How Can Online Teachers Organise Their Teaching Business? With vei – S04E07

How can online teachers manage lessons, payments, calendars and students without constantly switching between different platforms?Gav and Em examine the organisational challenges faced by freelance English teachers. Gav teaches through six different video platforms and accepts payments through Stripe, PayPal and bank transfers, while Em relies partly on a weekly paper timetable and Post-it notes. Cancellations, rescheduled lessons, missed notifications and competing calendar invitations can quickly make online teaching administration confusing.They are joined by Alvaro Salvat, CEO of vei, to explore how an all-in-one platform could help teachers and other education professionals run their businesses. At the time of recording, vei brought together course creation, scheduling, video lessons, payments, email campaigns, student management and business tracking.Alvaro explains the differences between vei’s free and premium options, its integrations with services such as Zoom, Google Meet, Google Calendar and Stripe, and how teachers can create a public profile where prospective students can view courses and book lessons. He also discusses discovery calls, data protection, customer support and the referral programme.Gav and Em then walk through the process of creating an online group conversation course. They choose the class size, video platform, schedule, payment method, course description and image before producing a link that can be shared through social media or an email campaign.Can one platform genuinely make an online teacher’s working life more organised? This episode offers an honest look at Gav and Em’s existing systems and the practical tools that vei provided.Check out vei using the link here:https://app.vei.live/referral/d37j2mIf you find the show useful, you can send us a thanks at https://ko-fi.com/howtoenglishpodVisit https://howtoenglishpod.com for practical teaching ideas and resources ready to use.Chapters00:00 How organised are Gav and Em?01:06 Managing six online teaching platforms03:11 Payments, lesson invitations and calendar problems05:20 Why online teaching administration becomes confusing06:18 Introducing Alvaro Salvat and vei07:03 How an all-in-one platform supports teachers08:27 Free and premium membership options09:21 Video platforms, support and data protection11:06 Discovery calls, student access and calendars12:36 The vei referral and affiliate programme13:24 Setting up an account and tracking payments14:36 Public teacher profiles, video lessons and invoicing16:12 Creating an online group conversation course18:39 Sharing courses and keeping everything together19:31 Final thoughts on becoming more organised