We’re back with our monthly Gumroad Picks, and this time, we’re excited to highlight six courses and tutorials available on Gumroad. Whether you want to bake the perfect sugar cookie, build your first iPhone app, or complete a record number of pull-ups, there’s a course or tutorial on Gumroad for you.
Thinking about offering a course or tutorial yourself? Great! Here are some trends to consider.
- Multimedia Content:Primary course content often comes in written or video form, with creators basing courses around either an ebook or a series of videos. Many creators then add all kinds of relevant content to make the course a more comprehensive experience. For example, AppCoda’s ebook is accompanied by source code, app templates in PSD, screencasts, icons, a companion book, access to email support, and more. Nathan Barry and the 12 Minute Athlete both offer similar bundles of multimedia course content.
- Delivery Methods: Most creators choose to make all course content available immediately, delivering an entire course’s worth of lessons and bonus materials in a single bundle. This allows students to cover material at their own pace. Students who buy courses from AppCoda, Alison Faulkner, Nathan Barry, and the 12 Minute Athlete get access to course content immediately. On the other hand, Will Burrard-Lucas’s lessons are delivered over time as a series of emails. Dripping out course content can be a useful strategy when a student’s success is heavily dependent on completing specific lessons and exercises in order. Want to deliver your course as a single bundle? Learn about creating multi-file products on Gumroad. Think dripping content out over time is a better fit for your course? Trigger email sequences with Drip or use our Zapier integration to send customer email addresses to email applications like MailChimp.
- Tiered Packages: AppCoda and Nathan Barry offer their courses in multiple packages: a starter package and a complete package. They both charge more for the complete packages, which include additional resources relative to the starter packages. Students can therefore pick a version of either course based on their budgets and how much value they want to get out of the course. While some students may just want the basics, others will want additional resources.
Now check out our suggestions and you’ll be on your way to mastering a new skill in no time.
Beginning iOS 8 Programming with Swift
AppCoda
Learn how to build a real app—from scratch to App Store! iOS programming community AppCoda’s teaching approach is based on practical learning with an emphasis on hands-on exercises and projects. Beginning iOS 8 Programming with Swift includes a 400 page ebook, source code, app templates in PSD, a set of app icons, and premium email support. In the next couple months, students can also look forward to a series of step-by-step screencasts, an intermediate companion book, and exclusive bonus chapters.
Alison’s Cookie Party
The Alison Show (Alison Faulkner)
Have you ever wanted to bake and decorate the perfect sugar cookie? Blogger and YouTube star Alison Faulkner has mastered the art of sugar cookies. Just take a peek at her Instagram account for some impressively decorated treats. Luckily, for those of us less handy with the royal icing, Alison has decided to share her methods in her brand new course. Alison’s Cookie Party. Available starting tomorrow, the course includes over an hour of video instruction, a 30-page ebook, recipes, and direct links to supplies. Plus, Alison is offering $10 off to anyone who pre-orders the course before it launches.
Marketing for Photographers
RAW Exposure
Professional wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas created RAW Exposure to help photographers build their businesses and monetize their work. In Marketing for Photographers, Will teaches students how to set up a comprehensive marketing strategy. The 40-lesson course, delivered in a series of emails, covers the ins and outs of newsletters, websites, and social media channels.
Photoshop for Web Design
Nathan Barry
Learn the Photoshop skills you need to improve your software design. Built around a series of videos, Photoshop for Web Design also includes exercises, case studies, and PSD files, all geared towards teaching you the skills that interface designers use every day. Rather than learning how to remove red eye or crop a photo, you’ll learn about paths and layer styles. By focusing on the Photoshop skills that are most valuable for web design, Nathan believes you’ll learn faster, leaving you more time to create!
Pull Up Mastery
12 Minute Athlete
Have you always wanted to do a pull up but thought reaching this goal was impossible? Now’s the time to take on the challenge. If you can commit to training two or three times a week for 10 weeks, Pull Up Mastery will have you cranking out pull ups like it’s nothing (or at least completing your first pull up). This course includes 10 weeks of programming, detailed instructional videos, a printable guide, email support, and more.
Environment for Video Games
Maciej Kuciara
Create environment illustration for video games with Maciej Kuciara’s series of video tutorials. Maciej has released five related tutorials that can be watched together or consumed individually: Intro to Composition 1, Intro to Composition 2, Color and Light, Blockmesh to Concept Sketch, and Production Illustration. Buy all of the tutorials and watch them in order, or pick the one most relevant to what you’re hoping to learn. You’ll also get PSD and JPG files, as well as some of the Photoshop brushes used in Maciej’s illustrations.
Want to talk strategy for selling your course or tutorial directly to your audience? Email us and tell us more about what you’re working on.
GumroWhen compiling the Gumroad Picks lists, we look for creators who have had recent launches, lots of sales, or success using Gumroad in an exciting way. From there, we hand-pick creators whose work is especially innovative or creative. We hope to see you on this list in the future!