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| Teachers To Make A Little Extra Money, but after I | | | | I've known a number of teachers who have. Multilevel |
| had written that article I realised I actually knew more | | | | marketing is a way of making money through selling |
| than five ways for teachers to make a little extra | | | | products to people you know, and also by recruiting |
| money. So here is the sequel, Five More Ways For | | | | people into the same business. |
| Teachers To Make A Little Extra Money. | | | | It takes a certain personality to be successful at |
| Working over the summer | | | | multilevel marketing, from what I've seen. If you're not |
| One of the rewards of being a teacher is getting long | | | | good at selling things to people, you should perhaps |
| summer holidays. But unless you're very good at | | | | consider one of the other money earning options I've |
| organising your money, those summer holidays can | | | | already mentioned. |
| sometimes end up being a bit lean. One way you can | | | | Some of the multilevel marketing opportunities I've |
| avoid this is to go out and get a summer job. | | | | known teachers get involved in are Avon, Amway |
| There are many things you can do over the summer | | | | and Nutralife. |
| holidays in order to earn extra money. Going back to | | | | Internet Marketing |
| one of my favourites - you could always teach English | | | | Internet marketing is a fancy term for a phenomenon |
| at summer school. | | | | that has sprung up since the invention of the Internet. In |
| Thousands of children go to the UK, the US, New | | | | order to become an Internet marketer you need an |
| Zealand and, Australia over the summer holidays in | | | | Internet connection, a computer, and some |
| order to learn English. They usually stay in residential | | | | commitment. |
| summer camps or in home stay situations. If you have | | | | The one thing about Internet marketing that makes it |
| an extra bedroom you could host one of the students | | | | so attractive to me as a teacher is that it fits my |
| in your home. And you could also get a job teaching | | | | lifestyle. I can choose when to work, where to work, |
| English at one of the schools. | | | | and how many hours I want to work. Additionally, I |
| If you don't want to commit that amount of time to a | | | | don't have to be a great salesperson, or become a |
| summer job, you can always offer to supervise the | | | | great salesperson. |
| students on evening and weekend activities. A few | | | | To find information on Internet marketing you can do a |
| years ago I found a position where I was paid to | | | | search in Google. There is a mind-boggling amount of |
| accompany groups of students around the UK for | | | | information available on the Internet on this very |
| weekend excursions. An added benefit was that I got | | | | subject. |
| to explore many interesting and historical places in the | | | | Move Your Teaching Career Abroad |
| UK, all while getting paid. | | | | I briefly touched on this in my previous article 5 Ways |
| Perhaps you don't want to spend your summer | | | | For Teachers To Make A Little Extra Money, and I |
| teaching? How about escorting a walking tour in | | | | would like to expand on it here. |
| Spain? A Cycling tour in Kazakhstan? The summer is | | | | I discovered through research that I could earn more |
| the height of the tourist season for Europeans, you | | | | money for doing the same job if I moved overseas. In |
| could easily see more of the world as a tour guide. | | | | my current teaching position I get: |
| The pay isn't great, but the side benefits are amazing. | | | | * a higher salary than what I earned previously |
| Get an Evening Job | | | | * an extra 10% to contribute to my retirement fund |
| Teaching is a full-time job that must be done during | | | | * full medical insurance |
| normal working hours. But this won't stop you from | | | | * an accommodation allowance, |
| getting an evening job, or perhaps even a weekend | | | | * a yearly bonus. |
| job. I've always taught English night classes for extra | | | | Additionally, the cost of living is lower where I now live |
| money, but I've known other teachers who have | | | | and the school year is 16 days shorter than in any |
| worked in restaurants or worked in bars. | | | | country I've worked in previously. So I teach less, earn |
| At one time, just after I moved hemispheres for the | | | | more and it costs me less to live. It almost sounds too |
| fourth time, I did consider getting a job in a bar. I wasn't | | | | good to be true, doesn't it? Well, it is true and it's a life |
| considering this for the money, primarily. I thought it | | | | I'm living. |
| would be a great way to meet new people and get | | | | If you're interested in earning more money for the |
| paid at the same time. | | | | same amount of work you are doing now, then you |
| Multilevel marketing | | | | should definitely look into teaching overseas. |