5 Of the Best Online Business Training Video Platforms

If you want your business to succeed in a highly competitive environment, then it’s imperative to constantly strive to advance your team’s skill sets and, at the same time, become more efficient in your business methodology. This takes constant training. As opposed to the past where getting ahead meant reading big manuals or sending employees on expensive weekend long seminars, employers can now train their staff right on their own laptops via business training videos and tutorials. 

According to SmallBizTrends.com, business training videos are a cost-effective way for small and large business operations to train their teams while at the same time, saving a ton of cash, time, and other resources. Let’s face it, in today’s day and age, the internet is exploding with training videos that employees can watch at home, while on the couch, in their leisure time. Plus, during the recent Covid-19 epidemic and the amount of hours workers are spending at home, there’s never been a better time for brushing up on management skills, or learning new ones, right from the safety of your own home office. 

What’s more, YouTube is no longer the only video game in town. Other, more creative outlets like Vidyard’s Enterprise Video Platform provide videos and customized tutorials that are tailored to your business and enterprise needs. These outlets offer up everything from free, half hour and hour-long seminars to paid tuition courses that can range from effective communication techniques to cooking tutorials to step-by-step lessons in professional development. Even language classes are offered. No matter the video and/or course, employees can digest these videos on their own laptops and/or smartphones on their own time. No need to take time off from your normal workday. And what’s more, these platforms make learning easy and fun.  

What are some other very effective and easy to access business training video platforms? Here’s 5 of the best:

1. Coursera.org Business Training Platform

Says SmallBizTrends.com, Coursera.org is a treasure trove of training videos for companies and enterprises, be they small or large. Companies with evolving needs can tap into courses on business, computer science, leadership, technology, and much more. Also, courses can be customized to a company’s particular needs and wants. Prices vary, but in general, Coursera.org presently charges around $100 per course, per person, with bulk rates available. 

2.iTunes U Business Training Platform

iTunes is already a popular app on iPhones and iPads. Now iTunes provides access to video training and tutorials along with slick presentations and lectures. Entire business teams can brush up on existing skills or learn new ones right from their own iPad. iTunes is said to make delivery of these training modules simple and convenient. They even offer classroom-like lessons along with graded assignments. 

3.Learn Vest Business Training Platform

If your company or enterprise is centered around money management, Lean Vest is said to offer a variety of finance and business classes for both the individual and/or your entire team. The video training platform also offers custom live-streaming classes for businesses that need to improve upon their money management skills.

 4.Alison Business Training Platform 

Alison is said to be a one stop shop for those employees seeking everything from basic service training to the equivalent of a college degree in Human Resources. Students can view training videos at their own pace, on their own time off from the workplace via its own “practical learner dashboard.” With over 800 free courses to access, businesses can easily update their existing skillsets with Alison, or create new ones.  

5.No Excuse List Training Platform

Much like Hotels.com, No Excuse List is a comparison site that lists many of the most popular business training video/tutorial resources available on the internet. At No Excuse List you can search for training videos by categories ranging from computer programming to languages. Even cooking lessons are offered for restaurateurs. Created by a New York City based blogger, No Excuse List means just that. There’s no longer an excuse not to learn what you need to know to succeed in any type of business.    

While it’s easy to YouTube a video that will teach you just about anything, the growing trend among business owners is sending them to video training/tutorial platforms that can be customized to suite their specific needs and wants. Teams seeking more personalized platforms that can be shared and analyzed with the entire business team is a much more interactive way of improving upon skills and creating brand new methods for doing business in a very competitive marketplace.