they were doing pretty well on your channel.

Using Other People’s YouTube Videos In Online Courses

Here’s where things get a little trickier. Firstly, if you don’t have the permission of the YouTuber whose content it is, there is no way to use that content without breaking a YouTube policy or, more importantly, a law.

YouTube does not permit you to download YouTube videos unless it is through the YouTube app as part of YouTube Premium’s offline watching feature. While it is possible to download YouTube videos using third-party apps, this would be a violation of the terms of use and could see you suspended or banned from the platform if caught. This means that the only way to use the videos without breaking YouTube’s terms is to have the original video files from somewhere. The most obvious place, of course, being from the original creator… which will be hard to do if you do not have their permission to use the video files.

If you decide to go ahead and download the video files regardless—or if you were able to obtain those video files through some other means—and you use the content in your online course without the explicit permission of the creator, you could find yourself on the wrong end of a lawsuit.

The best-case scenario if you do this and the original creator notices is that they put in a copyright violation against you with the service that is hosting your online course and that course gets taken down. However, as we mentioned above, online courses are very lucrative, and if the original creator suspects you have made a good amount of money from their content, they may decide to pursue you for their share.

Realistically speaking, this shouldn’t be a concern. While there is a lot of money to be made in online courses, the vast majority of course creators will not be making the kind of money that warrants legal action. It simply wouldn’t be worth the legal expenses. But they probably would get your course taken down, putting an end to any earning potential, and they might even make the matter public, dragging your reputation down. This can be a serious problem if you are a successful YouTuber with a brand to look after.

Linking to YouTube Videos

What we have discussed so far is concerned with including the YouTube content itself in your course, but what about linking from your course to other videos? This is a perfectly acceptable way to incorporate YouTube content since you are only linking to it. It is then up to YouTube and the creator what they do with that incoming traffic. If the video is publicly available, the creator can’t complain about people watching it. And, if it is not publicly available, the incoming traffic will simply be told that the content is unavailable.

Final Thoughts

Online courses represent a great way to share your wisdom while getting paid for the privilege. They are a form of passive income since you make the course once and it will continue to generate revenue as long as it has relevant and valuable information for potential students to learn.

Using your existing YouTube content is a good way to lighten the workload, but be wary of putting too much of your YouTube content into your course, as it will just leave students wondering why they didn’t just go to your YouTube channel and save some money.

Top 5 Tools To Get You Started on YouTube

Very quickly before you go here are 5 amazing tools I have used every day to grow my YouTube channel from 0 to 30K subscribers in the last 12 months that I could not live without.

1. VidIQ helps boost my views and get found in search

I almost exclusively switched to VidIQ from a rival in 2020.

Within 12 months I tripled the size of my channel and very quickly learnt the power of thumbnails, click through rate and proper search optimization. Best of all, they are FREE!

2. Adobe Creative Suite helps me craft amazing looking thumbnails and eye-catching videos

I have been making youtube videos on and off since 2013.

When I first started I threw things together in Window Movie Maker, cringed at how it looked but thought “that’s the best I can do so it’ll have to do”.

Big mistake!

I soon realized the move time you put into your editing and the more engaging your thumbnails are the more views you will get and the more people will trust you enough to subscribe.

3. Rev.com helps people read my videos

You can’t always listen to a video.

This is where Rev can help you or your audience consume your content on the go, in silence or in a language not native to the video.

Rev.com can help you translate your videos, transcribe your videos, add subtitles and even convert those subtitles into other languages – all from just $1.50 per minute.

A GREAT way to find an audience and keep them hooked no matter where they are watching your content.

4. PlaceIT can help you STAND OUT on YouTube

I SUCK at making anything flashy or arty.

I have every intention in the world to make something that looks cool but im about as artistic as a dropped ice-cream cone on the web windy day.

That is why I could not live on YouTube without someone like PlaceIT. They offer custom YouTube Banners, Avatars, YouTube Video Intros and YouTube End Screen Templates that are easy to edit with simple click, upload wizard to help you make amazing professional graphics in minutes.

Best of all, some of their templates are FREE! or you can pay a small fee if you want to go for their slightly more premium designs (pst – I always used the free ones).

5. StoryBlocks helps me add amazing video b-roll cutaways

I mainly make tutorials and talking head videos.

And in this modern world this can be a little boring if you don’t see something funky every once in a while.

I try with overlays, jump cuts and being funny but my secret weapon is b-roll overlay content.

I can talk about skydiving, food, money, kids, cats – ANYTHING I WANT – with a quick search on the StoryBlocks website I can find a great looking clip to overlay on my videos, keeping them entertained and watching for longer.

They have a wide library of videos, graphics, images and even a video maker tool and it wont break the bank with plans starting from as little as £8.25 ($9) per month.

Tags edu, educational, educational content, educational videos, online courses, youtube