{"id":109,"date":"2019-11-17T16:33:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T16:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangoteacher.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T17:27:14","slug":"tip-for-getting-more-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangoteacher.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/17\/tip-for-getting-more-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip for Getting More Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s easy to underestimate the importance of a good photo on your teaching profile. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re probably in a hurry, and want to fill out an online teaching form in as many teacher student introduction sites as you can, in a short period of time. You’ve got things to do, so when you get the the part of the profile where you have to upload a picture of yourself, it’s tempting just to use whichever one seems decent and is on your phone or PC at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, rightly or wrongly (probably wrongly) people will judge you on how you look and how you present yourself in your photo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students in Japan will look at your teaching profile and if the associated picture looks professional and you look friendly, then it’s likely they’ll read your profile and not skip on to the next one. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you look like you’ve been on a four day bender or your in a picture with your mates on a night out, it’s unlikely serious language students will give your profile much consideration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An example of a not too good picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So with that said, here are Orango Teacher’s<\/a> top 5 dos and don’ts when you’re submitting a photo for your language teaching profile. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n