Top Course/Learning Websites for Online Business Skills (Free and Paid)
In an interview with Yahoo, the famous investor Warren Buffet gave what he believes is the best advice for success saying, ” By far the best investment you can make is in yourself.” (Yahoo)
With that being said, we are super fortunate to live in a time where knowledge is so readily available as well as cheaper than ever.
Within the last two decades, a lot of schools have moved to more online approaches as well as the production of websites dedicated to online courses. Many of these courses are from experts in their field and provide a wealth of knowledge for the fraction of the price you would usually pay in more formal schooling approaches. Even top rated schools such as Berklee College of Music are providing online courses to the public now, so it truly is looking like it is going to be the way of the future!
Below is a list of my favorite websites (Some paid/ some free) that provide courses to further your education.
Udemy (Paid)
- Udemy has to be my favorite course/learning website. They have an incredible range of topics to choose from as well as regular sales that ends up making for great knowledge at an extremely cheap price.
- Some of my favorite courses I have taken so far are;
Alison (Free/Paid)
- Alison is my favorite free site to take courses from. They have literally hundreds of business courses as well as courses in many different topics. They also offer paid courses for certificates. Alison is definitely a website to check out to take some courses and improve your business knowledge.
Fiverr (Free/Paid)
- Fiverr is an online platform to sell your services from, but it also provides great free business guides and courses you can pay for. From learning how to create a website, to making commercials, to even learning how to open a restaurant, Fiverr guides has a wealth of information for you to learn from for your online business.
MasterClass (Subscription/Paid)
- This is a course website that focuses on popular leading figures in their fields teaching their own course on subjects in those fields. I think that this is a very cool one, because MasterClass really gets some pretty well-known people in their industries to teach on their subjects in pretty well created curriculums. I don’t think that you will become a “master” in any of these subjects just by watching these classes, but I think that they offer really valuable insight on how experts in their fields approach it. I would highly recommend anyone that finds multiple classes that they are interested in, to get the annual pass. It ends up being super cheap in the long run and they occasionally have sales to bring that price down even more.
GoDaddy (Free)
- GoDaddy has a great selection of articles on how to build your online business with steps covering the basics to the finished product. It is definitely worth checking out, there is a lot of great knowledge there that shouldn’t be missed.
YouTube (Free/ Paid Premium)
- I have honestly learnt so much from YouTube videos that I had to put this on the list. There is a lot that can be learned by searching topics of your interest on YouTube. There can be a lot of bad content, but there is a lot of extremely well made and useful content as well that shouldn’t be passed up. YouTube can also be extremely helpful in helping figuring things out if you are stuck. Since a lot of other people have been in similar situations, there is a high chance there is a video out there that can help you.
As you can see, there are a lot of websites out there to take courses for free or at a very cheap price, and that is only the tip of the iceberg.
As I mentioned earlier, top rated schools are now offering courses to the public as well as a lot of other colleges. There is still plenty of opportunity to learn any new skills you have been wanting to or build upon any existing ones!
I hope that this article has helped inspire you to invest in yourself and take some courses to learn more. As I like to say, Knowledge is Freedom.
Thanks for reading!