Now that schools are on holidays, there is a great opportunity for you to make some quick money, rather than stay idle at home lamenting rising unemployment. From the primary school to the university level, many students require home tutorials to improve their grades. This is an opportunity waiting for you to explore!
Starting a tutorial business can help to augment your earnings, depending on how many students you have or can take at a time. Sometimes, people even need home tutors to help them pass important examinations or prepare for advanced studies.
Starting a private tutorial business will require planning, but you can easily start out on a low scale and gradually expand over time. You may eventually get so much business that you will have to hire other tutors to help you to meet the demand.
For you to go into tutorial business, you must have extensive knowledge of the topics you want to teach as well as the ability to engage students, encourage them to learn and teach them techniques that will help them during tests, when they are writing their homework and classwork assignments.
The Proprietor of Excel Grades Tutors, Mr. Gbenga Martins, says that the first thing to do if you want to be taken seriously by prospective clients is to come up with a catchy name for your tutoring business.
According to him, you should also decide whether you will teach students in their homes or yours or, maybe, a neutral, conducive and non-threatening location such as local libraries around your community. If you are using a public place, find a quiet library and assure parents of their children’s safety.
Then, you also need to decide the levels of the classes and the subjects you plan to teach, because the more specialised you make your tutorial business, the easier it will be to determine and target your market. Sometimes, primary and secondary school subjects are easier to teach, but teaching older children such as university students and adults as well, may make it easier to meet your income goals.
Starting a tutorial business can help to augment your earnings, depending on how many students you have or can take at a time. Sometimes, people even need home tutors to help them pass important examinations or prepare for advanced studies
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- Start-up capital is minimal
- Materials to use are readily available
- Use either clients’ house or your own home; you don’t need to rent a space
The tools you will need to use in your tutorial business are not many as the bulk of the supplies will be provided by the students you intend to teach. You may only need a few stationery supplies such as pens, pencils and paper. You may also need to purchase textbooks, especially on Mathematics and English language, because they are the key subjects every student must offer.
You must also decide the days of the week and hours you plan to offer your services; so the best bet is to draw up with a timetable to enable you to know the days each of your tutors will be available for classes, including the number of times you also will be available to teach the students.
When setting your fees, make sure you set a fair but standard rate. Try to find out how much other tutorial centres charge per hour. At first, you may consider lowering your rates a bit and then raise them when you have a solid client base and has established a good reputation. Market yourself in schools and colleges and get to know the teachers, educators and administrators around your area in order to be abreast of the curricula your pupils are studying. By so doing, you can cover everything, including the particular areas they require your help.
The advantage of tutorial business is that it allows you to make your own schedule. If you would rather work in the evenings and on weekends, you can make that call. If you prefer morning or late afternoon sessions, everything depends on you as the tutor, but most parents or guardians prefer morning sessions in order to get their wards fully engaged.
This business also allows you to meet different people, build relationships with parents and maybe even make a friend or two, thereby increasing your chances of getting referrals.
Also, you need to advertise your tutorial business by making small flyers or handbills that will specify the type of tutorial services you offer, the duration of your service to each category of clients as well as the cost of each category of service. It’s also important that you advertise your tutorial business at locations that target students and their parents and these include libraries, day care centers, supermarkets, eateries; if possible, your church or mosque and bookshops. You can also place advertisements on your social media pages.
