Grant started his teacher-entrepreneur journey about 2 years ago when he joined the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge in March 2020. Before that, Grant had spent months trying to launch his own teaching business but was struggling to find students, was making less than $2K/month, and was about ready to give up. With the support from James and his team, Grant made about $60K in 2020, $100K in 2021, and is on track to make over $150K in 2022. On top of that, Grant has recently launched his online course and is ready for more passive income generated from his business.   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

Daniel graduated from the 21-Day Challenge in December 2021 and got 15 students at about $850 USD in January 2022. It is not usual for teachers to get such massive results early in their journey. But Daniel made it happen. Listen to this podcast to learn Daniel's recipe for success including but not limited to: 👉 implementing nurturing strategies for the audience 👉 leveraging existing experience in the business 👉 adding value to students where possible   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

Jordan recently increased his rate to $1200 per student and is getting students every week. But it wasn’t like this after he graduated from the 21-Day Challenge in April 2021 a year ago. He struggled a lot at first and didn't get the results he expected. But he didn't quit or compare himself with others. Instead, he worked on his mindset and concentrated on the transformation from teacher to teacher-entrepreneur. "I need to shift my mindset so I can succeed in my teaching business," Jordan said. Listen to this podcast to learn how to: 👉 Concentrate on our own journey 👉 Recognize every small success 👉 Develop a growth mindset   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

Can I do niche teaching if I don’t know anything about my niche? Yes, you can. Tara had the same concern after she graduated from the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge in March 2020 when she decided to switch from IELTS to lawyers. The reason she picked lawyers as her niche was because she taught 2 lawyers general English on Preply. She had a lot of fun working with her lawyer students and she knew there could be more business potential in lawyers than in IELTS. However, she didn’t know anything about lawyers. Just like many of you, she had doubts and concerns. She thought about quitting and going back to her comfort zone, teaching IELTS. But she didn’t. She pushed herself through it, taught over 50 lawyer clients, and increased her hourly rate to $120.   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

At first, Lii struggled when she started her teaching business because she tried to be a different person. To make her business work, Lii thought She would have to do everything others were doing. She was not supposed to change anything from what she was taught. She had to become a different Lii to please her potential students. Unfortunately, by trying to change who she was, she didn’t make a lot of progress in her business or even enjoy her business much at all. But things started to change when she began to discover her own voice. Now she is able to get more students every month, increase her price and, most importantly, enjoy her business because she realized that She doesn’t have to do everything. She only needs to find what works for her. She should focus on understanding the principles and then adapt them to fit her. She has to be herself and only needs to work with students who appreciate the authentic Lii.   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

Rachel just returned from her first business trip since starting her business 2 years ago. She managed to get on stage and deliver a presentation to over 150 international doctors working in the UK. It looks great, but only Rachel knows how much blood, sweat and tears it took her to get where she is today. Since the beginning of 2020 she has worked so hard every day and has gone through the process of defining her teaching niche, getting her first 1-on-1 client, and launching her first group course, to selling her first digital course with ads, launching her own phone APP, and starting corporate training. There have been so many ups and downs, failures and wins. But Rachel has never been satisfied with just getting a few students, charging one thousand pounds per student, or making a few thousand pounds a month. She has been focusing on building and scaling her business so she can be a real owner of the business, not a slave to anyone.   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

Hannah has been a traditional ESL teacher for 12 years with DELTA and CELTA under her belt. She used to work for language schools but decided to go independent in Feb 2021. She learned from the 21-Day Challenge that she had to use social media to get students… But had she never used social media for marketing, and she struggled big time with posting online. She literally sat in front of her computer for hours just to come up with 1 post. She almost gave up on her business after the first few months. Luckily, after 1 year and a half, Hannah has not only increased her rate to $100 an hour but also developed her own system to generate post ideas and found her own voice in posting. Listen to this podcast to learn more about Hannah's journey as a teacher-entrepreneur as well as 👉 How to streamline and create systems for posting 👉 How to learn from your niche to create resonating posts 👉 How to find your own voice in posting to build your authority   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

Polly's teacher-entrepreneur journey started in August 2020 after she graduated from the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge and joined the Inner Circle exactly 2 years ago. The journey has been full of ups and downs. She got some students fairly quickly right after the Challenge but had a hard time being consistent. She hit rock bottom in her business when she wasn’t able to get any clients for 3 months. During these 3 months, she had so many doubts and almost lost faith in her business. She even considered quitting and looking for a job so she could stop spending her savings. But she just couldn’t. Instead, she found ways to overcome her doubts and rebuild her faith by committing to the following 4 things: Research her niche to understand Analyze her results to improve Persevere until the curve bends Listen to James and trust the system Now she is working with 9 clients at the same time, and all of them are paying her $100 an hour.   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

We often don't appreciate what we have until it's gone, and currently it is teachers who are under-appreciated, undervalued and are leaving the classroom in droves. Over 300,000 teachers left their jobs in the US between March 2020 and August 2022 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s 2,380 per week! And Debbie was one of them. Debbie has been teaching English as a Second Language for the past 30 years. Last year, she left her full time job of 12 years at a middle school. And not because she had fallen out of love with teaching. Quite the opposite. She decided to leave full time employment because the administration was not supportive and did not respect teachers; state testing has become overwhelming and the students are increasingly seen as data and numbers, and the workload has become untenable. Worst of all … actually teaching has become just the tip of the iceberg for teachers like Debbie, making up just a tiny portion of her day to day responsibilities… And that was before COVID 19. Debbie left her school with great sadness, but she didn’t want to leave teaching. She loves teaching. Teaching has always been her passion … and it continues to be. Debbie has now started her own teaching business specializing in helping Italian speakers with their English communication and pronunciation, and has begun working with 23 new clients in just the past year alone. Now, with growing confidence as a Teacher-Entrepreneur, she has increased her rate to $100 an hour and will soon be launching group sessions.   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/

James interviewed Richard in the podcast and discussed the actions they took to grow our business in 2022 and actions they are going to take in 2023 to grow their business to the next level.    About Richard:  Richard has been consistently getting students every month since he did the 21-Day Challenge in December 2021. He got 39 students at an average of $900 per program in 2022 and is currently working with me and my team to further grow his business with digital courses and passive income in 2023. Now he has increased his rate to $1000 per student for his 3:1 small groups and $1200 per student for his private 1:1 program.   Find more about the 21-Day Teacher-Entrepreneur Challenge  https://boweistrategy.com/challenge   Find James on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesliuphdmba/ https://www.instagram.com/jamesliu_bowei/