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How to set up an Online Tutoring Business. A Programmer's Guide [pdf]

45 points by matthiaseisen 12y ago

andrewrice 12y ago
Doesn't seem to load for me.
- matthiaseisen 12y ago
  Mirror1: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28866085/OnlineTutoringGuide.pdf https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28866085/OnlineTutoringG... Mirror2: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.matthiaseisen.com/htsuaot/OnlineTutoringGuide.pdf https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.matthiaseisen.com/hts...
  - andrewrice 12y ago
    Thank you!
consultutah 12y ago
It loaded fine for me - Google account in hand... The tutorial seems like a great basic 7 step program to start an online tutoring business. The one criticism I have is that more time should be spent on customer acquisition as that is the most difficult part of the process. It is also something that can be researched on one's own as well...
abuiles 12y ago
This is great! I do something like this but is more focused to companies, basically they pay me X monthly and I'm available to help them with Ember.js. I do not offer a signup button because I don't want to take every company, I prefer to talk with them first, understand what they are doing, and then decide if I take them as clients or not.
- matthiaseisen 12y ago
  Sounds great! Would you mind sharing the url of your service's website?
  - abuiles 12y ago
    Sure, http://blog.abuiles.com/consulting/ http://blog.abuiles.com/consulting/
tedchs 12y ago
Google just launched Helpouts which is a great platform for this, even if you find your customers elsewhere: https://helpouts.google.com/ https://helpouts.google.com/
bigtunacan 12y ago
matthiaseisen, You mention answering questions on Stack Overflow, but I don't see anything on your site linking to your Stack Overflow profile?
sanderjd 12y ago
Is this really "tutoring", or is it more akin to "being available to answer questions"? (Maybe there isn't really a difference.) Do you ever do in-depth sessions for an hour or two? Or is that too time-consuming for the price tutees are willing to pay? Is it always / usually job-skills-related or do you see interest in more fundamental concepts as well? Thanks for taking the time to share your techniques!

45 points by matthiaseisen 12y ago

andrewrice 12y ago

Doesn't seem to load for me.

matthiaseisen 12y ago
Mirror1: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28866085/OnlineTutoringGuide.pdf https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28866085/OnlineTutoringG... Mirror2: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.matthiaseisen.com/htsuaot/OnlineTutoringGuide.pdf https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/www.matthiaseisen.com/hts...
- andrewrice 12y ago
  Thank you!

consultutah 12y ago

It loaded fine for me - Google account in hand... The tutorial seems like a great basic 7 step program to start an online tutoring business. The one criticism I have is that more time should be spent on customer acquisition as that is the most difficult part of the process. It is also something that can be researched on one's own as well...

abuiles 12y ago

This is great! I do something like this but is more focused to companies, basically they pay me X monthly and I'm available to help them with Ember.js. I do not offer a signup button because I don't want to take every company, I prefer to talk with them first, understand what they are doing, and then decide if I take them as clients or not.

matthiaseisen 12y ago
Sounds great! Would you mind sharing the url of your service's website?
- abuiles 12y ago
  Sure, http://blog.abuiles.com/consulting/ http://blog.abuiles.com/consulting/

tedchs 12y ago

Google just launched Helpouts which is a great platform for this, even if you find your customers elsewhere: https://helpouts.google.com/ https://helpouts.google.com/

bigtunacan 12y ago

matthiaseisen, You mention answering questions on Stack Overflow, but I don't see anything on your site linking to your Stack Overflow profile?

sanderjd 12y ago

Is this really "tutoring", or is it more akin to "being available to answer questions"? (Maybe there isn't really a difference.) Do you ever do in-depth sessions for an hour or two? Or is that too time-consuming for the price tutees are willing to pay? Is it always / usually job-skills-related or do you see interest in more fundamental concepts as well? Thanks for taking the time to share your techniques!