Strategies for Scaling Your ESL Business
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BabelTEQ Podcast
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"By my second year, I wanted to scale by multiplication." - Jeff Johnson
Today, we are going to hear from a BabelTEQ client who has achieved amazing success with growing his teaching business in a relatively short time.
Jeff Johnson (a.k.a. "ESL Jeff") has been helping ESL students for more than 10 years and more recently has been helping clients prepare for the IELTS exam in Canada.
In our interview he explains the strategies that he has used to SCALE his online teaching business beyond its initial success.
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