by Elena Mutonono | May 26, 2016 | Teacher Training, Teacherpreneur
“Say, what?” You mean I can’t just be teaching but I have to devise some sort of a strategy? You mean students may not exactly be running to me for lessons? You mean I have to create a “sales funnel” of sorts? So now I have to find time...
by Elena Mutonono | Mar 17, 2016 | Teacher Training, Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to explain what you do as an online teacher? “So your job is … an online teacher? Does it even pay anything?” I always dread this kind of a conversation because first of all most people think...
by Elena Mutonono | Feb 19, 2016 | marketing, Teacher Training, Teacherpreneur
*** The post was updated in March 2021. Since then, I have changed the focus of my Instagram account and it’s now a space for online language teachers to connect and grow as they’re building their businesses online. Check it out here. *** Over the...
by Elena Mutonono | Jan 22, 2016 | Teacher Training, Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
Last week I had a free 15-min accent training session with somebody who had followed me on Instagram and signed up for my newsletter to get one of my free products. The day after the session the person purchased my two courses. For as long as I’ve been teaching...
by Elena Mutonono | Oct 31, 2015 | Small Product, Teacher Training, Teacherpreneur, Teacherpreneurship
One of my ambitions for this year was to write an e-book. I started out right: signed up for an e-course on publishing an e-book on Kindle by Cathy Presland. Since I knew that the course was going to take a lot of my time (what with the new baby and a toddler...