OnlineBound with Elena Mutonono

In this episode, Aude Bellezanne and I talk about the benefits of a supportive community. She shares her insights about how her mindset and approach to teaching have transformed. After receiving her teacher training in isolation during Covid, Aude had a lot of clients but was overwhelmed. She knew she wanted to make changes and that she needed support to do it. After joining the Smart Teacher's Li...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Luke Thompson who just reached a million YouTube subscribers! We talk about why he loves making content and the challenges he's faced. Luke explains why language teachers feel burned out over time, whether teaching in-person or online. For him, creating videos provides a lasting satisfaction that he felt was missing. He also talks about his struggles to commercia...

In this episode, Oli Cooke shares insights about how he was able to overcome a lifetime of anxiety. By using Rapid Resolution Therapy, he has shifted his mindset and his coaching. As a language teacher, he first understood the role of the unconscious mind in learning. He discovered that miscommunication with the unconscious prevents clear thinking. Currently, he's focused on helping online entrepr...

Welcome to season 7 of OnlineBound! This season, I'm excited to share a revelation that has become an integral part of my business. To succeed, we need the power of evaluation. This can be scary for a lot of reasons. It's much more tempting to chase dopamine hits by running from one course, or program, or coach to the next, hoping for "the answer." Listen in to learn the three questions I ask myse...

Our Smart Teacher's Library is now open! I invite you to join and make changes to your business this year: https://www.elenamutonono.com/smart-teachers-library-2/   If you choose the annual membership, you get a bonus diagnostic session with me + a few other lovely goodies.   Looking forward to seeing you there, Elena

Welcome to 2024! Here's my tiny message to you, with some encouragement and a nudge to start moving towards building a sustainable business. First stop: my masterclass called From 1 to Infinity. https://www.elenamutonono.com/masterclass/ You can join and watch this 3-part training to get the tools and the how-tos on moving away from 1:1 classes AND you get an invite to my bonus class called Progra...

In this episode, Szilvia Papp describes how self-coaching helped her when her business hit a plateau. Despite having a successful community on Patreon, she knew she needed support. She talks about how going through a difficult time in her personal life was affecting her business. She wanted to find a way to create more stability and take control of her emotions. Through the use of self-coaching to...

In this episode, I'm talking with Cara Leopold about the temptation to quit her small business. She shares her thoughts on what gives her motivation when she's facing doubt. We talk about mindset and how self-coaching can help us identify our blind spots. We also discuss the value of promoting yourself and how to get more comfortable with promotion. Finally, Cara shares her revelations about what...

Are you looking for support on your online language teaching journey? Are you building your business but finding yourself overwhelmed and overworked? If this podcast has helped you and if the values communicated through my work resonated with you, I want to invite you into our community today! The enrollment is currently open through December 5, and you're welcome to join (the bonuses are dope!)....

In this episode, Nina Asseng talks about how self-coaching helped her to recover from a disappointing first launch. She broke free of her negativity and gained mental stability. After taking her "failure" very personally, Nina became overwhelmed by the rollercoaster of emotions that come with selling. She sought support in the Library to help her manage them. Now, she has the tools to analyze her...

In this episode, I'm talking with Masha Honcharova about how to move beyond ideas into taking action. She shares her transformation and describes her personal "aha" moment. She sought out coaching because she didn't have any family members who could advise her on her business. She knew she needed to find someone with similar experience. After spending years on courses, events, books, and other per...

In this episode, Estefania Fernandez talks about how she was able to change her money mindset. This allowed her to raise her prices and adjust her beliefs about teaching. After months of trying to reach a specific goal, Estefania decided to get help. Within a few months of starting her coaching program, she succeeded in making 1k euros/month. Now she uses the self-coaching tools from the Smart Tea...

In this episode, Talita Nakagawa Rochetti describes how self-coaching helped her gain clarity. She went from feeling distracted and overwhelmed to becoming empowered. She talks about her initial struggles with selling and marketing, and how she overcame them. She also describes how she was able to stop procrastinating and be more autonomous. Now she self-coaches when something is holding her back...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Clare Whitmell, an online English teacher specializing in fluency. She tells the story of how she changed her mindset when nothing was working. For a long time she tried different strategies, looking for a tactic that would bring success. But with coaching, she realized that she needed to focus on her offer and how to launch it. Clare shares the ways that shiftin...

My guest for this episode is Claudia Alvarez Calderon, an online teacher of Italian and Spanish. She shares her insights on how her confidence has grown over the past six months. She shares the reasons that she joined the Smart Teacher's Library and the benefits it has provided. She also talks about the power of community and having some accountability. We talk about how she's transitioning to tea...

Hey Friends!   The Smart Teacher's Library is now open, and I hope you join us this time. There's a lot of materials to access, but I'm most excited about the group coaching, the collaborations and the self-coaching tools that will help you manage your emotions and shift the way you think about your  business and your future. If sustainability is something you want to pursue, join us to find suppo...

OnlineBound is a podcast for online language teachers and coaches who are tired of cramming more client hours into their day and look for ways to grow their business in a smart, lean and sustainable way. In this podcast we explore the topics of authenticity, sustainability, values, efficiency, resilience and creativity when running an online teaching business in an oversaturated language teaching...

In this (final) episode of my mini-series on sales, I talk about the importance of making offers, why posting on social media doesn't qualify as "making an offer" and what you need to know about one of the most common objections your students will bring up, "Now is not the best time."   To dig deeper into the subject of selling something that's not 1:1 classes, check out my upcoming training on sa...

In this episode you'll hear about selling on social media and through your other channel: podcast, blog, Youtube channel, etc. I break down the process of sales in several important lessons I've learned over the years and give examples from my own experience as someone who used to resent sales and thought they were random and chaotic.  Selling can actually be rewarding and help you grow as a perso...

In this episode I talk about my love-hate relationship with sales as an online language teacher. I resented sales for the longest time, which is why selling was too hard and unpleasant. But if there's anything I've learned from my struggle, it's this: the sooner you accept that sales are a part of your online teaching business journey, the sooner you'll be able to choose what to think about sellin...

In this episode, Maritza Parra talks about the power of thoughts and how they shape our reality. She describes how strategies aren't enough if your thoughts keep you from acting. Maritza shares her own journey of overcoming shame and transforming the way she views making money. This allowed her to build her business the way she wanted it to be. She also talks about selling and the importance of se...

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In this episode, I'm talking with Tiffani Clairborne, founder of Speak English with Tiffani. She describes how she built a successful YouTube channel - with over 2 million subscribers! Tiffani's core motivation is service, and it drives everything she does. Her goal is to help as many people as she can and loves seeing how her work has changed people's lives. She emphasizes the idea that you shoul...

My guest for this episode is Tatiana Klimova, founder of Russian Podcast and the Russian Dacha Community. She describes how she grew this project from a hobby into a full-time job. She emphasizes the importance of being clear about who your community is for. By filtering out people who aren't a good fit, she ensures that her members are enjoyable to work with. She also feels it's crucial to be ope...

In this episode, I'm talking with Annemarie Fowler, the founder of Speak Confident English. She shares her journey in building her own confidence as an online business owner. We discuss how she had to shift her mindset to get comfortable showing her face when she started working online. Then we get into the benefits of saying no and staying small. Annemarie describes the value of taking time off a...