This book is the ultimate guide for aspiring coaches, teachers, and educators to build a successful teaching business. Written by a business consultant with extensive experience helping small business owners, it covers every aspect of starting and running a teaching business, from planning to marketing. The author highlights the importance of strong communication skills, empathy, and in-depth knowledge of the subject to excel in the coaching, teaching, and tutoring professions. Whether you choose to offer your services online or in person, the book will empower you to turn your passion for teaching into a profitable and fulfilling career. The author covers the different aspects of coaching, teaching, and tutoring, each of which has a unique focus. Coaching helps individuals achieve personal or professional goals, teaching takes place in a structured setting, and tutoring focuses on improving performance in a specific subject. Despite the differences, all three share a common goal of helping individuals reach their full potential through online or in-person methods. The book emphasizes the role of technology in delivering these services remotely and the importance of strong communication skills, empathy, and subject matter expertise for success. Whether you have a passion for teaching or are looking to build a successful tutoring practice, online tutoring offers the potential for a lucrative career with limitless growth opportunities. With the right skills and dedication, you can be your own boss, set your own schedule, and work from anywhere. Get started on your journey to financial freedom and professional fulfillment with a career in online tutoring.
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Online education is experiencing a huge growth spurt. The number of students taking online classes increased 24 percent in the past year—and this growth is only expected to continue. Don’t let this lucrative opportunity pass you by. Take your teaching global by offering courses online. Learn everything you need to know to set up a successful online education business: • Find financing, write a business plan, choose a business structure and learn other business basics • Develop exciting courses in the four most popular areas—IT, health care, education and business—as well as niche markets • Promote your business and attract students through online newsletters, search engine optimization and other innovative techniques • Design a user-friendly website and provide high-quality tech support • Train instructors in this new education medium, or teach courses yourself • And more! Real-life stories from successful entrepreneurs show you exactly what you need to do to set up and run a profitable business. Now’s the perfect time to get started with an online education business—and with this book, you’re well on your way to success.
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The buck starts here! eBay® is the Internet's premier auction site and everyone's favorite place to shop. It's also the place to start a business and make money from the comfort of one's home. Completely revised, this new edition will help readers create the eBay® business they dream of. There is also new and updated information on: - The basics of eBay®, the auction process, and the essentials of getting the business down on paper-including recordkeeping, accounting, taxes, insurance, legal issues, and other essential details - Determining what to sell, how to price it, and working with services such as PayPal® - The ins and outs of the biggest growing areas of eBay business-sourcing, wholesaling, and fixed price sales - Cutting through the competition, improving profit margins, changing strategies, improved advertising and promotions, and more
Learn and use Python and PyGame to design and build cool arcade games. In Program Arcade Games: With Python and PyGame, Second Edition, Dr. Paul Vincent Craven teaches you how to create fun and simple quiz games; integrate and start using graphics; animate graphics; integrate and use game controllers; add sound and bit-mapped graphics; and build grid-based games. After reading and using this book, you'll be able to learn to program and build simple arcade game applications using one of today's most popular programming languages, Python. You can even deploy onto Steam and other Linux-based game systems as well as Android, one of today's most popular mobile and tablet platforms. You'll learn: How to create quiz games How to integrate and start using graphics How to animate graphics How to integrate and use game controllers How to add sound and bit-mapped graphics How to build grid-based games Audience“div>This book assumes no prior programming knowledge.
