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Well, Hello Prfessor!

Did you ever in a million years think you would hear people refer to you as professor? If you set up your own online university that features the vast amount of knowledge you have in your head, soon others will be calling you professor. Promote and market yourself at Prfessor.com, an online University that allows you to build and manage your very own website that shares what you know with others. It is just one more way you can get your face and knowledge out there for others to find you. You can be making money practically immediately once the simple process of signing up is completed by enrolling students in your classes and having a constant advertisement on the web to promote your freelance career.

You can never have too much marketing of yourself when it comes to freelancing. The more areas you can get exposure, the better. When you left behind the corporate world, unfortunately you also left behind the massive advertising and promotional blanket surrounding the whole business employing you. No worries though, now you can step out of the haze of everyone else and stand out as the truly unique individual that you are.

What about tech skills?

You don’t need any extensive tech skills to build your classroom. Clear instructions and easy to use format is right there with you every step of the way as you add your content. Video, tutorials, and text are slid into place and ready for your students in no time. An interactive format is available to allow your students to get the most out of your teachings. How many students, you may ask? How does unlimited sound? Yep, for a standard fee of $49.97 a month, you can have as many students and as many professors as you want. No money above and beyond the monthly fee is collected.

What if I want to share the teaching responsibilities?

If you want to work something out with other “assistants” to help with your University that is between you and them. The folks at Prfessor.com stay out of it. Many of the Professors work a deal with assistants in the form of a percentage of the profits. But you are the Dean, so how you handle it is up to you. Doesn’t this sound like a glorious way to work on a little self promoting? How awesome is it that people would pay you to know what you know?

The administrative range allowed on the site will give you the opportunity to get creative and expand your classroom attendance. Maybe you can do a little ‘freebie’ course that gives a taste of what you offer and then offer the full course for a fee. A PayPal account is right there to handle all of your cash flow.

How do I get started?

What I really like is the 14 day trial offer. If for any reason, the online University isn’t all that you expect it to be, you will be refunded 100% of that months fee. Although for the life of me, I can’t see why anyone would want to cancel. Once a month after continuing your University, the standard monthly fee is charged, but you may cancel at any time with no penalties or aggravation, as there is not a contract in place to tie you down.

Once things get rolling, and you’re comfortable wearing your Dean hat, you can upgrade two different ways. The first way is for a onetime fee of $997.00 you can have customization done to your site. This will give it a little more flash and offer a bit more interaction with your students. The other upgrade is a onetime fee of $1997.00 that will include the customization, 1 on 1 training, and strategy sessions. The folks at Prfessor.com refer to this package as the ‘Whole Enchilada’.

Where do the Students come from?

You can link your University to your facebook and twitter accounts to add to your marketing frenzy. Keep everyone in the loop as you branch out into this exciting avenue of self promotion. Tie everything together and soon your advertising and promotional blanket will be as large as that one you abandoned when you left corporate.

Next week I will share with you some insider information on the Prfessor website. Be sure to check back to read exactly how you can earn money and land some new clients when you begin your own online university.

Once that money starts rolling in, you can go purchase some of those spiffy leather swatches to sew on the elbows of your shirts. Have fun, Professor!!