 Hey, guys, welcome to a new live stream with international taffle and TESOL training. My name is Lisa and today we're going to discuss a rather important topic, how to utilize your taffle certificate at 100% to make more income. And while waiting for some more people to join us, I would like to briefly introduce myself. So let me change the slide quickly. So here it is. If you don't know me yet, here I am. My name is Lisa. I'm an ESL teacher. I'm also an ESL marketing consultant. And I work as a taffle and TESOL expert at ITTT. So these live streams are regular. We deliver them twice a week. I go live usually on Tuesday and my colleague Linda goes live on Thursday or Friday. So if you want to get some interesting tips on taffle teaching, taffle certification, feel free to join in either on Tuesday or on Friday, Thursday, or both days. We will be really happy to have you. And we will try our best to help you out if you have some doubts or questions. And as I have mentioned, today's live stream is devoted to five interesting ideas how to use your taffle certification at 100% to make more income. So let me change the slide once again. And yeah, by the way, I am located in the Ural region of Russia in a beautiful city called Yekaterinburg. And today it is actually snowy. What about your locations? Let me know where are you tuning in from? And also, I am really curious what's the weather like today, because I know that we are from all over the world and it is actually quite different in different parts of the world today. So let's share. I would really love to interact with the community. And if you share your locations, your names, whatever, just say hi in the comment section. It will help me a lot. So yeah, just in terms of communication, you know, we've got this comment section. And if you have any questions, if you want to reach out to me as a speaker, you can totally use that section and I will read it and try my best to help you out. And I can actually see a couple of comments right now. Thanks a lot, guys, for reaching out. Thanks a lot for saying your greetings. I am really, really pleased and I always feel really inspired when I see familiar faces. All right, so there are people from Dubai, from Egypt, okay, and from Malaysia. That's awesome. Thanks a lot for joining in. I hope that today's session will be helpful and you will get some interesting insights. So let's actually start. And yeah, here you can see the ITTT's information. We are actually presented on different social media. So if you want to check out some useful content on YouTube, you can go there and see our different folders and stuff. And if you prefer checking out the feed, you can totally subscribe to our Facebook or Instagram. We try to be active and helpful on various social media. So that's pretty much. All right, so I can see that there are a lot of people watching right now. Thanks a lot, guys, for joining in and let's start today's presentation. So basically, there are not many unique ideas. I would say that almost all of them are pretty common, but I just want to make it, I just wanted to sound more reasonable probably because not many people understand how to utilize the tappel certification after being certified. And at the same time, some people believe that it is absolutely useless. I'm here to change this opinion and change this attitude. So basically, the very first idea is super simple and it is straight forward. If you want to make money out of your tappel certification, if you want to have it in return, you know, like you spend some money on getting tappel certified and then you want to get this investment back. The very first step for you to do is to find a position and to start working online. Well, basically, you can work in a real classroom as well. But the idea is that online teaching is more common these days due to different situations happening all over the world. Like, for example, in Russia, we will have a new lockdown beginning in November. And basically, teachers who have just one workplace in a real classroom, they have to stay home and they have to, you know, they still have to make money somehow. That is why many in-class teachers go teaching online. There are two main options. The very first and probably the easiest way would be to find an employment, to find whether, well, let's say, to find a teaching school like a learning center or something represented online and to work for them, maybe an online platform, whatever. Another idea would be to do it completely as a freelancer. And to me, this approach appeals most because this way, you are in charge of your own income and you can make more money this way because you can get, you can set your own price depending on your location or on your student's location. And, well, it depends how many students you actually teach. So the more you work, the more you get. But probably it is not the best approach in terms of your time management, you know, and work-life balance. But anyway, the point of today's session is to understand how to make money after being TEFL certified and how can you use your TEFL certification as a freelancer? So basically, you should show it off and say everyone that you are not just a person from the street who knows English pretty good, but you have to, well, explain your clients, your future clients, that you have this certification and you are eligible to work in any part of the world because you know methodology, you know how to organize lessons and how to create content. So that's probably the easiest way to get your investments back. All right, thanks a lot guys for sharing your comments. I'm really happy that you are here and I am actually in the middle of my tip, of the first tip, but right now I'm going to move forward. So the first idea is the easiest one. But anyway, the more you work, the more you get. So if you want your TEFL certificate to work, you have to work as well. That's pretty easy. And if you're interested in different options like where to teach, how to teach and stuff, you can check out our previous live streams. Linda, my colleague Linda, and I actually created a lot of videos and a lot of content related to teaching positions and teaching platforms for English teachers to work online. All right, let's see the next idea. And by the way, guys, if you have any questions related to today's topic or to TEFL certification in general, feel free to comment. I will try my best to help you after the main presentation. So we will have this Q&A session at the end. So just make sure you share your opinion or you ask your question during this presentation. I will get back to them. All right, so the next idea, how to make money using your TEFL certification is also pretty obvious, but not many people think about it right after getting TEFL certified or right before getting TEFL certified. But basically, you can use it as a business owner. You can try to start your online business before getting TEFL certified and then utilize this certification as a reason why clients should trust you, why people should work with you, or you can use it the same way right after getting TEFL certified. Of course, it seems pretty challenging to start your own business, especially online, but there are many useful tips and answers how to do so online. So just make sure you check out different resources. Online business is actually flourishing these days and it is not that difficult to start as soon as possible. So feel free to check out our previous live streams. We also talked about it well in different live streams. And yeah, basically you can open your online school or you can create digital products as a blogger. So if you follow different influencers on social media like Instagram or YouTube, those people actually create a lot of content. Some of that content is for free, but if their followers really like the content, they may actually pay some money like donations, for example, or at the same time, they can buy some specific products, some specific digital products. And this is the way people get money online as well. So you as a teacher can think about some possible digital products, digital things you can sell online. And I would say that the easiest way would be to distribute it on various platforms like teachers pay teachers. So if you are pretty creative and if you know how to create your own lessons, you can basically create lessons and then sell them online on marketplaces or even on your personal website. And that's it probably in terms of your own business. But I would say that the beginning of your own business seems to be almost the same as freelancing. So when you're a freelancer, you have to work a lot. You have to find clients yourself. You have to have skills to sell your services and stuff. That's pretty much the same as when you start your own startup or like a small business. You still have to do the same things and just promote your services this way or products. Let's continue. And yeah, the third idea is closely connected to my point about creating materials. So these days, this job is really in great demand. For example, here in Russia, we have a lot of online schools opening and everyone needs a methodologist who actually knows how to create lessons, how to structure lessons and not just single lessons, but also general courses. So for example, I am an online business owner. I start my online school and I would like students to follow a specific curriculum. So I hire a methodologist who creates this curriculum, who knows how to structure it logically. And then as a consequence, I have this set of ideas. Then I will probably hire a designer and other people to pack this course and then I will sell it. So that's like a really brief description of how online schools work. But you can be a part of this project and you can offer your services as a methodologist. It's a really great job and these days, methodologists can actually work as freelancers. They can also get hired by online schools. But all in all, what you have to do really well is methodology. And basically, if you have your TAPL certification, it means that you have the methodological basis. Because ITTT, if you obtain your TAPL certification with ITTT, we have this methodological basis in all of our courses. So if you got this training, then you have this idea how to structure lessons in a logical way. And this is a really great skill you can transform into money. So basically, the easiest idea would be to get a job in an online school or create your online material as a methodologist and sell them as well. So that's it. If you guys have any questions or if you want to comment my ideas, feel free to do so. Yeah. Okay, so let's keep going probably. And yeah, before I continue my presentation, I just want to mention that if you're watching this live stream right now, it means that you have this unique possibility to get a 30% discount of any TAPL courses online. So if you want to get TAPL certified, you can screenshot. You can follow this QR code from the top right corner. Or you can also copy the link from the chat box. Just give me a second to drop it over there. So just a second. I haven't prepared the link for some reason, sorry. All right, so here we go. If you need to get TAPL certified and if you want to do it cheaper with a nice bonus, you can follow the link from the chat box. And yeah, and you will get this discount of any online TAPL courses with ITTT. Just make sure you save the link and yeah, and you will be good. Okay, let me continue my presentation. The next point, how you can also make money out of your TAPL certification is becoming a copywriter. Well, basically, there are not many copywriters who can actually do some solid copies. Well, especially it depends on their English skills. But at the same time, it is vital to know the sphere. So basically you guys, if you got TAPL certified, it means that you have a pretty fluent level of English, a high level of English, you know how the language works. And at the same time, you know this field, you know the educational sphere. It can make you a great copywriter because you can combine two different skills in one specific job. So you can write professional texts for teachers, for like bloggers or for different online resources. For example, almost every website for teachers has a blog there or has like, you know, some written content. And the chances are that this content is written by a copywriter. Sometimes copywriters don't do a great job just because they are general copywriters. So you can have this benefit of being a person who knows the sphere from the inside because you actually teach people and you know how it generally works. So you can work as a copywriter for an online teaching company, for an online school that has this representation over different social media or what else. You can also work for them as a web copywriter and do texts for their online blogs. You can also work with teachers, teacher bloggers, like those people who have personal blogs on different social media or just on the web and also create solid texts for them. And it's a great way to make some extra money. So if you don't have this copywriting job as a full-time job, so you can just make some extra or vice versa, you can find this full-time employment as a copywriter and you will also utilize your skills after the table certification. Yeah, that's probably the greatest idea that appeals to me most because I really like to write texts and it is a vital skill actually to develop. But many people neglect doing that and this will also help you when you teach your students to write. Usually students don't like to write and for example, I have many issues with my ESL students when we start preparing for exam essay writings and stuff. I just give my personal example that sometimes I do a copywriting job and it's a great skill to make some extra cash. And this is the way I try to motivate my students. I think it's a great idea to show that every skill can be monetized. So yeah, you can also try to do that. Okay, and the last idea I would like to share with you today is a job of a content producer. So basically, if you know how the online business works, you may have already heard about this position. Almost every company or a project, a personal project of a blogger, for example, has a person who is in charge of content, in charge of the content production. And what they actually do is a really complex set of responsibilities. They have to prepare a content plan for like a month or some more time. What else? They also have to manage such people as social media manager, then copywriters, designers and stuff. So it's like a manager who creates ideas and then who manages people that get these ideas into real life. So you can manage the production in an ad tech company, for example, or you can work with personal with individual brands, like with bloggers or who else? Let me think, usually with bloggers. And yeah, this is also the way how you can make some more cash or you can have this job as your full-time job. So basically, if you get taffle certified, you get some specific skills related to the teaching position, but it doesn't mean that you have to teach forever for the rest of your life. For some people, some other fields that are connected to teaching can be useful. And I would recommend looking at that direction because it can be not just easier in terms of income or like more profitable in terms of income. It can also be much more interesting. So just think about it. These are some ideas, how you can make some extra income or some more cash. But in general, all of your skills that you obtain with the taffle certification can be used in other fields as well, in other positions as well, not just English teaching. Yeah, that's probably it. I think that I'm done talking here. I also want to, well, hear from you. If you have any feedback, if you have any questions related to today's topic or related to the taffle certification in general, feel free to ask whatever questions come to your mind. I will try my best to help you and you can see this QR code once again. If you want to get a discount of 30% of any ITTT courses, feel free to scan this QR code or you can use the link from the chat box. Yeah, and that will be fine. I think it's a really nice incentive. It's a really nice gift because this opportunity works just during these live stream sessions specifically for those people who come to the live stream sessions. So make sure you use it. And now let me see the chat box because I saw there are some questions there right now. All right, guys, I'm super happy to hear that the weather is fine in various parts of the world. And I'm really happy to know that we are guys truly global. That's so cool. I like to communicate with the global community, with the international community. This is the way I practice my English on a regular basis, first of all. And yeah, what else? Yeah, let's see. That's a great question. I hope to pronounce your name correctly, Aicha. If I mispronounce it, just let me know in the comments section. And apologies. So what's the difference between ITTT and ITTI? Basically, these are two different companies. Frankly speaking, I don't know anything about the second one, but this company that I work for and that I represent right now is called TEFL, International TEFL and TESOL Training. And you can see our logo right here in the center of the QR code. Yeah. And our website is right here in the comments section. Let me actually copy the link once again. So if you're curious about different options we offer, just feel free to follow the link from the comments section. And that's it. All right. And Chi-Pen Lim asks a great question as well. Thank you. So you've got a TEFL certification of 120 hours. It's the basic requirement for teachers actually to have at least 120 hours. And it means that you can start teaching online and you can work as a teacher in a real classroom all over the world. So basically any teaching certification with at least 120 hours allows you to work either online or in a real classroom. So I hope that my answer is full and helpful. Okay. All right. Thanks a lot, guys. Thanks a lot for sharing your feedback. I really appreciate it. And by the way, if you have any questions related to today's content, to the ideas how to get your investments back after getting TEFL certified, feel free to ask or feel free to comment. And there is another question. All right. So basically, what are the benefits? If you are not TEFL certified, the chances are you don't have the knowledge of methodology, which is the most important requirement for English teachers, especially if you weren't trained as an English teacher before. You know, there are many people who actually get this education in an authorized institution like a university, an educational department or something like that. So if you got your major, if you majored in a different field, you don't know how to teach. You know English, but you don't know how to deliver this information to other people. You don't know how to explain it in a professional manner. That is why you have to get TEFL certified or otherwise you have to go to university and study for four years or like for six years, you know. Yeah. That's probably the most crucial point why people should get TEFL certified. Yeah. So if you want to teach, you have to know how to do it. You have to know the methodology. You have to know how to manage your classroom. What else? You have to know some basic things related to English like linguistically as well. And that's what is included in the TEFL certification, in the TEFL certification course. The other point is important in terms of certification is that it prepares you to different situations in your classroom. For example, if you get the general TEFL certification of 120 hours, you will learn how to work with various groups of people like, but it will be some basic training, but you will know how to deliver information to adults, how to work with younger students, and at the same time how to manage, let's say, teenagers or elderly. So these are different types of students. These are different types of learners in terms of their abilities, you know. And you also have to be able to versatile. You have to be able to distinguish between them because what is useful for young kids can't be used with adults even if they have the same level of English. That's probably it. And of course, these ideas will be useful, like this skills and knowledge will be useful when you decide to work not just as a teacher, but as a methodologist, for example. Or when you decide to start your own business, you have to have this understanding that just being a fluent English speaker is not enough. So you need to train specifically to work with people this way. Okay. So, Aisha, I hope that I answered your question. If not, please try to give some more details and I will try my best to answer it again. Okay. All right. So, basically, teaching in a specific place requires you to check out their requirement, the country's requirement. So in every country, they have different regulations. And I always recommend that you guys be proactive and go to the country's embassies. Check out the requirements for English teachers or for other positions you want to apply for. So, that's probably the first step how to work. Also, on our website, we have a section. Let me quickly share the link to the section. So we have this section called Table Employment. Just one second. Let me share it right now. So we have this section for Hong Kong. And if you are curious about some, if you're curious about different positions in Hong Kong, you can actually check out this link right now. So this is for general information. We try to update the positions regularly. And you can actually find a new position that was published in September. So you will get some understanding what are the main requirements for teaching in Hong Kong. But at the same time, what I suggested before that you have to go to the embassies platforms and check out the requirements there, they also are applied. So make sure you check different sources and how ITTT can help as well. You can check out our Facebook group. We publish different job prospects on a regular basis there as well. So if they are not on the website, you can find them on the Facebook group. That's probably it. And it is for free, absolutely. So you don't have to pay for such positions. You know, some companies, some tough companies, they actually share jobs, share prospects just with their current students or graduates. But ITTT does that for free for everyone who is actually interested. But at the same time, we have a personalized approach to graduates. So if you graduated from ITTT's TAPL courses, you get your personalized job support. And you will have this job support for free like during the lifetime. You will get an access to a special web platform where we share some more content and a piece of advice for those people who want to find the job but don't know how to start, you know. So these are some general ideas how you can benefit from working with ITTT. Okay, so let me see the next question. All right. All right. As for this question, thanks a lot for asking once again. Thanks for being active. I really like to, you know, assist and explain everything. So generally speaking, you won't need to start it all over again from scratch because you have already got this basis. On the website, you can check out the diploma option. If you are TAPL certified, you are like 100% sure, don't have to get the general certification once again. But it is actually distributed as a complementary course. So what I recommend to do is to reach out our TAPL manager. You can actually send your question, send your request for an update for, not an update but, you know, for an upgrade. Yeah. You can send your question here. So this is my email at ITTT. So you can send your request here and I will forward it to the manager who works with courses and graduates. So I will try my best to find an option. But you can also check out this link. Okay, one second. It is our diploma course. If you have already been TAPL certified, you will just need to get the general course, not the general course, but those points that you haven't worked on in your initial certification. And yeah, then you will get a different certificate after completing all of the necessary units. Okay. So that's probably it. But once again, if you have some further questions, feel free to ask as well. Yeah, basically, letter is right. There are more options. If you have this TAPL certification, you can be so flexible. Well, for example, I am an example here. So initially, I was just an English teacher and I got TAPL certified with ITTT in 2017. At that time, I worked as a classroom teacher in China as an English teacher in a real classroom. Then I decided to go online. I ran my personal blog on social media first. Then I found this position in ITTT. And I could actually utilize my skills that I obtained that I obtained during the TAPL course first, and then my skills related to teaching in a real classroom, like apart from what I knew after TAPL certification. Then I also learned something about blogging and stuff. And finally, I can implement my skills as a TAPL expert and as a marketing manager. So there are many ways how you can benefit from TAPL certification. All right, guys. Do you have any further questions? So if you do, make sure you send them right now because that's probably the end of the presentation. That's for sure the end of the presentation. And it might be the end of the Q&A session. So if you don't ask your questions right now, you will have to wait for an answer. Well, as a comment, as a feedback to your comment, as a reply. What I would like to say as well, yeah, I haven't mentioned that I have a group on Facebook for those who are interested in online teaching and stuff. So this is a friendly invitation to my group. Feel free to scan the QR code or otherwise I will also drop down the link. Yeah, check out the link. If you are not on the Facebook group yet, join in. I'm trying to create this teaching activity, not teaching activity, teaching community. So if you have some questions related to teaching in general, online teaching, online marketing for teachers or stuff like that, you can send your questions to the Facebook group. And hopefully the community will assist you. Or I will create a post or another video for that. So yeah, that's how I try to be helpful apart from these live streams. And I always appreciate your messages on Facebook. I'm okay if somebody reaches me out this way as well using the direct messenger. It's okay too if you want to keep in touch. Okay, just make sure that when you join the group, you answer all of the questions related to that allowance to the group. Because the group is closed and I try to filter people. Sometimes different bots join the group and that's not the best way. And yeah, and the content is also not for everyone, just for those who is motivated and interested. And yeah, that's probably it. Alright guys, so I don't see any further questions in the comments box. So that's probably it. Thanks a lot for your feedback. If you have your feedback later, you can also direct message me. I will really appreciate it. Thanks a lot guys. That's the end of today's live stream. If you watch it as a recording or if you listen to this live stream as a podcast, thanks a lot for downloading. Thanks a lot for reaching out to the content. I hope to see you next week. If you have any requests in terms of topics, you can also suggest me using my group or through the direct messages or just in the comments section here. If your topic is relevant and it might be interesting for the audience, for the general audience, I will do this full live stream devoted to your question. And that can be also a way to work on your problem. Okay, so that's it for today. Thanks a lot for coming and see you soon once again. Bye bye.