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Many people prefer online classes to offline ones. First of all, because it is very comfortable. Most online classes are very flexible. Students can study any time anywhere. Also, online classes can be private, so students don’t need to take care of annoying classmates. And, of course, during the coronavirus pandemic online classes are safer. Therefore, more online teaching job opportunities today.
There is no need for professional certificates to start to teach online and earn money. Many famous online tutors don’t even have a professional academic background.
What to Teach?
You can teach whatever you want or whatever you know. But of course, it is better to teach something, what is in good demand. Because your earnings depend on the number of your students, the quality of your classes, and efficiency.
For example, you can teach:
- foreign language;
- business courses;
- about self-development;
- design;
- school/university subjects etc
Where to Teach?
You can use any method which you like, or combine several methods. Here are 3 main ways how you can conduct your courses.
Messengers
Messengers are good for real-time classes. You can conduct private or group real-time classes in messengers like WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, Skype etc.
Online courses websites
If you don’t want to teach in real-time, you can record your class. Students will take and watch your class any time, they want. You can use Youtube or special education websites like Fiverr, Udemy, Edureka, John Academy, Coursera.
The main advantage of that method is that you record your class just once, but your course will bring you money as long as anyone will take it. In other words, you will get a passive income from your course.
Blog
Do you use Instagram? Probably, you have seen accounts of people who teach something or conduct different courses. They share information in their account, and time to time have short paid courses. It is a way how people teach online and earn money on it.
Pros: if your blog become popular, you can get extra income from ads.
Cons: in the beginning, your teaching blog won’t make money because you don’t have enough followers.
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Checklist for Starting Online Classes
Whatever you do it is always important to make a plan first. And if you want to teach online and earn money, you need to think about each detail. Here is a checklist which will help you to start your first online courses.
- Course topic
- Course curriculum
- Course short description
- Course duration
- Each class duration
- Real-time online classes or records
- Private classes or group classes
- Tuition fee
- Platform for an online course
- Advertise your course
There are can be more things which you might be needed for your class. It depends on what you will teach. For example, if you launch cooking classes, then probably you will need to have kitchen appliances and ingredients.
A well-planned course can become your personal business, which will bring you good money.
How Much You Can Earn?
Because there is no minimum and no maximum. It depends on how many students will you teach, how many classes you will have per day, how much you will charge for each class etc. There are premium classes one hour of which costs 200 USD dollars on the internet. And there are free classes too.
You need to think about a few things. First, do you want just to teach online and earn money or do you want to earn many in different ways too? Second, how much you want to earn?
Suggestion
From my personal experience, I would like to suggest you to collect feedback from your students. It will help to improve the weak sides of your classes, and also to promote your classes too.
Also, marketing plays a very important role. You can consider different special offers or discounts, free webinars, etc.
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