Teach Solo: Find and Keep Chinese Clients | 2026 Playbook for Independent ESL Teachers

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We're Mark and Alice, two former online English teachers. For five years we taught Chinese children on our own, with no platform in the middle, and everything we learned went into this book. Teach Solo is one of a kind: every point in it is backed by more than 50 screenshots of our real conversations with Chinese parents, with names hidden and every chat left exactly as it happened. Now we're sharing it with every teacher who wants to teach solo and teach English online to Chinese students: find Chinese ESL students on your own, teach English online without a platform, and keep those families for years. Everything in it is current for 2026.

Who it's for

• You teach on a platform and want private ESL students of your own. The guide shows how to leave an online teaching platform in stages, without quitting cold.
• You're a non-native English teacher online and keep hearing "native speakers only". Two of the four teachers in the book are non-native.
• You want to start teaching English online from home and don't know where your first ESL student will come from.

What you'll learn

• Where Chinese parents look for an English teacher today, and why that place is RedNote (Xiaohongshu)
• Who the Chinese mom on the other side of the screen is, what she asks first, and what she means by "I'll think about it"
• What to prepare before your first post: an intro video, a one-page CV, your own rules, a schedule in Beijing time
• RedNote for teachers: your profile, a four-week content plan, the words that get posts hidden, and how to move a parent to WeChat safely
• WeChat for teachers: from the first message to a booked demo lesson
• A 25-minute demo lesson, minute by minute
• How independent ESL teachers keep Chinese families for years
• A 90-day action plan for ESL teachers, day by day

What's in the download

• The full guide, 128 pages, PDF
• A folder of ready-to-use templates: 10 intro video scripts, 30 replies to parents' most common first messages, 10 versions of post-demo feedback, Terms & Conditions in English and Chinese, a weekly schedule in Beijing time, everyday messages to parents, and what to write when a family leaves
• Four real teachers, Kate, Anna, Lora and Kris, with their actual schedules

One honest note: it takes work. On average it's 4 to 6 weeks from your first RedNote post to your first family, and moving off a platform completely takes 4 to 6 months. This guide is for teachers who want to build a real ESL business as a freelance English teacher, not for quick wins.

Format: PDF guide + PDF templates (zip) · 128 pages + 14 templates · 50+ real client chats · English · Updated 2026

Coming soon: the Teach Solo Template Kit with every template as an editable Word file.

Mark Hall and Alice Smith, TripleTea Academy