How To Start An Online Tutoring Business in 2024

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✨ S O C I A L S
I give even more tutoring tips and advice on TikTok and Instagram: @imlisatran

✨ A B O U T M E
👋 Hi! A few of you are new here so I thought I'd introduce myself ☺️

I'm Lisa (hehe). I'm in my early 30s, though I'm often told I look like I'm in my young 20s (and I never get sick of hearing this 😂).

I started tutoring English when I was 19, just after high school. Who knew that I'd still be in the tutoring business TWELVE+ years later? *mind blown*

Tutoring was SO incredibly rewarding and fulfilling that I moved into it full-time when I was 24. I fell in love with tutoring so much that I ended up quitting my career as a pharmacist after only 11 months on the job. Skip ahead to 3 months later, I was fully booked out and was already rejecting new students who had been referred to me.

I felt so bad for saying 'no' that I ended up hiring my first tutor. Within 6 months, my team had grown to 5 tutors, and within a couple of years, I had 50+ tutors on my team!

It's been a rollercoaster of a journey. I've been awarded Anthill 30under30, Victorian Younger Achievers Finalist, spoken at TEDx, and been blessed with so much more.

Not going to lie, business is HARD. That's why I want to share my learnings and experiences with you, because I wish I had a tutor mentor who could accelerate my path to success, rather than struggling through all the mistakes I made during my journey. Lisa's Study Guides, my tuition and study guide business has made 1 million+ over the last 2 years, and I've just started my second business, Tutorboss, helping tutoring business owners build and scale their businesses.

✨ N E X T S T E P S

Timestamps:
0:00 - How to Start an Online Tutoring Business
0:30 - Niche Down
2:28 - Start Advertising Yourself
4:16 - Pricing
5:24 - Software
5:57 - Legitimising

[authorkristinealyse]

Hi Lisa!! niching down helped me so much in the beginning. The truth is, the messaging is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in getting sales so it is really important you do research on your niche. (Actually, I was doing niche research and landed on your video! lol! so hi and keep up the good work :D)

[sorol]

super helpful, thanks so much. I have a specific niche and it really does help not only with marketing, but also where I spend my focus. I appreciated your thought of "just starting" vs focusing on the business stuff-you are right. that is overwhelming and preventing me from getting out there. thanks again

[ashleyreeves]

Love this, when you talk about the videos, could you put the link in the video? Thank you for this content. 💗💯

[jcguetz]

Hi Lisa, I have a question, how do you actually charge your students? Let's say, you and your student agree on a price (for example, $100 per hour). How do you charge that amount? Do you have a specific platform? Thanks for your answer!

[geoff-maths-and-physics]

Thank you so much. I love your video and presentation. Please help me with this question. How do I deal with copyright issues? Can I teach based on topics from textbooks? Thanks you again

[josue]

Hey! Lisa! Thank you very much for this information. Do you have any videos about strategies to get more students? For example a webinar, or a free class, etc. I am a little bit lost on this. At the moment I am offering a free class to get more students, but I don´t know if a webinar would be better. I´d really appreciate your help.

[mohamedmerali]

Very informative and encouraging…want to enrol O level, A level and 1st year Uni students for accountancy with proven success in the past

[Al-sumubEnterprise]

You are quite intellectual and your program are worthy of emulation. How can I get in touch with you, having been in the teaching industry for long time.

[rheajadhav]

Hi Lisa! I would like to know if u will be hiring anytime soon? Or if theres any other place hiring teachers? My mom used to be a MCA professor, has 20+ years of experience. She quit in 2020 cause of how stressful and underpaid her job was, but wants to start working again, she can handle subjects like math and sciences up till grade 10 and CS, CN, Java, python, algorithms and others till masters degree level. So plz so lemme know if any such opportunity pops up❤️

[godfredagyeifrimpong]

Please how do I start. I am a teacher in Ghana and I want to start the online teaching for my students and other students

[bettylynengay]

Hello, I would like to apply as an ESL teacher. And I would like to ask where to find students

[zomalfa]

Is there much of a market for elementary school math?

[donnaneri]

please you need to add closed captioned. thanks

[eliazulayu]

You're amazingly precise! how can I reach out to talk?

[KrishanKumar-ftfh]

you are super cute, , , lovely information, , love from india

[bl_nk]

do u waant employees bc am a teen am good at math

[godsfavouramanekwe]

How can one sign up as a tutor in your company?