How to get booked solid as an online language teacher

In this episode, Olly speaks with Wesley Swanson about becoming a successful online language teacher.

Wes decided he wanted to move to China, and was looking for ways to earn an income while he was there, which led him to Olly's Online Teaching Accelerator programme (now replaced by CeOLT). He had no teaching background, but loved languages and was attracted by the idea of earning a living online doing something meaningful.

After completing the course, and taking it VERY seriously, Wes soon found himself booked solid, and had students telling him: “I chose you over the hundreds of other teachers I saw online!”

In this conversation you'll learn what it's like to help people learn English online, and some secrets for finding students who want to learn with you.

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Olly Richards

Creator of the StoryLearning® Method

Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearning® method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.

Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.

When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preaches—he speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.