Creating Content To Grow Your Learning Community with English with Amy Online

Creating Content To Grow Your Learning Community with English with Amy Online

Author: TESOL Pop January 23, 2024 Duration: 9:25
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Teacher and founder of English with Amy Online talks about the different types of content she creates to promote her online teaching business and attract paying students. Whether you own an education business or want to create a community around your school, this episode with provide insight into the type of content you can create and best practices to keep in mind.


KEY TALKING POINTS


Content And Business

Amy shares examples of the multi-media content she creates for social media and her website to support students and grow her online teaching business. Amy highlights the importance of creating cohesive, rather than stand-alone content, to provide value to prospective and current students.


Choosing A Platform

Amy reflects on why she focused on Instagram as her social media platform to complement her website. Amy points out that it's important to select a platform that aligns with her goals and her target audience.


Choosing Content

Amy emphasises the value of experimenting with various platforms and content formats to find what works best. She also stresses that with so many content formats, content creation does not require you to be front of camera all of the time to have a positive impact.


Content Creation Tips

Keeping things authentic, focusing on one platform and collaborating with others are among the best practices that Amy shares that have helped her grow as a creator.


ABOUT

Amy has been teaching English for 9 years. She’s taught English in various schools around the U.K, Germany, Italy and Malta. 


After spending several years working in language schools, she decided to take a plunge and start her own online teaching business three years ago, teaching students from around the world in private and small group sessions. Her blog, which can be found on her website English with Amy Online, includes lots of English tips and other collaborations with educators. To learn more about Amy's business, including examples of the type of content she creates, visit her website here.


TRANSCRIPT

Watch with closed captions.


SUPPORT

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PODCASTING TRAINING AND SERVICES

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CREDITS

Producer Laura Wilkes

Editor Haven Tsang

Thanks to our inspiring guest, Amy.

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Ever feel like the best teaching ideas come from a quick chat in the staffroom, but your schedule never allows for it? TESOL Pop captures that spark. Designed for the busy English language teacher, this mini podcast delivers compact, meaningful conversations with TESOL, TEFL, and ESL educators globally. Each episode is a focused interview, kept under fifteen minutes, packed with practical ideas and personal insights that can genuinely shift your approach in the classroom. You’ll hear stories about career pivots, reflections on what actually works with students, and clever uses of technology, all shared in a casual, accessible tone. It’s the audio equivalent of a refreshing coffee break with a colleague who gets it. The podcast understands that profound professional development doesn’t always require a lengthy seminar; sometimes, a single, well-timed insight is enough to reinvigorate your teaching. By tuning in, you join a global conversation that feels both personal and immediately useful, making it easy to integrate new perspectives into your daily routine without overwhelming your calendar.
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