Tutoring Service-Earn through Teaching
If you love teaching and spreading knowledge, then start a
tutoring service is the business for you. A Tutoring service is
all about helping the child improve his academic skills.
Normally a tutor spends an hour with the student at each session
helping them with the subjects they need improvement in the
most.
Investment:
$1,000 to $10,000. You probably already
have the computer and copier, which would lower your investment
cost. Financing sources:
- Your Savings
- Government loans or grants
- Banks and credit unions
Pricing guidelines for service:
$30 to $50 per
hour
Advertising and Marketing Methods and Tips:
- Local Schools
- Local newspaper advertising
- Word of
mouth
- Website
Essential Equipment:
- Study books
- Reference guides & supplementary books
- Desks & Chairs
- Stationary products
- Copy Machine
- Business Cards
Income potential:
$20,000 to $50,000 depending if you
work full or part-time.
Target market:
- Homeschooled children
- Adults learning to read
- College students studying for
SATs
- Students of all ages in need of specific improvement in
a particular subject/s.
Success tips:
A passion to teach is vital. You have
to be patient, kind and persistent in your pursuit to make sure
that each child excels in studies.
Training, skills or experience:
There is no
requirement to have a degree or license to tutor in your home.
All you require is the ability to make a game plan on improving
the area in the subject where the child lacks, and be
knowledgable about the basics of the subject.
Books & Reference Material
- Tutoring Matters:
Everything You Always
Wanted to Know About How to Tutor (Paperback) by Jerome Rabow,
Tiffani Chin, Nima Fahimian - Tutoring as a
Successful Business - An Expert Tutor Shows
You How (Paperback) by Eileen Kaplan Shapiro
- So What's a Tutor to Do? (Paperback) by Cathy M.
Roller
- How to Tutor (Paperback) by Samuel L.
Blumenfeld