And I know how it feels.
Because, hey, chances are if you’re starting a business, you’re doing so in a position of risk. And suddenly becoming responsible for someone else’s salary when you’re working on establishing your own kinda makes your palms sweaty.
Maybe a handful of French or Spanish learners would see and sign up to work with me upon realising that I teach as well as write blogs!
But something different happened…
The email responses came.
Instead of being lesson requests, they were from online teachers and people who wanted to start teaching online.
I soon realised more support was need for these ambitious and inspired creative language teachers.
And so, I made what I wished I’d had when I started teaching online – the Online Teaching Starter Kit.
Setting up, organising money, being legal
Tech for lessons, for work, for stability
Creating content, sharing it, being sustainable
Build trust, speak honestly, stay ethical
Before, during, and after working together
1 to many, steady growth, beyond online
How to lay solid foundations upon which to build your growing online language teaching business. So you can do everything else knowing you’re the real deal.
In this unit, you’ll learn:
How to manage the essential tech to run your business so you don’t get stuck in the digital weeds. No more calling your TikTok-famous nephew to help you log into your email!
In this unit, you’ll learn…
How to promote your business in sustainable, proven ways. Get the word out confidently without selling your soul to creepy, unethical marketing methods.
In this unit, you’ll learn…
How to connect with potential students once they know you exist. So you can get new students in a positive way you’d feel happy telling your grandma about.
In this unit, you’ll learn…
How to really deliver great products and services to your students. Best results. Shiny testimonials, and a reputation more badass than the Taylor Swift album, coming right up!
In this unit, you’ll learn…
How to expand your business to reach an infinite number of students across the world. The world is ready for you more than you’re ready for the final season of Stranger Things.
In this unit, you’ll learn…
Our epic printable workbook may be responsible for the odd trip to the print shop among past members. Oops. There’s also a shiny newly updated digital version in Notion for the eco-conscious.
Designed to help you uncover your path alongside the curriculum, the workbook is where all of your ideas will emerge.
Say goodbye to late nights spent staring at the screen trying to get Buffer to schedule that tweet.
Our A-Z of Tech Training is here so you can put your tech worries (and yourself) to bed and get some sleep instead.
The online course about making an online course - how meta! From idea, to creation, to launch and beyond. You'll be prepared to share your first online course with the world.
Find your work time creeping into your evenings and family time? Productivity Pro will guide you through how to become more productive at work.
Marketing is about to become a huge part of your work, but that doesn't mean it has to become a headache. Learn what you need to know.
When you complete every unit of the curriculum, you have the chance to book in for a brief 1:1 with me, Lindsay! Regular opportunities to check in.
For when your live lessons have gone stale, there's 100 Creative Ideas to pull you out of your rut & inject some fun into your lessons!
Feeling like you're drifting along aimlessly? The planner will get you organised, set those big goals, and actually take the steps needed to reach them.
Join as a Regular member, VIP member, or Lifetime member.
Pick your payment option – pay in full or split pay.
And with that, you’re good to go!
Our Regular option allows you to join for 12 months, access the entire Online Teaching Starter Kit including bonuses, and take action on what you learn.
Not only will you build a solid online teaching business, but you’ll benefit from the support inside the program whilst you do so.
So you can focus on what matters and quit worrying about the overwhelm of what others say you “should” be doing.
Our VIP option allows you to join for 12 months, access the entire Online Teaching Starter Kit including bonuses, and get additional support direct from Lindsay & Hayley, a professional graphic designer.
You’ll get support with branding and content throughout your time in the OTSK.
So you can do the teaching. We’ll help with the rest.
Our Lifetime option allows you to join within limits. Access the entire Online Teaching Starter Kit including bonuses, and revisit as often as you need. You never need to worry about renewing or extending again.
There’s no rush to take everything in and you can truly absorb & implement everything at your own pace.
You’ll always be up to date with the latest language learning improvements.
You know when you sit and try to plan your blog content and the page stays blank for hours?
Or when you spend way too long tweaking the colours on that Instagram post only for it to get just 5 likes?
This is the solution to those problems.
For some teachers joining the Online Teaching Starter Kit, a little extra support is exactly what you want.
Meet the VIP Package.
To give you continued motivation with your content marketing throughout the year, we’ll check in quarterly.
Every 3 months, we’ll meet online via Voxer for a 24 hour period. This is your chance to get all your content questions answered.
During our check-in, you’ll also be able to send me up to 3 content drafts for review & feedback.
As we put our heads together, you can be sure that product & service launches as well as affiliate links are thoughtfully integrated into your content planning.
Did you notice Lindsay Does Languages had a brand refresh lately? My wonderful & talented sister, Hayley, was behind the scenes on that.
So I invited her to share her professional graphic design skills with VIP members of the Online Teaching Starter Kit.
The Professional Branding Package is great if you’re starting from scratch or in need of a rebrand.
The package includes initial consultation, typography, colour palette, logo, webinar & social templates in Canva, and one week of revisions.
Quartlerly Content Planning is great and everything, but what happens when you have a question in between times?
No problem.
VIPs also get unlimited email support direct from Lindsay.
Simply email me anytime with your questions, struggles, and predicaments and I’ll respond as soon as I can.
This feature includes the chance to email me directly whenever something comes up between our Quarterly Content Planning.
And I’m on a mission to teach everyone how to learn a language. The Online Teaching Starter Kit is a big part of that mission because it’s all about helping you make your work more impactful too. Win win, huh?
I’ve recently completed my MA in Applied Linguistics and spent the past 2 decades plus of my life learning languages, which means I know a thing or two about how to do this thing.
When I’m not sharing how to learn languages on the internet, I’m trying new-to-me sports (because being a beginner is the best!), hunting down vintage jewellery, and playing with my tortoise Gonzo (who speaks a grand total of zero languages).
My primary line of work is all about teaching language learners how to learn languages. But I include a small line of options for online language teachers because over the years I’ve seen the gap that’s there for you.
We’re often working independently, spending our days solo at home or in our favourite local work spots. But that doesn’t mean we have to do this alone.
I like to think of the Online Teaching Starter Kit as a guide, a full and thorough resource that you’ll return to time and time again as and when you’re ready for the next bit. Or when you need a refresher. Or when there’s a question lingering on your mind.
The Online Teaching Starter Kit is perfect for online language teachers if you’re ready to commit to building a business online teaching your language knowledge via a spectrum of ways that align for you.
Here’s what’s included…
On-demand video lessons.
So can you catch up on your time. Complete with subtitles. Total video time is 9 hours and 11 minutes and can be watched on 2x speed if needed.
Workshop Workbook in Notion.
So you’ve got a chance to take action. Notion is free to sign up for and gives you the chance to duplicate a copy of the workbook so you can type your own answers at home and on the go!
🛠️ Tech Training.
Throughout the course, tech training videos are provided to make things super easy to implement what you learn.
🎁 Bonus Suite.
Get access to 5 bonus courses & products (some of which aren’t available anywhere else!), as well as 1:1 support available upon completion of each unit in the curriculum.
Within 14 days of purchase, you have the right to a refund. However, this will lose you access to the program, bonuses, and all future updates of this product.
If within 14 days, you decide the Online Teaching Starter Kit isn’t right for you & you’ve not learnt anything new after completing 100% of the available modules of the self-study curriculum, then you need to let me know so we can discuss why that is and if there’s anything I can do to ensure that the program fits your needs. If it still isn’t right, then a refund would be granted upon providing sufficient feedback as to why. This helps me refine the messaging to avoid people having to go through the refund process in the future – obviously it’s not fun for anyone!
Please note – the first modules of the curriculum are dripped weekly until day 15 inside the Online Teaching Starter Kit. If you’re thinking of joining, downloading everything and then requesting a refund for questionable reasons, you’re not welcome here. I support independent businesses, and I know that the people I work with do the same.
To help avoid refunds in the first place, let’s talk. If you have any questions before joining, be sure to email me at lindsay@doeslanguages.com and we can make sure joining is the right decision for you. So you can join fully confident and ready to go!
The great thing about the course is that it’s completely digital. This means that you don’t need to wait twiddling your thumbs by the letterbox. Instead, you get instant access to everything when you buy. Yay!
Nope! You’ll be taking what works for you from the course. So no obligation to go out and buy lots of extras or tech subscriptions! Pick what works and leave what doesn’t – no obligations to buy anything else. For most of the tech advised, there’s free or ‘freemium’ options available to get started.
The course is self-paced and you have access for the lifetime of the program.
It’s up to you how you take everything in so it’s hard to give an exact X hours per week number. However, the course has been designed to fit in around your current work and life, not to compete against it for attention or time. Your access time will be more than enough to to revisit the curriculum multiple times over if needed.
Nope! Whether you’re a complete newbie or a well-experienced online teacher, there’ll be something here for you to apply to your own work.
The Online Teaching Starter Kit doesn’t teach you how to teach a language. Instead, it’s all about teaching you how to do everything else that suddenly becomes part of your job. Think tech, marketing, sales, and all the other hats you wear! This makes it an ideal companion for all language teachers who want to work better.
If you’re thinking of the things you “need” to have in place before you’re “ready” to start, then you’re doing your students a disservice.
People need what you have to offer now. Right now, there are language learners out there who need you…