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This podcast will reveal some simple strategies to get your first clients, grow your business, and market your services online as a tutor in any subject. There are five mistakes even experienced tutors make that can be costing you a LOT of money. Are you falling into any of the common traps? You might be surprised. Eric Earle has started 4 different tutoring companies and been working in the tutoring industry for over a decade. Currently he runs his tutoring businesses remotely and travels a ...
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Some people enjoy tutoring and aren’t interested in growing a company and hiring employees, which I understand. You might like driving around to people's houses and doing in-home sessions. But eventually, like when you're 80 or 85, you're going to want to stop tutoring. You're going to want some retirement funds, and planning on Social Security mig…
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Alright, marketing 101 here. Let’s talk about marketing for math tutors. I've done most of it. I've done it all. Some marketing works and some doesn't. I’ll help you tell the difference. To get started with your marketing plan, do some work thinking about your target customer. What does that person look like? When I started my first tutoring compan…
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I struggled with math my whole life. I got stuck behind because the class was moving forward but I had no idea what was going on. I was copying off Wolfgang and trying to get help but I wasn’t really learning the stuff. But the class would just continue and move on. But active learning strategies would have helped me succeed. Active learning is an …
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Hopefully you can make things easy for yourself and work with kids who are currently in a math class. This way you don't have to create content and bring it to the session. The main thing you need is a car to get around to your sessions. There are some benefits to in-home tutoring. For one thing, going to someone’s home helps you to build a long te…
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One of the best practices for online tutoring is to get a gooseneck and instruct your clients to purchase a gooseneck as well on Amazon. They are like $8. That gets some compliance out of them and makes them feel more invested in doing tutoring with you. It's also just a good thing to have. It clips onto your desk and holds your smartphone, so you …
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Think about any brand you admire. They probably have good customer service. Think about Apple, Amazon, or Nordstrom. If you email them, they always say, “Thank you so much for being our customer. Thank you for choosing to shop at Amazon. We are so sorry we've made this mistake. How can we help you? How can we make it right?” Even if it's not their …
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We've all heard the customer is always right. But what does that mean? Jeff Bezos said when he was starting Amazon he would sit an empty chair at the table during meetings. And that would represent the customer. For every decision he thought about the customer. How is this going to benefit the customer? And really, that's why we are tutoring. We wa…
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When tutors get on the phone with new leads, many make the mistake of starting off talking about why they're a great tutor. But if someone is calling you, they don't want to hear five minutes about you. They're stressed and anxious and they want to talk about the problem. They want to tell you what's going on. Sometimes a potential client might eve…
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If you're working for a company like varsitytutors.com, tutordoctor.com, or a local tutoring company, you can think of it like Uber driving. Uber uses contractors. The difference between a contractor and an employee is that for a contractor, you can choose to open your Uber app and select a trip. You don't have a manager telling you to go pick a ri…
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How can you write about yourself in a compelling way? A lot of being successful as a tutor actually comes down to writing. You need to write an advertisement. Maybe it’s on Craigslist. Or you might have a website. You need to figure out how to write something that gets customers to raise their hands. One of the biggest mistakes people make is they …
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I keep my iPhone on me—I keep it very close. And when I get an email from a new lead, I try to adhere to my five minute rule: respond to every lead within five minutes. There is a study suggesting you are 300% to 400% more likely to convert a lead into a sale when you respond right away. We live in a world where things happen fast. People want to g…
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After the first couple lessons you know how to get your first clients. And once you have a client the question becomes how to expand, develop, and move your business forward. One of the first things I want to touch on is the importance of getting into a weekly schedule with your clients. You should be meeting each client at consistent times each we…
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When I started tutoring I made a profile on universitytutor.com and forgot about it. For a couple months no one responded to me. But then I got a few requests, and I started working with those clients. And I liked it so I started looking for other ways to find more clients and grow my business. But those profiles were the first step. So if you’re j…
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So, why should you be a math tutor? Math is one of the most important subjects. Many families are interested in getting their math issues solved—and they can pay a good amount for it. If you have some skill in math (and it doesn't even have to be much skill), you should be able to make 30,000 to $70,000 as a math tutor, working for yourself or for …
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