| Hello Online English Teachers! | | | | was a free-free-free English teacher, I changed |
| One thing you will learn about operating your own | | | | the top section that was seen on every page of |
| online English school is that there's a lot of trial and | | | | my website: I added pictures of credit cards that |
| error. You'll constantly make tweaks to your | | | | PayPal accepts. This was the big one. |
| website. You'll change the format of your free | | | | If prospective English students saw pictures of |
| trial lesson (which you should offer). Your pricing | | | | credit cards and they still thought that I was St. |
| structure will evolve as well. And many other | | | | English Teacher, wow. |
| things... | | | | I also added the sentence, "Your 15 minute trial |
| One change that I made had to do with the top | | | | lesson is free...50 minute English lessons are $16.99 |
| section of my online English school website. I | | | | to $25.00 each." Again, this was quite obvious in |
| made it painfully obvious that I teach English online | | | | my opinion. So any students who came across |
| for money. Why did I do this, and why am I | | | | my site should have understand that I charged |
| telling you, an online English teacher? | | | | money for my online English lessons and online |
| Because I've met sooooo many people from | | | | English conversations. |
| around the world (especially lower level English | | | | To sum it up, add pictures of credit cards to |
| students) who thought I was the greatest guy in | | | | every page of your online English school site. You |
| the world because I was offering my time and | | | | should also highlight the price range and the free |
| energy to teach them English for free...as often as | | | | trial lesson on every page as well. You will thank |
| they wanted. | | | | me because the students who only want a free |
| They thought I was a volunteer! | | | | English speaking friend won't bother you. |
| As much as I would like to help people in this | | | | Keep in mind that many people are spoiled by the |
| way, reality dictates that I make money to | | | | free "static" information that's on the Internet, so |
| survive. Money is what puts sushi on my plate. So | | | | when they meet a person (English teacher) who |
| when I told them that my lessons were not free | | | | is offering English lessons (live and in-person), they |
| (those after the trial lesson), they seemed | | | | just assume that the "dynamic" information will be |
| mystified that I would want to charge them | | | | free as well. So remember this and you should |
| something. | | | | save a lot of time. |
| So to weed out those students who thought I | | | | |