Education really has gone online over the last few years. We're able to find the best teachers from
the comfort of our home and learn incredible skills without paying an arm and a leg for a
university degree! I've enrolled into countless online courses and it's how i initially learned
digital marketing to build up my business and pick up new hobbies and even new skills self learning
is truly more important than ever and thankfully it's easier than ever too and so in today's video
i picked out the top 10 skills and niches you should learn today on the Udemy platform which
gives us access to a huge library of affordable courses these important skills will range from
business to investing to even lifestyle and tech so let's get into my number one on my screen here
learning the basics to accounting will save you time and money and understanding how taxes work
globally is an incredibly useful skill and you might be thinking well i'll leave this
work to my accountant which is true but i'm a big believer that when you outsource an activity to
someone you should at the very least understand the fundamentals of what you're outsourcing so
you number one know that they're doing a decent job and number two you're able to effectively
communicate with them and so i picked this specific course here if we look at the description
this course here is based on international practices throughout the us canada and europe and
it's beginner friendly and by the way as you can see i've already purchased this course
and i've practically vetted all the courses myself so you don't have to and so i'm only
recommending the courses that i think are worthwhile leadership is defined as a skill that
allows you to effectively lead influence and guide other individuals and teams towards achievement
now imagine doing this more effectively and with ease it's an incredible skill to have when
mastered whether you're a manager a business owner teacher dad a mother good leadership takes
us places and is recognized universally so this course i found is called the science of leadership
and what i personally found really effective in being a better leader as a marketing manager back
in my corporate days and as i run my businesses now with my team is that deeply understanding
what makes for good leadership is what makes you a good leader and so understanding the
psychology and science behind leadership is an incredible skill to have and this is a great
gateway course to laying the foundations of being a great leader in all aspects of your life and
this is actually also an accredited course and so once you complete this course take the test
it's accredited by the way it's worth mentioning that all the courses that i mentioned here
or you roll into on udemy includes a 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee in case the
course isn't for you but like i said i've taken a deep dive into these courses already and i
wouldn't be recommending these if they weren't any good moving on to more technical skills we
have seo or search engine optimization and this skill is so important for those who want to start
or already run a business because it gives us the ability to rank our business on search engines for
free when done correctly and this means we're able to direct customers to our online websites or even
physical businesses by pushing them through the power of google searches and other search engines
this is a more complicated skill so i picked this course here it is a little bit more expensive but
it is still significantly discounted if you use the links down below there's over uh 10 hours
of lessons here and there it is updated every month i believe or almost every month as you
can see from the course update timeline here this is important because seo changes basically monthly
and so you can see that the course here has been updated since 2016. seo is all about building
trust and credibility with both the search engine and the users and this crash course
here will teach you how to do that number four and on the topic of digital marketing we have
snapchat ads and as you can see here this page looks a little different and that's because
well this is my own course that i host on udemy and so this is a bit of a shameless self plug but
we're pretty proud of our mini course and using snapchat to drive customers to your store and
business is a powerful way to gain new customers especially you know when there's so many issues
with facebook ads at the moment it's important to diversify and this course here will teach you how
to scale up with snapchat so it's as effective if not more effective than potentially facebook and
instagram ads i'll also leave a link down below to an updated 100 free tutorial that i've hosted
on snapchat ads here on youtube and then if you're interested you can move on and take a look at this
mini course if you're interested but yeah snapchat is a great place to start pushing ads and learning
the skill of digital marketing through snapchat next i've included touch typing as a skill i
think you should seriously consider learning for those who regularly type which is basically
everyone nowadays we spend three hours a day using a keyboard so let's say we increase or manage to
increase our typing speed through this course by 20 well then in theory we save 35 minutes per day
that is 213 hours a year a mind-blowing 21 days saved by just typing faster and for better or
worse people who are able to type faster are apparently seen as more competent in the office
according to studies and so this is where touch typing comes in and touch typing is
the ability to use all fingers and muscle memory to type incredibly fast without looking at the
keyboard and i picked this one here because it's a short one and it's really simple with just 12
simple lessons you can literally learn this within a night it's only about an hour and a half long
i personally learned touch typing when my mom bought me an old school typewriter yeah let me
know your words per minute to your typing speed down below if you know it almost everyone takes
photos so why not learn to take even nicer photos photography helps me create visually appealing
memories it has helped me take better product photos from my e-commerce store and it's helped
this youtube channel grow and with all of that came new opportunities that i never would have had
without great photography and so this sports here called the mobile photography a complete
master class is great because everyone has a mobile phone right and this is a great way to
start learning great photography with your phone and this course actually doubles as an instagram
growth course for those of you who are looking to grow your personal or business instagram accounts
um there's interactive components as well you get feedback from your instructors and peers in this
course which is my favorite type of course where you're able to interact with the instructors just
like our mastery programs but yeah this is a great one that i recommend only at twenty dollars anyway
and number seven we have investing but not just any type of investing this is long term value
investing that's defined as purchasing stocks underneath their price valuations and holding them
very long term yes it all sounds easier than it is so to do it correctly and effectively
you definitely want to dive deep into this topic and there's no better way to do this than a crash
course specifically on long term investing right here and this one will teach you how to pick the
right stock what should be checked the complete fundamentals of stock investing long term and this
is one that has been uh enrolled into by 10 000 plus students with an average rating of 4.3 over
1600 reviews so this is a skill that i definitely definitely recommend next we have cryptocurrency
investing this is yet another skill that could generate significant wealth i've always said to
increase and stabilize your cash flow whether that's a job or ideally a business than taking
those profits and investing them into long-term investments and this includes a small percentage
in cryptocurrency depending on your risk tolerance and yes the cryptocurrency market is fluctuating
every day but it's projected to reach 4.94 billion by 2030 which represents 12.8 gains each year
crypto is definitely a riskier investment so it's incredibly important that you educate yourself and
learn the ins and outs of crypto investing as a skill so that's why i picked out this course here
it has almost 15 hours of lessons this one here is important that it is updated regularly because
cryptocurrency is moving so fast what you'll learn here is the fundamentals on blockchain altcoins
ido and all this you should know inside out before making informed investments into cryptocurrency at
number nine we have something a little different but if you enjoy traveling at all this is a skill
and topic that will literally save you thousands of dollars and this is a travel and point
hacking course it's the process of collecting loyalty and flyer points strategically to claim
free luxury upgrades flights and accommodation and if not for travel and point hacking i don't think
i personally would have been able to travel over 100 cities across 35 countries in my 20s and let's
be honest who doesn't love a bit of luxury when it comes to traveling but a 10 dollar business class
ticket really isn't a great financial decision even if you can afford it but getting it for free
or for a fraction of the cost sign me up travel and point hacking does seem initially complicated
but this course here demystifies it it gives you the specific strategies for short and
long-haul flights for accommodation and even free one-way tickets it all sounds a bit far-fetched i
know but i can confirm that this is a worthwhile course for those who love to travel and travel
hacking point hacking is a real thing that will help you save a lot of money then we have the
art of productivity i don't need to tell you why productivity matters i'm sure you know
but who doesn't want more time in their life to do more things that they love right time is precious
you can earn more money but you never get more time right i think i'm a naturally lazy person
but there are strategies that have helped me become more productive and give me more time
back in the day such as this course here and this course is one of the most highest rated
courses on udemy most students out of this entire list of courses at the very least and it stills
apparently many different books into one system here this is a great course where you're able to
learn the ins and outs of productivity gives you the right strategies to use in a single
straightforward course and that's what i love about this course it is productive in itself
i'll leave a direct discount link to all 10 udemy courses and skills that i've mentioned in this
video down below and thank you today's video sponsor udemy for making this video possible
there's over 180 000 affordable courses high quality courses too on the platform so we've
only touched the tip of the iceberg in this video and the great thing with udemy is you can collect
and pick courses to enroll into individually but i believe that udemy has a new subscription model
uh to select multiple courses a month if you made it this far into the video comment the code word
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continue to upskill yourself and you'll achieve your goals as always thank you for watching