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...
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...
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,...
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...
