My name is John Buchanan, and I'm an online English teacher.  I love to travel and help people.

In 2005 I moved to Osaka, Japan with thoughts of meeting new people, witnessing the culture and exploring the other mysteries that awaited.  I never thought I would become self-employed after being hired by a Japanese conversation school by the name of Nova.

With them I taught English to Japanese students from all over Japan by using a computer and the Internet. For myself, I paid attention, learned a lot, and eventually adapted a working strategy that paid nicely.

Wanna learn the online English teaching secrets?  Read on:

The Nova corporation was huge. They had over 500,000 students at one time and maintained about 4,000 teachers. Most of the teachers however worked at the brick and mortar schools doing face-to-face lessons. I, however, worked in what was called the Multimedia Center with a few hundred other teachers.

I did all of my teaching with a webcam, microphone and their special software. The setup was pretty neat because it allowed me to show pictures, play audio recordings, write with a typing tool, as well as the ability to draw with colors.

Pretty cool! I got paid to sit and talk and teach English and draw funny pictures for students.

Let's talk about the money.

After I got to Japan, I was blown away by how much money students were paying on average for a 40 minute one-on-one private lesson over the Internet. Guess how much?

About $70.00 for one 40 minute English lesson was the average! My eyebrows flew off my face when I heard that number.

Wouldn't you like to charge that to your private students?

It didn't take long before Skype came along and made itself known to me. Finally the technology was good enough to allow people to talk with each other from most parts of the world with an Internet connection. Learning that some people will pay intriguing sums of money in order to practice their English with natural English speakers was wildly exciting.

A plan of action.

I was confident I could find my own paying students and then say GOODBYE to Nova.  I became happily obsessed with the idea.

So after a lot of thinking, planning, and researching, I created my very own business/school. My first paying student lived in Korea while I taught her from my shoe box sized apartment in Osaka.

Soon more students started signing up. Students seeking English came knocking at my virtual door for English conversations and English lessons.

But it wasn't as easy as turning on a facet in which students poured to me like crazy. I had to create a website, market myself, and experiment with a lot of trial and error marketing strategies.

Eventually the bugs were worked out and a student base formed that paid every month.

Turning bad news into fantastic news!

Nova eventually got too big and greedy to handle itself. It had to declare bankruptcy in the fall of 2007. This really hurt. But it didn't kill me.

They never paid its teachers for one and a half months worth of salary. And I never got my two weeks of vacation I had coming. So I missed out on around $5,000.

Luckily, my English school on Skype still pumped out money. At the time I was only teaching part time, but once Nova stopped paying everyone, I kicked things up a notch by teaching full time.  And then I made more money.

What did I learn from all of this?

I never want to work for another company again. Nova was the biggest and richest ESL school in Japan. I thought my job was secure. I was wrong.

How secure is your current job?

Thousands of English teachers suffered that year. It would have been nice if they had had a self-made online English school running.  This is partly what motivated me in writing the e-book, How To Teach English Online and Get Money.

Opening your own online English school will give you the security of knowing that you are fully in control of your destiny. This means that you won't have to worry if you're going to get laid off or if you can't find a good job in the future.

And with this current global economy, it's best to make and save as much money as possible.  Teaching English online will supplement your income.

Why am I willing to teach you the secrets on creating a successful online English school by using Skype?

To answer that, let's talk more about my days at Nova.

A typical day of Nova usually involved teaching 8 lessons everyday for 40 minutes at a time. Some lessons were one-on-one yet many were group lessons with up to 3 students.

Giving lessons on the computer involved a webcam, and so I felt like I had to smile and "be fun" a lot. I always had new students everyday, so going through the traditional introductions involved a lot of smiling.

So after a couple of years, meeting and teaching anywhere from 8 to 24 new students a day, this resulted in thousands of new faces that required I be animated. A big part of the job at Nova was to be more of a representative of the company, always putting the student's happiness as priority #1. Sure, I wanted to teach and educate them, help them, but I also wanted to do a good job for the company.

I worked myself too hard.

After all of this I developed TMJ disorder which stands for temporomandibular joint disorder. It's kind of like arthritis of the jaw which can affect the muscles in the face and neck as well. It can be quite painful at times. Especially when I have to smile and talk a lot.

Thus it's difficult to teach online so I took some time off to pursue this e-book and other projects as well.

Whether I'm teaching or not...or even because of the other online English teachers, you shouldn't be worried about the competition.  Here's why:

When you start your online English school, you shouldn't try to limit yourself to foreigners in your country or just one other country.  Think globally!  The world is huge, and it's growing, and more and more people are getting online.

Students who want to practice their English want to get an edge (for school, business or fun).  Check out just a small sample of some countries and their population:

China has over 1.3 billion people. Japan has over 127 million people. Turkey has over 70 million people. Korea has over 49 million people. Spain has over 45 million people. Switzerland has over 7 million people.

I think you get the point. There are literally billions of people in the world who don't speak English as their first language. And a good percentage of those people want to improve their English. The ESL business is a goldmine.  And the Skype model has yet to be tapped to its fullest potential.

Are you ready to start teaching English online?  Yes!

More and more students are realizing the potential of Skype to practice and learn more English. They love it because it's super convenient to actually speak with a natural English speaker. All you need is a computer, a decent Internet connection, a microphone, some speakers, and an instant messaging program like Skype (or even Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger or Google Talk). Enjoy the freedom of being your own boss.  Keep all of the profits for yourself and your family.

That's you!  You can do it now.

Once your online English school is up and running, you will have the freedom to operate your business as you see fit. The e-book will show you step by step what you need to do in order to be successful. You will find paying students. You won't have to rely on an unpredictable corporation to supply your salary.

By teaching English online, you can name your own salary, teach as much or as little as you want. You'll also have the flexibility to teach at any hour you want.

Freedom. Security. Happiness. More money.

You will achieve all of this if you read the e-book and put it into practice. And afterwards I will help you if you ask. That's my guarantee.

100% full money back guarantee with no questions asked.

Within the first 30 days, if you are not satisfied with the e-book or you just decide this online English teaching gig isn't your style, just click here, send me your PayPal receipt number and I'll give you all of your money back. You don't even have to tell me why.

Since it's possible your computer is within arms reach of your pillow, you can choose to never leave your bed. Teach in your pajamas with matted hair if you want. Most students don't care if you use your webcam or not (but make sure to use it during your trial lesson that you're sure to offer).

Many students are apt to talk 90% of the time, so you'll get paid to sit and just listen.

Without a nagging boss around, you can set your own hours and frequency of work. Teach as much or as little as you want. And if something comes up, it's easy to cancel or postpone a lesson. The students are very understanding. Just make sure to give them the same amount of notice that you require them to give you (usually 24 hours).

Imagine you saw money fly into YOUR back account, because you spoke English one-on-one to foreign students over the Internet by using Skype.

Here's one of my PayPal financial records.  This will be you too:

Or LOOK at it this way:

This was only the money I got through PayPal.  I also had some Japanese students do bank transfers to my UFJ Japanese bank account (I lived there for almost 3 years).

I've been most successful at selling simple conversations, vocabulary, and American slang lessons. I sold 50 minute conversations for 20 bucks each and vocabulary and slang lessons for 25 dollars each. Experienced teachers who offer highly specialized lessons can make up to 50 dollars per lesson. Wow!

Most students are more than willing to buy package deals, so I got $100 to $500 a pop for offering a package deal of say 5 to 20 sessions (only fifty minutes each).

Unlocking YouTube's secrets is a powerful marketing force that will give you enough money to be happy...perhaps more! You'll discover other easy-to-implement marketing strategies as well, which means you will get more paying students eager to learn with YOU.

Meeting interesting people and helping them succeed at English will only make your life more satisfying, stronger, and richer. Take pride in a job well done.

Working with the convenience and peace from your own home is a rewarding dream that will come true. You even have the option to travel and teach at the same time. Your new career will never be locked down to just one location. Freedom of movement and choice is a powerful motivator. Welcome to the new age of technology, teaching English, and business. You are at the forefront, riding the next wave of teaching. Teaching English online is a way to declare your independence from the uncertainty of the corporate chains and the public school systems that hinder personal growth and financial security.