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7 essential things you need to do to sell teacher training courses

7 essential things you need to do to sell teacher training courses

by Rachael Roberts | Jan 5, 2025 | ELT business, Niche

Many people assume that the only option for a freelance teacher trainer is to work for bigger organisations such as a publisher, or the British Council, or as a trainer on CELTA/DELTA or the Trinity courses. But there’s plenty of scope for starting your own business...
How to run profitable one-to-one English classes

How to run profitable one-to-one English classes

by Rachael Roberts | Sep 1, 2024 | ELT business, Niche

As the number of independent online teachers continues to grow exponentially, more and more teachers are finding themselves mainly teaching one-to-one.  Yet they’ve probably never actually been trained in how to do this.  As a result, teachers can easily...
4 reasons why ELT Freelancers don’t want to niche- and why they’re wrong.

4 reasons why ELT Freelancers don’t want to niche- and why they’re wrong.

by Rachael Roberts | Nov 15, 2023 | marketing, Niche

Of course there can sometimes be good reasons why it isn’t a good idea to narrow down your niche. However, having spoken to literally hundreds of ELT freelancers about niching, I’d say that at least 9 times out of 10, a reluctance to niche is based on misunderstanding...
Effectively market your ELT freelance business: 5 quotes to learn from.

Effectively market your ELT freelance business: 5 quotes to learn from.

by Rachael Roberts | Sep 7, 2023 | Business, Confidence, ELT business, Freelance, marketing, Niche, Social media marketing

1. Running a business without marketing will kill it – Paul Cookson It might seem a bit over-dramatic, but the bottom line is that if no-one knows about your business, you won’t have any clients. Word of mouth is, of course, a form of marketing too, but,...
Three things you DON’T have to do in your business.

Three things you DON’T have to do in your business.

by Rachael Roberts | Sep 5, 2022 | Freelance, marketing, Niche, Social media marketing

Rather than telling you about yet more things you should be doing in your ELT freelance business, I thought I’d try a different approach.Here are three things you DON’T have to do in your business… cue big sigh of relief. 1. You don’t necessarily have to find your ELT...

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