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Hi George.
My first reaction to your question is to say that, as an online math-tutor, I never tutor entire groups of students. I only tutor one-on-one: the main reason being that having an audio connection between more than two participants simult…
There are free versions of server-based whiteboards like www.scribblar.com, www.wiziq.com, and www.dimdim.com
and there are commercial whiteboards, too. My impression is that www.scribblar.com is not bad, but all these server-based whiteboards are w…
Well, I don't think that one can start working as an online tutor without shelling out some money, but to call that an "investment" seems to me too strong a word. To make an "investment", to me, would mean shelling out thousands, if not tens of thou…
Just a quick (and perhaps rather foolish) comment: if you have successful students, as you write, couldn't you make them help you acquire new students?
For example, you could offer them some free tutoring hours for every paying new student acquired.…
Hi Gihane.
Your website looks ok to me, though you don't have a video showing online tutoring in action, so to speak. That might be an advantage, depending on how impressive / natural / pleasant you can make online tutoring appear in that video...…
Hi Gihane.
No, I haven't seen your website (I tried to find a link to it in one of your posts but did not succeed) and, yes, by "web presence" I did mean something like a website or a blog: something that allows you to present your complete offer,…
Since no one has answered yet let me offer some ideas:
First, I have not seen your primary web presence. Since you are trying to do online tutoring, I think it is necessary for you to have some reasonably attractive and informative web presence - bu…
I use a combination of Skype (for audio) and a separate whiteboard of my own.
I have not met a student who could not manage to get audio with Skype working. Maybe setting up audio with Skype has been a problem in the past, but it does not seem to be…
Hi,
I am surprised to learn that you want to offer online tutoring but, at the same time, apparently want to stay rather local (Cyprus only) when it comes to acquiring customers. - Why? - Once you are offering your tutoring online, your potential cu…
Hi,
As regards connection speeds: Yes, if there is a noticeable delay then there seems to be a problem with the connection speed. It might be the nominal speed, or it might just be one of those "bad days" (i.e. some extraordinary traffic pushes some…
I'm not sure whether I understand what you mean. Do you mean to ask whether as an online tutor you could tutor more than one student at the same time (i.e. a group of student)?
"My system" would, at least in principle, allow you to do this. In princ…
You wrote: "The thing is many people have never heard of online tutoring so it is kinda new to them. So I'm thinking to entice them they can have free tutoring to see if they like it or not."
I can relate to that. The way I try to handle this probl…
What about offering the first few hours at a reduced price instead of one single hour completely free of charge?
For example, instead of offering one free hour ("worth" $60) you could offer the first three hours at the reduced charge of $40.
This wo…
Maybe, face to face, you were experienced as being a competent and trustworthy teacher, whereas the internet is rightly seen as a source of various scams.
Why should there not be "online tutoring" scams that require payment (maybe even payment in ad…
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- What subjects can you tutor?
- Math and a bit of physics. I do tutoring at the high-school and early college level.
- Are you over age 18? This forum is only for tutors who are over 18.
- yes
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