A lot of business owners think branding is just about the logo, colours and fonts that are used for their businesses, BUT what most don't know is that it's also about the personality of your business and how you make your audience feel when they are interacting with you. This is so important when it comes to effective marketing.

In this episode, Donna Hann and I cover some really important topics that align with both dance studios and tutoring businesses…

• How to attract your ideal potential customers

• The importance of having a clear goal from the beginning

• How to shape a really beautiful culture within your business

• Creating effective marketing using emotional perspective instead of manipulation.

• How branding is not just about your logo and colours. It's also about creating a perspective of how your customers will perceive you and be made to feel.

If you are wanting to start your own tutroing business, but have no idea how and want to ensure you 'do things right' with solid foundations, clear goals and a simple action plan, then head on over and check out the Tutor Bootcamp. My online, course designed just for start-up tutors who are wanting to create something outside of the classroom. CLICK HERE to learn more.

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If you have never invested in business coaching before, it can seem like an 'expensive risk.' But after being in business for over 12 years and knowing what I now know… I look at it as an 'essential investment.'

In this episode, I share the path that I initially started taking, when I was planning on starting my first tutoring business. I also share the challenges I had with finding a suitable business coach and other like-minded women to support me (and hold me accountable), and I share the massive benefits that you get from having a coach and/or being a part of a coaching membership or mastermind.

If you want to learn more about how you too can create and grow a tutoring business that allows to you make more impact, have financial freedom AND enjoy more time with your family, then CLICK HERE and check out the Tutoring Growth Membership.

Doors are currently open, but close at 9pm AEST on Wednesday 31st May.

If you are listening to this episode after this date, then CLICK HERE and book in for a FREE coaching call with me, where we will go through your current situation and make a plan of attack for the next month.

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Sonia from Support to Excel in Adelaide, shares with us the very moment that she knew she had to make a change and start her own tutoring business. She talks about what drives her and where she is planning to take her business next. She also walks through what an average day for her looks like, and how she has been able to create more flexibility and freedom with her business.

We also touch on the impact that we can make as educators, outside of the classroom and the hope that that brings for a potential education shake-up!

Sonia talks about her experience as a member of the Tutoring Growth Membership and how beneficial it is to be a part of a group of women who are so supportive and full of ideas. She shares how the group has supported her and welcomed her, and that it's always collaboration over competition inside the TGM. Sonia no longer sees herself as a teacher with a side-hustle, but rather a business owner, who has stepped up and implemented what she has learned and is now fully booked and extremely happy!

If you want to be a part of a community with like-minded women like Sonia and you want to learn how you too can create a successful, profitable tutoring business that allows you the freedom to teach what you want to teach and how you want to teach, whilst still having time for your family, then check out the TUTORING GROWTH MEMBERSHIP. Doors are currently open! But be quick, because they close on Wednesday 31st.

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Are you following up your leads when they go cold? Or are you too scared, and feel like you're being pushy? This person came to me, interested, and it's my job for them to leave satisfied- enrolled or knowing exactly why Im not right for them

I see it all the time. Ladies who have started their own tutoring businesses, with the goal to have more freedom and the same (or more) income as they did in the classroom.

They do a great job at the teaching side of the business, BUT they really struggle with the business side and find themselves…

• Frustrated, because they don't know how to get more students

• Unsure of how to actually grow their own business

• Afraid to set boundaries, which then means they are over-working and having regular cancellations

• Worried to increase prices, create more profitable services, take time off, in case they upset and/or lose their parents

In this episode, I talk about the 6 most common mistakes that tutoring business owners make. Mistakes that hold them back from achieving their goals, and stop them from hitting the 6-figure mark.

I also share what you can do to avoid making these same mistakes. And if you're currently making them, then you will learn what to do instead.

If you want to learn more about building a 6-figure tutoring business, then make sure you register for my FREE 3-part online training that I'm running on 16th, 17th and 18th May 'The Key Ingredients for a 6-Figure Tutoring Business' where I will be sharing the the framework that I have developed and used with other teachers and tutors in business, so that you too can create a life that feels well-balanced, provides you with more freedom and helps you to achieve your financial goals.

CLICK HERE to register - FREE 3-Day Online Training: 'The Key Ingredients to a 6-Figure Tutoring Business'

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When Jacinta started her business, she was a member of the Tutoring Growth Membership. She was in the start-up phase of her business and had no business experience or real idea of the true potential that her business had. She was second-guessing herself and at times wondering if it was worth pursuing.

In this episode, Jacinta Palmer from Watch Us Bloom - Mindful Munchkinz, shares the story of her business journey. The challenges she faced, the wins she had and how she has created a tutoring business with a twist. Not only does her business support the academic success of the students that she and her staff work with, but 'connection' is at the heart of everything they stand for, and her business is thriving due to this.

I personally have loved watching Jacinta flourish into a confident and successful business owner. From where she started only a couple of years ago, to where she is now and what she has created for the families in her area, is absolutely amazing! I hope that this episode inspires you also, to see what truly is possible for you and your tutoring business, when you are consistent and persistent.

If you want to be a part of a community with like-minded women like Jacinta and you want to learn how you too can create a successful, profitable tutoring business that allows you the freedom to teach what you want to teach and how you want to teach, whilst still having time for your family, then check out the TUTORING GROWTH MEMBERSHIP. Doors are open from 22nd-31st May. Click here to join the waitlist now to receive some extra bonuses and be the first to gain early access.

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Whether we like it or not, people judge on looks… and this is why that first impression of you and your tutoring space REALLY make a difference.

In this episode, I go through why it absolutely matters what your space looks, feels (and even smells) like, and how you can ensure you are putting your best foot forward, and creating a positive first impression for your new families, so that they want to enrol and come back again.

If you feel like your tutoring business needs a shake up, some fresh eyes or new ideas, then jump on over and book a FREE discovery call with me. In these sessions we work together to troubleshoot and create a plan for how to move you into that next stage of business, for more income without the burnout. BOOK HERE if you want that for your business.

And if you want to grab the Enquiry Call Checklist that I referred to in this episode, CLICK HERE.

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We often come into this industry with preconceived ideas about what a tutoring business should look like.. And I'm here to tell you, it's not always helpful.

I am hoping that this interview with Peita and Rob Mages from Clever Cookie Academy, absolutely blows your mind and helps you to not only crush those 'safe' limiting beliefs that you have, but also helps you to rethink the way you run your business, and what's truly possible when you have a strong brand and offer amazing services.

You'll finish listening to this (slightly longer, but super exciting) episode and be inspired to think outside the box, dream big and own YOUR way of doing things!

If you feel like your tutoring business needs a shake up, some fresh eyes and new ideas, then jump on over and book a strategy session with me. In these sessions we work together to troubleshoot and create a plan for how to move you into that next stage of business, for more income without the burnout, whether it be in your current tutoring business or pivoting to an online course or product. BOOK HERE if you want that for your business.

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Why would anyone want to work for you? Why wouldn't they just go and start their own tutoring business?

In this episode of Classroom to Business, I share the secrets behind why someone WILL want to work for you, what you can do to avoid awkward situations with your staff and what you should be looking for when you are employing your first tutors.

If you haven't yet got an Employee Handbook, you can download my FREE template HERE. And if you need an employee contract for your staff, I highly recommend checking these guys out: FOUNDD LEGAL

If you have always wanted to start your own tutoring business, but don't know where to start. Join Tutor Bootcamp my online course, and get my simple framework that shows you exactly what steps to take, to set up a profitable tutoring business of your own.

Join now to take advantage of the current Bonuses being offered, including full access to the Tutoring Template Toolkit- business templates, contracts, emails and swipe copy that you can plug into your own business to save you time and money.

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In this episode I welcome our very first guest to the Classroom to Podcast podcast, Emma Lyon from Set for School in Sydney. Emma and her sister started Set For School in 2022 and joined the Tutoring Growth Membership nearly straight away. (Smart girls!)

Emma shares about her experience of starting her own educational business as well as some of the challenges and wins along the way. Emma also touches on their big vision goals and what they are focussing on in order to help them get there.

If you are like Emma and already have the teaching side of things sorted, but want to learn the 'business side of things' so that you ensure you have a profitable and successful business, then head over to the Tutoring Growth Membership and check it out. The doors close on Friday 24th February and won't open again until later in the year.

And if you join now, you can take advantage of the current Bonuses being offered, including a 30 minute private coaching call, a Cancellation Policy and a Student Enrolment Form and that you can use in your own business to save you time and money. Winning!

If you want to learn more, simply click HERE

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There really are a lot of tutors out there, BUT there are also a LOT of students and families who need your help. It's just a matter of standing out and being clear about what you offer.

In this episode of Classroom to Business, I share the truth about the tutoring industry and ways that you can ensure you stand out and don't get lost amongst the noise!

If you want to start your own tutoring business, but don't know where to start. Join Tutor Bootcamp and get my simple framework that shows you exactly what steps to take.

Join now to take advantage of the current Bonuses being offered, including full access to the Tutoring Template Toolkit- business templates, contracts, emails and swipe copy that you can plug into your own business to save you time and money.

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