{"id":498,"date":"2021-06-01T08:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T08:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/?p=498"},"modified":"2022-12-11T13:18:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T13:18:10","slug":"teach-esl-online-with-your-own-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/teach-esl-online-with-your-own-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Teach ESL Online by Starting Your Own Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teach-English-Online-By-Starting-Your-Own-Business.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500\" width=\"666\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teach-English-Online-By-Starting-Your-Own-Business.png 810w, https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teach-English-Online-By-Starting-Your-Own-Business-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Teach-English-Online-By-Starting-Your-Own-Business-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting your own business is by far the best way to begin teaching English online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be challenging at first, but the payoff, in the end, is so worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at how you can teach ESL online by starting your own business!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><br>Perspective<\/strong> <strong>On Teaching ESL Online by Starting a Business<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity aligncenter\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>First, if you haven&#8217;t read this article on <a href=\"https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/the-best-way-to-teach-english-online\/\">why starting your own online business is the best way to teach online<\/a>, you may want to check it out now before we start discussing how to start your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When starting your online teaching business, it can be easy to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>get lost in the nitty-gritty details <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and lose your way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width:100%;height:0;padding-bottom:55%;position:relative;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/biJ1jmq9woBMI\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" style=\"position:absolute\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/lost-jears-biJ1jmq9woBMI\" draggable=\"false\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p><div class=\"tve_iframe_cover\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you feel like you&#8217;re losing your way, you&#8217;ll lose your motivation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then finding a job with a company may seem really attractive. Everything is taken care of for you and all you have to do is teach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But then after a year or two<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;when the frustrations build with whatever company you&#8217;re working for, you&#8217;re going to start thinking back to the opportunity you had to start building your own online business <strong>and wonder where all the time went<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And 2-YEAR-LATER YOU will thank TODAY YOU for getting started now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Start-Teaching-ESL-By-Starting-Your-Own-Online-Business.jpg\" alt=\"Start Teaching ESL By Starting Your Own Online Business\" class=\"wp-image-520\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Start-Teaching-ESL-By-Starting-Your-Own-Online-Business.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Start-Teaching-ESL-By-Starting-Your-Own-Online-Business-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Start-Teaching-ESL-By-Starting-Your-Own-Online-Business-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/independent-teacher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Start-Teaching-ESL-By-Starting-Your-Own-Online-Business-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright, so starting your own business can seem a little overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can work through that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s helpful to keep our eyes on the bigger picture so that we don&#8217;t get too hung up on the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>You can fix most anything after the fact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I know this&nbsp;<em>personally<\/em>&nbsp;from making lots and lots of mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be able to help you avoid many of the mistakes I made, but you will probably still have to make some of them yourself. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when things go wrong, you fix them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And everything will be just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So, when you get worried and worked up about&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>whether you should use this imag or that other image&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>what to say in a Facebook post&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>whether to spend money on some piece of software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>what topic to do your program on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or any of the other million decisions that have to be made<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;remember to just keep pressing forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t stop. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make a decision and move on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Start Building Your Business to Teach ESL Online<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity aligncenter\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To build a business online, you need to build a marketing funnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need a system of taking people who have no idea who you are through a series of stages to the point where they are willing to pay you for a program or classes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Basically:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>people&nbsp;<em>who have never met you before<\/em>&nbsp;enter into one end of the funnel&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;and come out the other end as customers!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Yep, pretty awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are the steps of the funnel&nbsp;<\/strong>(Building the funnel usually doesn&#8217;t go in the same order, but this is how customers will go through it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever you get too hung up on the details, just picture these steps to get some perspective on what you need to accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Find Your ICA Online &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;Find your Ideal Customer Avatar (ICA) &#8211; Who are your ideal customers? How old are they? Where are they located? What are their interests?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gather Your Audience Together <\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;Go to Where Your ICAs are, invite them to like your page, join your group, and offer them something in exchange for their email addresses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nurture Your Audience <\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;Post great content that they love, send a series of automated, pre-written emails that also provide free value. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Offer <\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;Create a series of posts and send a series of sales-optimized emails with an offer to your subscribers that include a link to your sales\/sign-up page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sales Page\/Checkout &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Create a sales page and checkout process that converts subscribers into customers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Program &#8211;<\/strong> Clients\/students join an awesome program you&#8217;ve built that helps them reach their goals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents and students will enter the funnel on one end and come out the other as paying customers with whom you can focus on building long-term meaningful relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s jump in and get our hands dirty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the next thing and get started. 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Start and finish something now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each time you do, you will find more motivation to keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Teaching ESL Online<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity aligncenter\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve gotten started on the business side, you&#8217;ll start finding your own clients or students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you can start focusing on helping them reach their goals with English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering most clients or students aren&#8217;t learning English just to learn English, you&#8217;ll need to figure out what their goals are and help them achieve those goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can do that, they will be happy to pay you and pay you well for your time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few things you&#8217;ll need to consider for when you&#8217;re beginning to teach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Program or Course<\/strong> &#8211; Listen to what your audience needs and design a program that helps them achieve the goals <em>they<\/em> want to achieve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Platform<\/strong> &#8211; Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams are all great choices for teaching online. 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