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Omeo



Joined: 08 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:07 pm    Post subject: Freelance Online Teaching Reply with quote
Has anyone ever set up a successful private online teaching operation or found a good online school? I've been trying to find online students for a while now and, so far, no takers. Any advice on how to find students? Any advertising advice?

Thanks.
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Trebek



Joined: 30 Oct 2003
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Location: China
PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Before someone points him to the recent online school thread, I too would welcome ideas on how to advertise for students. Seems that most online teaching places want you to find your own.
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Omeo



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
What recent online school thread? I tried searching for it, but sometimes the search engine on this site is a real piece of crap.
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Omeo



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nevermind. Found it.
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naturegirl321



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a friend who did that. She started giving lessons to a couple friends at a low price and those friends told others. I think it's like privates, word of mouth is the best.
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hollysuel



Joined: 07 Oct 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
naturegirl321 wrote:
I have a friend who did that. She started giving lessons to a couple friends at a low price and those friends told others. I think it's like privates, word of mouth is the best.


That is what I learned when I set up my live online company in 2006. I did google ad words and got a lot of students requesting free trial lessons, but few people actually had the money to pay. I found that networking/word of mouth and using the live online schools like Myngle & Edufire really helped. At least right now, though, this type of training is really for supplementing one's income until you start to get a good reputation. In other words, it takes a lot of time and patience!
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Trebek



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Nature and Holly, that appears to be the the way to get started online. Holly are you teaching full time?


I do think there are ways to speed things up through advertising, I,m just not sure what venue to advertise on. For now, I'll start at the bottom like everyone else.
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hollysuel



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Trebek wrote:
Thanks Nature and Holly, that appears to be the the way to get started online. Holly are you teaching full time?


I do think there are ways to speed things up through advertising, I,m just not sure what venue to advertise on. For now, I'll start at the bottom like everyone else.


I was teaching full time, but I recently got a full time job working with an assessment company writing test questions, so am now only teaching a couple hours a day.
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TwinCentre



Joined: 22 Mar 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've done a fair bit of Skype teaching but with Music rather than English...but the principles are the same...

Skype.com has it's own 'learning languages on Skype' forum...advertising there helps a lot.

Also, targeting one nationality is a good idea...think locally.

Instead of offering a free trial lesson - allow students to pay AFTER the lesson (same difference if you think about it)

Hope this helps

TC
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teresa_c



Joined: 07 Mar 2011
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've heard many people talk about online tutoring jobs, which is also interesting. I don't know if a teacher would be willing to downgrade his/her status to a tutor though.


http://www.theonlinetutoringjobs.com
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