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3 SEO Strategies for Edtech Business

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The Edtech industry is worth over $340 billion , and its value will keep rising as digital learning becomes even more common. Owning a successful Edtech website means learning optimization tactics that can help increase web visibility and create opportunities for revenue generation. What Do the Best Edtech Websites Have in Common?

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Duolingo Just Raised $35M. Udemy Got $50M. Both Are Valued Billions More.

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This latest investment round—Duolingo’s eighth since it launched in 2011—continues a hot streak for the education market, which has seen new investors , new funds and plenty of venture capital flow into edtech companies with established businesses along with those that have yet to release a product. based edtech investment firm.

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Udemy, an Online Course Platform Where Anyone Can Teach, Keeps Raising Money. What's Next?

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Udemy has become one of the best-funded companies in edtech, having raised another $80 million earlier this year, bringing its total raised to nearly $300 million. Those were some questions we brought to Udemy’s CEO, Gregg Coccari, in a recent interview. They become professional at this,” he says. They work at this every day.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. NYSE: COUR), Udemy, Inc. NASDAQ: UDMY), and Nerdy, Inc. NYSE: NRDY).

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Udemy - take or create your own online course

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Udemy is a site that enables anyone to take and build courses online. edtech free online courses free resources' It is free to sign up and there are both free and paid courses available. You can also create your own online course on the site. It''s very easy to use, and there are some great features. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Upskilling Trend Brings Coupons, ‘Flash Sales’ and Other Marketing Gimmicks to Higher Ed

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“Now is the time,” said a recent promotional email from Udemy, a library of online courses. There are even memes marking this trend, like one that went viral on Reddit showing a still frame from a cartoon depicting a turtle labeled “a New Udemy course” joining a group of other turtles labeled “All my unfinished courses.”

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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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Facebook Classes has been compared to Udemy, an online course platform which raised hundreds of millions of dollars during the pandemic based on the idea that anyone can teach video classes. Either way, Meta’s possible entrance into the market plays into a long-standing fear of big tech in the edtech industry.

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