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.
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Wanna
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Are
you ready to start teaching English online? |
When
you find 5, 10 or 20 paying students who put money into
your PayPal account every month, your online school won't
affect my sales. There's enough to go around. And it's
only going to get better.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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