When I mention the opportunities in online learning I notice that a lot of people seem to try to make this whole process way, way harder than it has to be. You can, of course make it just as hard as you want it to be … that’s your prerogative, but if you want to start making dollars, today, then this is one strategy you can implement for very little more than you already have invested in a computer and internet access.
These techniques will work no matter if you are US born, Filipino born or “made in” any other nation, and they will work equally as well from the Philippines, from the US, or anywhere else.
Step One: Forget about business partners, services and other places where you sign up and they take your income. This is a low dollar, grass roots, hands on effort and I want you to keep all the profit. By the way, nothing in this article is an affiliate link or anything else that I profit from … just so you know.
Step Two: You need a way to receive money, so pen a PayPal account. There are other online money transfer providers but PayPal is the largest in the world and now, bingo, you are set up with a banking service and a way to accept credit cards.
Step Three: You need a way to interact with your students so open a Skype account. Presto. You now have a way to interact by voice and/or video with your prospective students
Step Four: Decide what to charge. prices I have seen here in the Philippines average around a couple hundred pesos per hour … you can learn more from the next step. (hint, here in the Philippines, Koreans wanting English tutoring typically pay around P1,000 per hour. Don’t start too low.
Step Five: Type in a phrase like “learn English online for Koreans from a native English speaker” (try both with and without the quotation marks) and start exploring. You will learn a lot from following up some of these offers. You’ll see freelancers, online school, books and other learning aids available, and more (don’t succumb to buying shiny objects).
Step Six: based on your market research above, decide of a name you want to be known by and got to www.blogger.com and start posting about your new business. What do you write? Simple, I just gave you the outline for the first six posts, write about your experiences and the good, the bad and the ugly about getting your feet on the ground in this business.
Step Seven: Write a blog post that mentions your business, hours of operation, how much you charge, etc. Don’ write ordinary “blog post” stuff, this blog is your business website by another name.
Step Eight: Get 1,000 visitors to your blog. Here’s a way to do that for free. (remember, don’t buy anything!)
Then keep building traffic.
So far you are in a position to accept money, have away to communicate, are building an online presence and you are learning the ropes. Total investment so far? Zero dollars and no cents.
What are you waiting for now, an engraved invitation? Or perhaps you need a “Round TuIt” … you know, one of those things that everything is always on hold for until you get around to it? This could be the day you started being a success, but it absolutely will not be if you don’t make a move. You are guaranteed to miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Thanks > Kollage Kid
If you need some more technical and business guidance:
OK, I looked this over since I posted it, and I also have some questions from many people who aren’t really clear on a couple concepts. One question I have had several times is, "If this is so easy, why aren’t you doing it, Dave"? Well that’s a very good question. part one of the answer is, I didn’t say it was easy. I said that anyone with normal spoken English skills and a computer and the free program Skype can do it, but it’s work.
It;s a legitimate business opportunity that you can pursue from anywhere you live, and it requires virtually no investment .. but … like any conventional or self-employed venture, it requires effort. I’m 65 years young and I enjoy being retired. that’s one reason I don’t teach English online as a business (Although I was really, really tempted to bu7y that example site I showed you earlier 
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The second reason is, like any successful business, it requires a certain amount of setting up, planning and developing specific techniques for the market … and I spend way too much time on other profitable on-line ventures as it is … I don’t care to start something else again from scratch. I’d rather build the properties I currently have to be bigger and better.
But I di the next best thing. I found those of you who are interested in a sensible, doable way to make real money online for performing a necessary and useful service, a complete package on how to set up a working business, step by step, written by an American living in Japan who earns money teaching English online.
An online English teaching journey and how you too can teach English online and get money
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My name is John Buchanan, and I’m an online English teacher. I love to travel and help people.
In 2005 I moved to Osaka, Japan with thoughts of meeting new people, witnessing the culture and exploring the other mysteries that awaited. I never thought I would become self-employed after being hired by a Japanese conversation school by the name of Nova.
With them I taught English to Japanese students from all over Japan by using a computer and the Internet. For myself, I paid attention, learned a lot, and eventually adapted a working strategy that paid nicely. …I did all of my teaching with a webcam, microphone and their special software. The setup was pretty neat because it allowed me to show pictures, play audio recordings, write with a typing tool, as well as the ability to draw with colors.
Pretty cool! I got paid to sit and talk and teach English and draw funny pictures for students.
After I got to Japan, I was blown away by how much money students were paying on average for a 40 minute one-on-one private lesson over the Internet.
Guess how much?
About $70.00 for one 40 minute English lesson was the average! My eyebrows flew off my face when I heard that number. …
If you want a no BS look at the details facts and figures of how one man does this, for real, and you want a professionally written step by step course, complete with custom video instructions on things like how to set up Skype to do this teaching professionally, then I suggest you read John’s Teaching English Online sales page.
I find his facts, figures and conclusions are very believable, based on personal experience, and best of all, the offer is completely risk free .. if it ain’t what you want, you get back very penny. A no nonsense
course in how to make teaching English online, from anywhere, work for you.
Will you make a move, or will you wait and see if the government makes things better just for you?
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