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A fear of mice, small legs, and your niche not understanding you
A fear of mice, small legs, and your niche not understanding you. That's what I learned on my walk yesterday. Meet Alex & Nelson - two trainers at a local gym. I walk by there every day and they have great examples of offers that apply to a specific group of people. Nelson works with people over 50 get in the best shape of their lives. Alex helps people move better and become pain free. Clear, concise, and to the point. I commend them for their great offers. I also love the personalization on the posting - you know who you're signing up with. I imagine the people who walk in there as a result are the warmest of leads. As you work on your education offer, here are two examples to look to. Keep it: - simple - concise - personable Happy weekend, all.
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A fear of mice, small legs, and your niche not understanding you
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I love this - a great example too of that people will buy from you if they like you. All the info on these is easy to understand and helps you picture their personalities in your mind and see how you'd vibe together. Thanks for sharing!
Do you tip at Starbucks (help me settle a bet ๐Ÿคฃ)
Do you tip at Starbucks? I was chatting with a friend yesterday about this - help us settle something? I'm very interested in what my North American comrades say. I only added two options in the poll, but please drop your thought process in the comments. Very curious!
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An American's opinion: I do not typically tip at large international chains where the service is walk-up only, sometimes yes at local coffee shops if the service is really great. Speaking from the perspective of someone who has lived both internationally (France) and lived in 4 USA states (NC, FL, TX, and CA) that all have different policies on tips, the actual benefit of the tips depends on where you live in the USA because of minimum wage laws and taxation on tips policies. Just because you tip, doesn't mean it actually benefits the person who serves you! Just one person's perspective and curious to hear others' takes.
What's your win for this week?
What have you achieved this week? Both big and small wins count ๐Ÿค“ Comment below and share your win ๐Ÿ‘‡ Let's motivate each other ๐Ÿค
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My win for the week is that I was feeling like I had gotten off track with cranking out an offer and had spent time working on other things, including a conference proposal that I hadn't head back from yet. I heard back and my proposal was accepted and it really boosted my morale that I do have a lot to offer my learners and that it's a good thing that building something good takes time. Cheering everyone on!
Can you design a course in under 60 minutes? We tried
Can you design a course in 60 minutes or less? @Leonardo Gomes and I tried - and succeeded. Did you know we do bi-weekly workshops for this TSN community? These are all based on what we do at Learn YOUR English: Helping teachers escape precarity and build a teaching career on their own terms. In most cases, this means generating your own income in some capacity - in addition to your teaching job. In this workshop, Leo and I walked through the process of designing and conceptualizing your own course in 60 minutes or less. If you're going to earn more money, you need to sell something. And that shouldn't be your time. And most of the time we see teachers take a very long time to design a course. Weeks, months, even years. Here, we show you how to do it in under an hour. Remember: designing a course doesn't matter if - it sucks - no one wants it - no one will pay for it Plan it, test it, and decide from there. Don't build it with all the bells and whistles without assurances of an ROI. We tackled two important aspects of course design: 1. What transformation can a course offer? 2. What problem will your course solve? After all, people pay money to have problems solved. Do you have a course you already sell? Are you looking to create one? Let me know below and I can offer some suggestions on your ideas.
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Can you design a course in under 60 minutes? We tried
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Sitting down for a power hour to work on one of my offers and listening to this to get the creative gears turning! Loved the part about making sure the offer solves a really problem your students face and keeping the technical lingo out of the "sale" and not needing to work the technical details into the student-facing part of the course. Such a good reminder (and it actually takes off the pressure to articulate the "academic why" behind each module). Thanks Andrew and Leo!
Add your Reflections Here
Have you also waited for the perfect moment? Do you resonate with what we experienced? Are you trapped in the consumption wheel?
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Add your Reflections Here
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So many of everyone's comments resonate with me! My primary lack of self-belief has been assuming that clients view ESL as a time-only pay investment and that I am unsure and lacking confidence in pricing my services too high or too low. Another limiting belief is that it would be easier to just work for another business or switch professions all together for a more stable income rather than planting my tree now and continuing to grow the roots I already have and use the degrees I went school for and continue doing what I love, even if it means staying in the low-profit zone for a while. I made my first dollar in September 2023 after being asked to develop and run an ESL teacher training program for some teachers that I used to work with. I feel like my first dollar came to me with a budget I did not determine, and now I'm not sure how to re-produce results to keep the momentum going but I've decided to continue growing my tree's roots and am thankful to find other people doing the same! Cheering everyone on!
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This is awesome advice and what a cool niche! Thanks, Robin!
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Charlotte Credle
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Always learning and working towards better serving clients and maintaining flexibility with independent language training. www.charlottebulkeley.com

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