It Only Takes 5 Simple Steps To
Start A Tutoring Business
Want to Start A Tutoring Business?
Great!
In five simple steps I will guide you through all the appropriate steps.
Don't worry! You can easily complete all of these tasks and quickly start a tutoring business.
Ready? Great, let's begin!
Step 1: Is Starting A Tutoring Business Right For Me?
Do you know the basics of tutoring?
If not, you need to stop right now and take some time to invest in learning the "ART" of tutoring. You do not need to be teacher. Anyone with an interest in helping students can become a tutor.
In this section you will walk through:
- The definition of a "tutor"
- The characteristics of a good tutor
- The tutors M.A.J.O.R. responsibilities
- The best type of tutoring business
- The benefits of a home tutoring business
- The F.I.R.S.T. steps to start tutoring
- The 9 parts of a tutoring session
Your Key Benefit: Identify if tutoring is a good match for you personally.
STEP 2: Start My Tutoring Business Plan.
"If everything is important, nothing is important."
-- Brian Mulroney.
You will never accomplish if you start a tutoring business and try to do everything at once. It is necessary to start with the most important tutoring business decisions. From there you can change and adapt as needed.
Step 2 will walk you through these vital questions:
- What should I name my tutoring business?
- What legal business structure do I need?
- Do I need a business license?
- What do I do for taxes?
- What should I do for accounting?
- Do I need a business checking account?
- How do I get startup money?
Your Key Benefit: You will start your tutoring business plan.
STEP 3: Include My Gifts And Talents In My Tutoring Business Plan.
In Step 3 you will learn how to apply your strengths and gifts to your tutoring business plan. This helps you to be more successful and have more fun as you start a tutoring business.
Key topics include using your strengths and gifts to:
- Identify which age group to tutor
- Indentify the best subject to tutor (and those you should stay away from)
- Determine the best location for your tutoring sessions
- Create a tutoring schedule
- Determine your rates
- Decide how you will request/receive payments
Your Key Benefit: You will set up your tutoring business properly.
Step 4: Create My Marketing Plan.
Step 4 just might be the most important step. Without creating and implementing a marketing plan you will never have clients. That means you don't have a tutoring business!
To create a tutoring business marketing plan you will:
- Learn the basics of direct marketing
- Identify your ideal client
- Identify your MWR (Most Wanted Response)
- Create an irresistable offer
- Create your marketing funnel
- Decide on your business contact information
- Create your tutoring business cards
- Discover free and cheap marketing ideas
- Decide if TV, Radio, And Newspaper ads are right for you
Your Key Benefit: A plan to market your tutoring business.
Step 5: Improve Your Tutoring Business.
Step 5 is like stepping onto a launching pad. You have done the work to build the rocket--that is start a tutoring business. Now it is time to take off. These next steps will allow you to explode your tutoring business and grow like crazy.
There are several ways to improve your tutoring business.
- Reduce your expenses
- Improve your advertising
- Get advanced tutor training
- Add services like online tutoring
- Build a website
- Learn to market your website
Your Key Benefit: Improve your tutoring business.
Don't know where to begin?
Take our Quick Video Tour (3 minutes) or go to Step 1 and follow the outline on each page. I will walk you through the process of starting a tutoring business one step at a time. Of course, you can always get a bird's eye view of the entire process on the sitemap.
