by Elena Mutonono | Jul 9, 2020 | Online teaching formats, Small business story
Danae Florou teaches Greek online and has recently started a membership program (aka a “paid community”) for the language and culture lovers. I met Danae a few years ago in a Facebook group for online teachers, she then joined the Opted Out Facebook group...
by Elena Mutonono | Jun 25, 2020 | Small business story, Teacherpreneur
What do you expect in your first year of running an online teaching business? It’s one question online teachers ask me all the time. What they want to say is, “Will I be able to make X a month?” “Will I be able to leave my current job?”...
by Elena Mutonono | Mar 26, 2020 | marketing, Small Product, Teacherpreneur
Remember the first time you spoke a foreign language? When all the hours of practice and drills are finally paying off? That first time when random words are a sentence and what used to sound like a gargle is now a piece of information? That first time is intoxicating...
by Elena Mutonono | Nov 21, 2019 | marketing, Teacherpreneur
Someone asked an interesting question in our Smart Teacher’s Library forum the other day: “What is a connection with your followers on Instagram and how do you know when you have it?” To help explore this topic today I’ve invited Elfin Waters, who is an online...
by Elena Mutonono | Nov 14, 2019 | marketing, Small business story
Now that you’ve updated your Instagram bio so it’s clear and compelling, let’s look at another important aspect of building your community on Instagram — visual storytelling. I’ve noticed that it’s one of the things that’s hard to understand because there’s usually an...